Downtown Edmonton Safety

• Edmonton business leader joins call for Ottawa to address downtown safety issues

  The CEO of the Edmonton Downtown Business Association is on Parliament Hill this week in hopes of highlighting the issues that are plaguing downtown cores.

  Politics

  Oct 8, 2024
  
• Alberta gives Edmonton police $8.3M to go ahead with planned hiring of 50 new officers

  The Alberta government has handed over funding for the Edmonton Police Service to move ahead with plans to hire more officers.

  Crime

  Dec 12, 2023
  
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• Safety of Our Cities Conference addresses policing issues like drugs, gangs, addictions

  The Safety of Our Cities Conference explores topics such as data analysis, guns and gangs, substance use, homelessness, and crimes against vulnerable people such as trafficking.

  Crime

  Sep 18, 2023
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• Another downtown Edmonton safety outreach night patrol team hits the streets

  Each team is made up of a security guard from Backwoods Security, a company owned by Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation and a peer support worker from Hiregood.

  Canada

  Aug 3, 2023
• Edmonton real estate industry pushes for incentives for office conversions

  CBRE says converting empty Edmonton offices to residential space can ease housing issues, increase the city’s tax base and even make the downtown core feel safer and more vibrant.

  Canada

  Jul 20, 2023
• Downtown Edmonton safety still a work in progress

  As people report they still feel unsafe in Edmonton's downtown and surrounding areas, both the city and province are promising to continue work to increase public safety.

  Crime

  Jul 7, 2023
• Edmonton council to ask province to support new Healthy Streets Operations Centre to fight downtown crime

  Edmonton city administration submitted a report to council on Monday describing the proposed Healthy Streets Operations Centre.

  Politics

  Jul 4, 2022
• City council votes to create business plan for downtown Edmonton safety initiative

  Edmonton city council voted in favour of next steps being taken on an initiative aimed at improving safety in the downtown core.

  Politics

  Jun 20, 2022
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• Edmonton community leaders react to city’s safety plan

  Community leaders are reacting to the City of Edmonton's plan to address and prevent violent crimes in the downtown core. It comes after two recent killings in Chinatown.

  Politics

  Jun 10, 2022