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LOOK inside today's For the Halton Regional Police Services 2007 Annual Calls for Service Increase, Crime Rate Decrea ses in 2007 With today's Halton Regiona l Police Service Report Halton Name d Canada's Saf est Region CHRIS KORNACKI / OAKVILLE BEAVER FRIENDS FOREVER: Matt Odger displays a tattoo paying tribute to his friend Drew Hildebrand. Odger was one of many friends and family members, who attended a student-run memorial service and tree planting at T.A. Blakelock High School Friday afternoon for the Oakville youth who died two months ago after being assaulted at a party. For story see page 3. ANNUAL REPORT Continued on Page 2 busy lifestyles, don't spend most people a lot of time thinking about police service their until a trafÀc collision; they have to: they are in there is recurring their home is broken into; vandalism bourhood. in their neighIn 2007, the Halton Regional 563 uniformed Police Service's ofÀcers, 224 more than 200 civilian volunteers worked staff and respond to more together to than 113,203 ­ an increase calls for service of 7.6% over 2006. Those calls for service accounted Did you know? for a signiÀ cant volume of work: HRPS responds policto an ing is by its average of 12 nature a calls an 24/7, 365 day-a-year hour, or 1 call every operation, but 5 minutes modern policing in Halton is Halton Regional about so much than just respondin more Ontario Police Police Service members g to calls. pay tribute Memorial Ceremony Every day, Halton Regional on May 4, 2008. to fellow ofÀcers who died in the ofÀcers, staff, Police Service line of duty and at the Annual to build effective volunteers work diligently deliver proactive community partnerships and programs to A new year munity safety, improve comstarted with reduce crime to the Halton a new addition the public's and respond Regional Police from the Taras priorities. to nior leadership Service's seH. Shevchenk These partnershi . o on Dundas ter an internal AfStreet in Oakville Memorial Park police are paying ps between the public A 36-year-ol was recovered. and off: Maclean's external search and d Oakville cently named magazine reresident was quently charged Halton as the subsethe HRPS Board, by Canada, based with Possession safest region AnProperty Over in on 2006 crime of Stolen drew Fletcher $5,000. positive trend statistics. The was towards lower selected as Halton continued crime rates Police Rescue Deputy in into 2007, with Chief of Operation Man from Fiery 3.8% in the a decrease of Crash On Jan. 30, total s. He was sworn 2007, two Halton 2006. (For more crime rate in the Region in on responded to over 2007 Jan. 16, 2007, a head-on collision Constables The 2007 Annual statstics, see Pages 4-5) Àlling involving a in Oakville Report provides the vacancy Áatbed truck of just a few created a snapshot and Volkswage Jetta. The ofÀ of the many when Gary cers courageou n successful investigations, projects Crowell the male driver sly tried to and initiatives was named free of Regional Police that the Halton Chief of inside, bleeding the Jetta who was trapped Service undertook Police in June and barely ship with the in partner2006. spite the risk conscious. public over Deto their own A 23-year Service Deputy Chief of Operations For more informatio the past year. safety, the ofÀ Andrew Fletcher used a crowbar cers veteran, Deputy n about to force open gional Police vehicle door, Chief Fletcher Service, including the Halton Rethe jammed lice career as as began his poan ofÀcer, visit how a Cadet, and more intense. smoke and Áames became www.hrps.on.ca. to become tor in charge was the InspecThe ofÀcers of the Regional managed to move the injured tigative Division Criminal Invesredriver from What's Inside: onds before the vehicle secprior to his experience it was engulfed promotion. served His the man in Áames, saving from possible with it a number him well as 2007 brought Y Year at a Glance..... death. of signiÀcant ................................ operations, joint forces high-proÀle Chairman and Milton Man .2 criminal investigaChief's Messages. tions and arrests, Murdered .............3 Statistics and Operating On the morning including: of Feb. 21, Budget............4-5 saw its Àrst 2007, Halton Traffic Safety and Arrest in Memoria and Partnershi l Park Statue when Raymond only homicide of the Diversity and Innovation ps..................6 year On Jan. 2, 2007, Theft a Venerus was shot and killed short distance ..........................7 from a Burlington as a result of co-operati Join Our Team........ from his residence on lin Line ................................ company and on Dubin Milton. A work by Halton passerby located .8 Police investigato excellent victim lying of a 15-foot on the roadway the rs, the head bronze statue Cherokee. next to his Jeep stolen in Dec. 2006 2007 At a Glance : Events that Shape d Policing in Halton Progress Through Participation