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Efficiencies within Police Services (125)
11 and Under Initiative
A 2009 study found Regina children to be behind their Saskatchewan peers in early development. In response, the Regina Police Service developed the 11 and Under Initiative (11UI). 11UI is a...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Saskatchewan |
| Keywords: | children, youth at risk, early intervention, social services, services referrals |
Aboriginal Gang Reduction and Exit Strategies
To address the proliferation of Aboriginal gangs in Alberta, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘K’ Division’s Aboriginal Policing Services (APS) implemented a three-year pilot program called...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | Aboriginal, gangs, education, youth, prevention |
Aboriginal Outreach Specialist
In response to the over-representation of Aboriginal people as victims of crime, the Victim Services unit of the Alberta Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General initiated the Aboriginal Outreach...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | First Nations, aboriginal, victims of crime, outreach, victim support, victimization |
Addressing Over-users of Health/Social and Police Services
Some individuals rely heavily on police, hospital and social services, entering the system over and over again and placing a drain on resources. Since 2009, the Repentigny Police Service has been...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | crime prevention, mental health, community |
Alberta Crime Reduction Strategy
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘K’ Division launched the Alberta Crime Reduction Strategy in late 2013 to reduce crime and its effects on communities through problem solving, enforcement...
Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams
Formed in 2006, Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) is a unique model that brings together, under one umbrella, Alberta's various integrated policing units to strategically disrupt and...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | integrated response, organized crime, integrated team, intelligence |
Annual Shift Scheduling Review
In 2013, to optimize operational capacity at detachments and meet the needs of the community, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) initiated a province-wide annual review of detachment shift...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | review, shift, scheduling, collective agreement |
Arrest Processing Unit
In April 2010, a Yukon Police Review was launched by the Yukon Department of Justice and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) 'M' Division following the December 2008 in-custody death of a detainee...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Yukon Territory |
| Keywords: | correctional, prisoner, medical care, memorandum of understanding |
Automated Licence Plate Reader System
In February 2011, the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) began piloting the use of automated licence plate readers. This technology uses specialized cameras to identify licence plate...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | traffic, missing persons, technology, license plate reader |
Automated Response System and Electronic Ticketing
In January 2012, to improve the triage of its service calls, the Roussillon Inter-municipal Police Service implemented a system whereby service calls are directly routed from callers to police patrol...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | technology, electronic ticketing, e-ticket |
Barcode Scanning
The Winnipeg Police Service introduced the barcode scanning initiative in the winter of 2012 to better track equipment when it is loaned out. Barcode scanning increases the accountability of police...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Manitoba |
| Keywords: | tracking, scan, technology, inventory |
BC Policing and Community Safety Plan
The British Columbia Ministry of Justice’s BC Policing and Community Safety Plan (BCPCSP) seeks to set the direction, strategic framework, performance expectations and accountability mechanisms for...
Building Partnerships to Reduce Crime
In 2012, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice implemented a strategy called Building Partnerships to Reduce Crime (BPRC). The strategy encourages police, government officials and community-based...
Business Intelligence and Data Integration Program
The Edmonton Police Service's strategic priorities are reducing crime and victimization, developing a community-centered police service and becoming a model of efficiency and effectiveness. To...
Business Intelligence Tool
To maximize the use of the data collected by police, the Halton Regional Police Service has acquired an automated system to mine police data. This new business intelligence tool will mine data from...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | performance measurement, technology, data, business intelligence |
Charging Fees for Police Services
The Sûreté du Québec provides select policing services that incur significant overtime costs. These services are not included in regulations governing the services that municipal police services and...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | cost recovery |
Citizen Online Reporting
Police agencies across Canada and the United States have adopted services whereby citizens can report non-emergency offences online. In the fall of 2012, the Winnipeg Police Service introduced its...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Manitoba |
| Keywords: | technology, online reporting |
Civilian Data Entry
To free up police officers for frontline work, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is using civilian staff to enter administrative data into electronic reports. Police officers dictate occurrence...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | electronic report, civilianization, data entry, dictation, technology |
Civilianization
Since 2004, the Saint-Eustache Police Service has civilianized certain positions.
