General Information
A safety audit is a FREE service offered by the City of Selkirk to asses the level of security in your home or business. We provide suggestions on ways to make your property safer.
A safety audit is a summary of the good (safe) and bad (unsafe) parts of a place and becomes a report card on what needs to be maintained, improved or changed.
Safety audits are based on the principals of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED). CPTED recognizes the relationship between how space is designed and used, and the real or perceived feelings of safety of the user of that space.
It's methods help to prevent crime by identifying things in an area that should be changed to create positive human behavior and also increase safe activities. CPTED improves the "comfort" of the area for the users.
Why should I request a safety audit?
A Safety Audit helps to establish a foundation for developing solutions to community problems and respond to the need for a planned and reasonable safety strategy. Going on vacation? A safety audit can provide you with some last minute piece of mind about how to keep your property safe while you are away. A safety audit can bring attention to details about the security of your property you may have missed.
Are you a business owner? A business safety audit can provide many useful suggestions that could keep your property from being the next target for thieves or vandals.
To request a safety audit please contact 785-4952 or email
Mission Statement
To maintain and improve the quaility of our community by helping to remove the oppotunity for crime to happen, one property at a time. This will be accomplished primarly through:
- Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Principles (CPTED)
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Natural Surveillance - Strategies to design the built environment in a manner that promotes visibility of public spaces and areas.
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Access Control - Techniques that prevent and/or deter unauthorized an/or inappropriate access.
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Ownership - Strategies to reduce the perception of areas as "ownerless" and therefore available for undersireable uses.
2. Conducting Safety Audits
3. Providing Suggestions on How to Improve Safety
Goals and Objectives
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To create a stable program capable of conducting accurate and thorough safety audits of homes, businesses, and all municipal properties.
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To create a safer community for all Selkirk residents by helping to remove the opportunity for a crime to happen.
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To enhance the real and perceived feeling of safety one gets from a property that has been audited.
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To conduct an end of term evaluation to provide insight into the effectiveness of the Safety Audit Program.
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