While I’m familiar with the saying “put it out in the universe”, I can’t say that I previously had the experience where the “universe” actually answered back. That all changed for me at the 11th Annual Crime Prevention Conference hosted by Safe City Mississauga on October 27th, 2022 where I took in Dr. Joel Caplan’s […]
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The “Abnormal” Language of CPTED – By Tom McKay
Much has changed in the thirty-one years since I took Tim Crowe’s CPTED course. Styles, technology, the way we communicate including the language and the care with which we choose our words especially those that can be interpreted as labels. In this regard, I believe that it is time that we reimagine a term that […]
A Bridge Too Far – by Tom McKay
It should come as no surprise that when I get multiple people reaching out to me in regards to a “CPTED” intervention that has and continues to make news (I was requested by a Toronto area television show for an interview on the subject), that I would take an interest in it. Such was the […]
The Biology of CPTED – by Barbara Spyropoulos
Hi Tom, I read your “I’m having a C. Ray Jeffery Moment” blog and I think it’s about time that I fess up that I’ve never really understood all these ‘generations’ of CPTED. Perhaps you’ll indulge my ignorance, not having come to CPTED by way of any of the traditional paths. To me, CPTED has always […]
Collaboration is the Key – Working Together to Improve Community Safety
In all my work over the last 3 decades I’ve yet to see the benefits to working alone. Collaboration really is the key and the only way we can truly improve community safety throughout our country. We have put most of the onus on our police services to deliver what they often can’t or won’t […]