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | civilianization |
Civilianization
The Sûreté du Québec has launched an initiative to assign civilians to non-core policing functions wherever possible (e.g., photo radar duties), allowing officers to concentrate on frontline police...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | civilianization |
Civilianization and Crime Reduction
In 2007, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘J’ Division piloted a Civilianization and Crime Reduction initiative to respond to increasing property crimes and the need more efficient policing. The...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | New Brunswick |
| Keywords: | intelligence led-policing, crime prevention, civilianization, youth, data, services referrals, crime analyst |
Collaboration and Efficiency Opportunities within Emergency Services
The Ottawa Police Service is collaborating with the four branches of Emergency and Protective Services in Ottawa to develop an Emergency Service Efficiency Roadmap. This initiative was launched in...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | collaboration, road map, emergency services, integrated services |
Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit - NL
In place since September 2013, the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit — Newfoundland and Labrador (CFSEU–NL) is a new policing model established by the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador to...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Keywords: | intelligence led-policing, organized crime, integrated team |
Community Action Team
The Community Action Team (CAT) was first deployed in 2011, in response to ongoing community safety concerns and the need to disrupt the precursors of crime in distressed communities through...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | community action, crime prevention, outreach, mobile response |
Community Health Intervention Program
Approximately 70% of police calls in Delta relate to mental health, consuming significant police resources. There is increasing pressure for police to deal with issues of mental health, but most...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Keywords: | intervention, mental health, community safety |
Community Mobilization Prince Albert
Community Mobilization Prince Albert (CMPA), also referred to as the “Hub,” is a multi-agency team focused on crime prevention. CMPA integrates the activities of various community agencies, including...
Community Orientation and Cultural Awareness
Understanding a community is key to delivering the services it requires. This is not always easy for officers who have not been exposed to the Northern way of life, culture, traditions and languages...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Northwest Territories |
| Keywords: | First Nations, community orientation, cultural awareness, North, isolated and remote communities, Aboriginal |
Community Safety Constable Program
Among the new policing models being developed by the Vancouver Police Department is the Community Safety Constable Program. The program creates a new tier of special constables to take on low-risk...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Keywords: | community constable, special constable, peace officer |
Community Safety Model
The Peel Regional Police Community Safety Model, in development since 2006, became fully operational in January 2014. The police service works collaboratively with community partners and key...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | community safety, crime prevention, partnership, gestion du risque |
Community Support Program
The Community Support Program is a group of civilian community support officers (four officers and one supervisor) who walk the beat and patrol three Business Improvement Districts in the centre of...
Cooperation with School Board Concerning Simple Drug Possession
Dealing with simple drug possession cases in schools can be a drain on police resources. Since 2002, the Repentigny Police Service has saved resources by having high schools in Repentigny deal...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | youth, drugs, school |
Cost Recovery Initiative for Policing at ‘For-Profit’ Events
Repentigny police presence and services were being provided for free at for-profit events. This led to high police overtime costs. Since 2007, in a cost-recovery initiative, the Repentigny Police...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | cost recovery, commercialization, service fees |
Court Document Coordinator (Civilianization)
To ensure a more effective use of resources, the Fredericton Police Force has changed the model for serving a summons or subpoena, including eliminating the position of Summons Server. In the new...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | New Brunswick |
| Keywords: | civilianization, court documents, summons |
Creation of Department of Public Safety
The City of Fredericton implemented a new organizational structure in 2012, which included the creation of a new Department of Public Safety. This umbrella department houses the Fredericton Police...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | New Brunswick |
| Keywords: | restructuring, service delivery, efficiency, organizational structure, change management |
Crime Reduction and Prevention Strategy
In 2009, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘L’ Division ran a pilot project that used preventative policing to reduce property crime and address impaired driving issues. ‘L’ Division is now...
Crime Reduction Rollout
Royal Canadian Mounted Police ‘E’ Division’s crime reduction strategy began in 2005 and has since expanded to every detachment in British Columbia (BC). Each detachment now has a crime reduction...
