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Community Participation Procedure
If your community wishes to utilize this incredibly successful crime prevention program, go to the South Cariboo home page from RCW's HOME and read "About".
Your community would become a member of RCW. There is no need for the development of a separate entity, file society status or any other organizational task.
RCW is digital with all Alerts being sent via email. Any community wishing to participate can do so with Alerts coming from the main RCW Center in 100 Mile House, B.C. via your particular law enforcement agency. Send an email to lazeejjs@bcinternet.net or visit us on Facebook.
You may peruse our DVD by clicking on the link above "Rural Crime Watch Instructional DVD"
Organize a committee and publicize RCW locally in newspapers, radio, community hall meetings, clubs etc.
Property signs may be obtained from RCW.
Decide on highway sign locations which may be all entry roads to your community. Order signs from Inprotect 604-530-9908. Cost is approximately $ 45.00 each. Your local Ministry of Transportation supervisor will have to approve the sign placement which usually only required location specifics, i.e. distance from intersections etc. and RCW will assist in that approval. Your local highway maintenance department will likely install without charge. If you need assistance with signs or their location, contact RCW.
In a proactive public relations move, AT&T is taking the lead on texting-and-driving prevention with an 11-minute documentary on the topic, intended to reach consumers before New Year’s Eve.
The document, called "The Last Text", features stories about people whose lives were adversely affected by texting behind the wheel, including the parents of Mariah West, who died after texting “Where u at?” to a friend.
AT&T is distributing the film to schools, safety organizations and government agencies and on its YouTube channel. The doc is part of AT&T’s “It Can Wait” TV, print and online campaign, which the company introduced in March. Part of that campaign includes a Facebook app where friends can take a pledge not to text and drive.
AT&T’s not alone in publicizing the risks of texting and driving. Sprint partnered with The Oprah Winfrey Show in May for a program fighting texting and driving. In addition, a video from the Gwent Police Department in Wales also garnered thousands of views on YouTube thanks in part to its graphic depiction of a (dramatized) accident brought on by texting and driving.
Nevertheless, texting behind the wheel appears to be a growing problem. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 5,500 people were killed last year because of “distracted driving” and the largest proportion of those fatalities were people under 20. A recent survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project showed 26% of teens have texted while driving and 43% have made calls on their cellphones while driving.
Driver was Texting!
Youth Services - School Assembly Program - Damages
View a Trailer here:
http://www.madd.ca/madd2/en/services/youth_services_school_damages.html
MADD Canada’s school programs bring high-energy drug and alcohol awareness and risk reduction messaging to the world of education.
Youth and school programming have been a key component of MADD Canada’s youth services, education and awareness initiatives since 1994. The programs are designed to communicate directly with young people on their level and in their language, and encourage them to take a closer look at their values and perceptions.
Damages is a fictional story that opens in a courtroom where we meet Jesse, a young man who up until recently had a promising future. Jesse has been charged with four serious crimes. He is an impaired driver who caused a horrific car crash.
We watch his distraught parents sitting in the courtroom while the investigating officer and Jesse’s best friend recount the events leading up to the crash testifying to Jesse’s obvious impairment that tragic night.
When Jesse takes the stand, he says he’s sorry, he thought he was okay to drive. He breaks down and shows how remorseful he is for the irreversible damage he has caused to everyone’s lives – but it’s too late, the damage is already done.
Throughout testimony we are shown flashbacks to the night of the crash. We see the devastation of the crash scene … two young people rushed away in an ambulance and another, not so hurriedly, put into a body bag.
We’re taken back even earlier that night to when Martin goes over to Jesse’s to pre-drink before going to a concert. We watch as they head off to the concert where they meet up with Priya, Jesse’s girlfriend. Jesse is having a great time while slamming back several drinks and smoking weed.
Much later in the evening, Martin asks Jesse to drive him to get more pot. Priya is worried that Jesse has had too much to drink but he assures her he’s OK, an occurrence seen far too often. Meanwhile Jesse’s 14-year-old sister, Paige, has also shown up at the concert quite sick, she too has been drinking. Jesse decides it is best to drop Paige off at home. As they drive off, Paige undoes her seatbelt and hangs her head out the window to avoid vomiting in the car.
Jesse is watching Paige in the rear view mirror when suddenly Priya screams while Jesse loses control of the car and crashes. In slow motion, we see the carnage unfold. When Jesse regains consciousness, he sees Priya and Martin injured and moaning. He searches desperately for his little sister.
The drama closes back in the court room. The jury has reached a decision and Jesse stands to hear his fate. He knows it could be prison. The jury looks unsympathetic as the foreman stands to read the verdict. The judge brings the gavel down.
We close the presentation with stories from real life victims. We watch as they describe how impaired driving has changed their lives forever.
Damages will have an enormous impact on Canadian students and will influence their own decision-making for years to come.
An Eye in the Sky
Not many people are aware that such a specialized team of the RCMP exists. Known as either air marshals or in-flight security officers may be sitting covertly among several in and out-bound flights to protect you from any aircraft threat or criminal activity. Each specially trained officer is strategically placed to physically intervene in the event of an unauthorized attempt to disrupt the planned air travel/flight. These highly trained officers are trained to both respond to any disturbance and also to collect intelligence information to proactively plan their next tactics and flights. This unique, elite team is the RCMP Federal Air Carrier Protection Program (CACPP). Though invisible to the everyday traveler, this team is firmly embedded in Canada’s aviation security system and remains the last line of defense on our commercial airlines.
Information about what flights or routes the officers travel on is a kept secret. That’s because awareness to the program may diminish its effectiveness. What is important to know is that such a specialty team exists, one that deploys both nationally and internationally and is constantly updating scenario-based training. This Federal RCMP unit has evolved as a leader in the international aviation and national security community as they have often trained other officers in foreign countries and frequently work with international law enforcement authorities.
Recently, this team was heavily involved with the 2010 Winter Games with not only covering Canadian flights, but also coordinating foreign operators coming into Vancouver International Airport along with providing an extra layer of covert surveillance and tactical response at the airport. CACPP also assists the Federal National Security Program among other RCMP units.
CACPP is only one component in aviation security among all the other areas at airports. The CACPP remains dynamic in a constantly changing environment of countering the threat global terror posses. CACPP is continually evolving to remain at the leading edge of this critical national security piece in the protection of Canadians at home and abroad.
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