Smart on Crime in Waterloo Region

Priority Directions

Overview

Don’t be alarmed if you don’t see a milestone listed under the last years of this plan – that doesn’t mean we’re not doing anything.

The activities and milestones you find within each Priority Direction are to serve as a ‘living document’ for the period of 2010 – 2014. Areas of work and  milestones will be developed over the course of each year based on learning, outcomes and evaluation of the previous year. New milestone will be developed in anticipation of, or in response to emerging issues within our community and the wider field of crime prevention.

We are commited to monitoring and evaluating the work we do. We are in the process of creating an evaluation framework that will highlight what works and what doesn't work for smart approaches to crime prevention.

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Smart on Crime in Waterloo Region provides new priority directions for the Crime Prevention Council over the next four years. These direction are:

  • Research and Inquiry
  • Education and Learning
  • Strategic Leadership
  • Organizational Development

Each priority direction has a carefully crafted reasoning as follows:

  • Why this direction is important for crime prevention;
  • What this direction must compel us to do;
  • What the Crime Prevention Council will commit to doing.

The work of crime prevention is always changing and our work needs to be proactive and responsive at all times.

Smart on Crime in Waterloo Region is about planning for the future but also being flexible to support innovation and respond to emerging community needs and issues.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

- Margaret Mead