1982 Brampton City Council enacted the Vandalism Prevention Committee
1983 The Committee initiated the Neighbourhood Watch
Program and later introduced a computerized phone system to notify
residents about threatening crime problems
1984 The STEP Program, (Seniors Taking Extra Precautions)
was developed as a crime prevention and self-protection program
for older adults;
1985 The committee developed the START Program, (Students
Teaching Awareness and Responsibility Today) as a means to involve
Brampton’s youth in crime prevention programs;
1989 The Committee became the Brampton Crime Prevention
Association, (BCPA) and expanded its mandate from vandalism
prevention to include all areas of crime prevention;
1989 The Association established the Trash and
Consequences Program to teach young children, (Elementary School)
that vandalism and littering are unacceptable destructive
behaviours;
1989 The Brampton Clean City Committee joined the BCPA to
encourage residents to take pride in their community. Together,
they created the successful Adopt-A Park Program;
1990 The Association researched and developed the Business
Crime Watch Program with a mandate to help managers and employees
reduce crime in their workplaces;
1991 Brampton Block Parents joined the Association with a
mandate to provide the community with an organized method of
protecting its children;
1991 The Challenge Program was developed to provide a
crime prevention and personal safety program for persons with
disabilities;
1992 The Association created a television series titled
Crime Prevention Magazine on Rogers Community Television. The
series educated the public on how to keep their homes, families
and businesses safe from crime;
1993 Against Drunk Driving joined the Association
as a Safe City Campaign Partner;
1996 The Safe City Campaign was launched, mobilizing
residents with the goal of making Brampton Canada’s safest city;
1999 Safe City became officially
incorporated as the Brampton Safe City Association;
2001 The Association, in partnership with the Brampton
Multicultural Community Centre and Canadians for Safe and Sober
Driving, developed and launched the Youth Education and Safety
(YES) Program (a 3-year pilot project) aimed at engaging and
training multicultural and newcomer youth to become volunteers in
community safety programs throughout Brampton;
2001 The organization launched its new Web site
www.bramptonsafecity.ca and modernized the Telephone Crime
Alert program by moving it online to the Web site;
2002 Safe City created and launched the new Crime
Prevention Academy Program in partnership with Peel Police. The
program provides comprehensive crime prevention training to up to
30 individuals per six (6) week session. Following their
training, these highly skilled volunteers are incorporated as
“community experts” into Brampton Safe City programs;
2002 Safe City develops a partnership with Mattamy
Homes to deliver the “Building a Safe City” marketing campaign in
the fall of 2002. The campaign aims to engage community
involvement in “doing just one thing” to make the community safer;
2002 Brampton Safe City celebrates its 20th
Anniversary of working with the community to make Brampton one of
Canada’s safest cities;
2003 The Safe City Partnership submits a successful
business plan to the Safe Communities foundation, gaining Brampton
official designation as one of Canada’s safe Communities;
2003 Safe City and Rogers Television launch an
innovative new project entitled Youth Safety Television, with
financial support from the National Crime Prevention Centre.
