POLICE SERVICE ADVOCACY FRAMEWORK FOCUS AREA: Addressing gaps in the system supporting vulnerable persons Strategic Objective: To support community safety and the efficient use of police resources by promoting an integrated approach to addressing mental health, addictions, and homelessness ISSUE STAKEHOLDERS POSITION ADVOCACY OBJECTIVES Community Wellness Centre (CWC) Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • There is an identified need for a centralized • Justice and Solicitor • The CWC project is a central component • Secure support from key stakeholders in the sector. site to support vulnerable persons who are General of an integrated strategy to addressing • Engage provincial stakeholders in project governance disproportionate users of emergency • Alberta Health and Wellness homelessness, addiction, and mental and implementation. services through co-located police drop-off health in Edmonton. • Alberta Human Services • Through implementation, achieve reduction in site, detox, integrated case management, • Failure to provide adequate service and transitional housing. • Alberta Seniors victimization and reduction in service hours per call supports for vulnerable persons results in related to intoxicated persons and reduction in use of • The co-located service model can achieve • Alberta Health Services reduced community safety and increased emergency services by clients of the CWC, and better client outcomes and reduce • Alberta Indigenous Relations demands on police and other resources. integrated case planning. excessive demand on emergency services. The EPS therefore supports the CWC, • City of Edmonton under the leadership of the City. • Social service sector agencies

Heavy Users of Service (HUoS) Project Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • HUoS is a collaborative pilot project • Alberta Justice and Solicitor • Improved coordination and integration of • Engage provincial stakeholders to support intended to support the most frequent General social services is required in order to sustainable funding for HUoS and like projects users of emergency and social services. • Alberta Health Services improve client outcomes and reduce • Identify service gaps and engage provincial • The project will identify service gaps and (including RAH and EMS) inappropriate use of emergency services leadership in addressing these promote systems integration. • Alberta Works • Leadership is required to address the • Through implementation, achieve reduction in use of service gaps identified by HUoS, as per • City of Edmonton emergency services by HUoS clients and improve the provincial Social Policy Framework client’s quality of life. • Social service sector agencies and Homelessness Strategy, Mental health Review and End Poverty • Secure ongoing and sustainable funding. Edmonton.

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Safe Sobering Act

Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • EPS members currently have limited • Alberta Justice and Solicitor • The EPS supports the IPSA legislation as • Secure passage of IPSA (SSA) legislation and options for the transfer of severely General a tool to divert vulnerable persons to designation of a Demonstration Project site in intoxicated persons who cannot be safely • Alberta Health and Wellness appropriate services and to reduce undue Edmonton. released. This places a significant burden demands on police resources. • Alberta Human Services • Secure support from key stakeholders in the social on EPS resources and reduces availability • IPSA has been renamed Safe Sobering services sector. to respond to other calls for service/ • City of Edmonton Act and is now the responsibility of other • Engage provincial stakeholders in project governance • The EPS has advocated for legislation to • Social service sector agencies sectors to see through. and implementation. allow designated NGOs to provide • The EPS supports the establishment of a assistance to intoxicated persons. • Through implementation of Demonstration Project, Demonstration Project site in Edmonton achieve reduction in service hours per call related to to test operational and governance intoxicated persons. models. Mental Health Services Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • The lack of sufficient community resources • Alberta Health and Wellness • The EPS supports the full implementation • Ensure that Mental Health Review and related for mental health treatment results in • Alberta Health Services and resourcing of the Provincial Mental Provincial plans reflect EPS priorities. increased demand for police response, Health Strategy. • Police partners • Through enhanced partnerships, increase placing significant demands on police • The provincial Mental Health Review appropriate use of available crisis response resources should include emphasis on improving resources by EPS members. • A July 2015 report by the Auditor General crisis response and mitigating emergency • Through enhanced partnerships, achieve reduction in identified opportunities to improve in the department wait times for patients with service hours per call related to mental health government’s implementation of the acute mental health concerns. complaints and reduction in hours spent in existing Mental Health Strategy. emergency departments by EPS members. • The Alberta Government has announced a provincial review of mental health services.

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Hospital Wait Times / Mental Health Act Admissions Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • EPS members spend excessive hours in • Alberta Health Services • For Form 10 Admissions, EPS Duty of • Renegotiate MOU governing AHS Peace Officers to Emergency Departments waiting for Mental • Alberta Justice and Solicitor Care should not extend beyond transfer clarify AHS responsibility for Mental Health Act Health Act (Form 10) admissions to be General into hospital custody at the point of triage. admissions beyond point of triage admitted. • AHS Zone Leader for • AHS has responsibility for assuming • Identify alternatives to Emergency Department visits • Wait times for treatment of persons in Psychiatry custody of Form 10 patients at point of for basic medical treatment/clearance for persons in custody requiring medical treatment or triage; reliance on EPS members to custody (non-Form 10) clearance (for admission to Remand) are provide security in Emergency • Through the above, reduce number of service hours significant; EPS is assuming substantial Departments is an inappropriate use of spent in Emergency Departments by EPS members. resource costs as a result of system service. capacity limitations. • Develop efficiencies in relation to Eloped Mental • AHS and EPS should work together to Patient calls for service (Form 3 warrant of • EPS response to locating eloped mental identify alternatives to Emergency apprehension) health patients remains an issue. Department visits for basic medical

• EMS has the same challenges treatment/clearance for persons in custody (non-Form 10), e.g. paramedics, primary care clinics. Funding for Naloxone Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • There is an identified need for access to • Edmonton Police Service • The EPS are not medical responders and • Secure support for the maintenance of the Naloxone Naloxone both for EPS members and the • Alberta Health Services currently do not carry personal issue kit program. public to protect against possible toxic Naloxone. Naloxone kits have been • Determine the need for expansion on the current opioid exposure and overdose. provided to key areas that are at a higher program and, if necessary, secure the appropriate • Naloxone is expensive; with the nasal risk for exposure for the primary purpose resources and support. spray Narcan costing approximately $125 of protecting EPS members. per 2 dose box. • If there is an expectation that EPS • The injectable option through AHS poses respond to opioid exposures and risks to EPS members on the street and overdoses involving members of the requires a level of skill to use, particularly public, the service would need to move in high stress situations. towards individual issued Narcan. Funding becomes an issue given the cost per container and the shelf life being 2 years requiring replacement.