Criminal Intelligence Database and Analysis
To support intelligence analysis and align with the 2009–2011 Edmonton Police Service Strategic Plan objective to “become a model of efficiency and effectiveness,” the police service’s Intelligence...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | crime analysis, business intelligence, intelligence-led policing, effective policing, data |
Criminal Investigative Division File Process Review
To improve efficiency within its Criminal Investigative Division (CID), the Fredericton Police Force adopted a redundancy measure in February 2011: a monthly “file review” of investigative files...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | New Brunswick |
| Keywords: | review, records management, information management |
Crisis Intervention Response Patrol Officers
It is estimated that the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) responds to more than 33,000 service calls per year (about 100 calls per day) regarding individuals dealing with a serious...
Critical Incident Response Team
For over 10 years, Charlottetown Police Services, together with Summerside Police Services, has had a partnership agreement with Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘L’ Division, through a...
Department of Justice (Drug Courts) Disclosure Pilot Project
The Department of Justice (Drug Courts) Disclosure Pilot Project was launched in 2004 to address issues with the timeliness of the drug evidence disclosure process, which was not meeting the...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, Efficiencies within the Justice System |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | court documents, drug trafficking, disclosure |
Direct Entry Report Making Process
To streamline the process of generating reports, the Halton Regional Police Service is using a voice dictation system for the preparation of police reports to be submitted to the police service...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | technology, voice dictation, electronic report |
Doing Things Better
In 2007, the Service de police de la Ville de Québec (SPVQ) adopted an initiative called “Doing Things Better” to improve various practices and processes. This initiative includes the following...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | human resources, management, technology, training, processes |
'E' Division Headquarters Relocation and Efficiency Review
In January 2013, Royal Canadian Mounted Police ‘E’ Division consolidated approximately 2700 employees from 25 separate locations throughout metro Vancouver, relocating them to one site in Surrey...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Keywords: | efficiency, service delivery, organizational reform, cost reduction |
Electronic Evidence Disclosure
The Toronto Police Service was concerned about the rising cost of meeting evidence disclosure requirements. Significant resources are required, including officer time, paper for photocopying, and the...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, Efficiencies within the Justice System |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | electronic disclosure, court documents, Crown |
Electronic Ticketing Program
In 2012, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) issued roughly 49,000 traffic tickets, all of which RCMP officers and Ministry of Justice employees had to process by hand. To reduce the time and...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Saskatchewan |
| Keywords: | traffic ticket, electronic ticketing, technology |
Electronic Ticketing System
In 2009, the Lévis Police Service piloted a program to issue and process tickets electronically. This initiative, which uses an electronic database and electronic instruments to issue tickets, was...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | technology, electronic ticketing, e-ticket |
Electronic Ticketing System
In a gradual rollout beginning in 2007, the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) traffic division has replaced its paper-based ticketing system with an electronic ticketing system. The...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, Efficiencies within the Justice System |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | electronic ticketing, technology, e-ticket |
Emergency Response Team
Charlottetown Police Services has a partnership agreement with Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘L’ Division, through a memorandum of understanding, to share two Charlottetown Police Services...
Federal Re-engineering
The Federal Re-engineering initiative was launched in 2011 as the result of a “current state” assessment of the federal policing program. Federal Re-engineering aims to redesign the federal policing...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | review, organizational reform, service delivery, information sharing |
First Nations Cadet Corps
The First Nations Cadet Corps is a crime prevention program that provides safe alternatives to First Nations youth. This community-led initiative, in place since 2006, is an integral part of the...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | First Nations, youth, crime prevention, community involvement, Cadet Corps, recruitment, Aboriginal |
Forensic Identification Assistant
Forensic Identification Assistants (FIAs) are civilians who collect fingerprints, photographic evidence and DNA evidence at most property crime scenes, and do some laboratory work to analyze crime...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | civilian, forensic investigation, crime scene, civilianization |
Fredericton Police Force / St. Mary's First Nation Partnership
St. Mary’s First Nation, located within the city of Fredericton, has been served by the Fredericton Police Force (FPF) for over 30 years through a contemporary community policing model. In 2000, to...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | New Brunswick |
| Keywords: | community policing, First Nations |
Fredericton Police Force Improvement & Innovation Initiatives
As part of the City of Fredericton’s Improvement and Innovation (I&I) process, the Fredericton Police Force (FPF) has embraced Lean Six Sigma, a managerial approach that eliminates waste and...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | New Brunswick |
| Keywords: | efficiency, innovation |
Funding for Automated Licence Plate Readers by Manitoba Public Insurance for Manitoba Police Agencies
