CANADIAN MUNICIPAL NETWORK ON CRIME PREVENTION

Felix Munger, Managing Consultant CMNCP

MISSION CMNCP brings together Canadian municipalities from across the country to: • share and develop knowledge, expertise and vision; • build municipal capacity and mobilize municipalities; to prevent and reduce crime and community safety and well-being

OVERALL GOALS A community of practice created to build and sustain the capacity of municipalities to: • Prevent and reduce crime and tackle successfully the ¨hot¨ issues • Foster community safety and well-being • Increase multi-sectoral and collaborative crime prevention strategies that invest compassionately in the futures of young Canadians for the good of all Canadians; • Increase investment in effective, evidence based and cost-effective crime prevention strategies in municipalities.

CMNCP TARGETS TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL • Enhanced community safety

• ↑ capacity to plan and implement collaborative CCSS • ↑ standards for employees and stakeholders implementing CCSS • More cost-efficient investments in crime reduction, victimization prevention • ↑ in investment in evidence-based programs • ↑ better use of municipal resources to cope with crime

HOW WILL CMNCP GET THERE? • Community of practice fostering sharing of solutions, particularly to pressing problems • Municipal Mentoring of new members and Inter-Municipal Exchanges • Regional and National Meetings and Openness to Learning from International Developments • Workshops, Trainings, Knowledge Sharing and Ways to Use Evidence, • Collective voice, including encouraging partnering with other orders of government • Support from, and partnering with other, orders of government • Contributing and learning from international developments

CMNCP IS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION, WITH PROJECT FUNDING 2015 TO 2018 MEMBERSHIP • 18 municipalities committed to CMNCP principles and now representing approximately 35% of the Canadian population PA RT N E R S • University of Ottawa (Irvin Waller)

FUNDED BY: • Membership fee from its municipalities • In-kind services from the member municipalities • Project funding for “Building Municipal Capacity to Harness Evidence for Crime Prevention¨ from National Crime Prevention Centre (Public Safety Canada) from 2015 to 2018.

MEMBERSHIP M U N I C I PA L C O M M I T M E N T • A commitment to take an active part in CMNCP (sharing information, national and regional meetings, resources. • Collaboration and evidence for sound decision-making. R E P R E S E N TAT I O N • Designation of a representative to be part of CMNCP.

SHARED COMMITMENT • Shared commitment to promote community safety and crime prevention. • A willingness to develop collaborative, evidence-based, and community-based approaches. • Coordinate municipal action through an existing or future responsibility centre or similar mechanism.

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP: What members say: • Strong networking capacity • Passion and commitment of members / coordinating committee • Robust information sharing / community of practice • Diversity of membership – bringing together expertise & evidence-based knowledge

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE: Member Identified Discussion Topics • • • • • • • • • •

Indigenous communities and community members Marginalized communities Radicalization Mental health, addiction Partnership development, community engagement, collective impact, local initiatives Gangs, drugs, gun violence Marijuana legalization Provincial / regional issues Violence against women, domestic violence Advocacy

REASONS FOR A MUNICIPALITY TO JOIN • Understanding the Role of the municipality:

• How does the role of municipality compare to other stakeholders such as the police, public health, school boards and other partners in crime prevention? • How do the relationships between stakeholders work in other communities, and how are roles defined? • Should (and if how) can a municipality move from non-specific ‘coordination’ to identifying specific projects?

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What works well for other municipalities Provincial mandates Share foundational work (e.g., municipal drug strategies) City to city mentoring program ‘Brand’ value of membership of national organization Association with a national network may prove beneficial for certain funding opportunities

NAVIGATING THE WEBSITE

SUPPORT NEEDED FOR CANADIAN MUNICIPALITIES • Canada’s national crime prevention strategy needs to recognize and invests in the vital role that municipalities play in crime prevention. • Increased investment (from all levels of governments) in Comprehensive Community Safety Strategies • • • •

Investment in creating municipal Responsibility Centres across the Country Investment in evidence-based crime prevention programs Investment in crime prevention evaluation Investment in training and tools to assist

QUESTIONS?

PLANNED INVESTMENT IN UPSTREAM CRIME PREVENTION FOR MUNCIPALITIES Professor Irvin Waller, University of Ottawa and Partner with CMNCP

M U N I C I PA L I T IE S H AV E A V I TA L RO L E TO P L AY TO G E T • More investment – inspired by evidence - in upstream social prevention programs that invest in people and are effective in reducing violence and its costs; • More planned collaborative and comprehensive community safety strategies informed by evidence and focused on results; • Better balance between reactive and proactive policing in partnership with upstream social prevention;

• Significant reductions in intimate partner and sexual violence, disproportionate violence affecting Indigenous peoples and other violence, consistent with Canadian commitments to UN SDG´s and TRC for next decade – ie 2030. See commitments in Truth and Reconciliation Commission and UN Sustainable Development Goals

THE CHALLENGE OF INTERPERSONAL CRIME TO URBAN SAFETY

See CMNCP Action Brief 2016.0

INTERPERSONAL CRIME IMPACTS MANY CITIZENS

Cumulative loss and trauma to victims is estimated at $55 billion a year, equivalent to $1.5 billion for a city of 1 million.

