The objective of the Street Crime Unit is to resolve community based issues which interfere with the lawful enjoyment and sense of safety experienced by those that reside, work, and visit in the Region of Peel. This is accomplished through Community Based Policing principals and practices.
The Street Crime Unit is responsible for identifying areas of concern relating to lawless public behaviour and street level crime that interfere with citizen’s quality of life and feelings of safety. Strategies designed to resolve those issues are accomplished through a problem solving approach using directed enforcement of Federal, Provincial and Municipal Statutes, and crime prevention resources thereby reducing incidence of street level crime and where possible eliminating its cause.
Strategies designed to eliminate crime and behaviours adversely affecting our communities are developed through Community Based Policing principles and include partnerships within the community itself as well as additional resources found within the police service and other services such as Municipal Bylaw, crime prevention organizations, the Fire Department and Health Services.
Issues often addressed by the Street Crime Unit include but are not limited to, park and bush parties, indecent acts, prostitution related offences, street level drug activity, liquor offences, property damage, hate/bias crime, and illegal street gang activities.
The Street Crime Unit activities are generally short term in nature and do not generally involve long term investigations unless they require a more formal strategy known as a Problem Oriented Policing Project. A P.O.P. project is a tactical investigative project designed to identify the contributing factors, underlying conditions and causes for a particular problem. This may result in the application of appropriate problem solving methods and utilizing police and community resources to eliminate or significantly reduce the problem.
If members of the community are experiencing problems in their communities they are encouraged to contact their local Community groups for safety tips or to ask questions.