Penetanguishene Community Policing Year End Report

Penetanguishene Community Policing Year End Report

2006

Working with the Community

OPP Strategic Direction

Our Vision Our Mission

“ Safe Communities… A Secure Ontario” “Policing Excellence through our people, our work, and our relationships.”

Our values

As an organization, the OPP commits to working continually to earn the confidence of the citizens of and visitors to Penetanguishene—a confidence that will not be taken for granted. The OPP fulfills this commitment by providing the best and most professional service, possible, and by striving to build a culture of trust, open and honest dialogue, with the community it serves and among the people it employs. The organization commits to creating and sustaining a positive working environment in which all employees have equal opportunity to fulfill their potential within the profession.

Each OPP employee and volunteer appreciates the vital role they play in protecting the fundamental rights of all people in Ontario. As such, each commits to always putting the interests of the public and the OPP’s Vision and Mission before any personal and private interest, and to demonstrate pride in their profession and the OPP through personal conduct that reflects a belief in the value of:

• Accountability
• Respectful Relationships
• Fairness, Courage and Caring
• Continuous Learning
• Diversity

2007 OPP Strategic Objectives

#1 Our Work

• Provide for safe communities and a secure Ontario through high performing policing

#2 Our People

• Attract, develop, support and retain a professional work force and leadership

# 3 Our Partnerships

• Engage in and strengthen our relationships and trust with people we serve, our Justice sector partners, and stakeholders

#4 Our Infrastructure

Support service delivery through technology, equipment, facilities, business processes, and communications

Detachment

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Operational

/ Structure:
Population / 8316 / Calls for service / 2002 / 3448
Staff / Inspector / 0.24 / 2003 / 3584
Sergeant / 2.24 / 2004 / 3397
Constable / 15 / 2005 / 3775
Clerical / 1.24 / 2006 / 3541
Auxiliaries / 10 / M.V.C / 2002 / 142
Vehicles / Marked / 2 / 2003 / 157
Clean roof / 1 / 2004 / 106
Snowmobile / 2 / 2005 / 103
2006 / 91
Patrol Area / Sq. km. / 40 / Specialists
Roadways / 339 km. / Breath Technicians / 2
Waterways / Penetanguishene Bay / Marine Operators / 2
St. Andrews Lake / S.O.C.O / 1
E.R.T. members / 1
Court Officers / 2
Community Services Officer / 2

Penetanguishene Incident Statistics 2006

Total Incidents in 2006

Detachment members investigated a total of 2672 incidents in the Town and 869 at CNCC. It should be noted that over all our clearance rate for all incidents in 2005 was 82 %.

Crimes against persons:

During 2006, members of the Penetanguishene OPP detachment investigated a total of 113 crimes against persons in the Town. Our overall clearance rate for these occurrences was 93.30 %. Over 50 % of these were level 1 assault. ( see Attachment for list)

Property Crimes:

Property crimes in 2006 decreased slight from 394 in 2005, to 363. The reported numbers of thefts under went down from 169 to 143. ( See Attachment for list)

Break and enters decreased to 50 from 67, a drop of 17.

Frauds at increased from 17 to 28 a raise of 11. Many of these involved bankcard frauds. Mischief incidents went from 111 to 123. This is the highest we have encountered within the community in years.

Our clearance rate for property crimes during 2006 went up slightly to 19.90 from 18.7 % as opposed to last year’s numbers.

Other Criminal Code:

In 2006, the police investigated a total of 82 other criminal code incidents ranging from Bail Violations to Harassing Phone calls. This remained at about the same level as last year. The clearance rate for these increased from 46.3% to 56.5 %.

Drugs:

This past year we investigated 24 drugs related incidents, down 2 over last year, with a clearance rate of 56.5 %.

