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On behalf of the men and women of the Toronto Police Service, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to all the volunteers who have generously do-nated their time and expertise over the past year. 2006 was a busy year with many events including the very successful Community Police Consultative Con-ference which was held in November. The year 2007 is proving to be just as eventful as we celebrated National Vol-unteer Week, the Toronto Police Service Volunteer Appreciation Night and of course the historic occasion of the Toronto Police Service Auxiliary Program’s 50th Anniversary. The Auxiliary Program, with its many dedicated members, has been an integral component of the Toronto Police Service’s commitment to delivering quality police service to our great city. Each of you provides an invaluable service to the Toronto Police Service and to the citizens of Toronto. I commend and thank each of you for your generosity, altruism and willingness to get involved. It is the commitment of volunteers and dedicated people like yourselves that is making a difference in our neighbour-hoods. I thank each of you for all that you have done and continue to do! Chief of Police

NL #1—2007

CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS ON PAGE 3!

Headquarter based volunteers are active in the implementation of the Canadian Blood Donor Clinics situated at Headquarters and CO Bick College.

By: Robert Brown, HQ Cadre Volunteer “Every few months some important giving and taking occur on the main floor at Toronto Police Service Headquarters. The people involved are easy to distinguish by their loyalty and undeniable concern for human-ity. The immediate receivers are grateful but the last recipient stands to gain the most. What a pleas-ure and privilege it is to be part of the Canadian Blood Services Donor Clinic.”

ents, caregivers and supporters.

Volunteers assisted in several ar-eas of the event, including hosting, registration, security, greeting, score keeping, time-keeping, mov-ing in equipment, setting up teams in their rooms …and the list goes on!

Our “Team Volunteer” was com-prised of Toronto Police Service members, members of Peel Po-lice, Halton Police Service, Civilian Volunteers and several Adult & Youth Corps Volunteers and the Toronto Police Auxiliary. The event could not have hap-pened without the assistance of volunteers. However, the games would not have been such an overwhelming success without the particular group of volunteers working this weekend.

I feel confident in saying that this type of event attracted a special group of volunteers with incredible spirit. For all that pitched in and lent a hand, thank you and con-gratulations for a job well done!

The 2007 Provincial Floor Hockey Championship, held every four years, was a high profile Special Olympics event held at the Humber College North Campus, May 17-20 inclusive.

This event was hosted by the On-tario Special Olympics in partner-ship with the Toronto Police Ser-vice and supported by the Toronto Maple Leafs. It was a celebration of sport, competition and commu-nity engagement.

The overall mission of the Special Olympics Provincial Floor Hockey Championships was to create an event that broadened the exposure of the Special Olympics movement, not only in the immediate area, but also throughout Ontario and Can-ada.

The event involved 24 teams (340 athletes), 72 Coaches, close to 200 volunteers and hundreds of par- Page 2

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A Volunteer is seen here “leading the pack” as he helps a team move into the Residence at Humber College.

Volunteers are like a spot of sunshine in their bright yellow shirts!

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Toronto Police Service volunteers were hon-oured for their dedication to the community recently as part of National Volunteer Week celebrations.

Auxiliary police, police chaplains, community police liaison committee (CPLC) members, adult volunteers and Victim Services volun-teers were among those honoured at police headquarters for their years of service with the TPS.

S/Supt Tony Corrie said volunteers are valu-able members of the Service and dedicated to their communities. “You’ve become an integral part of part of our service delivery,” Corrie said. “You are community leaders and true community partners.”

S/Insp James Sneep, who passed away last year, was posthumously recognized by for his promotion of volunteers within the Service by both Corrie and S/Sgt Mike Matic, who served as master of ceremonies.

Toronto Police Services Board chair Alok Muk-herjee said volunteers are making a difference with the TPS and their city. “Every individual volunteer makes an impact on the lives he or she touches,” Mukherjee said. “Volunteers help the Service establish new relationships and reach out to more parts of the community.”

Maria Meyers, a mother of four who was given the John Herra Award for her outstanding vol-unteer work on the 12 Division Community Po-lice Liaison Committee, said her efforts have had a positive effect on youngsters in her com-munity.

“I wanted to help bridge the gap between the black community and the police,” said Meyers, who works on everything from helping at a food bank to aiding police-community events. “I’ve seen a lot of youth who, once did not want to come near the police, get involved in their community and come forward to the po-lice – some of the toughest youth.”

Auxiliary Sgt. Joseph Bohnec, who received the James Gordon Carnegie Award as an out-standing auxiliary member, sees instant results in his work at 33 Division. “I love what I do as an auxiliary,” said Bohnec, of his work that ranges from educating business owners on how to prevent robberies to identifying drivers who run red lights, and sending a notification to the owners of the vehicle. “I know the little bit I do makes a difference.”

