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Community Support 
 
 
Community Support Officers and Village Constables serving the Town of Oakville work in partnership with a number of community organizations, including:

  • Six Community Policing Committees
  • The Region of Halton
  • The Town of Oakville (youth strategies and programs)
  • Halton Housing
  • Kerr Street Ministries
  • Oakville Galleries
  • Representatives from Halton Region's Interfaith community
  • Youth Respect Action Committee
  • Corporate sector businesses
  • Members of the public

These partnerships focus on a variety of community initiatives such as:

  • Coordinating and organizing the annual Traffic Safety Day held at Town Hall
  • Assisting with Crime Prevention Day
  • Attending Community Consultative Committee (C.C.C.) meetings held at various locations throughout the Town of Oakville
  • Assisting with Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) surveys of problem areas
  • Proper design and effective use of built environments to help reduce incidents of crime, fear of crime and improve quality of life

Divisional Village Constables also work in close partnership with members of the community on:

  • Safety plans for victims of domestic violence
  • Car Seat Clinics to ensure baby seats and booster seats are properly installed
  • Presentations about community policing to students and seniors on issues such as fraud, stranger danger, bicycle safety and crime prevention
  • Festivals, community and charitable events

In April 2009, a plainclothes unit of officers providing street-level enforcement called the Neighbourhood Response Team (NRT) began in Oakville. The NRT works in partnership with the community and Criminal Investigations Bureau (CIB) office.

The team's main objective is to effectively address quality of life issues impacting the community such as:

  • Theft from autos
  • Wilful damage
  • Open-air drug and/or alcohol use
  • Unlawful and disruptive conduct

The NRT is primarily focused on enforcement and intelligence-gathering strategies, including the High Enforcement Repeat Offender program (HERO). Matters requiring significant investigative follow-up and/or long-term monitoring will be turned over to the appropriate investigative unit.