General Incidents

This area general makes up the bulk of police calls for service. They are the most time consuming and often require two members to respond to them. These incidents also take up the bulk of the officer’s time and take them off of the road for periods of time. They are reactive type of incidents

List of noteworthy incidents: 2006 vs. 2005

• Alarms 115/109
• Landlord /Tenant 27/25
• Domestic Disturbance 21/13
• Suspicious person 57/62
• Noise complaints 67/47
• Found/lost property133/110
• Mental Health Act82/101
• Trouble with Youth125/155
• Unwanted persons 39/50
• Neighbour disputes 32/33
• Keep the peace 27/23
• Trespass to property 39/24
• By-Law 67/57
• 911 Hang up148/186
• Family Dispute 50

The 2006 clearance rate for other incidents increased to 93.2 from 92.8 % during 2005.

Traffic Trends

2004 Accidents: Total MVC 106

2005 Accidents:Total MVC 103

2006 Accidents:Total MVC 90

R.I.D.E. conducted:Members conducted numerous R.I.D.E throughout the community during the year. These checks were rotated amongst various locations within the community in an effort to ensure that the motoring public was safe. This included Festive and Paid duty Checks, as well as regular stops.

RIDE Grant - April 1, 2006 - February 28, 2007
Money received from the Min. of Comm. Safety & Corr. Services / $6,021.02
Money received from the PSB to perform final RIDE / $185.62
Total Vehicles Stopped / 1,305
Roadside Screening Tests / 8
12 Hour Suspensions / 3
ADLS Suspension / 0
Liquor Seizures / 0
People charged with Drinking
Offences / 1
Total number of RIDE Grant Hours Worked / 128
Total number of Officers who conducted RIDE / 22

Charges laid:200420052006

Criminal Code 113 125 179

LLA 27 52 19

HTA 489 844 540

CDSA 7 21 7

Other 41 67 49

CNCC 49 57 94

Obligated Duty Hours
2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2005
Proactive hours
Vehicle Patrol / 2211.25 / 3064.25 / 2671.50 / 2573
Foot Patrol / 263.25 / 291.25 / 213 / 394.75
Marine Patrol / 31.5 / 17 / 22.5 / 32.50
Snowmobile Patrol / 19 / 24.25 / 4 / 13
Other Patrol / 313 / 20.5 / 17 / 29.75
Directed patrol / 1870.75 / 1600.75 / 1597.75 / 1334.50
Radar Patrol / 409.75 / 254 / 504.75 / 568.25
ATV Patrol / 2 / 5.5
School Patrol / 71.5 / 348 / 329 / 67.75
Bicycle Patrol / 58 / 34.5 / 39.5 / 71.25
Total Proactive / 5286.75 / 5402.5 / 5415 / 5085

Total of 5,085 hours of proactive policing conducted by the members of the Penetanguishene Detachment is over and above responding to and investigating calls for service.

Total hours worked by members within the Town of Penetanguishene in 2006 was 27,295.50 including CNCC. 20,817.25 total hours devoted for policing within the Town. Another interesting fact is that we had targeted the overtime hour usage at 1,800 hours. Officers were required to only put in 1,430 overtime hours, which included 781 in CNCC.

Community Participation and Highlights during 2006:

As in past years, Members of the Penetanguishene OPP continued to be very active within the community. Besides providing traffic control and police visibility at a variety of events, such as Winterama, Canada Parade and Tree trimming ceremony, we were active in the schools, through V.I.P., Dare and safety program presentations. Officers were called upon to provide safety presentation to a number of clubs and organizations; Rotary club, senior council and Mall business association come to mind. We also participated in the usual fund raising events such as M&M barbecue, Tim Horton’s camp day, Pizza Nova’s kids’ day, Friends of Penetanguishene festival of trees, Police Auction. Officers coached a variety of local sports teams. During 2006, officers were busy both on and off the job.

The year 2006 certainly brought a number of challenges and changes at the Penetanguishene Community Policing office.

-Inspector Philbin took over the helm as the new Detachment Commander of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment.

