Parkland County has a variety of organizations and suborganizations working within the community. Please click the links below to learn about these organizations and their resources.
Alberta Community Crime Prevention Association was established in 1989 as the Alberta Community Police Advisory Committee by provincial Police Services as a means to discuss mutual crime related issues within communities/police/government. In 1990 it became the Alberta Community Crime Prevention Association (ACCPA).
ACCPA’s goal is to ensure safety to Albertans and their communities through education and crime prevention awareness.
- ACCPA is the connector between rural and urban communities and agencies.
- Together we promote community safety and well-being.
- When our communities are connected, engaged and empowered, we have a sustainable community where everyone is safe, everyone has a sense of belonging, and everyone has access to services.
MADD Parkland Chapter was launched on June 25, 2006, with tremendous support from the county, town, city and their elected officials and residents. The Parkland Chapter was formed the very evening of our Town Hall meeting and MADD National approved our status as a chapter within weeks.
Our first President, Raymond Boudreau, held the position for two years. He gave the Chapter a foundation on which to grow by bringing education and awareness to our communities of not only the dangers of drinking and driving, but the costs, emotional and physical, to the victim/survivor, family and friends.
MADD Parkland Chapter continues to provide these programs, and support the National multi-media presentations in our schools. We work with local RCMP Traffic Services in promoting Checkstops, and monitor court proceedings where criminal charges of driving intoxicated have been laid. MADD Parkland advocates tougher impaired driving policies to Provincial and Federal governments. MADD Parkland Chapter assists Parkland RCMP Victim Services – supporting victims of the violent crime of impaired driving.
The Rural Crime Watch program, as we know it, began in 1978 with the vision to prevent crime by building relationships through promotion, community involvement and identifying future needs with effective communication and promotion. The program was initially called the Range Patrol and was established to provide additional “eyes and ears” for the RCMP. Over time, however, Range Patrol drew a negative image in the media so the program was renamed “Alberta Rural Crime Watch”.
In 1993 it was decided a province-wide umbrella group was needed to support and enhance crime prevention so a committee was formed to produce bylaws and policies. On March 19, 1995, the Alberta Provincial Rural Crime Watch Association (APRCWA) received official recognition as a society and the APRCWA Organization has become a supportive organization for Member Associations.
The intent of the Rural Crime Watch program is still to provide the extra “eyes and ears” for the RCMP, however, the focus has changed. The focus is now promoting crime prevention through awareness, education and encouraging reporting of suspicious activity when observed.
Member Associations are now concentrating their efforts on farmstead, acreage and rural property security, property identification and general rural crime awareness. And now the "Report A Poacher" program has been included in the Rural Crime Watch Association's activities.
The Rural Crime Watch Program is completely voluntary and involves rural residents working in cooperation with their local RCMP detachments.
Alberta Citizens On Patrol Association (A.C.O.P.A.) was formed to assist Citizens On Patrol (C.O.P.) groups throughout Alberta through support, development and sustainability of C.O.P. programs. Currently, there are around 60 active C.O.P. groups operating in Alberta.
A.C.O.P.A. co-ordinates both general liability and optional accidental death and dismemberment insurance to C.O.P. groups, supplies provincial identifier cards to security cleared members, assists with training and provides resources to member groups.
Mission Statement
The mission of A.C.O.P.A. is to build safer communities by mobilizing citizens throughout Alberta to participate in a community based crime prevention initiative in co-operation with their local law enforcement agencies.
For more information on local Citizens On Patrol visit Alberta Citizens On Patrol Association or email the local chapter at joinnightowls@gmail.com
The Stony Plain and District Crime Prevention Association (SPDCPA) promotes crime prevention programs and initiatives.
Our objective is to prevent crime within the territorial jurisdiction of the Parkland Detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). We coordinate representatives from the various crime prevention groups operating in these areas.
Our group’s main purpose is to alert citizens to criminal activities, educate them about crime prevention, and assist with crime prevention activities.
We provide feedback on policing issues in our area.
The free Lightcatch app helps keep the things you care about safer than any other solution available.
Our system unlocks the intelligence property owners have in their security cameras, as well as unlocking the ability for every citizen to help using their mobile phone.
Unlike social media or chat groups that risk people’s safety and lock information in private silos away from the police, our technology is safer, faster, and engineered for the purpose of getting actionable information to the police.
YIELD is a unique education & innovation program that uses the automobile as the focal point to generate interest within the key target group - young males both in schools and in the community. YIELD shows the tragic results of speed, impaired driving and not using seatbelts, while giving students the opportunity to become part of the solution.
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