Automatic licence plate readers scan vehicle plates to verify licence plate information. This allows police to find out if a vehicle is stolen, unregistered, or driven by a suspended or disqualified...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Manitoba |
| Keywords: | license plate readers, technology |
Future of Policing Advisory Committee
Under the Future of Policing Project (FPP), the Ministry has been working with the Future of Policing Advisory Committee (FPAC), other ministries and affected stakeholders to plan for effective...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | advisory committee, future of policing, core policing, service delivery, cost recovery, legislation |
General Occurrence Reader Unit
In May 2011, the York Regional Police (YRP) established the General Occurrence (GO) Reader Unit to improve the quality of information going from police investigators to the Crown Attorney’s Office...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, Efficiencies within the Justice System |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | records management, Crown folders, disclosure, quality assurance, court documents |
Geographical Firearms Profile Reporting
Among the functions of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Canadian Firearms Program (CFP) is the production of Geographical Firearms Profile (GFP) reports. GFP reports provide Canadian law...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | intelligence-led policing, firearms |
Halifax Regional Municipality Crime Reduction Strategy
Launched in 2007 by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘H’ Division, the Halifax Regional Municipality Crime Reduction Strategy uses evidence-based analysis to focus and maximize the use of...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Nova Scotia |
| Keywords: | crime reduction, intelligence-led policing, crime mapping, crime prevention, prolific offenders |
Incident Report Centre
In 2008, the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) introduced the Incident Report Centre, a call centre for incident reporting. Since 2012, for certain offences where there is no suspect...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | incident reporting, call centre, civilianization |
Information Sharing via Social Media Programs
An innovative initiative in its early days is the Springhill Police Service’s use of social media to share information with the community. This initiative is quite promising as it requires minimal...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Nova Scotia |
| Keywords: | social media, community engagement |
Integrated Criminal Intelligence Service
Criminal Intelligence Service Prince Edward Island (CISPEI) is a provincial crime intelligence bureau comprised of police officers, analysts and support staff from Royal Canadian Mounted Police ‘L’...
Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams
Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams (INSETs), led by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), are multi-agency teams made up of specially trained members of the RCMP and other law...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | integrated units, national security, intelligence-led policing |
Integration
For ten years, the Nelson Police Department and Nelson Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Detachment have integrated and shared a number of services, including a detention facility; a BAC...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Keywords: | shared services, integrated services, cost sharing |
Intelligence-Led Policing
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary implemented intelligence-led policing in 2011 as a business model and managerial philosophy. Intelligence-led policing uses data and crime intelligence to support...
Inuit Perceptions
Inuit Perceptions is a one-day cultural awareness seminar that orients Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers to the unique perspectives of Inuit culture. Supported by "V" Division, each...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Nunavut |
| Keywords: | Inuit, training, cross-cultural, Aboriginal, community |
Investigation Management and Approval Centre
In October 2010, in response to growing demands for public accountability, effectiveness and efficiency, the Edmonton Police Service implemented its Investigation Management and Approval Centre...
Justice Policing Priorities
In 2011–12, the Northwest Territories Department of Justice created a justice policing priorities initiative to engage both the local community and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in the...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Northwest Territories |
| Keywords: | community engagement, partnership, accountability |
Labrador Relief Team
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘B’ Division set up the Labrador Relief Team in 2009 to provide relief to Labrador’s four remote two-officer detachments. The Labrador Relief Team began as a...
Law Enforcement Framework
To modernize policing in Alberta, the provincial government developed the Law Enforcement Framework (LEF) in 2010. LEF lays the foundation for the vision for policing in Alberta. It outlines...
LEAN
As part of its commitment to continuous improvement, the Winnipeg Police Service is implementing LEAN business practices. LEAN practices streamline processes and eliminate waste to keep costs low...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Manitoba |
| Keywords: | business principles, management, LEAN |
Major Case Management: Integrating Practice & Technology Software: X-FIRE—Agnovi Corporation
Core policing duties, such as the investigation of both small- and large-scale crime, consume significant resources. To improve efficiency and keep pace with current standards for case management...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Manitoba |
| Keywords: | technology, major case management |
Marihuana Grow Initiative
Launched in 2011, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Marihuana Grow Initiative (MGI) is a response to the growing problems associated with the production, trafficking, export and domestic...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | marijuana, drug enforcement, intelligence, drug trafficking, partnership |
Misprescription and Overprescription of Controlled Prescription Drugs
Since early 2012, the Moose Jaw Police Service has been working closely with a Pharmacist Investigator from the Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons to reduce the abuse of prescription...
