PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Proposed New Cannabis Retail Store 6038 Tecumseh Road East – Windsor, Ontario

Prepared by: Barry Horrobin, B.A., M.A., CLEP, CMM-III

Director of Planning & Physical Resources – WINDSOR POLICE SERVICE With input from: Andy Randall – Inspector, Patrol Support – 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 east 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 situated in the city’s east end, within a multi-tenant commercial plaza where steady volumes of vehicular traffic and pedestrian movement are experienced. Its physical placement and orientation within an existing commercial plaza does present some anticipated public safety challenges that need addressing. Specifically, these include:

• The physical placement of the store is a commercial unit space among a grouping of other retail units within one larger plaza that attract a wide demographic of customers – including vulnerable populations such as children and seniors. This placement within an inset area of the overall plaza somewhat marginalizes ongoing natural surveillance capability of the front of the business from any discernible distance, a constraint that will be exacerbated by a full front parking lot and numerous patrons coming and going. The result is a greater “congestion coefficient” needing to be managed to ensure safety.