Published in The BANAR February 2025 Don Kelly – Director of Safety Winter has arrived in Ottawa, and with it comes a need for an extra level of safety. As recent events have shown, both the road and sidewalk conditions can change significantly compared to
Published in The BANAR June 2024 Don Kelly, Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator The BCA is looking for residents to support the safety of our community by joining the Neighbourhood Watch program! Neighbourhood watch is based on a simple concept: neighbours helping neighbours. The program allows communities
Published in the BANAR February 2024 Brad Hampson & Don Kelly On March 7, starting at 7pm, at the Community Hall, the BCA will be conducting a Neighborhood Watch (NW) seminar. The event will be a joint collaboration between the Ottawa Police (OPS) and the
Neighborhood Watch, Don Kelly & Brad Hampson This November is Crime Prevention Month and the Blackburn Hamlet Neighborhood Watch, in cooperation with the Ottawa Police Service (OPS), would like to make residents aware of two criminal activities that are becoming quite prevalent in our area.
Published in The BANAR November 2021 by Don Kelly & Brad Hampson The value of Blackburn’s Neighborhood Watch program revealed itself recently on one of our Hamlet streets, when multiple overnight crimes (thefts from vehicles in driveways) occurred. When the block captain was queried the next
The Blackburn Hamlet Community Association (BCA) is developing a Neighborhood Watch for our community. The Neighborhood Watch is a program to help neighbors watch out for neighbors. It aims to get citizens involved in discouraging and preventing crime at the local level. By joining the