Multi-Disciplinary Support Team
To address rising concerns from a number of municipal agencies within the Taber community regarding the handling of individual clients, the Taber Police Service took the lead role in organizing the...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | intervention, crisis, domestic violence, team, drug abuse, services referrals |
Municipal Bylaw Enforcement / Community Peace Officer Program
Since the mid-1980s, the Medicine Hat Police Service has employed community peace officers to enforce bylaws and assist with policing. As community needs have grown over time, the police service has...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | community constable, community safety, bylaw enforcement, peace officers |
Neighborhood Crime Mapping
The Edmonton Police Service developed the Neighbourhood Crime Mapping online tool in 2009 to provide timely, relevant data on crime at the neighbourhood level. On the Neighbourhood Crime Mapping...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | crime mapping, community engagement, technology, crime data, crime prevention |
Neighbourhood Policing—Measuring Police Performance
In 2008, Waterloo Regional Police Service set up the Neighbourhood Policing model to measure police performance. This model uses performance measures to design equitable police patrol zones based on...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | performance measurement, calls for service, patrol zones, indicators, neighbourhood policing, community safety |
North East Nova Crime Reduction Strategy
The North East Nova Crime Reduction Strategy uses intelligence-led policing to reduce crime in the North East Nova District. Civilian criminal intelligence analysts pull information from police...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Nova Scotia |
| Keywords: | intelligence-led policing, crime reduction, crime prevention, prolific offenders, traffic |
Online (Internet) Reporting
To address concerns regarding the efficient use of police services and the timeliness and convenience of client service, York Regional Police established a tool for online (Internet) reporting in...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | online reporting, CopLogic, technology |
Online Criminal Record Checks
The Winnipeg Police Service established an online criminal record check initiative in October 2011 to allow citizens to submit criminal record checks applications electronically online. Online...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Manitoba |
| Keywords: | technology, online reporting, criminal record check |
Online Property Auctions
The Toronto Police Service’s Property and Evidence Management Unit was experiencing critical storage constraints and increasing costs for storage and management. In response, the unit set up online...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | technology, property auction |
Online Reporting
In operation since 2013, the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) online reporting service allows citizens to file police reports online for certain offences against property, such as...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | online reporting, technology |
Operational Review
The Vancouver Police Department is an organization of 2,000 people with a budget of $200 million. Under-resourced and dealing with the impact of an economic downturn, the department underwent an...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Keywords: | review, resource, civilianization, overtime, patrol deployment |
Outstanding Warrants
Warrants are issued in cases where an individual does not appear in court as required, or does not pay a fine by a specified due date as required by a provincial statute or municipal bylaw. Despite...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety, Efficiencies within the Justice System |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | outstanding warrants |
Patrols in Parks and on Cycling Trails
Since 2006, the Blainville Police Service has used police cadets to patrol the Blainville municipality’s green spaces and its network of cycling trails.
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | crime prevention, civilianization, cadet, park, patrol |
Police Analytics—Business Intelligence
In 2013, Halton Regional Police Service implemented Business Intelligence for Public Safety software—an analytic tool that mines data collected through the computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system and...
