Peel Police - 2017 OPERATION HEAT – POSITIVE TICKETING PROGRAM LAUNCH

***MEDIA INVITE – PHOTO OPPORTUNITY***

Region of Peel – Peel Regional Police Crime Prevention Services, Peel Crime Stoppers and 22 Division are teaming up with Mac’s Convenience Stores (Mac’s) to recognize positive youth behaviour and reinforcing that doing the right thing is also the cool thing to do.

** Members of the media are invited to attend the Positive Ticketing Program Launch **

WHAT:       Operation Heat – Positive Ticketing Program Launch

WHEN:       Wednesday November 1, 2017

                  10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

WHERE:     Mac’s Convenience Store located at 130 Queen Street East.                                    Brampton and, 

                  Sir Winston Churchill Public School located at 89                                                      Ardglen Drive Brampton.   

This youth initiative, Operation Heat, was developed by Mac’s in 2007 as part of their crime prevention through community engagement strategy. This provides police officers the opportunity to engage in the positive ticketing of young people who are observed doing random acts of kindness or exhibiting positive behaviour in the community. Peel Regional Police has actively participated in the positive ticketing program since 2013.

The program recognizes youth for wearing bicycle helmets, doing good deeds, participating in community activities, picking up trash, and deterring crime or observing school crossing rules.

To learn more about Peel Regional Police’s Crime Prevention Positive Ticketing Program initiative by visiting:

https://www.peelpolice.ca/en/crimeprevention/positiveticketingprogram.asp           

For media inquiries, please contact the on-duty Media Relations Officer at (905) 453-2121, ext. 4027. 

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