Community Policing
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Tackle Violence
Tackle Violence is an interactive anti-violence video presentation first created in September of 1995 by members of the Community Policing Support Unit and the Video Services Unit. Over 200,000 students viewed the original presentation. This hard-hitting video includes images of real youth violence, heart-wrenching accounts of victims and their families and celebrity role-models speaking directly to young people. The original video was delivered by a uniformed police officer in an auditorium setting using a large screen projection unit. In the last two ears, the Service has successfully partnered with the Toronto Argonaut Football Club resulting in a dynamic presentation by the officer and players including likes of Canadian Football League all-star, Mike "Pinball" Clemons. The presentation has been applauded by educators, police officers and, most importantly, students ranging in age from 12 to 19 years.
52 Division
Metropolitan Toronto Police Officers from 52 Division and the children from the community pull together in the tug-of-war at the St. Lawrence neighbourhood Community Picnic.
1st Annual Emergency Services Appreciation Day
The 1st Annual Emergency Services Appreciation Day honoured law enforcement, fire, ambulance and associated personnel throughout Canada. Since it was one of the largest displays of contemporary emergency apparatus, there were items as diverse as mobile command posts, antique and current police cars and monster fire trucks. Other exhibits included bomb disposal teams, ultra modern ambulance buses, hazardous waste command posts, a canine unit and divers. There were also displays addressing traffic fatalities and hardware ranging from accident reconstruction to motorcycles to sleek expressway cars.
Also on display was one of the Traffic Services high performance Cameros. The cars are specifically assigned to expressway patrol and their mere presence acts as a deterrent to habitual speeders. Only specially trained officers operate these cars.
An "early warning" sign displayed on expressway patrol car is crucial for the safe control of traffic during collision investigation on major highways. In 1997, the Metropolitan Toronto Police Service took over the responsibility for policing on parts of the Queen Elizabeth Highway, provincial highways 27 and 2A.