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National Volunteer Week is a spe-cial time set aside in April each year to honour and recognize Canadians who donate time and energy to their fellow citizens.

This week also raises awareness of the vital contribution volunteers make to our communities and our country. National Volunteer Week was first proclaimed in 1943. In Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver, Women’s Voluntary Ser-vices organized special events to draw the public’s attention to the vi-tal contribution women were making to the war effort on the home front. In the late 1960’s, the idea of a des-

ignated week to honour volunteers was revived and the focus was broad-ened to include all community volun-teers. With local community organiza-tions taking the lead, National Volun-teer Week celebrations continue to grow.

Celebrating National Volunteer Week is important because volunteers strengthen our communities and aspire to make life better for others.

For that, we thank you.

The Toronto Police Service, in partnership with the Toronto Police Services Board and the Ministry of Children and Youth Services, will again be involved in the Youth in Policing Initiative for the summer of 2007. This initiative is designed to offer summer employment opportunities with the Toronto Police Service to youth residing in a high-priority neighbourhoods. Adult & Youth Corps volunteers recently supported the Employment Unit dur-ing the information sessions by working as hosts to the students and their fami-lies as they arrived. This was an extremely valuable service as the volunteers answered questions about the Service and eased the nerves of the appli-cants. The information sessions were held at No. 42 & No. 31 Divisions and at Headquarters. More information on the “Youth and Policing Initiative” can be found online at: www.torontopolice.on.ca

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The Toronto Police Service hosted it’s 9th Annual Volunteer Appreciation Night on Thursday April 19th. Check out picture’s of the event on page 6!

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James Gordon Carnegie Award Winner Joseph Bohnec, Auxiliary Sergeant, 33 Division

Victim Services Community Service Award Winner—Patricia Evershed

John Herra Award Winner, Maria Meyers CPLC Member, 12 Division

TORONTO POLICE HEADQUARTERS—THURSDAY APRIL 17TH, 2007

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coming to a job in the Document Services Section in 2001. She sought out the unique volunteering opportunity on top of her 17 years of volunteerism at the Humber River Regional Hospital Finch site. After becoming a civilian member of the TPS, Chiapetta also wanted to bridge the gap between her job and police officers. “I wanted to see the day-to-day challenges and piece the two worlds together,” she said. For Mick Damani, a project leader with Information Technology Ser-vices (ITS), it’s a link to the officers who use the technology he has helped implement such as the Mo-bile Workstations. By shadowing officers on the road as an auxiliary he has learned from frontline offi-cers how to make the systems bet-ter and more practical. “Without having that relationship it would make my job even more diffi-cult,” said Damani. “It allows me to speak their language and relate to their job.” He has seen the auxilia-ries change their roles over the years since joining in 1984 after considering a career in policing, from working on R.I.D.E stops to community based events. Besides what it can bring to his job, Damani loves the excitement of sharing in the parades and celebra-tions in the city, never missing out on the Santa Claus parade.

Being an auxiliary is a precious opportu-nity to learn more and participate in the community, said some of their ranks in the lead-up to the 50th anniversaries of the Auxiliary Program and the Toronto Police Service. “The Auxiliary program has evolved from a Civilian Defence organization into a community-based policing service provider,” said Auxiliary S/Supt Ben Lau. “It serves as a bridge between the police and the community.” Examining the wake of Hurricane Hazel that wreaked havoc on the city in 1954, police found that, along with offi-cers, firefighters and medical personnel, ordinary citizens leapt into action to help. But there was a need to coordinate and prepare better for such a catastrophe, so the Civilian Defence Organization was formed in 1956, including a sub-unit called the Auxiliary Police. When the Metropolitan Police Force was formed in 1957, they also took on the auxiliaries, who were later recognized under the Police Services Act. Auxiliaries have boosted the ranks over the years, providing extra manpower in major disasters or events in the GTA such as the CPR derailment in Missis-sauga in 1979 and the tornado that touched down in Barrie in 1985 or the visits by the Pope to the city in 1984 and 2002. In recent years, they were integral in aiding police during the 2003 blackout and in the search for missing people, including murder victims Holly Jones and Cecilia Zhang in that same year. “It’s so different from what I normally would do; you get out and work in such a physical way,” said Rosetta Chiapetta, who became an auxiliary a year after Page 7

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The Toronto Police Service was hon-oured to host the 3rd Annual Interna-tional Summit for Police and Peace Officer Executives, May 6 to 8 at the Hilton Hotel. This was a training conference that attracted delegates and speakers from around the globe resulting in the exchange of various management ini-tiatives. Our outstanding volunteers and auxil-iary police officers staffed the entire event providing security, registration check-in and support to the delegates.

