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APPENDIX A: Community Consultationand Stakeholder Engagement in theDevelopment of the British ColumbiaPolicing and Community Safety PlanEngagement activitiesA unique feature of the development of the British Columbia Policing and Community Safety Plan is the level ofcommunity consultation and stakeholder engagement in the development process. Four specific engagementactivities were undertaken:•¡Regional community and stakeholder roundtablesA series of regional stakeholder roundtables were held in nine locations around the province between April2012 and June 2012. Participants included local government, First Nations representatives, community leaders,social service organizations and local police. Through facilitated discussions and small group break-out sessions,participants identified public safety issues, defined priorities and suggested potential solutions for shaping thefuture of policing and crime prevention in British Columbia.•¡Focus group meetingsTen focus group meetings were held in September and October 2012 to discuss key issues that emerged fromthe roundtable sessions, and to develop strategies to address these issues. These focus groups included: gangsand guns, police funding, multi-agency collaboration and coordination of services, crime prevention, mentalhealth, continuum of law enforcement, performance management of policing, and community engagement.Meetings were also held with First Nations with Tripartite Agreements and the RCMP Local GovernmentContract Management Committee.•¡Interactive websiteAn interactive website for public consultation and feedback was created. The blog was launched in May 2012to report on the progress of the Plan and provide opportunities for public input. Summaries of the stakeholderroundtables were posted following each event, and questions inspired by the dialogue at the roundtableswere posted so that others could join the conversation. A draft version of the Plan was posted in February 2013for public and stakeholder feedback. The blog is closed.¡ • Telephone surveyA telephone survey covering topics such as satisfaction with policing, perceptions of safety and personalexperience with crime was conducted in June and July 2012. The survey was based on existing standardizedsurvey instruments used in Canada and internationally. An external market research firm was contracted. Atotal of 2,400 surveys were completed, and weighted to represent population distributions for region, age andgender in British Columbia.APPENDIX A 49