PRP-SAFE SCHOOL PROGRAM

The Safe School Crime Stoppers Program is thriving throughout the Province of Ontario. In 1993, Peel Crime Stoppers established the first Safe School Crime Stoppers Program at Notre Dame Secondary School in Brampton. Since that time, hundreds of schools across the Province have followed Peel’s lead in establishing this very effective program.

Peel Region now has a total of 45 high schools on line, including the University of Toronto at the Mississauga campus, with this safe school concept in place.

This program allows students to provide anonymous tips to the administration about crimes in the school. The students receive a monetary reward from $5 to $1,000 if the tip proves instrumental in solving the crime.

The Safe School Crime Stoppers Program promotes school spirit, pride and responsibility and allows students to take action against victimization and crime.

When a student reports a tip in writing to the police liaision officer who works with the school, this officer, with the Principal, decides whether the tip will be investigated by the police or by the school.  

For more information about this program, please go to http://www.peelpolice.ca/Crime%20Stoppers/Safe%20School%20Program.aspx

Source:  PRP