The Guelph Police Services Board will be holding their last meeting ever in January… because they’re getting a name change! What is the new name of this important committee? That is one of the many details that will be revealed in this meeting’s agenda, which will also cover some of the usual annual business that the Police Board needs to do, as well as some of the regular updates. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for January 16, 2025”
On the same day that Guelph Police announced that they had arrested three in a fentanyl trafficking scheme, the Guelph Police Services Board had their meeting, and Police Chief Gord Cobey explained that this is proof that policies that the board approved are working. And speaking of working policies, they also heard about the new strategic plan, and the reconfirmation of the 2025 capital budget, and now, you can hear about it too! Continue reading “RECAP: Police Board Approves Strat Plan, Talks About Big Drug Bust”
The Guelph Police Services Board will get together again for the first time since July and in the process they will be the first to dive into their 2025 budget renewal process. If numbers aren’t your bag, you might be interested in hearing about the latest update to the Service’s strategic plan. That’s in this agenda too along with the usual verbal update from Chief Cobey and an update of the midyear financials. Let’s get into the details! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for September 19, 2024”
At the last meeting before rising for the rest of summer, the Guelph Police Services Board heard from a partner in crime fighting. The program co-ordinator from Crime Stoppers Guelph Wellington came by in order to deliver the annual report, and then Chief Gord Cobey got into the latest from his desk including the Youth in Policing Program, which has the not very police-sounding code name “Yippy”. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Police Board Talks Crime Stoppers and Yippies”
July’s meeting of the Guelph Police Services Board promises to be relatively light compared to the last few months (or for the months to come for that matter). Still, if you’re interested in crime busting matters beyond the role of the police, this should be a compelling meeting with a special guest appearance, and there also might be some interesting developments from the Chief’s report. Here’s the deal… Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for July 18, 2024”
There’s a lot of work when it comes to the grind of municipal governance and policy development, but it doesn’t always start with city council (though it does often end with them). So on this episode of the podcast we’re going to try and cram six months of work by eight different committees into 30 minutes of audio, from the retirement of the library’s head to the debate over a bus chime to the ongoing issues around housing. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #426 – The Year at Committees So Far…”
The June meeting of the Guelph Police Services Board covered a lot of ground on a lot of issues. The annual report will be coming any day now, and there was a sneak preview for the public here. There was another annual report specifically targeting human resources issues at the service. In terms of investigative matters, the board heard from the people working on cyber crime and human trafficking. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Police Board Hears About Internet Crime and an Annual Report”
The time is here again for the monthly Guelph Police Services Board meeting and the agenda this June is focused on yearly reports. Having said, perhaps the biggest report is missing from the agenda even though we’re all going to see it in the very near future so consider this a sneak preview. In other news, we will get an update on human resources, plus there will be a report about a growing and sickening area of criminality. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for June 20, 2024”
This month’s Guelph Police Services Board starting with some tech issues. Maybe everyone was just rusty after taking last month off… Anyway, there was a lot of ground to cover with this agenda including an update about the impact of increased staff downtown, some notes about public safety in police pursuits, and a new video to promote the service just in time for Police Week. Let’s recap the meeting… Continue reading “RECAP: Police Board Hears That Downtown Staffing is Working”
After taking April off, the Guelph Police Services Board return for a mid-May chinwag about all the business of policing in the city. At this meeting, we will get an update about what’s going on downtown and some end of quarter financial and performance reports. Plus, there’s a change in policy to discuss, and, as always, there will be the monthly report from thee Chief of Police himself. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for May 16, 2024”
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