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Police Canada

Coquitlam Detachment, 3000 Christmas
Phs 464-3461

April 2, 1992

Mr. Norman A. Cook
Municipal Manager
lJ11l1 Brunette Ave.
Coquitlam, B.C.
V3K lE9

Dear Mr. Cook:

Re: Crime Prevention Committee

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Port Coquitlam, B.C. V3C 2M3
464-7305

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For the past year we have been working on the apparent
need to re-focus our Crime Prevention Committee
and re-assess their sensitivity to community needs

and concerns.

i anticipate some changes in membership as we examine
the representation that is now provided versus

what may be required in future.

In recognizing

that this is a citizen's committee funded by the
combined budget, I falt that we would identify
and expose the need for new initiatives in the
community and the critical examination would come

from within the committee.

Community Policing is a concept that requires more
than token input from the community. In reality

it. implies that leadership and partnership by the
community is an essential requirement in establish-
ing standards of policing service that are acceptable,
supportable and, most importantly, affordable.

I visualize that the name of our current committee
would change to Community Policing Committee to

more appropriately identify our

future initiatives.

At this stage I would like to emphasize that the
committee that existed in this community for the

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