There is no question that storytelling has always been intriguing and especially as children. It’s become a bit of a phenomenon as of late with more and more people offering storytelling workshops. It seems rather fitting then that our upcoming conference theme is – CPTED Success Stories. In keeping with that idea I would like […]
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CPTED – Above and Beyond
As practitioners of any kind, we can always tap into our creativity and explore other modalities that support our work. To pigeonhole ourselves limits the untapped potential for the work we do in our communities. There is no better way to reduce our limitations than to seek out new ways of doing business by improving […]
Risk Terrain Modeling – The Universe Just Answered Back! By Tom McKay
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]