-Issues at Caledonia required officers to be away from the municipality for a good portion of the year. Yet we were still able to provide effective and adequate service to the residents who live here. The numbers and increased success rates would support this fact.

- Two officers went on Maternity leave and were replaced by officers from the Southern Georgian Bay office.

-Under the province 1000 officer incentive we increased the compliment by one member.

-Constable McNamara replaced Constable Adamson as CSO while she was on leave.

-Friends of the Penetanguishene youth donated two new bicycles for the members to use on patrol during the summer months. These contributed to the hours on patrol doubling over last year.

-The community policing Committee hosted, Sex with Sue, presentation at both our local high schools. The event was targeted at sexual assault and teen pregnancy. It was very well received by students, teachers and parents.

GOALS and OBJECTIVES for 2006

Mission:

Under the direction of the Penetanguishene Police Services Board, Members of the Penetanguishene O.P.P. will continue to deliver a quality, effective and adequate Policing service to the residents and businesses within the Town of Penetanguishene.

Method:

1)Visibility: In 2004 members were able to provide 5402.50 hours of proactive policing to the municipality (includes patrols such as directed, foot, bicycle, Radar). In 2005 we set a goal to meet or exceed this achievement. We were able to exceed it by 13 hours. In 2006, we set out to hold the line at last years total hours and did just that. Therefore, I feel that this year we should maintain last year’s goal.

2)Our goal for 2005 was to hold the line on Break-ins at 40. Unfortunately, we were hit with a rash of incidents and the number increased to 67. Our officers were able to solve a large number of these after the fact. In 2006 with more proactive policing we hoped to significantly reduce the number of break and enters by 33% to 45. We were close to the goal, with 50 Break and enters reported. For 2007 it would be the goal of the members to lower our break and enters incidents from 50 to 45.

3)(In 2006 we were very successful in increasing the appropriate and timely enforcement of provincial statutes and municipal bylaws to ensure that the offenders are adhering to the laws to keep the law-abiding community safe and secure. In 2007, we will endeavour to maintain the same high standards as last year.)

4)Continue to work with our partners within the community to attempt to reduce the number of problems with youth.

(These goals are suggestions at this point. They were provided to the Police Service Board to review, modified or added to. Once I have their feedback, I can complete this section)

Incident Statistics - 2005
Total to Date
Penetanguishene - 2006 / 2672
CNCC - 2005 / 869
Crimes Against Persons - (1000)
Total to Date
Sexual Assault / 9
Assault CBH & Level 1 / 58
Criminal Harassment / 9
Utter Threats / 28
Other / 9
Total / 113
Clearance Rate / 93.30%
Crimes Against Property - (2000)
Total to Date
Break & Enter / 50
Theft Over $5,000 / 8
Theft Under $5,000 / 93
Theft from Motor Vehicle / 50
Possession of Stolen Property / 10
Fraud / 28
Mischief / 123
Other / 1
Total / 363
Clearance Rate / 19.90%
Other Criminal Code - (3000)
Total to Date
Counterfeit Money / 14
Disturb the Peace / 21
Harassing Telephone Calls / 17
Other / 30
Total / 82
Clearance Rate / 56.50%
Drugs - (4000)
Total to Date
Possession - Cocaine / 4
Possession - Cannabis / 13
Other / 7
Total / 24
Clearance Rate / 56.50%
Other Calls for Service - (8000)
Total to Date
Alarms / 115
Landlord/Tenant Disputes / 27
Suspicious Persons / 57
911 Calls / 148
Motor Vehicle Collisions / 91
Noise Complaints / 67
Police Assistance / 98
Police Information / 133
Lost/Found Property / 114
Mental Health Act / 82
Sudden Death / 7
Trouble with Youth / 125
Unwanted Persons / 39
Neighbour Dispute / 32
Keep the Peace / 27
Trespass to Property Act / 39
By-Law / 67
Traffic Control / 23
Family/Domestic Disputes / 71
Other / 680
Total / 2032
Clearance Rate / 93.20%