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Detachment also hosted a virtual Coffee with the Block during Crime Prevention Week to discuss current community crime and safety issues. The Detachment promoted the City’s annual Love Where You Live City beautification initiative and invited Block Watch groups to organize a community clean-up with the chance to win a Block Party Prize Pack. Twelve Block Watch groups took part, collecting more than 48 bags of litter combined; • The Detachment distributed tamper proof screws for the Secure Plate program to help reduce opportunities for auto related crime. The effort helped to engage Block Watch participants in targeted areas were theft of license plates and theft from vehicles were being reported; • The Diversity and Indigenous Peoples Unit delivered 198 diversity presentations to a total of 6,737 people (these presentations were primarily delivered virtually). Internally, the unit delivered ten diversity awareness workshops to 153 employees at the Detachment, as well as six Kairos Blanket exercises involving 127 staff. The Community Engagement team attended 21 Community Engagement events and continued to conduct outreach to religious centres (gurdwaras, temples, mosques and churches) and attend local parks to connect with seniors and youths; • The Detachment continue to focus on traffic safety, including collaboration with Vision Zero partners in Surrey. Block Watch groups were engaged in consultations to support the roll out of the Slow Streets Pilot Project, a speed limit reduction initiative being tested in six residential neighbourhoods in Surrey. Partnerships with the Block Watch Society of BC and BCAA were leveraged to provide “Slow Down Kids Playing” signs to Block Watch groups who were concerned with the speeds on their residential streets;

• Surrey Traffic members continued to conduct enforcement operations and education campaigns addressing high-risk road users and behaviours. These efforts targeted pedestrian safety, speeding, and distracted and impaired driving. The Traffic Section issued 10,717 Electronic Violation Tickets in 2021 and deployed the Automatic Licence Plate Reader (“ALPR”) 226 times, resulting in over 16,683 hits. The Traffic Community Response Unit (TCRU) handled 302 files and had 32 Black Cat Radar Deployments to monitor vehicle speeds on Surrey roadways; and

OIC Assistant Commissioner Brian Edwards out on Patrol

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