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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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