Safer Communities and Neighborhoods (SCAN)

Safer Communities and Neighborhoods (SCAN)

Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) is a unit of the Alberta Sheriffs that helps keep communities safe by dealing with problem properties that are being used for specific illegal activity such as:
  • Drug trafficking
  • Prostitution
  • Child exploitation
  • Gang-related crime
Reporting suspicious properties through SCAN:
  • Improves community safety
  • Empowers citizens
  • Holds property owners accountable for activities on their properties
How SCAN Works: 
When community members report a suspicious property, SCAN investigators may:
  • Begin an investigation
  • Gather information
  • Issue a warning letter
  • Mediate the dispute
  • Work with the landlord to facilitate an eviction or resolution
  • Apply to the courts for a Community Safety Order and:
    • Call for owners to meet a number of conditions, or
    • Allow the property to be closed for up to 90 days
  • Take any measures necessary to safely and effectively close the property  
SCAN operates under the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) Act to target properties, not people.  
 

File a Report
To confidentially report a suspicious property, contact SCAN toll-free at 1-866-960-SCAN (7226), or complete this form.  Please note that when you report a suspicious property, your information is safe and confidential.  No one can disclose your identity to any person or agency, including law enforcement and courts, without your consent.

After you report a suspicious property, you'll be contacted by a member of SCAN.
 
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