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Fentanyl/Opioid Issues Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • Remediation and/or destruction of toxic • EPS, Environmental Public • The EPS is currently storing • To identify a process in which the vehicles, opioid contaminated vehicles, residences Health, Insurance companies, contaminated vehicles at PVSL in a residences and property can be either remediated and property are areas of concern. There public fenced area with limited space. A and returned to the owner, or disposed of. This will needs to be a solution identified to deal • EPS, City of Edmonton, remediation standard for vehicles and include identifying who has ownership and jurisdiction with the remediation/release/ or destruction Environmental Public Health, property that has been contaminated with over the issue, clearly communicating expectations of of vehicles, residences and property that Public toxic opioids is an area that needs to be all stakeholders, and ultimately the development of come into the possession of the EPS decided upon. comprehensive EPS policy. through investigations. Clarification is • All police agencies are struggling with the • Identified funding will allow a resource to be required regarding which level of resource demands required to respond to dedicated full time to build and implement strategies. government has the jurisdiction and this emerging crisis. External funding is This would ensure that all of the areas in the EPS responsibility to ensure this property is required to meet this need. affected by the crisis are closely examined to identify properly dealt with. risk and to work toward solutions. This would give • The Fentanyl situation in Alberta is not ownership to one individual that could effectively subsiding, rather, getting worse in terms of track all related processes as the EPS navigates this opioid related deaths. Western crisis. continues showing an increase in overdoses and deaths. As the situation continues to grow, full time resources need to be assigned to deal with all of the different and complex issues associated with this. This would ensure a comprehensive and uniform approach to trends, equipment, training, legal issues, and policy.

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Medically Supervised Injection (Consumption) Sites Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • The Access to Medically Supervised • Streetworks Coordinating • The EPS is supportive of intervention • EPS advocates for a Wellness Centre to provide all Injection Services Edmonton (AMSISE) Council (Alberta Health services that focus on addressing the root of the necessary intervention services across the Advisory Committee has proposed Services, Boyle McCauley causes and provide a holistic approach to spectrum of concerns facing vulnerable populations embedding supervised injection services Health Centre, Boyle Street assisting those with addictions in order to (addictions, substance abuse, mental health, within existing agencies that serve this Community Services, Catholic strive to break the cycle of drug addiction homelessness, etc.). population along with other wrap-around Social Services (Kairos House), which often is associated with crime and support services. CEASE (Centre to End All victimization. • The AMSISE Advisory Committee has Sexual Exploitation), Edmonton • EPS has public safety concerns about the continued with their community Police Service, George Spady subsidiary issues that can arise as a engagement; including, the design and Society, HIV Edmonton, result of these sites are not implemented implementation of an expanded community Northern HIV Clinic, University with adequate supports and integration of engagement strategy through funds of Alberta). services. The law enforcement provided by the Government of Alberta • Ministers of Justice and perspective has to take into consideration • A subsequent proposal was put forward Solicitor General and Health the entire public safety perspective, which recommending 4 sites (including one in- • Alberta Health Services is inclusive of the impacts of trafficking of patient) in areas within Downtown Division. illegal drugs, the related criminal activity • City of Edmonton which comes with the illegal drug trade and violence, and impacts on communities where this activity is tolerated. • The EPS continues to support the concept of a Community Wellness Centre where all services to support the needs of vulnerable populations could be provided and coordinated.

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Sanctuary Cities Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • In the wake of what are perceived as anti- • City of Edmonton • The EPS has conducted a legal review of • Engagement of the Edmonton Police Commission to migrant policies and sentiment in the • Canadian Border Services existing legislation (Immigration and be aware of the potential issues that can arise with United States, Canada has experienced an Agency Refugee Protection Act, Freedom of these declarations. uptick in asylum seekers crossing into Information and Protection of Privacy Act, • Establishment of a foundational position for the Canada illegally to claim refugee status. In etc.) and some considerations would service that balances the need to support victims of order to show support for asylum seekers include: crime as well as deal with issues pertaining to the at a municipal level, councils in some Legislated requirements to act as per Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Canadian municipalities have passed o legislation, execute warrants, and the motions designating themselves as authorization for sharing information “sanctuary cities” for unauthorized between law enforcement bodies migrants. (including Canada Border Services • Policies and strategies to deal with this Agency) for law enforcement influx must be in accordance with the purposes, such as reporting Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. violations of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. o Police have a duty to preserve the peace, enforce the law, protect life and property, prevent and investigate crimes, and bring the perpetrators to justice. Just as with any other laws, police have a duty to enforce the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. o Police also have the role to address victimization and address public safety.

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Project Watch Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • Project Watch (PW) is a collaborative • City of Edmonton • Existing standards and enforcement • Project Watch Task Force conducts joint inspections enforcement team brought together to mechanisms are limited. The identified of problem properties housing vulnerable persons. o Edmonton Fire and address unsafe living conditions, Rescue Services-Fire challenges require a combination of • Working with the City of Edmonton to identify any inadequate supports, and crime/disorder Prevention administrative, legislative, regulatory, and municipal regulatory gaps and jointly submit business issues related to provincial support clients enforcement-based solutions, at both the licence reviews imposing conditions on problem o Development Compliance housed in hotels, motels and rental provincial and municipal levels. properties including enforcement under the Municipal Community accommodations. o Government Act. Standards/Bylaw/Safety • Through the Project, the EPS and external Codes/Permits and • Secure formal operational participation from all partners have identified service and Business Licencing partners. regulatory gaps requiring collaborative solutions. • Alberta Human Services • Work with provincial partners to promote (Alberta Works and AISH) administrative improvements and to address legislative and regulatory gaps for commercial • Alberta Health Services- accommodation. Environmental Health

• Alberta Child and Family Services • Alberta Labour - Occupational Health and Safety

