There is much fanfare out of police headquarters Thursday about the action plan to change the service and make it more efficient. With all of that however comes little detail which neighborhood residents could use to assess what it will mean. There is again talk of eliminating divisions, but no specific information. This aspect of the proposed modernization of the TPS has been among the most resented. Some points in the linked CBC story.
- Embedding officers in neighbourhoods for three years at a time.
- Equipping police officers with smart devices, including so-called “eNotebooks” that will allow them to spend more time out of their vehicles and stations.
- Reorganizing “outdated” divisional boundaries so they better line up with the city’s neighbourhoods. This will also result in closing some stations.
- Enhancing human resources efforts to make sure officers have “emotional intelligence” and that when a hiring freeze ends in 2019, the force hires in a way that reflects the city’s diversity.
