Oceanside Community Safety

The second of the seven subject areas for Crime Prevention Week 2019 focuses on the elderly in our community with useful tips on house and home, out and about, safety in your vehicle and protecting your money and valuables.

Welcome to Crime Prevention Week 2019! Over the coming 7 days Oceanside Community Safety and the British Columbia Crime Prevention Association will be sharing information with you to help prevent crimes in our communities. The first of the seven will focus on preventing property crime with a special emphasis on auto crime, something that is very frequent in the Oceanside area.

But please don’t wait until you see throngs of children before you slow down.  We must jack up our level of vigilance and lower our speed everywhere children might be trick-or-treating.

During this time period the Oceanside RCMP received 224 complaints.

Oceanside Community Safety volunteers Cheryl and Leah were on location at the Parksville Fire Department to take part in the Fire Prevention Month open house. Normally, Child Safety Seat checks are held monthly at Oceanside Public Health Services but they were pleased to help out on this special event.

Conditions change, so should your speed. Even the most confident drivers are at risk in hazardous road conditions. Slow down and drive at a safe speed. Visit ShiftintoWinter.ca.

OCSV's Michael Garland speaks with The Beach FM's Dave Graham discussing upcoming events.

Almost double the number of pedestrians are injured in crashes from October to January as the weather changes and daylight hours decrease. On Vancouver Island every year, on average, 390 crashes involve a pedestrian.

That's why today, ICBC is launching a pedestrian safety campaign with police and TransLink to urge pedestrians and drivers to stay safe as crashes with pedestrians spike at this time of year.

During this time period the Oceanside RCMP received 264 complaints.

   Evenings are too quiet at home. I don't get out enough. I am worried about crime in my neighborhood. I want to feel safe. Should I volunteer with OCSV? I did join and...