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FOCUS AREA: Mitigating fiscal and operational impacts in areas of shared jurisdiction Strategic Objective: To improve efficiency and reduce liability by enhancing fiscal and operational support from other orders of government in areas of shared or overlapping jurisdiction. ISSUE STAKEHOLDERS POSITION ADVOCACY OBJECTIVES Big City Charter Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • In 2012, Municipal Affairs engaged the • City of Edmonton • The EPS supports development of a • Support City of Edmonton advocacy in Big City Cities of Edmonton and Calgary to develop Charter to address the scope of Charter discussions. • charters to recognize the scope of services Alberta Municipal Affairs responsibilities now assumed by big • provided by big cities and to adjust cities. Ensure that the City of Edmonton’s position reflects authorities and fiscal powers accordingly. priorities of the EPS and addresses demands placed • All parties should understand the fiscal on police by current gaps in health and social service • The new government has indicated its implications for police services of rapid systems. intent to follow the previous timeline: growth and of social policy failures. negotiations on new powers to take place in 2015, with a new fiscal relationship coming in 2016. Municipal Policing Assistance Grant

Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • The Municipal Policing Assistance Grant • Province of Alberta • In the context of the Big City Charter and • Secure enhanced funding commitments from the program was established in 2004-05. Cities related discussions, the EPS supports the provincial government commensurate with the over 50,000 receive $16 per capita. view that funding allocations should demands placed on the EPS. recognize the demands placed on • The grant level has not increased to Edmonton by neighbouring municipalities respond to inflation or to increased and by the increasing cost and demands. If the grant were adjusted for complexity of policing. inflation, Edmonton would receive an additional $3.25M per year.

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Prisoner Transport Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • Prior to the opening of new Remand • Alberta Justice and Solicitor • The EPS seeks to work with the Province • Transition responsibility for transport of offenders to Centre in 2013, prisoners were transported General to reduce demands on police. Increased Remand to the Alberta Sheriffs if possible. on foot by EPS members. Since 2013, use of Alberta Sheriffs to support prisoner

EPS members have continued to transport transport is consistent with the provincial prisoners by car, resulting in significant Law Enforcement Framework. resource burdens. • This requirement may change upon the • The EPS transported 14,632 detainees in opening of the North West Campus. 2014, utilizing 8 Constables and 4

Sergeants at a personnel cost of $997,000.

Judicial Interim Release (Bail) Hearings Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • Up until October 21, 2016, EPS • Alberta Justice and Solicitor • 24-hour JP coverage is necessary in • Transition responsibility for conduct of bail hearings Constables assigned to the 24/7 Approval General Edmonton to allow for bail hearings to be to Crown Prosecutors. Unit conducted bail hearings on behalf of held around the clock. This is critical to • • the Crown. Alberta Crown Prosecution alleviating capacity constraints which Ensure continued efficiency of the hearing process Service result in unnecessary and problematic through the transition. • In 2014, EPS conducted over 14,000 delays. • hearings at an approximate staff cost of Secure 24-hour JP availability for Edmonton. $360,000. Current rates of growth suggest • Examine release condition options that might be this will increase significantly in the next more resource appropriate two years.

• Edmonton was served by one assigned Judicial Interim Release Hearing Officer, compared to three in Calgary, and Edmonton lacks 24-hour JP coverage. This limited the ability to process offenders and strains EPS detention capacity.

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Sexual Offender Management Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • The EPS manages a disproportionate • Corrections Service of Canada • The EPS faces disproportionate resource • Establish more collaborative resources to support the number of high-risk offenders released into (CSC) demands due to the high concentration of management of high-risk offenders in Edmonton. the community upon warrant expiry high-risk offenders. All partners – • • Alberta Health Services (AHS) including CSC, AHS, and other agencies Exploring need for a social worker to take on a • Edmonton receives high-risk offenders – should work collaboratively to manage support role for the offenders that the BAU monitors. from other jurisdictions, frequently high-risk offenders. managed by the Behavioural Assessment Unit (BAU). • Federal and provincial partners should consider measures to reduce the

concentration of high-risk offenders in Edmonton.

Electronic Offender Monitoring (EOM)

Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • The EPS initiated EOM through a • Alberta Justice and Solicitor • The EPS does not endorse the use of • Secure ongoing funding from higher orders of provincial grant, which expires at the end General EOM for pretrial release. government to support the EOM program. of 2015. EOM is a valuable tool for • monitoring high-risk Section 810 offenders. The use of EOM should be restricted to high-risk offenders on Section 810 • EOM is increasingly being required by release so that the EPS can provide an judicial orders for pretrial bail and to appropriate level of monitoring and monitor offenders from outside Edmonton, response. and the Courts are utilizing vendors who • are unable to provide timely local response The recent trend in judicial orders is (e.g. removal of devices for arrested making the use of EOM an operational offenders). The EPS is now monitoring necessity. Should this trend continue, federal and provincial offenders beyond the provincial funding should be provided to original scope of the EOM program. allow the EPS to respond to new requirements. However, the EPS should • The current situation has negative not be responsible for the cost of third- implications for the EPS: party monitoring.

o Unsustainable demand on personnel to • Should current trends continue, it is monitor offenders and respond to critical that the Courts use EOM vendors alarms with the capacity to provide timely response to local issues. o Delays in Remand admission due to delays in removal of device by vendors

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FOCUS AREA: Addressing emerging and unmet operational needs Strategic Objective: To improve police effectiveness by addressing current and emerging operational priorities ISSUE STAKEHOLDERS POSITION ADVOCACY OBJECTIVES Annexation and Growth Planning Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • The City has proposed to annex an area • All areas of the City of • The EPS should be an integral partner in • Ensure that negotiations concerning annexation south of Edmonton to accommodate future Edmonton (Office of Emergency COE annexation planning. reflect operational requirements for policing. population growth. This area includes the Management, Regional • • Edmonton International Airport and Planning Environmental and Growth projects within the City have Engage all relevant partners to develop policing plans portions of Highway 2, currently policed by Sustainable Development) implications for service delivery and for other growth areas (esp. downtown) citizen safety, and all partners must be RCMP. • Alberta Health Services engaged in safety planning for • Estimated annual policing costs for the revitalization areas. annexed area could ultimately require up

to: $9-10 million (60FTE). • Other transformative growth projects will have major implications for the EPS, particularly the downtown arena district.

