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RECAP: Cobey Tells Police Board They’re Building to Meet New Challenges

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This month’s meeting of the Guelph Police Services Board seemed a bit reactionary to recent events. You probably saw the news last week that police made a $5 million drug bust that also involved some illegal firearms, and it’s that second part that’s becoming more of a concern, and you will read why in the recap. In terms of good news, Chief Gord Cobey thinks that Guelph Police are rising to the occasion. Check out the recap for more below… Continue reading “RECAP: Cobey Tells Police Board They’re Building to Meet New Challenges” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for March 21, 2024

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Get ready for an info dump at this month’s Guelph Police Services Board meeting. In the aftermath of what turned out to be a not-very busy St. Patrick’s Day weekend despite all the pre-planning, Royal City’s finest will talk to their civilian oversight board about all the records accessed and uploaded in the last year, some reporting to other agencies, and the Chief’s monthly verbal report. Let’s dive into the agenda! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for March 21, 2024” →

RECAP: Police Board Gets Low Down on Fight Against Intimate Partner Violence

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This month’s Guelph Police Services Board meeting highlighted a very complicated and very serious issue facing our community. Following up on a recommendation last fall from city council, members of the Police Service provided insight into how they’re fighting the epidemic of Intimate Partner Violence. That’s an interesting presentation and worth reviewing, and there will be some news at the end about policing downtown. Continue reading “RECAP: Police Board Gets Low Down on Fight Against Intimate Partner Violence” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for February 15, 2024

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February’s meeting of the Guelph Police Services Board doesn’t have a lot on the agenda, but there is one very important issue that will be discussed and it’s a follow-up from a city council directive last fall. Council declared Intimate Partner Violence an epidemic, and members of the Service will tell us what they’re doing about it. On top of that, there’s some of the usual report items to check out, so let’s check them out! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for February 15, 2024” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for January 18, 2024

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It’s the first Guelph Police Services Board meeting of the year, and that means that there’s some beginning of the year business to get through. As observant politicos know, there’s a checklist for the police board every January, and we will go through it for this initial gathering of 2024, plus there will be an update from the Chief, some successful granting news, and the way forward for future meetings. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for January 18, 2024” →

RECAP: One Quick Meeting for the Police Board to End 2023

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It was a short meeting for the Guelph Police Services Board to end 2023. There wasn’t much for the board to do, and they were two members short, but they did take this time in December to get themselves organized for next year; confirming the chair and the vice-chair, organizing the composition of committees, and talking about how the board will meet going forward. Here’s the recap (such as it is)…. Continue reading “RECAP: One Quick Meeting for the Police Board to End 2023” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for December 14, 2023

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It’s Christmas time for the Guelph Police Services Board and they are giving us the gift of brevity. This month’s meeting will be largely focused on administrative matters, new hires, new committees, meeting dates and formats, plus the usual verbal update from Chief Gord Cobey. Open up YouTube and get one last bit of police business (at a board level) before taking the rest of the year off. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for December 14, 2023” →

RECAP: Police Board Gets Update About Campus Policing

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November’s Guelph Police Services Board meeting was comparatively low key compared to the last couple of months. The big item of the month was the annual report from atop Gordon Hill and the present state of the Campus Safety office and their team of auxiliary officers. Some interesting things to report there, and there’s the usual verbal update from Chief Gord Cobey. To see those details let’s do the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Police Board Gets Update About Campus Policing” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for November 16, 2023

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After passing the Guelph Police Services budget for 2024-2027 last month, this November meeting of the Police Services Board seems positively light. Still, there’s some stuff worth checking at this meeting including an annual update from the Guelph Police’s counterparts up on the hill at the U of G, an update about how this year’s budget is going, plus the usual report from the chief. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for November 16, 2023” →

RECAP: Police Board Approves Budget With Added IMPACT

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With today’s meeting, the Guelph Police Services Board officially sent the 2024-2027 police budget to city council for further examination starting in a few weeks. The only big change is additional funds for the IMPACT program that will cover the cost of a social worker in downtown Guelph along with an additional downtown police officer. So how did this come about? All is revealed in this recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Police Board Approves Budget With Added IMPACT” →