Police Services Organizational Reform
In 2001, Quebec’s Ministry of Public Security (Ministère de la Sécurité Publique) led an important organizational reform of the policing structure in the province. The Ministry has made many...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | review, organizational reform, levels of service |
Priority Prolific Offender Program
To address the problem of repeat offenders, the Alberta Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General launched the Priority Prolific Offender Program (PPOP) in 2008. PPOP is a focused and integrated...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | offender management, community safety, bail, courts, probation, rehabilitation, prolific offenders |
Property Disposal Initiative
The Toronto Police Service has implemented a property disposal initiative to reduce its inventory of items seized in relation to judicial proceedings and investigations. Toronto Police Service...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | technology, property disposal |
Proposed Lethbridge Collision Reporting Centre
The Lethbridge Regional Police Service has introduced a one-year pilot project to outsource vehicle collision reporting involving property damage to a private company. Police services are mandated by...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | accidents, collision reporting, client service |
Provincial Collision Reporting Centre
In 2012, Charlottetown Police Services put forward a proposal for the Province of Prince Edward Island to contract collision reporting to a private company. Other police services across Canada, most...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Prince Edward Island |
| Keywords: | collision reporting centre, accidents, car |
Public Online Reporting
In 2011, the Halton Regional Police Service introduced an online system to facilitate public online reporting, the self-reporting of certain incidents by the public without direct police involvement...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | online reporting, CopLogic, technology |
Public Safety Office
Following the 2008 release of the Halifax Mayor’s Roundtable Report, "Violence and Public Safety in the Halifax Regional Municipality," the Halifax Regional Police put the Public Safety Office in...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Nova Scotia |
| Keywords: | crime prevention, community engagement, public safety, partnership |
Rationalized Integration
The Saanich Police Department plans to work with the Victoria Police Department to implement an integrated approach to computer forensic analysis. With rationalized integration, the two departments...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Keywords: | forensic analysis, technology, integration, cost sharing |
Regina Children’s Justice Centre
The Regina Children’s Justice Centre (RCJC) is an integrated partnership made up of members of the Regina Police Service and the Ministry of Social Services. The members of the RCJC are part of a...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Saskatchewan |
| Keywords: | partnership, youth, child exploitation, child abuse, social services, community engagement, victimization |
Regional Domestic Violence Unit
The Saanich Police Department participates in a Regional Domestic Violence Unit that takes a multidisciplinary approach to high-risk domestic violence situations across the Capital Regional District...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Keywords: | partnership, domestic violence, integrated unit, regional unit |
Regional Integrated Intelligence Units
Regional Integrated Intelligence Units (RIIUs) are integrated intelligence-led policing units that bring together members of the law enforcement community throughout the province to share information...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | New Brunswick |
| Keywords: | integrated services, intelligence-led policing, organized crime, crime prevention |
Replacement of Police Cars with More Ecologically Friendly Vehicles
In an effort to reduce fuel and purchase costs for vehicles, in 2011, the Sûreté du Québec began to replace its unmarked police cars with more ecologically friendly vehicles. Six-cylinder vehicles...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | vehicle replacement, eco-friendly, cost reduction, cars, fuel efficiency |
Review of Integrated Units
In 2012, the New Westminster Police Department conducted a review of its participation in integrated units. The review looked at the value for money of participating in these units and whether a...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Keywords: | review, integrated unit |
Road Safety Campaign
Since 2006, the Blainville Police Service has run an annual road safety campaign to encourage safer driving. This campaign is based on data from Quebec’s provincial public automobile insurance agency...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | accidents, road safety, information campaign, prevention |
Safer, Stronger Communities Initiative
The Safer, Stronger Communities Initiative uses a multidisciplinary team to tackle crime and enhance community safety in public housing areas. This initiative is a coordinated response to crime...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Nova Scotia |
| Keywords: | community safety, crime prevention, public housing, partnership |
Search and Rescue Coordinator Position
Coordinating search and rescue (SAR) operations is challenging in the Northwest Territories because of the vast territory, extreme weather conditions and high police turnover. Royal Canadian Mounted...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Northwest Territories |
| Keywords: | coordinator, search and rescue, training |
Service Initiative: Value and Innovation
In 2011, the Ottawa Police Service initiated its Service Initiative, an organization-wide review of how policing services are delivered to the community. The catalyst for this initiative was the...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | community, review, policing model, sustainable policing |
Service Standards Investigative Guides
Developed in 2006, Royal Canadian Mounted Police ‘E’ Division’s Service Standards Investigative Guides ensure compliance with approved investigative standards and provide practical advice at all...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, Efficiencies within the Justice System |
|---|---|
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Keywords: | oversight, investigation |
Sexual Violence Action Committee
In an effort to enhance public awareness and knowledge of sexual violence, the Lethbridge Regional Police Service established the Sexual Violence Action Committee (SVAC) in 2004. SVAC is a standing...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | sexual violence, community engagement, crime prevention |
Sharing Resources Among Police Services
The Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Police Service has found innovative ways to save costs by sharing its resources with other police services for a fee. Rather than pay user fees for time at a firing...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | resource sharing |
Social Media Pilot Project
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) 'F' Division in Saskatchewan launched a one-year social media pilot project in 2012 to use social media in a non-investigative role as a communications...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Saskatchewan |
| Keywords: | social media, community engagement, media relations |
Special Needs Registry
In late 2013, the Taber Police Service created the Special Needs Registry, a program designed to allow parents/guardians to voluntarily register an individual with the police, identifying him or her...
