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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, May 11, 2017 | 32 REGI STER NOW · Small Size Classes Available · Camera Viewing of All Studio · Flexible Family-Focused scheduling · Annual Music Productions · specialty Workshops Performing and Visual Arts School Community Safety and Well-Being plan gets nod from police board b yJo h n Bkila Oakville Beaver Staff ^ IJ/ \ V STU D IO / \ S P e rfo rm in ga n dV isu a lA rtsS c h o o l STUDIO PAVAS 905- 403-9435 1 -2 3 0 1 R O YA L W IN D SO R DRIVE, M IS S IS S A U G A ART · Music · DRAMA · DANOE www.studiopavas.com · info@studiopavas.com Voted Best Accountant by Oakville Beaver Readers for 10 Consecutive Years · Accounting · Auditing · Taxation Ricky Wong CPA, CA, MBA, B. Eng For more inform ation please check our website www.rickywong.ca 1200 Speers Rd., U n it 32, O akville, O nt. L6L 2X4 (905) 845 -1408 | Fax (905) 845 - 5931 | ricky@rickywong.ca The Halton Regional Police Services (HRPS) Board will create a group to identify and respond to community safety and well-being issues in the region. The board met April 27 at police headquarters to discuss the draft plan, titled Community Safety and Well-Being (CWSB) in Halton: A Plan for Collaboration and Action. "This is as close to a masterpiece that you're going to see in a draft plan," declared Rob Burton, HRPS board chair and Oakville mayor. "I wanted a reality check and this is what I got back. You're ahead of the curve on this." A collaborative effort between Halton police, the Region, and the public health department, the plan proposes a model where a System Leadership Group (SLG) -- made up of various local and regional organizations -- identifies issues relating to public safety and well-being and responds to them. "As our region grows, we have to ensure we are positioned to effectively deal with those in our community who are vulnerable through socio-economic or health issues, and we need to collaborate with our partners to ensure that we have co-ordinated responses to address these issues and keep our community as safe as we can," said Halton police Insp. Dave Stewart. Membership in the SLG -- which would be reviewed after an initial 12-month period -- would include members from the region's social and community services department, health department, police services, and public and Catholic school boards; the City of Burlington and towns of Oakville, Milton and Halton Hills; Joseph Brant Hospital; Halton Healthcare, and the Mississauga Halton and Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant local health integration networks. After identifying an issue, the SLG would determine if an action is needed. Among the criteria for action are: · the matter is clearly a community safety and well-being issue and it is a regional priority; · the issue is supported by evidence and best addressed through a collaborative approach; · an action table response will be effective; · there are no other groups in a position to address the issue. According to the draft plan, the SLG will report its activities to Halton Regional council and HRPS annually. A symposium is planned for July 7 to educate the public, while a final draft will be presented to regional council for approval in the fall. To read the plan online, visit https://goo.gl/ u80yBx and go to page 40 of the regional report. 5· · 1STAPtES more happens BLAZER Dorval Cros Over 6 0 Shops & Services located at the QEW & Dorval Drive Visit dorvalcrossing.com for more information PROUDLY MANAGED BY B e n ta ll Kennedy