The City of Calgary’s Public Transit Safety Strategy reached a new milestone in Nov. 2024 with the addition of a fourth Transit Public Safety district office at CF Chinook Centre.

The City of Calgary has completed its transit peace officer hiring program, adding 26 new officers to enhance public transit safety. This milestone brings the total to 185 officers, significantly increasing the number of officers on duty at any given time.

In collaboration with the Calgary Police Service and our community partners, the Downtown Safety Hub has moved and expanded, including the creation of a new downtown police front counter location.

Now six months in, this innovative partnership between United Way of Calgary and Area, The City of Calgary and the Calgary Police Service brings together agencies from across the region to triage complex cases and co-ordinate community supports.

As a result of the significant investments Council has made to improve transit and community safety, The City continues to expand its peace officer numbers.

Starting July 4, Calgarians and visitors will see updated lighting in the Municipal Plaza. The need for lighting updates came from a crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) review that suggested increasing lighting levels of the exterior plaza to meet new building code standards.

Community programs could be an alternative to fines in new initiative being piloted in partnership by The City, Calgary Legal Guidance and Alberta Justice.

These programs can be accessed at no cost for people looking to receive help in either leaving a gang or helping a friend or family member leave a gang.

Action Table Calgary brings human services together to help Calgarians at risk of crisis.