Exploring New Pedestrian Research Through a CPTED Lens By Michael White CPP CRM SAS-AP CPD – Secretary Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) has always been grounded in a simple yet powerful premise: people behave in predictable ways, and the built environment can influence those behaviours. While CPTED practitioners commonly examine sightlines, territorial reinforcement, access […]
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The Charm of CPTED
By Tom McKay I was recently invited to speak at a CANASA Event, an Association of seasoned Security Professionals. Having spent a third of a century practicing, promoting, speaking about and teaching CPTED, one would expect that such a request would be easy. This would be true if I was content to deliver an intro […]
Using Parks as Thoroughfares
By Barbara Spyropoulos, Director, CPTED Canada This summer, while visiting relatives in Poland, I had the opportunity to visit Janusza Kusocińskiego Park in Olsztyn. Named after the Olympic Gold Medal runner, Janusz Kusociński, who was shot by the Nazis in 1940, the park is long (approximately 710 m) and narrow (260 m at its widest […]
The Marriage of CPTED and Community Mobilization
Barbara Spyropoulos, Director, CPTED Canada Truthfully, even with police officers on every corner, crime will never be completely eliminated. Reduction of criminal activity requires the wilful intent of the individual to do the right thing. Fortunately, this happens most of the time. Unfortunately, with the constant barrage of bad news, people perceive crime to be […]
The Living Fence Project
Barbara Spyropoulos, Director, CPTED Canada Toronto Police 12 Division is transected by a major rail line extending approximately 2,000 metres and currently shared by CN, CPKC, Go Transit and Metrolinx-UP Express. The corridor is bordered variously by industrial areas, single family homes, and high-rise apartments. Rail lands are under federal jurisdiction overseen by Transport Canada. […]