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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, September 29, 2016 | 8 Police use proceeds of crime cash to boost safety by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Money that once benefitted drug dealers and other criminals, will soon benefit local residents through the Halton Regional Police. Last Thursday (Sept. 22), Halton Police Deputy Chief Nishan Duraiappah announced the police service has received $100,000 from the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services. The cash is made available through the Proceeds of Crime Front Line Policing Grant, which is comprised of funds forfeited to the Province as proceeds of crime following criminal prosecutions. It is available to police services to help fund police crime prevention, community safety and well-being initiatives. Since 2010, this grant has provided more than $16 million in funding for 184 community safety projects. This year, $2.2 million in funding was directed to 27 police-based programs in Ontario, including one from Halton police. Duraiappah said the $100,000 would be used to create a Halton Region Community Safety and Well-being Plan. "Halton police, and our community partners, will bring together a collaborative plan to mitigate risk in our communities, whether that involves vulnerable persons, addictions or Halton police, and our community partners, will bring together a collaborative plan to mitigate risk in our communities, whether that involves vulnerable persons, addictions or mental health, traffic safety or even crime. Those are the four rough areas we want to focus on with other community organizations collaboratively. Deputy Chief Nishan Duraiappah Halton Regional Police Service mental health, traffic safety or even crime," he said. "Those are the four rough areas we want to focus on with other community organizations collaboratively. The grant will be used specifically to bring some of our community members together to do some asset mapping and then to do some data collaboration." Duraiappah said police would work with Halton Region's Community and Social Services Department, as well as the Halton Region Department of Health and the Medical Officer of Health. A working group involving police and these community partners has developed a work plan for the next year. oakville.ca Celebrate Culture Days! September 30 to October 2, 2016 Bigger and better Culture Days! Unique sites throughout Oakville. Enjoy free family-friendly entertainment, live music, dance, ceramic, art workshops and more! Visit oakville.ca and search "culture days" for event details. Share your photo of an Oakville Culture Days activity to win! #culturedaysoakville Contest closes October 3, 2016. Fall loose leaf collection October 11­November 25, 2016 Loose leaves will be collected from designated areas in Oakville as follows: Date October 11­14 October 17­21 October 24­28 October 31­November 4 November 7­11 November 14­18 November 21­25 Zone 4, 5, 6, 7 1, 3, 9, 10 4, 5 6, 7, 9 1, 3, 10, A 4, 5, 6, 7, B, C 1, 3, 9, 10 Collection guidelines · Place all loose leaves on the boulevard or on the shoulder, not over catch basins or in the ditches in front of your house. · Ensure leaves are free of garbage or other yard waste materials such as brush, branches, large twigs or stones. · Put leaves out no earlier than seven days before the first day of your pickup and no later than 7 a.m. on the first day of collection in your zone. Contaminated piles of leaves or leave that have been put out after the pickup dates will not be collected. Homeowners are responsible for removing uncollected leaves. Bagged leaf service Halton Region collects bagged leaves and yard waste on the same day as regular garbage pickup. This is a separate program from the Town of Oakville's loose leaf collection. Visit halton.ca for more information on your waste collection schedule. For more information on Oakville's fall loose leaf collection, contact ServiceOakville at 905-845-6601 or serviceoakville@oakville.ca.