Emergency Medical Response for Persons in Custody Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • Independent fatality inquiries have • Alberta Health Services • AHS and EPS should work together to • Identify alternatives to Emergency Department visits recommended that the EPS locate identify alternatives to Emergency for basic medical treatment/clearance for persons in • paramedics in the Detainee Management Private Paramedic Services Department visits for basic medical custody Unit (DMU). treatment/clearance for persons in • custody, e.g. exploring contracting of Identify feasible strategies to reduce liability for • The EPS faces significant liability for in- paramedics to be stationed in DMU. emergency medical occurrences in DMU. custody prisoner deaths.

• In 2014, EMS responded to DMU 245 times to provide treatment to persons in custody. Of these, 159 resulted in paramedics treating the patient on-site, while 86 required police-escorted visits to medical facilities.

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Institutional Intelligence Unit Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • There are six major federal and provincial • Alberta Justice and Solicitor • The Government of Alberta and federal • Scope options for establishment of an Institutional correctional facilities in Edmonton, and the General partners should partner with the EPS to Intelligence Unit. EPS is responsible for responding to calls explore establishment of an Institutional • for service and conducting associated Alberta Environment and Parks Intelligence Unit on a pilot basis. investigations at these facilities. • Corrections Service Canada (CSC) • The EPS has had initial discussions with partners on establishing a cross- • RCMP jurisdictional Intelligence Unit to gather and share intelligence in the interest of public safety (gangs, guns, drugs, organized crime). • A recommendation from the 2014-2015 EPS Intelligence Review Report was to identify and engage external partners in order to share organizational intelligence.

ASIRT and Professional Standards Branch (PSB) Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • The PSB continues to assess the • Alberta Justice and Solicitor • The EPS should continue to work with • Achieve ongoing refinement of processes and effectiveness of the public complaints General (ASIRT) ASIRT to enhance the transparency and communications protocols. process, and was worked collaboratively efficiency of investigative processes.

with the Police Commission and provincial

partners to standardize vocabulary and concepts. • Complaints against police receive media coverage and represent a risk to public trust and perceived legitimacy of police. • The EPS incurs personnel costs of $3.49M (28.0 FTE) annually for PSB functions.

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Responding to Domestic Violence Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • In 2013, the Province released a • City of Edmonton • The EPS supports engagement in this • Engage City and Provincial partners in addressing Framework to End Family Violence. In sector by City and Provincial partners. needs identified by EPS through implementation of • 2015, the City established a Council Alberta Human Services Provincial Framework and Council Initiative. • Initiative on Gender-Based Violence. The Province should work with municipal • Alberta Justice and Solicitor • These offer opportunities to address partners to identify opportunities to Ensure ongoing functioning of EPO process. General advance the Framework to End Family identified needs for improved system integration and referral options for police. Violence in Edmonton. • The City Council Initiative on Gender- • Emergency Protective Orders (EPOs): JPs are presently allowing EPS members to Based Violence should address needs secure EPOs by phone, but this practice is identified by EPS. not fully entrenched and may require further advocacy.

Domestic Violence Justice Response (DVJR) Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • The DVJR was created in Dec. 2016 with • City of Edmonton • The EPS will continue to work in • Aim of changing the service delivery model for the aim of changing the service delivery • Edmonton Police Service partnership with stakeholders to better victims of domestic violence. model for victims of domestic violence meet the needs of and support victims of • Ensuring that victims experience more support and • Alberta Justice and Solicitor domestic violence General less confusion in navigating the system through a more collaborative approach. • The John Howard Society

• Aboriginal Counseling Services. • DOCS • Victim Services Unit

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FOCUS AREA: Achieving legislative and regulatory innovation Strategic Objective: To improve police effectiveness by securing legislative and regulatory changes to meet current and emerging needs ISSUE STAKEHOLDERS POSITION ADVOCACY OBJECTIVES Traffic Safety Act and Related Enforcement Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • Under the previous Highway Traffic Act, • Alberta Transportation • Legislation should be enacted • Secure passage of legislation to enhance police police services in Alberta could seize empowering police to seize and impound powers to address excessive speeding. vehicles travelling more than 50kph above for seven days vehicles travelling at

the posted limit. Under the current Traffic excessive speeds, and should suspend Safety Act, police do not have this for seven days the license of any driver authority. charged with driving at excessive speed (50kph > posted limit). • Recent resolutions by the Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police (AACP) support enhancing police authority to address speeding.

Regulation of Scrap Metal Recyclers Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • Metal theft is a significant problem in • Alberta Infrastructure • The Province should initiate consultation • Engage the City of Edmonton in discussions about Alberta and represents a threat to critical to move towards enhanced legislation establishing a relevant Minimum Standards Bylaw. • infrastructure and to the construction Alberta Justice & Solicitor requiring greater documentation of • sector. General transactions and considering increased In the medium-term, secure passage of relevant provincial legislation. • City of Edmonton enforcement functions. • Existing regulations governing scrap metal

dealers do not contain adequate reporting • The City of Edmonton should explore and enforcement provisions to deter theft. addressing this issue through Bylaws, on the model adopted in Calgary.

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Regulation and Enforcement in the Hospitality Sector Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • Activities of the Alberta Gaming and Liquor • City of Edmonton • AGLC should continue to consult with the • Engage City of Edmonton in discussions on Commission (establishments, pricing, and EPS prior to introducing new regulation to mechanisms for input into licensing for businesses in • enforcement) have a major impact on Alberta Gaming & Liquor ensure community impacts are mitigated. the sector. demand for police resources. Commission (AGLC) • AGLC should continue to participate in • Engage all partners in planning for upcoming • Municipal business licensing in the joint enforcement and education development in the downtown core. hospitality sector has implications for initiatives.

policing. There is a need for mechanisms • to provide input to the City to inform The City should engage the EPS to licensing and Development Permit provide input to inform business licensing decisions. and Development Permitting for licenses establishments to ensure vitality is • The Business License Review process is balanced with community safety and one of the primary enforcement reduced victimization. mechanisms available to the Public Safety • Compliance Teams (PSCT). The current The EPS supports ongoing refinement of Review process is lengthy and PSCT has enforcement mechanisms, including the identified opportunities for improvement. Business License Review process.

