The Moose Jaw Police Service has announced that it is kicking off its downtown trespassing prevention pilot program.
The Moose Jaw Trespass Prevention Program (MJTPP) is a public safety initiative that allows officers to remove people from commercial properties who violate the Trespass to Property Act. This trespassing prevention program is an initiative that police agencies in other jurisdictions have implemented and that has proven successful.
For businesses that register and participate, the MJPS will install an MJTPP decal on the front and back entrances of buildings or properties. This will allow officers to act as the owner/agent of the property and enforce the Trespass to Property Act.
Police can do this without the need for a call-for-service or direct involvement from an owner or property representative after hours. This program would be in effect during after-hours of the business or when the property is vacant.
However, this program is not meant to replace a call-for-service during business hours.
This pilot project will run for roughly three months in Moose Jaw’s downtown core — from Oxford Street to Manitoba Street and Second Avenue Northwest to Second Avenue Northeast — and then expand to the rest of the city.
Additional information about the program, along with the online registration form, can be found on the MJPS’s website under its Business and Downtown Resource Page.
Interested applicants can also download, print, and fill out the registration form and email it to CSS@mjpolice.ca or drop it off in person at 21 Fairford Street West.
