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Waterloo Police Services Board meeting held on March 9, 2022

On the Agenda for WRPS Board meeting as held on March 9, 2022: 
  • Overview of the Youth, Mental Health, Homelessness and Encampment Strategies (Page 34-39)


"There’s a real disconnect in terms of understanding the complexities of the problems that we face and the realities that are told to all levels of government and the public,” said Burt. “These are things that we wrestle with all the time.”
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​-Above quote pulled from
"We've never been here before," say Waterloo Region outreach workers -The Record
  • WRPS responds to homelessness with new stategy -City News
  • A bitter end for crime prevention council -The Record
  • Waterloo Regional Police present homeless encampment strategy -The Record​​​
  • WRPS to develop policy on homeless encampment calls - City News Jan. 2022
  • Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council (Website) 
  • Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council holds emotional final meeting - The Record 

My "nickel" in comment on this topic:

In order to obtain a balanced approach, inclusive of the human rights of the individuals involved, we must know and understand the individual's perspective. This is best offered via inclusion of these persons and their voices in the discussions surrounding their needs.

The seemingly developing trend to, at times, forego inclusion of or consultation with these necessary voices is most definitely concerning to me.

We cannot keep talking “at” and about people, without considering, including and respecting their perspectives as well. This all needs to be happening on much more than just a performative basis.
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I hope that in “championing” in some very vulnerable areas of topic, WRPS as well keeps this in mind.

More Info:

  • Encampments in Waterloo Region: An Environmental Scan and Recommendations for Best Practices By: Brown et al., Wilfrid Laurier University, Community Housing Policy in Canada, January 3rd, 2022
  • Encampments in Municipal Parks- Canadian Bar Association
  • ​​Waterloo Region Crime Prevention: Death By Politics - Jane Mitchell​
  • Conestoga Students Inc. Year End Report: 5.81% of polled students responded: “I do not have a permanent or stable place to live."
  • IMPACT – Integrated Mobile Police And Crisis Team - CMHA

Because there must always be music...

A bitter end for @PreventingCrime.

Their mandate and approach was unique, and there is no similar entity currently in #WaterlooRegion.

It is also not true that only institutional decision-makers are the ones that create change. https://t.co/XE1KNuxlUM via @wr_record

— Social Development Centre Waterloo Region (@sdcwr) March 12, 2022

Blog post: As we begin to hold some of the more difficult conversations surrounding unsheltered lives


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