Join this session to hear about Guelph Police Service’s innovative approach to its new Community Safety Operations Centre (CSOC). Find out how the department used its $200k provincial guns and gangs grant to create a community-oriented centre, which amalgamates a call diversion model with a downtown-approved video streaming feeds, while employing accommodated officers. Session topics will include:

• Increasing public transparency through modified hours of service for the building to be open to the public
• Opportunity to embrace uniform officers requiring accommodation
• Modifying staff hours and responsibility to allow for greater call intake increase of video evidence from store thefts being sent to our CSOC
• Mapping and registering private camera locations
• Examining what can and cannot be done regarding privacy parameters