PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Proposed New Cannabis Retail Store

3196 Dougall Avenue – Windsor, Ontario

Prepared by: Barry Horrobin, B.A., M.A., CLEP, CMM-III Director of Planning & Physical Resources – WINDSOR POLICE SERVICE

The following is a summary of observations, public safety issues that should be addressed, and recommended actions to be taken regarding the physical safety and security conditions associated with the proposed new Cannabis retail store to be located in south Windsor. Information provided here is based on the universally known principles of crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) and both vehicular and pedestrian traffic impact, according to prevailing data and known experience in forecasting public safety impacts.

KEY UNDERLYING CONDITIONS & IMPORTANT SAFETY DRIVERS

Situational Safety & Criminogenic Conditions

The property is located in the south end of the city, within a large and busy commercial plaza featuring high volumes of vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Specifically, its physical placement and orientation within the plaza does present some potential public safety challenges that need addressing. Specifically, these include:

The store is set back somewhat from Dougall Avenue, embedded within a busy commercial plaza featuring many other businesses. This placement makes ongoing natural surveillance capability of the front of the business more challenging, a constraint exacerbated by a full parking lot and numerous patrons coming and going. The result could be greater congestion that will need to be managed to ensure safety.

The new retail store will be amongst many other high traffic generating commercial uses, where pedestrians will be required to navigate considerable ongoing, interspersed vehicular traffic. This is the reality of a popular commercial plaza, however it is noted the plaza is accessible from Dougall Avenue by a signalized intersection, a safety benefit for controlling traffic movements.