SOME CRIME ISSUES REQUIRING SPECIAL ATTENTION • Street crime and gang related shootings; • Intimate partner and sexual violence, particularly affecting women; • Disproportionately high number of Indigenous persons who are victims of violence; • Substance abuse, overdoses, and trafficking; and • Violent extremism and radicalization.

ECONOMICS OF POLICING REQUIRING ATTENTION •

“Unsustainable growth in policing and public safety costs for municipalities, [are] often crowding out other essential services such as early intervention and crime prevention programs” (Federation of Canadian Municipalities, 2016); •

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Municipalities pay 60% of the $14 billion that Canada spends on policing – proportion of municipal taxes going to policing has grown in line with national increase of 40% over inflation;

Evidence suggests that ¨smart¨ and ¨partnership¨ policing are key to crime reduction - not expenditures (Council of Canadian Academies, 2014);

WHY INVEST IN UPSTREAM CRIME PREVENTION IN MUNICIPALITIES

See CMNCP Action Brief 2016.1

SIGNIFIC ANT KNOWLEDGE THAT UPSTREAM PREVENTION IS COST EFFECTIVE Advanced nations have accumulated significant knowledge over the last 50 years from scientific research and evaluations that: •

Social and smart investments in upstream crime prevention are effective in reducing violent and property crime;

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Investments in effective prevention are much more cost effective than reacting to crime and so reduce harm to victims while potentially saving taxes;

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These conclusions and their specifics are endorsed by, and available from, prestigious organizations like the World Health Organization, the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, and the US Department of Justice.

Program

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MAJOR HEALTH AND JUSTICE AGENCIES NOW PROVIDE COMPELLING EVIDENCE ON WHAT PREVENTION IS EFFECTIVE

See CMNCP Action Brief 2016.2

WHAT CRIME PREVENTION HAS BEEN PROVEN EFFECTIVE?

See CMNCP Action Brief 2016.3

EXAMPLES OF TYPES OF PROGRAMS WHICH HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO PREVENT CRIME UPSTREAM YO U T H I N C L U S I O N • 63% reduction in offending and 16% in crime in the area THE FOURTH R • 25% reduction in reported sexual violence in schools LIFE SKILLS TRAINING • Reduction in drug abuse and violence, 32% reduction in delinquency CARDIFF EMERGENCY ROOM A N A LY S I S • 40% of city crime reduced and return of $80 per $1 invested

BREAK-IN REDUCTION I N I T I AT I V E • 75% reduction of one time and repeat break-ins A S S I S T E D O U T PAT I E N T T R E AT M E N T • Cut probability of arrest by 2/3rd P R O A C T I V E A N D PA RT N E R S H I P POLICING • In partnership, 67% reduction in homicides (e.g., Boston)

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COMPREHENSIVE MUNICIPAL CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES DELIVER CITY WIDE RESULTS

See CMNCP Action Brief 2016.4

KEY TO SUCCESSFUL MUNICIPAL CRIME PREVENTION • RESPONSIBILITY CENTRE • To diagnose the problems, plan solutions, mobilize improvements in service sectors and evaluate the outcomes. • EVIDENCE-BASED PREVENTION • Implement evidence-based prevention programs to effectively reduce the cost of violence. • S U S TA I N E D F U N D I N G • For improvements in service sectors from the municipal budget and other orders of government. • E VA L UAT I O N S • Both process and outcome of all implemented initiatives.

RESULTS FROM COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SAFETY STRATEGIES • G L A S G OW • 50% reduction in homicides in their high crime areas. • MINNEAPOLIS • 62% reduction in youth crime. • WINNIPEG • 76% reduction in auto thefts in the city and annual savings of lives and $30 million

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IMPLICATIONS FOR MUNICIPAL STAKEHOLDERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORDERS OF GOVERNMENT

See www.safercities.ca, including CMNCP quick facts and the policy brief at http://bit.ly/2koFM5n

M U N I C I PA L I T IE S H AV E A V I TA L RO L E TO P L AY TO G E T • More investment – inspired by evidence - in upstream social prevention programs that invest in people and are effective in reducing violence and its costs; • More planned collaborative and comprehensive community safety strategies informed by evidence and focused on results; • Better balance between reactive and proactive policing in partnership with upstream social prevention;

• Significant reductions in intimate partner and sexual violence, disproportionate violence affecting Indigenous peoples and other violence, consistent with Canadian commitments to UN SDG´s and TRC for next decade – ie 2030. See commitments in Truth and Reconciliation Commission and UN Sustainable Development Goals

Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services

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Ottawa Gang Strategy Nancy Worsfold City of Ottawa

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THANK YOU C O N TAC T: www.safercities.ca |

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