Strategic Policing Partnership—Resource Review
In response to the rising cost of policing and the need to ensure value for money and effective use of resources, the Yukon Department of Justice and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘M’ Division...
Stratified Model for Accountability, Response and Targeting, Tactical Action Group
In an effort to provide smarter and more efficient policing, the Port Moody Police Department began an internal information-sharing initiative in September 2012. The initiative uses police statistics...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Keywords: | crime analysis, community safety, intelligence-led policing, team, management |
Synthetic Drug Initiative
Launched in 2009 in response to growing problems associated with the production, trafficking, export and domestic demand for illicit synthetic drugs, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | organized crime, drug enforcement, drug trafficking, partnership, intelligence |
Tactical Troop
For over 10 years, Charlottetown Police Services has had a partnership agreement with Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘L’ Division, through a memorandum of understanding, to share four to five...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Prince Edward Island |
| Keywords: | shared services, memorandum of understanding, training, riot squad, partnership |
Tech Crime Initiative
Technology-related crimes are increasingly prominent. In an effort to address these types of crimes more efficiently, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) 'J' Division in New Brunswick has led the...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | New Brunswick |
| Keywords: | technological crime, crime analyst |
Technology Assisted Training Initiative—E-learning and Virtual Classroom Platforms
As part of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Technology Assisted Training Initiative, the Ontario Provincial Police Academy is using E-learning and video conferencing technology to offer training...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | technology, training, e-learning, virtual classroom |
TeleStaff Schedule
To improve work force planning and scheduling processes, the York Regional Police will implement the TeleStaff schedule system, a single-point system for the scheduling of officers, civilians and...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, Efficiencies within the Justice System |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | administration, technology |
The Ontario Major Case Management System
Ontario is the first province to implement standardized investigative practices and supporting technology for major case investigations. In 1997, the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and...
Tiered Response Activation Agreement
In October 2012, the Ottawa Police, Fire and Paramedic services signed the Tiered Response Activation Agreement. The agreement sets out guiding principles to ensure that the right emergency services...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | tiered response, emergency services |
Toronto Child and Youth Advocacy Centre
The Toronto Child and Youth Advocacy Centre (CYAC) is a multi-agency partnership that brings together professionals with expertise in law enforcement, child protection, health and mental health...
Transcription Unit
Units and detachments often do not have sufficient support staff in place to transcribe the large number of statements required for investigations, disclosure and court. Royal Canadian Mounted Police...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Saskatchewan |
| Keywords: | transcription, civilianization, support staff, administration |
Unmanned Aerial Systems Project
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘F’ Division developed the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) project as a cost-effective solution to the need for aerial photographs for a variety of situations...
Urban Brigade
In 2009, the Urban Brigade was established within an operational initiative which sought to provide a management framework for festive events and crowd control, while improving efficiency in the...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | crowd control, protests, event management, riot |
Victoria Integrated Community Outreach Team
The Victoria Police Department established the Victoria Integrated Community Outreach Team (VICOT) in 2007 to provide intensive support to individuals living with persistent mental illness who face...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Keywords: | community engagement, mental health, substance abuse, integrated team, crime prevention |
Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System Policy
The Winnipeg Police Service implemented a new Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System (ViCLAS) policy in an effort to increase compliance with the ViCLAS system across the police service. ViCLAS is a...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Manitoba |
| Keywords: | online reporting, database, criminal intelligence, violent crime, intelligence-led policing, electronic report |
Youth Intervention and Diversion Program
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Crime Reduction Unit in ‘J’ Division implemented the Youth Intervention and Diversion Program (YIDP) in 2009. YIDP is an evidence-based program designed to...
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