Protecting and Encouraging Growth
We’re a volunteer organization supported by the RCMP who keeps our community, streets, homes and our elderly safe and cared for.
The Cowichan Community Policing & Engagement Society is a not-for-profit, charitable society providing crime prevention tips, community safety programs, and resources for the community.
We work in partnership with individuals, groups, agencies, and the local RCMP detachment in an effort to make the North Cowichan/Duncan/Chemainus/Cowichan Bay communities a safer place to live, work, and play.
Thanks to you, our programs are making a difference in our community
In order to be an effective, representative organization, we require the support of volunteers from service clubs, educational institutions, recreational facilities, businesses, and the general community.
CCP&ES Board of Directors for 2025/2026
Our community is growing by leaps and bounds and in order to provide the programs we envision, our membership needs to grow accordingly. Do you have a passion for community safety? Have you thought of becoming a Director with CCP&ES?
If interested, please contact:
Sarah Davidge-Cardinal, Executive Director: (250) 732-3591 or ccpes@shaw.ca
Karley Nunn, Part time Office Assistant: (250) 597-7927
North Cowichan/Duncan Office: (250) 597-7927 or ccpes@shaw.ca
Cowichan Bay Office: (250) 597-1710 or cowbay.ccpes@shaw.ca
Chemainus Office: CLOSED
President: Luke Mills
Phone: 778-678-6867
Email: lukemills.ccpes@shaw.ca
Vice President: Ethan Polsom
Phone: 250-597-7927
Email: ethanpolsom.ccpes@gmail.com
Directors: Luke Mills, Bob Collins, Ethan Polsom, Lawrence Joe, Renaa Bacy, Barbara Ford
Director Responsibilities:
Luke Mills – President (RCMP Liaison/Public Relations/Funding)
Ethan Polsom – Vice-President (Human Resources – RCMP Liaison/Indigenous Relations)
Lawrence Joe – Youth & Indigenous Relations
Renaa Bacy – Block Watch/Business Watch Director
Barbara Ford – Senior Safety Program Director
Ron Roach – Road Safety/Speed Watch Coordinator
Vacant – Community Engagement & Crime Prevention
Vacant – Media/Social Media
Vacant – Secretary
Vacant – Treasurer/External Bookkeeper
Vacant – Youth Director
Volunteer ! Get active in your community! Promote safer communities where we live, work, and play.
Our History
Sergeant Dave Free, NCO in charge of the Shawnigan Lake RCMP Detachment, can be credited with spearheading efforts to get community policing off the ground. He recruited Bob MacInnes, a long-term Mill Bay resident and community supporter. Bob ended up being the founding chair of what became known as the South Cowichan Community Policing Advisory Society.
“In March, 1997 a Community Police Advisory Panel was formed. Interested Community Citizens started out with the best interests of the South Cowichan Community at heart, and the realization that the Police alone cannot maintain a sense of Community pride without the assistance of those who live in it and care for it”. (Quote from an article written to the South Cowichan Life in Feb 1998)
In June of 1998, the Federal Government announced Phase II of its Strategy including a commitment of $32 million annually to assist communities throughout Canada to develop programs and partnerships that will prevent crime in the first place.
The key goals were:
- To increase the development of broad, community-based partnerships that address local crime prevention concerns;
- To increase public support of and support for crime prevention; and
- To increase the capacity of diverse communities to address crime.