• The opening of the arena district and the upcoming expansion of the PSCTs suggest that these issues will become more acute over the next 2-3 years.

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FOCUS AREA: Improving relations with Indigenous Communities Strategic Objective: To reduce victimization and improve police effectiveness through program innovation, relationships, and cultural competency ISSUE STAKEHOLDERS POSITION ADVOCACY OBJECTIVES Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and related political developments Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • The final report of the TRC included • City of Edmonton • The EPS has prioritized these issues • Secure Provincial support for initiatives aimed at multiple Calls to Action addressing the through the Indigenous Strategy reducing victimization among vulnerable persons. • justice system, including: to reduce Province of Alberta (all (competency training, recruitment, and • disproportionate rates of incarceration and Ministries) relationship building), and by working with Through the above, reduce levels of crime and victimization among indigenous people; to police partners on the CACP Policing with disorder affecting vulnerable persons and mitigate address the issue of missing and murdered First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Peoples the disproportionate levels of Indigenous victimization indigenous women; to build new Committee (PWFNMIPC). and incarceration. relationships on a model of mutual respect • • City and provincial partners should Ensure that EPS is recognized as a leader in and responsibility; and to engage with promoting positive relationships with the Indigenous Indigenous models of conflict resolution. support collaborative initiatives to reduce victimization among vulnerable people, community. • The Province and City have expressed which will in turn reduce Indigenous support for the TRC and Premier Notley victimization and incarceration (e.g. has tasked all Ministries with advancing the Community Wellness Centre, IPSA rights and self-reliance of Indigenous legislation, HUoS, mental health crisis communities. intervention, and transitional housing programming). • Indigenous people are twice as likely as non-Indigenous people to suffer violent victimization, and represent 23% of the

national incarcerated population.

City of Edmonton First Nations, Metis, and Inuit (FNMI) Framework Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • The Urban Indigenous Accord was signed • City of Edmonton • The EPS supports the City’s engagement • Ensure that EPS is recognized as a leader in in 2006 as a principle-based agreement with the Indigenous community, and the promoting positive relationships with the Indigenous between the City and the Indigenous City and the EPS should work closely community. peoples of Edmonton. On the tenth together to engage more effectively with

anniversary of the Accord, the City is the community where possible. developing a new FNMI Framework to

guide its engagement with the indigenous community.

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Relations with Indigenous governmental organizations Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • Edmonton falls within Treaty Six territory • Treaty Six Confederacy • The EPS is committed to maintaining • Maintain positive, strategic partnerships with and just south of Treaty Eight territory. First positive relationships with Indigenous Indigenous governments through their representative • Nations falling within these Treaty areas Treaty Eight First Nations of governments and representative organizations. are represented by the Treaty Six Alberta organizations in order to best serve • Through partnerships, to better understand the Confederacy and the Treaty Eight First • Metis Nation of Alberta Edmonton’s Indigenous community. Nations of Alberta, respectively. These Engagement with these stakeholders is challenges and opportunities facing the Indigenous groups serve as a united voice on behalf of consistent with and pursued under the community. member Nations. EPS Indigenous Strategy. • The Metis Nation of Alberta (MNA) is a representative body that advocates on behalf of Metis people within the province.

Oskayak Police Academy (also part of Youth Engagement) Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • The Oskayak Police Academy was born • EPS • It is geared towards youth between the • The projected outcome of the Oskayak Police out of a suggestion from one of our ages of 14 and 18 who self-identify as Academy is to build sustainable, trusting relationships • members that sit on the Indigenous Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Aboriginal. The teens earn three high with Indigenous youth and Edmonton Police Service, Community Liaison Committee (ICLC) as Society school credits upon completion. by providing a space for communication and well as the Chiefs Advisory Council. There • understanding in order to challenge stereotypes, Metis Child and Family Social • During their time at the academy, was need in the community for the Services address perceptions, and provide education on relationship between our Indigenous youth students participate in cultural activities. relevant policing issues. A key element to the • and police members to strengthen as the Amiskwaciy Academy • They also complete a police recruit success of the academy is providing access to relationship that was the reality was • obstacle course and learn about different traditional Indigenous knowledge to both the youth wrought with historical traumas and aspects of policing through visits from and police members involved. contemporary mistrust. • Edmonton Catholic Schools canine, tactical and recruiting units. • A partnership between several • REACH Edmonton (no longer • One of Oskayak’s key goals is to engage organizations, Oskayak was created to involved) participants in learning how to build safe mend relations by giving First Nations • Metro Continuing Education communities and work in partnership with youth and police a glimpse into each police. other’s lives. • Aboriginal Learning Services • The police service has acknowledged the • Oskayak, meaning “youth” in Cree. • First Nations, Metis and Inuit need to build better relations and reduce Education • The program focuses on providing a safe, victimization in the aboriginal community. culturally inclusive space for the youth and • Community involvement and support from officers to communicate, challenge partners are invaluable for the stereotypes, and learn. maintenance of this project.

