The series consists of records relating to Russell Hellard's participation on the Crime Prevention Committee and later the Community Policing Committee. Hellard was Chairman of the Crime Prevention Committee from 1989-1991 and was Chairman of the Community Policy Committee from 1992-1994. A re-direction dictated from the RCMP in Ottawa changed Crime Watch to Community Policing Committees. Records include Annual Reports, committee meeting minutes, Chairman's reports, notes, and photographs. Records also pertain to the establishment, inauguration, and management of the Tri-City Community Crime Prevention Services Centre, and the activities of police officer Eric Chan, who founded the program.
The file consists of records related to the creation of the Crime Prevention Handbook (Chinese Edition). The file also contains photos that appear in the handbook.
The file consists of records of the Crime Prevention Committee including the constitution, community bulletins, news clippings, newsletters, proposals, handwritten notes, and other miscellaneous items.
The file consists of records related to the Court Watch program. The Court Watch program had citizens attend, observe, and record court proceedings in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam. The file also contains records of the Joint Family Court Committee, which the Court Watch group studied as a model for their organization.
The series consists of records relating to the BC Summer Games which were held in Coquitlam in 1991. The records include minutes of the Photography Sub-Committee, pamphlets, copies of The Spirit newsletter that was prepared for the Games, detailed notes relating to Hellard's participation in photographing the Games at the request of Craig Hodge, records relating to recruitment of volunteer photographers, and a few photographs of the Games.
The file consists of publications of the Dogwood Lifewriters' Group. Titles include: Remembering Life's Moments (2011), Looking Back (2012), Our Yesterdays (2013), Reflections (2014).
The series primarily consists of photographs taken of Russell Hellard and by Russell Hellard while serving in the Canadian Army during the Second World War as part of the No. 1 Wireless Signal Group of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. The series also includes a copy of Russell Hellard's military personnel file acquired from Library and Archives Canada, as well as some loose assorted documentation collected during his service. Finally, the series includes a copy of "Journey Down Under," a memoir written by George L. Drummond; a souvenir booklet about the history of the Number One Canadian Special Wireless Group; and a published book entitled, "The Invisible War: The Untold Secret Story of Number One Canadian Special Wireless Group," by Gil Murray.
