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. I WAT ”(I I )0 CHRONICLE . wellhead”. November :5 11119 0 3 0 End in ME h *1 b y- H, a: an comm-conduit- ' M SIM . A“ Aim SI. M P.“ h but to It. It. in) w 0 Sims-222. The thin blue budget line I C 0 Waterloo Regzonal Police Service wants a down payment 0f25 new officers ~ By MATT": PnoM. Putnam report writing. (ihrunu I? Stuff That leaves 23 per cent. or - k T 7“ Ponce an average of 14 minutes per r-:[:1te Waterloo Region hour, for what is known as Police Service wants :5 plum proactive policing. This more police officers The W'RPS has pro- includes activities such as a ‘ 1‘ ”km“; .. hitting the streetsnext year posed addlngZS police RIDE programs, traffic ii": if "' ‘ “r3:- ' ". ._ Together with a request officers and 19 civilian enforcement, being a visible ‘ ,~' 1 for I9 civilians. the price tag staffers or 20 officers presence in crime hot spots . - a 14: ' ' y for additional staff would be and 24 civilian staffers and interacting with the y... a}; {7 $1.5 million. _ five of those would community. to j“ ‘ ‘ ' “f" if ’ ‘ - 5' The proposed budget. be special constables “This is a very transparâ€" with an overall increase of Wmoeflblocks. ent, cost»efficient way to t" 7 . ‘ ~ M" 5.5 per cent over 2009, was For more information demonstrate to the commuâ€" l 12 1 v; . --- ' ' ‘\ presented at a police services about neighborhood nity how many officers we 1 ' . Q“ -‘ , ‘\ ’7 board meeting last week. If policing, 8° to require." Torigian said. to g,» _ 7 ' _ J" ' approved. it would tack an wwwwatetloodtronicle “We're demonstrating gafirޤ Aggy" additional $19.76 to the aver- .caandmrch‘fledraw- through this prudent ' at: f;- ] he“, a W ' .f g. ._ age property tax bill. int; the boundaries". approach how many we . QSXQ-L "'3 “fit?" “ my”? - :1 7. ...: The base budget also need. what we're going to do 5' m. a iwg mg? a; 1319'? includes an increase in the with them, and most impor- 4 g';,_;fl._‘:“ 3.. "3. 55.." ":‘T;J,.;._,.. :“f‘l g"??? cost of salaries and wages of year. The police service was tantly. the impact on the I {SW-gtg“?° '2‘}; “I.“ *{L‘Qs .. 3.38 per cent. and a five per able to track. minute by community" -. '. :f â€"{{éEfiégw‘zygisu‘v'iafljii-fia a”? cent increase in the, cost of minute. what patrol officers With additional patrol . Wfls§gh&Â¥a§§t dogmc -.. a employee benefits were doing. and when and officers, the police service a 1 , 3 ‘ 5 . , . . n it a I: to u .. n ‘0 D ’ a a I: It may be a bitter pill for where they were doingit. hopes to boost its ability to “‘h taxpayers to swallow in the The results indicate that prevent crime by increasing midst of a recession. But about 44 per cent ofa patrol proactive time, “We don't ”The economics of the shifts and eight-hour night It's called the shift relief Police Chief Matt Torigian officer’s time is spent have enough officers to day really do demand we shifts Right now, cveryhour. factor. When sick time, vam- says that‘s when the police responding to calls for serv- answer all the calls and be look closely at what we‘re every day of the year is cov- tion, court time and other service is needed most. ice such as emergency 9] l proactive.” Torigian said. He doing.” she said. ered by the same number of types ofleave are factored in, “Demands increase crime and crash calls. This added that this year’s request Police board chair and officers, except for overlap 2.38 officers are required to where there are more mar~ category also includes non- won't be the end ofit. regional councillor Torn Gal- duringshift changes field onepatrol unit. In other ginalized people." he said. emergency calls for things “This is a dowrrpayment loway agrees "It's going to be The report recommends words. toadd 25 patrol units, “In a struggling community. such as missing people and onS omoers." he said. a real tough sell given these increasing efficiency by the form would need to hire people rely on the police noise complaints Police service board tough times." he said. scheduling personnel based 60newoficers more. or in different ways” A further 33 per cent of members were pleased with Belt-tightening at the on workload. But shift According to Galloway, The request for additional their time is spent on admin- the data-based approach to regional level means that no schedule: area contract item the police service budget patrols follows an analysis of istrative tasks. including policing. but have not new hires have been includ» that needs to be negatiated. cunently takes up about 30 data collected during the briefings, court preparation approved the proposed ed in thebudgetsofar. The contract is up for per cent of the regional por- first seven months of this and attendance, trainingand budget. A final recommen- “In other regional depan- renewal this December. said tion of the property tax bill. dadon will be made and pre- merits. those kinds of Ray Mossiootte, president of And though the request sented to regional council increases are not being the Waterloo Region Police would cost $1.5 million in Dec. 9. entertained,‘ he said. Association. The mediation 2010. that's with the new “I’m really supportive of “There’s merit to the blue- represents both civilian hires being staggered over ‘ looking at adding more print. but I don‘t know what staffers and sworn olficers, the courseofthe year. staff,” said board member wetan afford." about 1,000people in all. When they each receive a Patti Haskell. “We didn’t do it The study also identified He would not saywhether full annual salary, the cost lastyear.” peak times for service calls the association is willing to could be higher. Annual But she also said she â€" Friday and Saturday agree to changes in the shift salary and benefits for 20 wants to take a recommen- nights are busiest. and they schedule. but agrees the new officers is predicted to dation to council that would field more calls between May force needs more Officers cost $1 million in 2011. likelybeapproved. She asked and October than in winter. "We've said for a long “It comes down to what the police service to come Patrol officers currently time we need more police citizens want in the police back with more information have a 35-day schedule that officers on the front line," service, and what they're about adding fewer addi- includes a mix of 10-hour Mmiootte said. “And 25 ofii- willing to pay for.” Massi- tional officers day shifts. IO-hour afternoon cers will barelymakeadent.’ cottede. ‘ d N ' BOOK A FACIAL WITH A VALUE OF $75 OR MORE t u. . ’7? BETWEEN ocmsm 13m to NOVEMBER 3am on you .‘ y ‘ \ WILL RECEIVE $lO OFF. PLUS A BEAUTIFUL MAKE UP BAG W . ._ mutt SUPPLIES on ' ' ,--}.;..;H . ‘ ON TOP OF THAT ENJOY A lO‘i‘n. DISCOUNT ON SKIN CARE PRODUCT G I N A S ., 7 4‘ PURCHASED ON THE DAY OF YOUR EACIAL SERVICE tPt-ultlstufliflmtfits“ ,' 6 REGINA ST. TL, WATERLOO I 519.886.2090 I CIIASPAJOI