Even with declining rates of violence in recent years, people in Halifax feel vulnerable about crime. And those public-safety fears threaten the city's quality of life, according to a massive report by Dalhousie University criminologist Don Clairmont.
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Among the 64 recommendations, Dr. Clairmont urges hiring a full-time public safety co-ordinator, improving race relations and broadening the responsibilities of Halifax’s police forces as the first steps to curb violent crime.
What do you think needs to be done to make people in Halifax feel safe? Should the recommendations of the report be a priority for city council?
READ THE REPORT: Violence and Public Safety in Halifax Regional Municipality, Report to the Mayor's Roundtable on Violence (PDF)
NEWS STORIES: Halifax still grapples with violence, report finds in The Globe and Mail | Our fears are real in The Chronicle-Herald | Clairmont: Race relations committee must work on tough issues in The Chronicle-Herald
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