open drug and sex trades |
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potential community action - SHORT TERM |
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| 1. reduce open drug selling, use and sex trade activities on the streets. |
1.explore ways to target sex trade buyers (shame the johns) through increased community-based policing, including of recording license plates; work with local community policing offices. |
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| 2. discourage 'open' drug use and selling by having more block watch programs to report to police more quickly. maybe include foot and bike patrols links to a local community policing centre. |
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| 3. explore street outreach services to sex trade workers that offer them alternative education and employment opportunities; and other supports that may help them to exit the trade sooner. |
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| 4. create 'safe places' where sex trade workers and drug users can get information on basic health care, drug addiction, recovery and rehabilitation help. |
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| 5. set up an information network (maybe handouts) on anti-drug awareness and anti-gang recruitment tips for families that may be at risk; make the handouts esl friendly. |
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| 6. create handouts on where existing support services are located for drug users and sex trade workers to help direct them into possible treatment and rehabilitation services more quickly. |
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| 7. create a list of neighbourhood organizations and government agencies already servicing sex trade workers and drug users to better coordinate their efforts, including regional offices. form a community-based support network to explore better coordination. |
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| 2. reduce the amount of paraphernalia (litter) left from drug and sex trade activities. |
8. carry out regular neighbourhood clean ups in public areas (parks and schools) of known drug use and sex trade activities to remove unsafe litter. |
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| 9. work with the city's engineering, parks and school boards to coordinate regular and/or increased litter pick up in known problem areas. |
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| 3. reduce visual and noise impacts on local neighbourhoods. |
10. increase neighbourhood block watch (and park/school watch) programs to better help with crime prevention efforts by local police and community offices; reduce youth party litter and noise. try to work with youth to find other activities, help in the clean up. |
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| 11. work with sex workers and government agencies to better understand all 'local' impacts on neighbourhoods (yelling, traffic, fights) and to seek out other 'areas' for sex trade activities (away from parks and schools). |
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| 4. reduce the number of problem premises. |
12. monitor and report out on suspected or known drug houses to police for follow up regarding possible by-law infractions, nuisance complaints, etc; include residential and commercial premises. |
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| 13. consider relocating or removing problem payphones that are used for open drug selling and contacts. |
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potential community advocacy - LONG TERM |
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increase city police patrols and enforcement of federal laws (criminal) in known drug use and selling problem areas. |
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| increase city police patrols and enforcement of federal laws (prostitution) in known sex trade areas. |
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| Revised comments [BOLD CAPITALS] from feedback received on March 18, 2008 - SCG Meeting #2 |
open drug and sex trades |
| objective |
potential community action - SHORT TERM |
dotting |
| 1. reduce open drug selling and use, ALCOHOL, and sex trade activities on the streets. |
1.explore ways to target sex trade buyers (shame the johns) through increased community-based policing, including of recording license plates; work with local community policing offices. |
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| 2. discourage 'open' drug use and selling by having more block watch programs to report to police more quickly. maybe include foot and bike patrols links to a local community policing centre. |
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| 3. explore street outreach services to sex trade workers that offer them alternative education and employment opportunities; and other supports that may help them to exit the trade sooner. COMBINES WITH #7 AND #11. OUTREACH AND INREACH TO UNDERSTAND MOTIVATIONS SEX TRADE NON-CONFRONTATIONAL AND WHAT ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY INVOLVED AND HOW CAN WE WORK WITH THEM. |
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| 4. create 'safe places' where sex trade workers and drug users can get information on basic health care, drug addiction, recovery and rehabilitation help. |
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| 5. set up an information network (maybe handouts) on anti-drug awareness and anti-gang recruitment tips for families that may be at risk; make the handouts esl friendly. KIDS UP FRONT PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE, PLACE AT CHURCHES, NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSES. WHO HAS INFORMATION? WHAT INTITIVES? LOCAL SHCOOLS AND SCHOOL BOARD. EDUCATE COMMUNITY ON WHAT INFORMATION POLICE NEED, WHAT COMMUNITY CAN DO. EDUCATE COMMUNITY FLYERS EVENTS USING POLICE, E.G., CHURCHES ETC. OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. CENTRAL WEBSITE FOR INFORMATION ON MOUNT PLEASANT - MODERATED BY THE SCG WORKING GROUP LEADERS? OTHER WEBSITES, E.G. CITY. |
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| 6. create handouts on where existing support services are located for drug users and sex trade workers to help direct them into possible treatment and rehabilitation services more quickly. |
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| 7. create a list of neighbourhood organizations and government agencies already servicing sex trade workers and drug users to better coordinate their efforts, including regional offices. form a community-based support network to explore better coordination. COMBINES WITH #3 AND #11 |
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| SCG Ideas? GENERAL: OVERLAP WITH MENTALLY ILL HOMELESS |
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| SCG Ideas? GENERAL: MAY NEED TO DEAL WITH DRUG AND SEX TRADE SEPARATELY SOMETIMES |
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| SCG Idea?: GENERAL: BUILD ON INFORMATION FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALREADY EXIST GENERAL |
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| 2. reduce the amount of paraphernalia (litter) left from drug and sex trade activities. |
8. carry out regular neighbourhood clean ups in public areas (parks and schools) of known drug use and sex trade activities to remove unsafe litter. NORTH AND SOUTH BROADWAY ALLEY, COMBINES WITH #9 |
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| 9. work with the city's engineering, parks and school boards to coordinate regular and/or increased litter pick up in known problem areas. COMBINES WITH #8 |
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| 3. reduce visual and noise impacts on local neighbourhoods. |
10. increase neighbourhood block watch (and park/school watch) programs to better help with crime prevention efforts by local police and community offices; reduce youth party litter and noise. try to work with youth to find other activities, help in the c |
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| 11. work with sex workers and government agencies to better understand all 'local' impacts on neighbourhoods (yelling, traffic, fights) and to seek out other 'areas' for sex trade activities (away from parks and schools). COMBINES WITH #3 AND #7 |
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| 4. reduce the number of problem premises. |
12. monitor and report out on suspected or known drug houses to police for follow up regarding possible by-law infractions, nuisance complaints, etc; include residential and commercial premises. |
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| 13. consider relocating or removing problem payphones that are used for open drug selling and contacts. |
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| SCG Idea?: WHAT PREMISES / AREAS IDENTIFIED BY POLICE? WHAT ARE PLANS? |
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| SCG Idea?: WHERE IS THE SEX TRADE? |
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| SCG Idea?: HOW DO LANDLORDS FIT IN? INFORM THEM, SUPPORT FROM POLICE, SLUM LORDS |
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potential community advocacy - LONG TERM |
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increase city police patrols and enforcement of federal laws (criminal) in known drug use and selling problem areas. |
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| increase city police patrols and enforcement of federal laws (prostitution) in known sex trade areas. |
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