A bit of background for the good folks in Ottawa on Police Chief Peter Sloly:
He left the Toronto police force after the police commission chose Mark Saunders (now retired) as chief instead of him.
He left the Toronto police force after the police commission chose Mark Saunders (now retired) as chief instead of him.
Before he left, he said blowing up Toronto's current policing model is the only way to slay the force’s $1-billion-plus budget.
He said: “Until policing stops being focused and driven on that reactive enforcement model, it will continue to be exponentially costly."
He said: “Until policing stops being focused and driven on that reactive enforcement model, it will continue to be exponentially costly."
Unless radical changes were made, Sloly said, he feared for the future.
“I’ve never seen policing at this low a point in terms of public trust and legitimacy. I feel there’s a crisis in the offing, not just here but right across North America.”
“I’ve never seen policing at this low a point in terms of public trust and legitimacy. I feel there’s a crisis in the offing, not just here but right across North America.”
Sloly also dared to say what few police leaders will admit publicly: that a thoroughly modernized police service could operate with fewer officers without compromising public safety.
“We run around all over the city in the most unfocused way, reacting to what you call us for, as opposed to trying to understand what’s going on and . . . putting our most important resources in the best place."
Source: Deputy chief Peter Sloly slams bloated police budget: Passed over for the top job with Toronto police, Sloly says harnessing technology could allow the service to drop “several hundred police officers.”
thestar.com/news/gta/2016/…
Of course, he certainly isn't saying that now
thestar.com/news/gta/2016/…
Of course, he certainly isn't saying that now
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