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FOCUS AREA: Community Engagement Strategic Objective: To engage the community through prevention and intervention initiatives that work to improve police effectiveness through program innovation, community relationships, and cultural competency ISSUE STAKEHOLDERS POSITION ADVOCACY OBJECTIVES Chief’s Advisory Council Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • November 2013, The Centre for Race and • Edmonton Police Service • The Chief’s Community Advisory Council • Work cooperatively to identify, inform, discuss, and Culture (CRC) Consulting was contracted (CAC) was developed in 2004 to engage address common issues and trends to conduct a review of the CAC. the Edmonton Police Service and • Edmontonians in a proactive dialogue Engage in open dialogue, and provide input and • The findings of the review were as follows: centered on developing mutual trust, feedback on various issues the community and police may be facing at any given time. • The CAC and CLCs are valued as a information sharing, and relationship method for community engagement and building. • Develop responsible and proactive measures to consultation but changes will be required in • The Chief’s Advisory Council seeks to increase mutual understanding, cooperation, and order to maintain effectiveness, legitimacy, increase public safety by actively trust between and amongst the EPS and diverse and community and EPS support. promoting dialogue and collaboration communities. • There is a lack of awareness about the between and amongst Edmonton’s • Strengthen quality, delivery, and integration of CAC and CLCs both within the EPS and in diverse communities and the Edmonton policing services to be more responsive to the needs the communities which they are intended Police Service while building and of Edmonton’s diverse communities (i.e. Recruitment, to support. maintaining positive relationships. training, and outreach work). • Need a stronger set of accountability • As part of the CAC framework, there • Provide opportunities for dialogue, information measures to ensure the CAC and CLCs have been eight Community Liaison exchange, understanding and awareness- building are meeting their goals and objectives. Committees (CLCs) representing the following diverse communities: • Act as a resource for the community and operational • In relation to accountability there are Indigenous, African, Black, Chinese, support/resource for EPS sworn and civilian concerns about representation and South Asian, Jewish, Muslim, and Sexual members. participation on the CAC and CLCs. and Gender Minorities. The CAC is • There is a lack of clarity about the current chaired by the Chief of the Edmonton activities and purpose of the CAC and Police Service and a Community Co- CLCs and a desire to shift the activities to chair. The Equity, Diversity and Human achieve more action-oriented outcomes. Rights Section (EDHR) of the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) provides • Dedicated resources from the EPS will be administrative support and strategic required to sustain the work of the CAC direction to the CAC. and CLCs and that this will be especially important if the CAC & CLCs are to increase their activities beyond information sharing.

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Emerging Communities Framework Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • Develop an Emerging Communities • Equity, Diversity and Human • The EPS Emerging Communities • EPS will gain an understanding of what emerging Framework to assist the organization in Rights Section (EDHR) Framework is a crucial element of its communities are; why an engagement framework is establishing a comprehensive and commitment to community policing and necessary; what strategies and actions will be • inclusive plan for developing police Community Operations Support engaging in proactive policing that undertaken; and ultimately, how success will be legitimacy, trust and relationships within Unit (COSU) recognizes the value of prevention and measured. emerging communities. intervention activities. The framework • provides an understanding of what To create working strategies and actions that will emerging communities are; why an guide EPS to establish legitimacy, trust, and engagement framework is necessary for relationships with Edmonton’s emerging EPS, what strategies and actions will be communities. undertaken and how success will be • To be leveraged with the Engagement Strategy with measured. Diverse Community this is an APP Initiative. • Two main goals for 2017 will be:

1. Develop a Community Operations Support Team (COST) coordinated by COSU Constable and made up of members who are interested in developing police legitimacy, trust and relationships with Edmonton’s emerging and diverse communities and

2. Work with the Office of Strategy Management to develop an organizational Community Engagement Strategy. Community Operations Support Team (COST) Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • One of the goals of the Emerging • Various Community groups • Having frontline members who are • Establish a Community Operations Support Team Communities Framework was to develop a interested in doing community (COST) with support from the Division. Community Operations Support Team engagement events, this way the work is

(COST) coordinated by COSU Constable spread across the organization rather and made up of members who are than with a few dedicated resources and interested in developing police legitimacy, individuals. trust, and relationships with Edmonton’s • emerging and diverse communities. An organizational COST initiative with support from the division will increase organizational awareness, and resources to work and engage the community.

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FOCUS AREA: Youth Engagement Strategic Objective: invest in all youth using a spectrum of proactive police involved engagement, intervention, and enforcement programs; building youth resiliency; addressing youth risk factors and preventing offending, re-offending and victimization. ISSUE STAKEHOLDERS POSITION ADVOCACY OBJECTIVES EPS Youth Strategy Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • The magnitude of youth crime in Edmonton • Youth Services Section • The youth strategy aligns with EPS’s • To decrease youth crime and victimization. is significant. In 2012, among the top ten strategic goal to reduce crime and • prolific youth offenders, 465 charges were victimization, and is guided by our To increase resiliency in participating youth. laid. mission to increase public safety. • To enhance existing youth programming and support new ideas within EPS. • Many factors contribute to youth crime and • It focuses on four specific elements: victimization: decreasing youth crime and victimization, • To act as a resource to all areas within EPS and a link to the community at large. • Regular adolescent developmental issues, increasing resiliency in youth, enhancing from self-identity to the emergence of ego existing youth programming while and self-importance. supporting new ideas, and finally, acting as a resource to all areas within EPS and • Traumatic and violent experiences a link to the community at large. encountered during early developmental years. • Execution of the strategy will enhance • Addiction and mental health issues. our ability to address youth related policing issues, while providing a specific • High Impulsivity and inability to relate expertise to share within the Edmonton behaviour to consequences. Police Service. • Youth possessing some or all of these characteristics may pose a significant risk to themselves and public safety.

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EPS School Resource Officers Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • In 1979, the Edmonton Police Service • Edmonton Public and Catholic • The Edmonton Police Service, (EPS) is • Be a visible uniformed presence in the school entered into a unique partnership with the School Boards dedicated to providing our schools a safe through counseling, structured class presentations, Edmonton Public and Edmonton Catholic and caring environment. In Collaboration lectures, positive youth interaction and mentoring. • School Boards, creating a police presence EPS with school partners, a model of pro- • within four Edmonton high schools. active, solution oriented policing Conduct investigations and enforce laws, (municipal, recognizes the importance and strength provincial or criminal) by appropriate means, as • Over the past 36 years, the role of the towards engaging with student dictated by the statute applicable to the situation. School Resource Officer has changed populations and supporting initiatives • Work with school administrators, staff, students, dramatically. A primary function of the within school communities. School Resource Officer today is to assist parents, and the community, including other EPS the school administration in ensuring a • The School Resource Officer (SRO) members, to identify and address school concerns. "safe and caring place of learning" for Program is still recognized as one of the • Engage students through positive mentoring and students and staff, balancing enforcement first community-based initiatives student relationship building activities with prevention and intervention. undertaken by the EPS. • Engage highest risk students with a supportive “wrap- around” approach utilizing the expertise of community partners.

