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By rdnewsNOW staff

Save crime prevention hub

Central Alberta Crime Stoppers Association in urgent need of funding

Nov 10, 2025 | 4:32 PM

The Central Alberta Crime Stoppers Association says the potential closure of the crime prevention hub in Red Deer threatens its anonymous reporting and jeopardizes its crime-fighting impact.

The crime prevention hub’s home is located at the Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre, which faces a potential permanent closure by the end of December because of a critical loss of operational funding.

Crime Stoppers said the closure will impact the flow of anonymous tips that, in 2024 alone, were responsible for recovering over $3.3 million in stolen property, cash, and illegal drugs.

According to statistics provided by the Central Alberta Crime Stoppers Association, from January to December 2024, the $3.3 million of total value recovered was broken down to property recovered ($3,043,500) and drugs seized ($198,938).

They also report that there were 54 arrests made, 100 charges laid, 19 weapons recovered, and 94 vehicles recovered in that time frame.

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“The Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre is not a luxury for us—it is an essential operational resource,” stated Tara Nielsen, President of Central Alberta Crime Stoppers Association. “They are the backbone of our community presence, assisting with our social media management, promoting our crucial anonymous tip line, and helping us recruit the volunteers we need for fundraising. Without the CACPC, a program that helps recover over $3.3 million in criminal assets for our community would be severely hampered, directly impacting public safety.”

The Association explained the closure would also force other organizations such as Red Deer Neighborhood Watch, Citizens on Patrol, Mothers Against Drunk Driving and Rural Red Deer Restorative Justice to cease operations as they lose their shared facility.

As a result, they’re making an urgent call for funding to save the hub.

Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre Executive Director Denise Rambow said losing the centre means losing the community’s only dedicated, one-stop resource for civilian-led safety programs.

“Without an immediate infusion of operational funding, the Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre will close its doors by the end of December, resulting in the termination of these vital partnerships and services,” Rambow said.

rdnewsNOW reported earlier this year that the Crime Prevention Centre was at risk of closing its doors.

This is because, for over a decade, the City of Red Deer had been providing the centre with operational funding, but according to the centre, they will no longer receive it. In addition, officials say they also didn’t get the federal Canada summer jobs grant they usually receive.

That story can be read here.