Police Board to hold Hybrid Meeting on Tuesday October 8, 2024

TORONTO:  The next scheduled meeting of the Toronto Police Service Board will take place on Tuesday October 8, 2024 at 9:00AM. Please note that the Board will commence in public at 9AM before moving in camera for its confidential meeting, which will take place prior to attending to the held public agenda items.  It is estimated that the regular public meeting will resume at 11:30AM.

The agenda is available on the Board’s website at: https://www.tpsb.ca/meetings.

Members of the public who wish to make a deputation on an item included in the agenda may register using the regular process, at https://www.tpsb.ca/meetings/making-a-deputation.  The request must be received no later than 12:00PM on Monday October 7, 2024. 

The Board’s meeting will proceed as a hybrid meeting. 

Sign-up to make a deputation 

If you wish to sign up to make a deputation on an item, please use our Making a Deputation sign-up form: https://www.tpsb.ca/meetings/making-a-deputation.  Registered deputants will have the option of making their deputation in-person or virtually. Virtual deputations would be available either by video via WebEx, or audio-only by phone. Please note deputations on items not appearing on the agenda will not be accepted.

In addition, members of the public and media are welcome and encouraged to attend the meeting as an observer through our livestream at: https://youtube.com/live/oPI6iuZD4Js?feature=share

Items of Interest at this Board meeting include:

PRESENTATION BY VICTIM SERVICES TORONTO

The Board will hear a presentation by Carly Kalish, Executive Director, regarding the Victim Services Toronto program. The presentation will contains highlights of the work of the program over the past year.  Victim Services Toronto provides immediate, confidential support for anyone who has experienced crime or sudden tragedy, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, every day of the year. As the presentation will note, over the past year, Victim Services Toronto served 18,032 victims.  The presentation will also provide details about the program’s Annual Youth Symposium, and the Exit Route initiative, among others.

ANALYTICS PRESENTATION

The Board will hear a presentation from Ian Williams, Director, Information Management, with respect to the Toronto Police Service’s Analytics Framework. The presentation will cover a number of areas, including calls for service attended, response times for calls attended, and community safety indicators (such as assaults, robberies and homicides) for the year to date.

KEEPING TORONTO SAFE FROM HATE

The Board will consider correspondence from Paul Johnson, City Manager, City of Toronto, regarding the Keeping Toronto Safe from Hate Action Plan for the Board’s receipt. As the report notes, to support the well-being and safety of all, the City is taking proactive actions and leveraging tools within the City’s jurisdiction, capacity and resources to keep Toronto safe from hate. The action plan outlines key actions and responses the City is advancing under six pillars of activity, as follows:

1. Infrastructure, 2. Legislation, 3. Community Safety and Funding, 4. Public Education and Awareness, 5. Incident Management and Response, and 6. City-Toronto Police Service Collaboration.

As with all meetings, a recording of this meeting will be posted and archived to the Toronto Police Service YouTube account at https://www.youtube.com/TorontoPolice for members of the public to access later at their convenience.

 
Contact:          Sandy Murray
                        sandy.murray@tpsb.ca 
                        416-808-8090


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