Many members of the community feel victimized by this type of behaviour daily. The purpose of high visibility target policing is to provide immediate relief to a neighbourhood or community. The Toronto Police Service experience has been that a target policing approach using a highly visible concentration of officers in an area is an effective way to reduce fear, crime, and improve the quality of life quickly. To ensure the effectiveness of this approach there is a need for co-ordination with other City Departments and community partners. This component of the project will focus on physical and social safety audits for the impacted neighbourhoods.
Successful strategies require everyone's participation.
Police Unit Commanders will ensure that the local Community Police Liaison Committees and the other Big Five Partners are consulted and involved throughout the implementation of the Community Action Police program. Recently the Toronto Police Service has implemented a Strategic Crime Management Process to identify crime, public safety and disorder problems at an early stage, prioritize them and coordinated the deployment of resources to attack these problems. This process relies on community based policing initiatives and a strong reliance on the Big Five Partnerships to implement key strategies. Many current strategies address community identified targets and include a component of high visibility policing. The central strategy is to promote a preventative approach aimed at reducing crime.