Peel police get funding to help victims of intimate partner abuse in Mississauga and Brampton
Published April 11, 2022 at 3:14 pm
Police in Mississauga and Brampton are getting a funding boost to help the victims of intimate partner violence and keep guns off the street.
Ontario’s Solicitor General Sylvia Jones was in Mississauga to make the announcement on Monday (April 11) which will see Peel Regional Police (PRP) receive a grant to expand the service’s of the Intimate Partner Violence Unit.
PRP will also receive $1.5 million over three years to tackle gang violence in Mississauga and Brampton through the Guns, Gangs and Violence Reduction Strategy.
“These projects will enhance our Community Safety and Well-Being strategy aimed at addressing the growing needs in our community including intimate partner violence support and providing appropriate and alternative responses to better serve priority populations,” said Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah.
Back in November, the province announced $267 million in Community Safety and Policing grants for police services across the province over three years to make new resources available to safeguard communities.
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Ninety police service boards across Ontario will be receiving funding through the Community Safety and Policing Grant Program to help fund nearly 150 public safety initiatives to tackle gun and gang violence, sexual violence and harassment, human trafficking, mental health and addictions and hate-motivated crime.
Many projects will be undertaken in collaboration with community partners, like the Safe Centre of Peel which provides support and compassionate care to families affected by abuse and violence in Peel.
Sharon Mayne-Devine, is CEO of Catholic Family Services Peel which is the lead agency at the Safe Centre.
She said police partnerships with community organisations are critical because victims often do not want to engage directly with police partnerships.
“We work together so that police response can be a very different response today than it was five years ago, than it was 15 years ago, than it was 20 years ago,” Mayne-Devine said.
Under the grant program, police services are required to report twice a year on the financial activities and outcomes of their initiatives.
The maximum funding for any one initiative under the Provincial Priorities Funding Stream is $1.5 million over three years.
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