Safe in 6 Program Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • The development of the Safe in 6 Program • Canadian Centre for Child • The Safe in 6 Program is targeted at • Increase Youth Safety - provision of consistent promotes positive police/youth Protection grade six students and focuses on messaging around risky behaviours associated with engagement at the grade six levels addressing the top three challenges youth populations; young people identify • (elementary) and is the alternative program Alberta Health Services youth face today: how to nurture positive, consequences, both short and long term, of their to D.A.R.E. The development of the Safe in (Addiction and Mental Health) healthy and supportive relationships; how choices. 6 Program was a collaborative effort with a to stay safe in our online world; and, how • Canadian Red Cross • number of partners including: Canadian to resist the ever-present pressures to Build trust and respect between police and youth - Centre for Child protection, Alberta Health • EPS partake in drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Provide opportunity for same space, positive Services (Addition and Mental Health) and interaction; allow for casual adult to youth dialogue • Edmonton Public and Catholic • Canadian Red Cross. Safe in 6 consists of Three one-hour presentations have been that increases understanding of one another. School Boards developed and tested in schools, with a three modules: healthy relationships, • Work collaboratively with partner agencies and Internet safety and drug resistance. Over facilitation manual and family activity booklet as part of the package. community stakeholders. Increased sustainability of 800 students were involved in the pilot prevention initiatives aimed at youth populations; project and 23 officers were trained to enhanced communication strategies for working with facilitate the program. youth and effectively dealing with the complex needs of youth.

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Youth Action Project (YAP) Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • The John Humphrey Centre’s Youth • EPS • YAP Provide an excellent opportunity for • As the EDHR and Youth Services Section continue to Action Project is a youth leadership relationship building between the police work together on the development and • program that engages young people ages John Humphrey Centre and community, while also alleviating any implementation of a youth engagement program for 16 – 24 in human rights issues in our • Equity and Diversity Human misconceptions the community may EPS, it is believed that the insights and community through applied learning and Rights Section have. The recommendations that have recommendations coming from YAP will be dialogue. been developed by YAP in the past have constructive and useful in ensuring a relevant, youth- • Youth Services Section been positively received and driven and police supported engagement program. • It is an intensive weekly program that implemented. allows approximately 20 youth the opportunity to hear from presenters on a specific topic and have intensive dialogue • The police topics selected for YAP are: on critical issues faced by members of the community. 1. Police as protectors/Use of Force • In 2016, YAP identified a need for 2. The legislations that guides relationship building between law policing/street checks enforcement and youth from marginalized 3. Police Accountability and Complaints communities. This led them to select Process “Policing” their topic of focus for 2016; participants will learn from both community 4. Cultural Safety and Bias Awareness and police presentations. in Policing

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The Y-FIVE-0 Strategy Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • Y-50 is a strategy created by the Youth Youth Unit • Y-50 Constables monitor, investigate and • Reduce violent youth crime and victimization through Unit in response to the increased number gather intelligence about target youth with focused efforts (with intervention and justice partners) of repeat violent youth-related crimes in the aim of providing close supervision on the 50 most violent, prolific youth offenders in the Edmonton. and support to minimize reoffending. city based identified through the IMR13 (Youth Youth offenders who continue their Offender Matrix) • The Youth Unit joined with justice and criminality are subject to strategies • intervention partners to address the risk focused on enforcement and public Provide expertise in policing of youth offenders factors associated with high-risk youth safety, while youth who are engaged, are • behaviours. This led to the development of Link Y:Five-O identified youth to intervention supports directed toward rehabilitation and through our EPS civilian Youth Referral Coordinator the Youth Offending Matrix (by the EPS reintegration through the work of a Youth Business Performance Unit). The matrix is Referral Coordinator. - participate in high risk youth case consults with a a tool that utilizes police data from three variety of community partners risk categories: violence, prolific offending and vulnerability, to identify and rank the • Successfully graduate youth from the Y: FIVE-O list 50 most violent and prolific youth (not due to aging out). offenders. • Develop and create the Working Warrior Intervention • The Edmonton Police Service has Program in collaboration with Bent Arrow Traditional developed its Youth Strategy over the past Healing Society 3 years. A priority program within the - Lead a large scale strategy for tackling an Youth Strategy is the Y: FIVE-O program emerging youth crime trend annually which targets prolific, violent youth offenders (as identified through the youth - support and refer youth to the WrapEd intervention offender matrix). Youth offenders are program assigned to specific Crown Prosecutors, Probation Officers, EYOC team leads and Y: FIVE-O Constables for monitoring and opportunities for intervention. In 2015, the Y-50 program will focus on reducing violent occurrences and reduced victimization by these youth offenders, development of a job skills program and effective referrals for interventions and treatment.

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The Resiliency Project Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • The Resiliency Project” will reduce the risk • City of Edmonton • Counter Terrorism and Radicalization of • Sergeant position to coordinate the project. Analyst of violent extremism by bridging the gap youth is a concern for EPS and the City position created for “The Resiliency Project”. • between police, community and social EPS of Edmonton • service providers. This project will deliver a City partnership in implementing online intervention

