Final report / : Premier's Advisory Council on Crime and Community Safety final report

We have an opportunity to build on the strengths that exist in our communities, to provide coordination and support for all those involved in community safety and crime prevention, continue the community engagement process and put a long-term community safety strategy in place. [...] For the purposes of its mandate, the Premier’s Advisory Council used the following as general definitions of community safety and crime prevention to guide the engagement sessions: Community Safety. [...] Department of Justice and Public Safety Actual Expenditures at a Glance Actual Revenues at a Glance Year Ended 31 March 2015 Year Ended 31 March 2015 According to the Estimates of the Program Expenditure and Revenue of the Consolidated Revenue Fund 2015-16, the estimated expenditures associated with the Department of Justice and Public Safety are 3.1 per cent of Gross Expenditures for the Governme [...] As seen in the following table, the northern region of Newfoundland and Labrador had a crime rate that was three times the rate for the remainder of the province. [...] They agreed that community safety lies in the hands of the community working in cooperation with the police and others involved in the Criminal Justice System.