town hall meeting - Township of Esquimalt

“Poor or slow response time on call
Number of problem people pushed from downtown to Esquimalt
Community Station closing time
Low visibility of officers in Esquimalt without lights & sirens going”
“Cost
- Paying for Regional Policing
- Only two municipalities are paying for the Regional events &
Core issues”
3. Opportunities
Are there any functions or services that you want the police to perform that
they are not currently doing
“Foot patrols important – feeling of safety
Community events – need physical presence, not cars”
“Establish auxiliary police to broaden the public presence
Have an annual police-public interaction day where the public are able
to tour a police station & vehicles; learn how their systems work.”
“Visible presence @ special activities automatic”
“Opportunity –
- to develop policing model separate from criminal investigations
- Regionalize criminal investigations & separate legal service and
criminal investigations from local policing needs
- Provincial support needed for criminal investigations,
communities for policing „man on the street‟ policing”
“Foot patrols with K9s in streets & parks”
“Buildings able to provide space to facilitate a connection with community”
“Why don‟t we amalgamation with the West Shore Communities Rather
than downtown Victoria”
“Town Plan opportunity to provide better space with new centre”
“More employees to Block Watch. Neighbour helping neighbour”
“Advertise meetings on Sports Centre and Rec. Centre to get
participation”
“Cabinet shuffle”
“More convenience of hours with station (here) open”