Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"
| ont.politics | Ontario politics | 90,757 messages |
[ << oldest | < older | list | newer > | newest >> ]
| Message 89,412 of 90,757 |
| p�litico�oy@noyb.com to All |
| Black, bald and beautiful . . . |
| 20 Apr 15 13:04:50 |
XPost: can.politics, tor.general As long as he has no tolerance for out-of-control cops, he's got to be better than what Toronto has had in the past. ________________________________________ York Guardian - Mon. April 20 Toronto’s newest police chief starts job April 26 Mark Saunders: ‘We need to have more open dialogue’ Mark Saunders says maintaining public trust is among his top priorities as he prepares to take over as Toronto’s police chief at the end of the month. “Once I’m sworn in I’ll go into more detail, but I can tell you public trust right now is something that is very important to me,” he told reporters during a news conference Monday, April 20. “I really do think that we need to have more sit downs, we need to have more conversations, we need to have more open dialogue, and I think that that will afford us a better opportunity to decide what is best for the city.” Saunders, currently deputy chief in charge of specialized operations command, will replace chief Bill Blair, whose contract ends April 25. Police services board chair Alok Mukherjee said the board undertook “a very intense and vigorous process” to select the new chief. The process began with community consultations in the fall of 2014. “Two words: leader and change captured the essential requirements of the job,” Mukherjee said. “The board’s objective was to identify an inspiring and credible leader who would work with and be accountable to the board to ensure that policing is anchored in community partnerships characterized by mutual respect.” Mukherjee added the board sought a leader who would be open to “new models of policing as well as the introduction of new technologies to enhance efficiency.” The selection process reviewed both internal and external candidates. The city’s two other deputy police chiefs, Michael Federico and Peter Sloly, were also in the running. Both will remain in their positions. “The board is confident that in Mark Saunders, it has found the advocate of effective, equitable policing, the recognized police leader and the creative problem solver that it was seeking,” said Mukherjee, noting “there are high expectations from the board and the community to see real change in the way we provide services and conduct business.” Some of the issues the new chief will tackle include carding, racial profiling, police interactions with people in crisis and the cost of policing. Saunders, a 32-year veteran of the service, was unit commander of the homicide squad before being appointed deputy chief. He had also served stints on professional standards, the drug squad, the emergency task force and the urban street gang unit. Mayor John Tory said Saunders’ “wide-ranging” policing career gave him the police experience the board was looking for. “But beyond that, we were also looking for somebody who could help us to modernize policing,” he said, adding the “global search (for chief) both helped us to learn about changes which are happening in policing in 2015 and also to have a better basis upon which to judge all of the candidates.” Saunders said that in the coming weeks he would lay out a “full-scale road map” on where he’d like to take the service. “I love this city for what it stands for. The fact that we have over 140 different cultures and that we live peacefully together is a testament of what great citizens we have,” he said. “They deserve the best police service in the world, a police service that is biased-free and whose members treat everybody with respect and dignity. You have my promise that I’ll do everything in my power to provide just that.” On the issue of the cost of policing, Saunders suggested he’ll be looking at ways policing could be cost effective without compromising public safety or reducing customer service. When asked if he was open to eliminating carding, Saunders replied, “I’m open to what’s going to be best for the city.” He said he wants to hear what the concerns on the issue of carding are and work with the board to come up with solutions to “keep the community safe but also to minimize the collateral damage that (carding) is causing.” Saunders, a father of four, lives in the west end of the city and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Justice Studies from Guelph Humber University. He will become the city’s first black police chief. --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
(c) 1994, bbs@darkrealms.ca