comprehensive approach for countering strategy through partnership with “Moonshot CVE”. violent extremism in youth, and aims to • School Resource Officers complete CVE community educate community and intervene with education program (“train the trainer” – human rights youth at the highest risk of being approach to countering violent extremism). influenced by extremist messaging. • Young Persons Advisory Council (Y-PAC) is established as a committee within Chiefs Advisory Council. Dallaire Initiative Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • Building Connections: Police-Youth- • Edmonton Police Services • With the Dallaire Initiative’s expertise in • Develop the Smartphone Application “Connections” Community Partnerships for Extreme developing pedagogical tools for security • • Violence Prevention Project Overview The Roméo Dallaire Child sector actors internationally, we see 30 officers in the Youth Services Section of the Soldiers Initiative these project results and findings as an Edmonton Police Service will pilot the app over the • The Dallaire Initiative conducted research course of a year from November 2016 to November excellent opportunity to explore our tool to understand the current contexts and development expertise domestically in a 2017. practices related to youth and police, very tangible way. • consulted with community organizations The EPS officers will provide regular feedback on and at-risk youth, and worked directly with • The Dallaire Initiative has worked with their use of the app to the Dallaire Initiative and police to inform and shape the creation of Edmonton Police Services and local analytics will be collected on their use of the app. resources to support Canadian police Halifax software development company, After this pilot phase and an impact evaluation has services on the front line. MODE, to develop a unique smartphone been completed by the Dallaire Initiative with the application that police officers can use on cooperation and feedback of EPS, the results of the • It was decided to focus on the the job to improve their interactions with app will be presented at a year 3 wrap-up development of a number of supportive youth and their ability to assist them. conference in winter 2018 and promoted with other resource tools that police forces can police services around Canada in a business model integrate into their existing activities to approach. promote and support positive interactions - The APP is under construction based on with children and intervention in and feedback provided by Youth Services Section prevention of recruitment and violence. Officers – enhancing design, search engine, and training into module learning environment

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WrapEd Program Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • WrapEd (Wrap = Wraparound, Ed = • EPS • Wraparound Edmonton, or WrapED, is a • The WrapEd program aims to reduce criminal gang Edmonton) is a collaboration between The partnership of six Edmonton activity among multi-barrier youth and focuses on • Africa Centre, Edmonton John Howard Africa Centre organizations working together; helping safety, individual and family needs, and goal setting. Society, Edmonton Police Service, Native • Edmonton John Howard young people affected by violent crime The program diverts youth from joining gangs and Counselling Services of Alberta and Society move away from the assists youth in exiting gangs. YOUCAN Youth Services. The project threat of gangs and learn to thrive in our • uses the collective expertise of Edmonton • Native Counselling Services of At the end of the five-year period, officials say they community. WrapED uses an intentional youth-serving organizations to tackle the Alberta hope to see a measurable difference in the youth approach to help youth build meaningful complexities of youth gangs. they work with and a sharp reduction in their • YOUCAN Youth Services relationships. involvement and ties to gang activity. • Edmonton Police Service’s Youth Unit • REACH Edmonton Council for • WrapED youth engage one-on-one with a currently refers youth from a list of 50 of Safe Communities youth worker and guide their own “Wrap” the most prolific and violent offenders in meetings with people they trust. Often the city (Y-50) to the program. The unit our police officers in Youth Service welcomes referrals from divisions for youth Section are often invited to attend these who meet the following criteria: “Wrap” meetings and learn how to further • Between the ages of 12 and 17 understand the complex needs of these youth and help develop future goals as a • History of violent crime strong collective. • Known to police • Most at risk for involvement with gangs

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Working Warriors Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • In January of 2016, Edmonton Police • EPS Youth Services Section • Fourteen youth from the Y:FIVE-0 list • Work to help youth overcome barriers to attending Service’s (EPS) Youth Services Section participated in the Working Warriors pilot the program (i.e. addiction, family stability, • approached Bent Arrow to discuss the Bent Arrow Traditional Health program, from which two were successful outstanding warrants, and transportation issues). possibility of creating a customized Society at meeting employment and housing • Staff will also work with incarcerated youth to help intervention program to support Y-FIVE-0- • goals. Ten Y:FIVE-0 youth participated in ReBuild Youth Mechanics them with employment-related goals identified in involved youth. A pilot project was Program the ReBuild program and in the education developed collaboratively, aimed at program delivered by Institutional Individualized Learning Plans (ILP) and help them strengthening intervention efforts and • Alberta Education (Youth Services Schools (ISS). prepare for re-entry into the full Working Warrior determining long-term need for enhanced Attendance Centre) program upon release. • Program curriculum allows for hands-on services. • • Service Canada (funding) employability skills through work Expect at least 60 % of Working Warriors youth will either enroll in a trade or have found sustainable • Working warriors is an innovative experience in the trades industry. Youth employment skills development program involved in the program will get 40 weeks employment upon completion of the program. for youth involved in the criminal justice of employment-related skills development • Provide youth with tools to sustain a career or system. The project is a partnership with and 12 weeks of supported follow up. advanced education and increased personal Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society, Employers willing to hire Working resiliency to support a crime-free lifestyle. Edmonton Police Service’s Youth Services Warriors youth as apprentices have been Section (Y-FIVE-0 program), the ReBuild identified in several trades. Youth Mechanics program and Alberta • Education (Youth Attendance Centre). Youth participate in paid work experience Funding for three years was granted by placements throughout the city, they will Service Canada to deliver the program with return to Bent Arrow to take employment Bent Arrow acting as the fiscal agent. skills development workshops, life skills enhancement workshops, and high school courses for credit. • Life Skills Enhancement Workshops – Effective communication, cultural awareness, stress and crisis management, anger management, healthy boundaries and relationships.

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Police Youth Engagement Program Issue: Stakeholders: Position: Objectives: • The Police Youth Engagement Program • EPS • As a partner on this project, the 1) Establish dialogue and build trust between the EPS (PYEP) is collaboration with community Edmonton Police Service through the and youth from Emerging communities • leaders from ethno-cultural communities EDHR Equity Diversity and Human Rights 2) To provide members from ethno-cultural communities (Oromo, Sudanese, Eritrean/Ethiopean, Section provides staff resources to • REACH with the opportunity to gain a better understanding of Somali, Syrian and Iraqi), the Edmonton assist in planning and hosting the camp. police and community roles and responsibilities as it Police Service, the City of Edmonton • Multicultural Health Brokers With support from Supt. Terry Rocchio relates to law enforcement. Citizen Services and REACH Edmonton. • City of Edmonton (past chair of the African Community Liaison Committee), the Edmonton 3) For youth to gain leadership skills • It is a program held annually during the • Community animators Police Service helps develop a 4) For youth to gain a deeper understanding of career summer to build and strengthen curriculum whereby youth engage opportunities in law enforcement and the justice relationships between youth from emerging directly with officers and learn about the sector. communities and the Edmonton Police role of police. Service. PYEP also strives to build youth

capacity through leadership and mentorship skills.

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