We received only positive feedback and praise with respect to the pro-fessionalism and courtesy that you extended to all guests. On behalf of the entire organizing committee I thank each one of you for making this event such a great success. I know I thoroughly enjoyed the time I spent working along side each of you, and the Service succeeded as a result in part to your dedicated support.

Adult & Youth Corps (AYC) Volunteers are encouraged to participate in the an-nual “March Past” on Saturday September 22nd, 2007 at the Rogers Centre. The March Past is a special event that is held each year in conjunction with the Ama-teur Athletic Association Field Day.

Participation in this event requires a full day commitment. Volunteers will be re-quired to wear their short sleeved volunteer shirts, dark pants and dark shoes. (The shoes should be comfortable as you will be on your feet for much of the day.)

Interested AYC Volunteers should email us at volunteer@torontopolice.on.ca. You will be added to a list and contacted in August when we have additional information.

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“Hundreds of police, park-ing and court officers, auxiliaries, volunteers and Youth In Policing Initiative summer stu-dents participated in the Chief's March Past led by the sound of the Toronto Police Pipes & Drums” -

-Report on the 2006 March Past

For her part, Chiapetta has been impressed by the many training ses-sions exposing her to emergency response on the TTC, defensive tac-tics and her favourite, search-and-rescue. “The amount of background training that has to be done is con-stant,” she said. She also recog-nized right away that wearing the uniform comes with much goodwill but also a lot of responsibility. “You have to maintain your compo-sure and realize you represent the entire organization when you’re wearing that uniform,” said Chia-petta, noting that the people of the city often mistake them for officers, approach with problems and are generally not afraid to share opin-ions. She said that volunteering peels back the layers of her city and ex-poses her to much knowledge and many challenging professions. She

notes that she has gained a great re-spect for healthcare workers from vol-unteering at the hospital and a lot of re-spect for those who don the police uni-form daily. “I call officers our soldiers, similar to those in the Canadian Forces who go out and work to defend us; I think our officers do that every day,” Chiapetta said. “I couldn’t do what they do but I wanted to contribute in my own way”. She also noted that volunteers often bind the city together. “I think volunteers do make communi-ties work,” she said.

“Auxiliary Anniversary” continued...

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Volunteers are invited to join the To-ronto Police Service Martial Artists! C.O. Bick College has been the host site for our own Martial Arts Club.

This club teaches traditional Japanese Jiu Jitsu covering aspects of throwing, joint controls, and practical self-defence techniques.

New for 2007, the club will be teaching form a mixed martial arts perspective utilizing headgear and gloves. Stu-dents can attain all ranks in this disci-pline and are invited to attend regard-less of your current skill level.

Class Days & Times: Monday 7-9pm

Traditional Japanese's Jiu Jitsu

Tuesday 7-9pm—Stand-up Mixed Martial Arts Training

Thursday 7-9pm –Grappling Class

Cost: TPAAA Members $25/Month

Non Members: $30/Month

For more information, please send an email to VOLUNTEER@Torontopolice.on.ca.

We will forward the contact information to you.

CPLC and Community Consultative Committees are strongly encouraged to submit articles and upcoming events for the Volunteer Voice.

As the volunteer voice increases its accessibility with increased web presence, the hope is that it becomes a medium for each group to share success stories, best practices and nice to know information. We en-courage you to discuss potential submissions at your upcoming meetings and send us an article with ac-companying pictures. Please indicate the author and include captions for any pictures included. The pur-pose of the volunteer voice is to celebrate achievements from which other committees can learn and benefit. The next Volunteer Voice will be published in late September.

All submissions should be received no later than August 20th, 2007 at: volunteervoice@torontopolice.on.ca. The newsletter will be available online at ww.torontopolice.on.ca. It will also be sent to CPLC & CCC Co-Chairs for electronic distribution.

The Annual Community Police Consultative Conference is scheduled for Saturday November 17th, 2007. Individuals from the Chief’s Advisory Councils, Community Consultative Groups & CPLC’s are invited to join the planning committee. Our hope is to have a diverse committee that includes individuals from a cross section of the consultative groups. There are a limited number of spots available. Interested individuals should send an email to melanie.swackhammer@torontopolice.on.ca

The “Volunteer Voice” is produced by the Toronto Police Service’s Community Mobilization Unit. 40 College Street, 6th Floor Toronto, ON M5G 2J3

416.808.7080 VOLUNTEER@TORONTOPOLICE.ON.CA