Annual Report-2007- Inside Pages.indd - York Regional Police
Annual Report-2007- Inside Pages.indd - York Regional Police
Annual Report-2007- Inside Pages.indd - York Regional Police
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DANNY WHEELER,<br />
CHAIRMAN OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY<br />
OF YORK POLICE SERVICES BOARD<br />
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE POLICE<br />
SERVICES BOARD<br />
My first year as Chairman was a year of transition and of great policing results for our citizens. We welcomed<br />
Mayor Frank Scarpitti, Mr. Sam Herzog, and Ms Joanna Yu, and paid tribute to Mayor David Barrow, Asad Malik<br />
and Daisy Wai for their dedicated service.<br />
<strong>York</strong> Region remains one of the safest places to live and work in Canada and our Board ensures that <strong>York</strong> <strong>Regional</strong><br />
<strong>Police</strong> has the resources, equipment and technology to keep it that way. Increasing police visibility is our priority<br />
and so we appointed 67 new police officers and 22 volunteer auxiliary officers in <strong>2007</strong>. It was great news to hear<br />
that our citizens reported a 90.7 per cent overall satisfaction rate with our dedicated police service.<br />
We encouraged public participation at our meetings and about 500 people heard first-class policing presentations.<br />
We consulted with our community, <strong>Regional</strong> Council and Members of <strong>York</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Police</strong> about policing<br />
priorities going forward. Our new 2008-2010 Business Plan highlights community priorities of violent crime, guns<br />
and gangs, traffic safety, crimes against property and drug control and enforcement and it is accessible at www.<br />
yrpsb.ca.<br />
We called on the judiciary to impose stiffer sentences for criminals who manufacture, traffic, and import and/or<br />
export illicit drugs and provincial and federal Justice Ministers to increase penalties for these crimes. We doubled<br />
our rewards to help solve hate crimes and a triple homicide. We donated $53,982 to agencies that support safe<br />
communities, and in memory of Constable Davis Ahlowalia, we contributed to the <strong>York</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Police</strong> Adopt-a-<br />
Mission Program. We honoured Margaret Williams of MADD with our Civic Leadership Award and presented<br />
Mr. Robert Whitman with the Volunteer of the Year Award.<br />
Thanks to the Board, Chief Armand La Barge and all Members of <strong>York</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Police</strong> for your hard work in<br />
combating and preventing crime. And thanks to our citizens and to <strong>Regional</strong> Council for its tremendous support<br />
of policing services in <strong>York</strong> Region.<br />
Danny Wheeler<br />
<strong>Regional</strong> Councillor and Deputy Mayor, Town of Georgina<br />
Chairman, <strong>Regional</strong> Municipality of <strong>York</strong> <strong>Police</strong> Services Board<br />
Deeds Speak<br />
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Making a Difference in our Community
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