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The Canadiaen Champion,, Wed, Aug 13, 2008 - A9 Make your community concernis known at public forum Milton Community Policing Committee to host event this Sundayfrom 2 to 5 p.m. at Milton police station By Stephanie Hounseli CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF Community concerna are goîng to, be tackled head-on at an upcoming public forum to which ail Miltoniana - young and old, long-time and new - are invited. "We're very excited about it because Milton bas grown a great deal and there are new issues and new concerna," said Tony Lambert, chair of the Milton Community Policing Commîttee (MCPC), whîch is putting on the event. The forum will take place this Sunday froru 2 to 5 p.m. at the Milton police station at 490 Chîlds Dr., in the community room. Its aimed at address- ing public and individual safety issues of concemn, Lambert said. Presentations will be made on four topics - road safety wills that protect seniors, Internet safety and how to set up a neighbourhood watch program. Each session will be followed by a question and answer session. There'l also be refreshments. Road safety and the issue of speed- ing is a commun concerîî for residents, Lambert said, as ia road rage. Ward 3 Councillor Jan Mowbray will present that portion of the forum. Lambert will present on how to formi a neighbourhood watch prograru, something hie did in his community of Hawthorne Village last year to help keep it a safe one. Halton Regional Police Const. Jackie Brennan will tackle the issue of avilIs and power of attorney while Internet safety - particularly on-line bullying - is another topic thatîl be addressed. Lambert said the leamning will go both ways at the forum; not only will attendees leave better educated, but police will appreciate hearing from res- idents. "They really want to hear from the public about how they can address their concerna," said Lambert. He said this will become an annual event. The MCPC acta as a bridge between the public, the Town of Milton, Halton Regional Police and the communitv to educate, inform and collect feedhack. The public is welcome to attend any of its mronthly meetings, which take place the lourthi lucstla,, of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the Halton Regional Police station at 490 Childs Dr. For more information on the MCPC or the upcoming forum, cati Lambert at (647) 302-7017 or visit www.halton- policingcommittees.ca. Stephanie Hounsell can be reaciiee ai sthiessen@amiltoncanci- dianchampion.com. Halton robberies down from 67 to 48 *fromn FRAUD on page AI "Someone referred to the Internet a couple years ago as the wild, wild wesî and we're still coming to grips with some of the things that are occumrng on there, some of the crimes that are happening. We are putting resources into it." While fraud may be up, police reported a 10.5 per cent decrease in violent crime, with 1,330 incidenta in 2007 droppîng to 1,190 incidents dur- îng the saine period in 2008. This decrease included a drop in non-sexual assault, which felI froru 890 incidenta in 2007 to 774 in 2008. The number of robbeniea in Halton also went down from 67 incidenta in 2007 to 48 in 2008 while other violent crime dropped from 306 incidenta in 2007 to 295 incidenta in 2008. Police also reported decreases in arson, auto theft and mischief for 2008, but noted some other types of crime are on the nise. Sexual assault is up from 50 inci- denta in 2007 to 59 in 2008 while break and entera increased from 716 inci- denta to 748 this year. in the area of vehicle collisions the trend continued upwards with the Police Reporting Centre handling 1,318 vehicle collision reports during the first six montha of 2008, a 26.9 per cent increase over this period laat year. Police reported impaired driving occurrences to be up 21.8 per cent from 2007 levels from 142 incidenta in 2007 to 173 in 2008. Fatal collisions were down slightly from 10 deaths to, nîne. IWJM 1J (i Updat ed Woh version ailbe Aug 18. WW r ai I-e G0L FO C LU B 4955 DublIn Une, Acton, ON, L'73 2M2 Monday through FrIlay $20 for 18 holes & $15 after 2:100 ý . -à" d until the end of ;00 ol seso cace eve. wit te dis- fis ands * se se