Survey finds city’s core safer and cleaner
Posted Mar 18, 2010 11:07 pm.
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Most Calgarians say the city’s core is safer and cleaner.
This, after the results of the Centre City Citizen Perception Survey were released Thursday.
Residents were asked a variety of questions about the inner-city this past winter.
Inspector Kevan Stuart with Calgary police tells 660News, increasing officers in the core has in turn, decreased the crime rate.
He adds there’s still quite a bit of work to do in regards to improving the perception, but the realities are the crime rates are trending downwards and police are having significant impact in the downtown area.
Two in three Calgarians say they were aware of the Calgary Police Service Beat Team initiative.
Other findings in the survey show that 90 per cent of Calgarians reported safety and cleanliness of parks, pathways, sidewalks and streets in the inner-city have improved.
