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Community Plan Themes, Goals & Actions Social Comfort, Safety and Inclusion

Theme SO 5: Comfort, Safety and Inclusion

Theme Statement

All Kingstonians should feel welcomed, safe, connected in their communities.

Indicators

  • Municipal Crime Rates (Violent and property crimes per 1,000 residents).
  • Total Crime Rate (Total criminal code offences, excluding traffic, per 1000 residents).27

Goals

A collaborative effort to achieve the following goals will move Kingston towards the theme statement for Comfort, Safety and Inclusion.

  • Identify, advocate, and provide services that serve to overcome barriers experienced by all members of our community.
  • Increase the awareness and emergency preparedness level of individuals, organizations, municipality and community through engagement in mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery activities in order to successfully respond to and recover from an emergency.
  • Establish more neighbourhood associations to monitor safety and engage the community.
  • Agencies such as the school boards, the police and Children’s Aid Society work together and apart to inform citizens about services which enhance community safety and comfort.
  • Reduce violent and property crimes in our neighbourhoods.

Actions

Action Action Lead Target Status

International Women’s Network

Kingston Immigration Partnership (KIP)

To help both Immigrants and Canadian born women that want to share knowledge and experience in the fields of work, education, settlement and more.

The network meets every second Tuesday of the Month 6-7:30 p.m. in the Calvin Park library.

People Places Library branches offer citizens a safe, welcoming, barrier-free, non-judgemental place to meet and interact with others or to sit quietly and read, as well as open and accessible virtual spaces that support social networking. 

Kingston Frontenac Public Library

To offer the community a safe, inclusive place.

Ongoing

Get Ready Kingston
Get Ready Kingston provides information to help you prepare for an all-hazards emergency. A Personal Emergency Preparedness Guide is available on the website.

City of Kingston

To better prepare Kingstonians for emergency situations.

Ongoing

27 Municipal performance measurement reported by the Kingston Police Force.