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Come see us for full details or call toll-free 1-800-668-9700. , have tt THE OAKVILLE BEAVER blig By ANGELA BLACKBURN Oak ville Beaver Staff Downtown Oakville has experienced a 24% reduction in crime since the beginning of this year and both Village Constable Gary Ribble and the Downtown Oakville BIA (Business Improvement Area) credit that to a successful Business Watch Program. In the Business Watch Program a network of volunteer telephone relay messengers (mostly the downtown mer- chants). ensures that a warning or message about a criminal activity in the downtown core can go through the grapevine from one end of the downtown to the other in better than five minutes. The downtown Oakville BIA has existed since 1978. It represents about 300 downtown businesses. one-third of which are merchants or main floor businesses (banks or other services). says BIA manager Sheila Biggers. In I985. the BIA tackled a Business Watch Program but it later disbanded when PC COPS arrived on the scene in 06%. it the BIA. es m the downt Business Watch Program credited with reducing downtown area crime 1f 98X min JIDII' Sheila Biggers of the Downtown Business Improvement Area, rests with Const. Gary kibble with unmet BIA office assistant Grace Dann. 1e Tl Tt .ll wasn‘t the rm n n t tound to be as etttctertt," said Biggers. most crucial part to curbing, solving and pre- in the downtown is speed in getting the word immediate the mesmge is relayed the greater ding duplicate victimization. Match was reestablished in July l992.The iggers. is put to the test about once a week. me occurs at one of the downtown core busi- med to the Halton Regional Police - and to te BIA DUN" .1an. me s a list of IO contacts. busine ! out a "Business Alert". niw a Business Watch Program but COPS arrived on the scene in 'computer network that updated ttions about criminal activity. be as efficient," said Biggers, pan to curbing, solving and pre- DWI! is speed in getting the word e message is relayed the greater ttsi:', FREE cuttings: (fifigwufl (a GOLF SPECIAL 1137 No. 1 Sideroad, Burlington WITH THIS tT1tetyUWCTH_T.FAL(XLl.jf't2N iiTrrrTiFiW tRy-tjp/Nr-rr/T-HIS-COUPON 338-4875 336-3660 lVIn particulars of the crime description of suspect(s) The 10 volunteers then lay hands on their list of con- tacts, another approximate 20 businesses, and the word spreads like wildfire. Every two months, the group of volunteers meet with the BIA and Ribble to assess the program's effectiveness; share information, gather new information, share their own experiences and work out growing pains. "They (the businesses) act as the eyes for the police department in the downtown," said Ribble. Biggers said the volunteer callers are key to the pro- gram's success. Oakville's downtown core stretches from Navy Street on the west to Allan Street on the east. It extends to the' south side of Church Street from the north side of Robinson Street. Under Business Watch, the community is divided into blocks with block captains. Those are the contacts for the BIA and they in turn have contacts within their blocks under the program. As news of a specific crime spreads through the down- town, feedback from merchants can indeed help Ribble track criminals and even apprehend them. As an example, the village constable used a problem that arose in the downtown this past March. ' A group of youths began entering stores, asked to use the washroom and when they made their way to the back of the premises, stole wallets from purses and money from back offices. '. However Business Watch kicked into gear and eventu- ally Ribble apprehended the youths at the foot of Kerr 1pr It Mum No.5 Harmon atch kicked into i the youths at My, youths haw val charges. time (Photo by Peter Mlusker) type of crime, location and ar and eventu- , foot of Kerr ten charged in [)9