Guelph Police Service 2016 Annual Report
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Pride. Service. Trust. Guelph Police Service ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Contents Contents Contents Your Police Service................................ 4 Guelph Police Service Activity ........ 15 Mission and Vision........................................4 Calls for Service .........................................15 Organizational Structure ..............................5 2017 Calls for Service ..................................15 Letter from the Board Chair ...........................6 Call Volume by Month ................................. 16 Letter from the Chief of Police ....................... 7 Call Volume by Day of Week ........................ 16 Call Volume by Hour ....................................17 Overview of Offences in Guelph ........ 8 Calls of Interest, Guelph ..............................18 Criminal Offences ...................................... 10 Service Activity and Quality Indicators ........ 19 Traffic Offences and Street Checks ...........................................20 Motor Vehicle Collisions ...............................11 Summary of the 2016–2018 Guelph Police Criminal Code Traffic Offences .....................11 Service Strategic Business Plan Status .........21 Motor Vehicle Collisions ...............................11 Highway Traffic Act Violations ......................12 Human Resource and Finance Cyber and Hate Crime .................................12 Indicators and Highlights ..................22 Ten-Year Trends...........................................13 Personnel Complement ..............................23 Human Resources Highlights ......................26 Notes • Some statistics presented in this report may vary from previously published reports. • All rates are per 100,000 population and rounded; variances are calculated using unrounded figures. • Clearance rates are for all occurrences cleared that year regardless of the year in which they originally occurred, which may result in clearance rates of greater than 100%. 3 Your Police Service Your Police Service Mission Vision Through partnerships, we are dedicated to To contribute to the positive growth enhancing the quality of life and ensuring and development of our members and the safety of all who live, work and play in our community by providing leadership our safe and diverse community. and innovative policing that is effective, efficient, economical and environmentally responsible. Values We, the members of the Guelph Police Service, believe in: Pride in ourselves, our work, and our community Service with compassion and accountability Trust shared through integrity and mutual respect 4 Your Police Service Your Police Service Organizational Structure Guelph Police Services Board Inspector Executive Services Chief of Police Legal Counsel Professional Legal Services Standards and Access to Information Deputy Chief of Police Public Information Research and Development Inspector Inspector Manager Neighbourhood Neighbourhood Inspector Inspector Manager Manager Information Services Services Investigative Administrative Human Resource Financial System Patrol Field Support Services Support Services Services Services Services Domestic Human Information Community Canine Violence Court Resource Facilities System Mobilization High Risk Services Services Services Communi- Drug Financial Crime Analysis cations Enforcement Data Services Payroll Services Forensic Professional Fleet Neighbour- Emergency Identification Property Development hood Teams Management and and Firearms and Recruiting Materials Tech Crime Management Labour General Relations Investigations, Tactics Special Proj- and Rescue ects and Fraud Traffic and School Safety Intelligence Youth and Serious Crime Crime Prevention Sexual Assault, Child Abuse and Internet Child Exploitation 5 Your Police Service Your Police Service LETTER FROM THE Board Chair hank you for taking the time to Since we are currently in the The balance between prevention T review this annual report. process of developing our next and intervention is always before three-year plan, we are privy to a us. It is our belief that sound pre- The Guelph Police Services Board significant amount of accumulated vention strategies will often reduce continues to support the good work research that defines both the or minimize the need for enforce- of those working in our civilian and community and our work. One of ment. In building relationships uniform divisions, along with our the most profound lessons for me within the community, we strongly senior management team. All of was the inherent value that a vast believe that mutual understanding us are committed to our Business majority of citizens have for the and respect will be created in times Plan — a document crafted to work of the Guelph Police Service. of crisis or high vulnerability for the reflect the values, challenges and This, in my opinion, is the result few that we serve. many assets of living in this great of the legacy of those who have city. As you review the data here, This service is profoundly transpar- gone before us and have provided it should be very clear that our work ent — regardless of race, creed or benchmarks for success in all is transparent. The information sexual orientation. aspects of our operation. embedded here reflects our The professionalism and expertise collective responses and proactive We need to continue to earn this of our members provides exem- work in making this a very safe city trust. plary service to this community. It is in which to live, work and grow. We have therefore paid attention to also a fact that our collaboration We are a five-person Board. Each the numerous behavioral anomalies with other police services in of us is appointed. Councillor that afflict some citizens. Mental ill- resolving cases to their conclusion Christine Billings and Mayor Guthrie ness, addictions, abuse and lack of is often possible because of are appointed by municipal council, tolerance often demonstrate their this same expertise. We are a Len Griffiths is appointed by impact within the community. We medium-size police service but municipal council as a community continue to seek understanding of our capabilities and collaborative representative, and Vice-Chair, the underlying causes of these, in approach has been appreciated by Judy Sorbara and I are appointed by addition to training of our members many of our colleagues across the Order in Council from the Province in dealing with some very sensitive province. of Ontario. Our role is essentially issues that impact so many of Don Drone, Chair in the realm of governance. We us — both by intention and not. Guelph Police Services Board create and modify policies that are The calls for service involving relevant to our local police service, robberies, weapons threats and we often have input to provincial other domestic issues continue to legislation and are accountable for be challenges. We have begun to compliance with provincial laws track our sexual assault cases as and regulations. Finally, we assume directed by the Chief in keeping responsibility for the creation and with this provincial initiative. maintenance of the police service’s annual budget. 6 Your Police Service LETTER FROM THE Chief of Police elcome to the 2017 Guelph Working with our community I would like to thank our members W Police Service Annual partners, we continue to move as they continue their tireless work Report. Through this document, toward solutions beyond policing to to support community safety. We we share information with the com- address the social factors involved. have faced many internal struggles munity about our challenges and To date, we have had great success as we go through a major renova- successes, and the current state with projects such as our IMPACT tion of our headquarters building of crime and public safety issues team, helping to connect people and as we work through staffing within the City. We also provide who are experiencing a mental shortages. I am extremely proud of you with a look at key figures about health crisis with mental health our members as they continue to your police service, including our workers and allowing us to more persevere through these situations composition and various service appropriately direct our police to provide an excellent level of quality indicators. resources. service to our citizens. The City of Guelph continues This year marked the mid-point for As a police service, we are lucky to grow, and with it the number our 2016–2018 Strategic Business to work with a community that is of calls for service we receive. Plan. The work our members have active and caring about its issues Unfortunately, along with that done to support the goals and and each other. It is with the increase in workload, we have objectives in that plan can be found support of our citizens that we will experienced a rise in our crime in the updates given to our Guelph continue to grow a city that is a rate, a phenomenon which your Police Services Board. Included safe and enjoyable place to live, police service is looking for ways to in those accomplishments are work and play. We look forward to address. For instance, in response building partnerships to present nurturing this relationship in the to an increase in bicycle thefts, we workshops to tackle human traf- years to come. have recently launched a bicycle ficking; improving the processes registry to address the negative we use to assist victims of crime; Jeff DeRuyter impact this trend is having on and exploring ways to better serve