In support of our members and to benefit the neighbourhood, the Ritchie Community League is committed to sharing resources and tools with residents to help ensure a safe and healthy community.
Quicklinks:
Guide to positive interactions (pdf) and training video (50 min).
Residential Property Safety video (50 min) and guide using environmental design.
Lots of tips, guides, and help, including information in multiple languages, found on the Neighbourhood Enhancement Team’s website.
When to call 911
If you see a crime in progress or if you encounter a person who is violent towards you, call 911.
If you witness someone causing damage to property or someone watching a house, lurking around, etc. with the intention of monitoring someone.
When to call 211, option 3
If you see someone in distress, or behaving erratically
If you see a person regularly sleeping in public areas
If you witness aggressive panhandling
When to call 311
If you come across an encampment, tent or shelter on public or private property.
If you see people smoking in a non-smoking area.
Resources and actions
For community safety initiatives, the following resources and actions support community safety.
A printed version of this guide with directions on who to call in what circumstances will be available at league events.
On July 24, RCL hosted an introduction to personal safety while in the community…more workshops to come!
Watch the on-line presentation on how to have positive interactions who are agitated or aggressive (50 minute video).
Can’t do the video? Check out The Positive Interactions Guide.
RCL can work with the community safety liaison on assessments for areas that have negative interactions and strategies that foster position interactions. This can be for individual households or a public area. Contact inquiries@Ritchie-League.com for questions or interests.
The league is looking for an instructor to teach self-defense, with drop-in workshops this fall/winter.
We encourage everyone to talk to your neighbour, say hello when passing someone on the sidewalk, and keep an eye out for each other and one another’s property.