The Central Alberta Regional Victim Serving Society (CARVSS) provides a broad range of services under the Victims of Crime and Public Safety Act and Regulation, in partnership with the Government of Alberta (GoA), the Alberta RCMP, specialized and community-based victim serving organizations, municipalities, and other local agencies.
CARVSS assists victims of crime and tragic circumstances throughout the criminal justice process by providing the core services of information, support, and referrals. Also, CARVSS supports communities by providing resources and support to people undergoing loss and tragic circumstances. Front-line Victim & Court Support Navigators are located in all of the RCMP detachments in the CARVSS area. They connect directly with victims to offer support, information, and referrals
The six (6) pillars of Victim Services include:
- Meet: with victims of crime and/or tragedy as an essential service responder, with or without volunteer advocate assistance.
- Mitigate: on behalf of their clients, mitigate the immediate aftereffects of an event (e.g., provide empathy, a blanket, a bus ticket, etc.).
- Refer: as a warm handoff, clients to appropriate government, non-government, community, and professional resources and supports.
- Accompany: clients through the ensuing criminal justice system process, from the initial police investigation, through pre-trial, criminal prosecution, and sentencing.
- Coordinate: a local team of volunteer advocates.
- Engage: with their local communities at events such as parades, farmer’s markets, job fairs, pow-wows, etc
If you are in immediate danger, or an emergency, call 911
CARVSS employees are located at the following RCMP Detachments
- Bashaw RCMP
- Beaumont RCMP
- Blackfalds RCMP
- Breton RCMP
- Camrose RCMP
- Devon RCMP
- Fort Saskatchewan RCMP
- Innisfail Town RCMP
- Leduc RCMP
- Maskwascis (RCMP)
- Morinville RCMP
- Ponoka Town RCMP
- Rimbey RCMP
- Rocky Mountain House RCMP
- Spruce Grove RCMP
- St. Albert RCMP
- Stettler RCMP
- Stony Plain RCMP
- Sylvan Lake RCMP
- Thorsby RCMP
- Wetaskiwin RCMP
