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CORUNNA COMMUNITY POLICING COMMITTEE

Corunna is located in St. Clair Township, in the County of Lambton in Southwestern Ontario Canada. We are at the extreme northwest corner of the Township, adjacent to the City of Sarnia boundary and on the west shore of the St. Clair River.

We are a small community of about 7,000 citizens. The residents of our community work, for the most part, in one of the petro chemical complexes in Canada's Chemical Valley. Some of the larger employers surrounding our community are: Shell Corunna Refinery, Ethyl Corporation, Dow Chemical of Canada, Nova St. Clair Site, Nova Corunna Site, Nova Moore Site, Woodbridge Foam, Basell, Ethyl Corporation, and Dupont Chemical of Canada.

OUR MANDATE:
To act as a liaison between the O.P.P. and the community at large. We look for ideas from both groups to improve safety, reduce crime, and increase public awareness to keep Corunna a safe, secure, and friendly place to live, visit, and work.

OUR HISTORY:

  • Established in 1990
  • Comprised of residents from the Corunna area with representation from St. Clair Township Council
  • Meetings are held bi-monthly or as the need arises

    • OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

  • Assisted in the relocation of the Corunna Community Policing Office to a larger, more visible location and obtained donated items such as computers from Nova and office furniture from Hydro One (formerly Ontario Hydro) Lambton Generating Station
  • In cruiser video camera installed for use of Corunna community based officers on patrol at a cost of $11,000.00 funded by Corunna Legion Branch 447
  • Supplied local O.P.P. officers with funds obtained by Mooretown Flags hockey team
  • Supplied patrol bicycles with funds from Nova
  • Supplied protective gear for officers on bicycle patrol with funds obtained from the Optimist Club of Moore
  • Initiated "Child Find Passport" fingerprinting in Corunna schools for children from junior kindergarten to grade 8
  • Provided "Accident Prevention" and "Safety Enhancement" through traffic studies in problem areas that resulted in additional road signs, turn arrows where needed, and worked to solve school bussing problems with both school boards
  • Initiated a program of fraud prevention on seniors. Supplied magnetized white boards with helpful fraud prevention hints - funded by Corunna Legion Br. 447, Shell Corunna Refinery, Robins Donuts, Corunna & District Lions Club, and the Optimist Club of Moore
  • Initiated the "BE A NOSEY NEIGHBOUR!" campaign in the Corunna area and issued fridge magnets funded by Nova Chemicals
  • Paid the cost of purchasing a digital still camera to be used by locally based officers for making reports.

    • SEMINARS HOSTED::

  • Criminal and business frauds
  • Shoplifting prevention
  • Vandalism prevention
  • Child street proofing
  • Safety for "Women Driving Alone"
  • Safe Winter Driving
  • Self Defence For Women
    Click HERE to view hand out
  • F.A.C. and Firearm Safety
  • Young Offenders and the Law
  • Victim Assistance Program
  • Chemical Valley Emergency Planning
  • Tri-County Community Policing (Essex, Kent, & Lambton)
  • Seniors Fraud Prevention
    • The most recent accomplishments of The CORUNNA COMMUNITY POLICING COMMITTEE:

    BE A NOSEY NEIGHBOUR !

    One of the local initiatives started by the CORUNNA COMMUNITY POLICING Committee has been the "BE A NOSEY NEIGHBOUR ! campaign. With funding from Nova Chemicals the C.C.P. was able to produce fridge magnets, shown above, and distribute them to households in the Corunna area.

    BICYCLE PATROLS

    The CORUNNA COMMUNITY POLICING committee was also able to outfit the local Ontario Provincial Police detachment with bicycles for the bicycle patrols. Once again NOVA CHEMICALS funded the purchase of the specially equipped bicycles and the OPTIMIST CLUB of MOORE donated funds to purchase protective equipment for the officers on the bicycle patrol to wear.

    SENIORS and FRAUD

    Currently the CORUNNA COMMUNITY POLICING committee is having produced a magetic whiteboard with tips for seniors on how to avoid fraud. This project was possible because of the generous monetary donations made by SHELL CORUNNA REFINERY, the OPTIMIST CLUB OF MOORE, ROBINS DONUTS, CORUNNA LEGION BRANCH 447,and the CORUNNA & DISTRICT LIONS CLUB. These boards are being distributed and the recipients will be able to place them near a phone or on the refigerator.

    NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH



    In the fall of 2003 we started an initiative to bring the NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH program to our community. With the financial support of ONTARIO POWER GENERATION, DUPONT CANADA, and NOVA CHEMICALS and some determined individuals we were able to get this program up and running in one neighbourhood in our community.
    Our objective is to get the program up and running and self sustaining in one neighbourhood at a time. We feel that in this way each area will be able to help the next to start up and overcome any obstacles.
    We also need to thank NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH of LONDON for their invaluable support during the start up of this program in Corunna.
    We have had tremendous support from the community in the support of NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH and feel that has largely contributed to it's success in Corunna.
    Check out our NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH page for the latest details
    NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH of Corunna

    The CCpC held it's first "SHRED-IT" day in 2006 See the ATTACHED for more information.

    A community meeting on the hazards of the drug known as "crystal meth" was held in the Spring of 2006.

    A community meeting on "Youth Gambling Problem" was held in the Autumn of 2006.
    See "POSTER"

    The CCpC Second Annual "SHRED-IT" day was held in May 2007 See the ATTACHED for more information.

    The CCpC held an "INTERNET SAFETY" information meeting in June 2007. See the ATTACHED for more information.