A public safety project that’s brought private security guards to parts of Saint John is aiming to improve its foot patrols and overnight services, city councillors heard Monday.
Residents, businesses say they like security guard program, but they’re not seeing effect on crime
Nipun Tiwari · CBC News
· Posted: Nov 03, 2026 8:23 AM EST | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
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Benn Purinton, the city’s community standards manager, says the pilot project will be reassessed at the one-year mark, which is in February. (Nipun Tiwari/CBC)
A public safety project that’s brought private security guards to parts of Saint John is aiming to improve its foot patrols and overnight services, city councillors heard Monday.
Residents have had a positive reaction to the Community Standards Service, or CSS, according to a survey, but they also have concerns, staff said.
“Many respondents reported that safety, nuisance, disorder, and general neighbourhood conditions had either remained unchanged or had worsened,” said Benn Purinton, the city’s manager of community standards.
“Considering that feedback on CSS itself is mostly positive, this suggests that people recognize value in the service even though they may not feel that the conditions in their neighbourhood have improved since implementation.”
This was the second update on the pilot project launched in February in response to concerns about vandalism,
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