More prosecutions and more programs in Manitoba crime fighting plan.Winnipeg -- Responding to growing concerns about high crime rates in Manitoba, Attorney General Gord Mackintosh Gord Mackintosh (born July 7, 1955) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He is currently a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Gary Doer. Mackintosh was born in Fort Frances, northwestern Ontario, and was educated at the University of Manitoba. presented a crime-fighting action plan to bolster existing community programs and develop safety initiatives. The action plan includes: * expanding the Gang Prosecutions Unit by five new prosecutors bringing the total to 16, with an emphasis on youth and gun cases; * appointment of Canada's first Community Prosecutor prosecutor Government attorney who presents the state's case against the defendant in a criminal prosecution. In some countries (France, Japan), public prosecution is carried out by a single office. In the U.S., states and counties have their own prosecutors. for Downtown Winnipeg Downtown Winnipeg is centred around Portage Avenue and Main Street, and is bounded by the Assiniboine River on the south, Colony and Balmoral Streets on the west, Notre Dame Avenue, Princess Street, and Logan Avenue on the north, and the Red River on the east. to target street crime and other locally-identified priorities for both aggressive prosecution and prevention strategies; * nine new Aboriginal police officers in northern Manitoba; * three Public Safety Investigative Unit teams, instead of one, to enforce the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act and the Fortified fortified (fôrt  ´fīd),adj containing additives more potent than the principal ingredient. Buildings Act with stronger legislation to address a broader range of disruptive activities engaged in by gangs and others; * expansion of the Front End Project beyond domestic violence cases to include all adults in custody over the next year and to ensure that those charged go to trial sooner; * expansion of capacity within the Headingley Correctional Centre and the Dauphin Dauphin, town, Canada Dauphin (dô`fĭn), town (1991 pop. 8,453), SW Man., Canada, on the Vermilion River. It is the retail and distribution center for an agricultural, lumbering, and fishing area. Correctional Centre; * a new Crime Prevention Fund to make $1.6 million available to community-based nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. groups and includes projects that focus on gang prevention, sexual exploitation and youth and gun violence among other initiatives; * greater opportunities for youth provided by creating 40 Lighthouses in higher crime communities; * strengthen Project Gang Proof by seeking the views of community organizations and others to recommend how programs can do more to reach out to youth and parents; * adding six new Citizen Patrols to the Citizen on Patrol Program with a co-ordinator at Manitoba Public Insurance Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI, formerly known as the Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation, or MPIC) is a non-profit Crown corporation based in Manitoba that has provided basic automobile coverage since 1971. , equipment, training, support and advisory council; * nine Neighbourhoods Alive! Safety Projects, funded with an allocation of $400,000 directed at inner-city community initiatives; * expansion of the Parenting Skills Initiative to provide parenting skills, advice and support through schools, child-care centres, public-health providers, resource centres and other community agencies. |
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