13 25TH ANNUAL CRIME PREVENTION GUIDE MESSAGE FROM CHARLOTTETOWN’S CHIEF OF POLICE This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary for the PEl Police Association. Part of the work of the Association involves the production of an annual crime prevention/awareness guide. Each year the guide provides educational material and information which helps raise awareness and provide discussion points on an important issue facing our communities. This year the guide focuses on the issue of Family Violence. Family Violence can take on many forms: assaultive behaviour; a reckless act or omission that causes injury to a person or property; an act or threat that causes a reasonable fear of injury to a person or damage to property; forced confinement of the victim; actions or threats of sexual abuse, physical abuse or emotional abuse of the victim; and depriving a victim of food, clothing, medical attention, shelter, transportation or other necessities of life. Family Violence reaches across spectrums of society and is not influenced by education, income or occupation. A great deal of work has occurred across various levels of government, policing agencies and organizations such as PEl Family Violence Prevention Services to promote awareness on this issue. The information contained in this guide is useful and informative. Education and information are key components to making our communities safer. The information provided in this guide; coupled with your willingness to talk about the issue with a friend, family member,or co-worker can be the first step in getting them help and preventing the cycle of violence. The production of this guide and other guides not only raise awareness on important issues, but also assist the Police Association in the efforts to fund and support very worthwhile projects within our Island communities. On behalf of the members and staff of the Charlottetown Police Services, I would like to congratulate the PEl Police Association for the production of this year’s community guide, and wish the Association every success in the future. Yours truly, A. Paul Smith, O.O.M. Chief of Police
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