Public Safety Alert, Downtown core, Wireless payment terminal theftsThursday, September 20, 2018 - 8:17 AM
51 Division: 416-808-5100
The Toronto Police Service is issuing an alert to businesses who utilize wireless payment terminals during the course of their business in the downtown core.
Recent reports suggest an increase in wireless payment terminal thefts which are, in turn, used to facilitate fraud.
The Toronto Police Service is recommending that wireless payment terminals are securely stored away when not in use and that staff supervise the terminals when they are being utilized.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5100, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, online on our Facebook Leave a Tip page, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.
For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.
Constable Jenifferjit Sidhu, Corporate Communications, for Detective Constable Elliott Lee, 51 Division
Toronto Police Service launches Full Body Scanner pilot projectTuesday, September 11, 2018 - 3:35 PM
Communities & Neighbourhoods Command: 416-808-7100
On Monday, September 10, 2018, the Toronto Police Service became the first police service in Canada to test a Full Body Scanner, when members of 14 Division began a six-month pilot project.
This technology gives officers the ability to conduct Level 3 Searches and locate evidence, contraband and/or items of concern, without having to conduct a physical strip search. It allows the Service to ensure the safety of everyone involved by reducing intrusiveness and increasing the dignity of those being searched.
In keeping with the mandate of the Transformational Task Force (TTF), the Full Body Scanner is being introduced as an innovative way of using technology to modernize existing policing practices. With refined training and procedures, created in line with the historical feedback on the issue of Level 3 Searches, the Full Body Scanner technology speaks to the Service’s goals of becoming more trusted, transparent and accountable.
Since August 2017, a project team has been exploring the feasibility of implementing this technology and has consulted with the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, the Ministry of the Attorney General, the Ontario Human Rights Commission, the Special Investigations Unit, and the Office of the Independent Police Review Director.
After releasing a Request for Expressions of Interest in May 2018, the Service received submissions from two companies that provide the type of technology required for the pilot project. Equipment from both companies will be tested for the next six months.
At the conclusion of the pilot project, a review will be conducted and recommendations will be made for next steps.
Further information about the pilot project and Level 3 Searches can be found in the Frequently Asked Questions document.
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Meaghan Gray, Corporate Communications, for Deputy Chief Peter Yuen, Communities and Neighbourhoods Command
Police request assistance identifying suspect in Assault investigation, Yonge Street and Carlton Street, Photographs of suspect releasedTuesday, September 4, 2018 - 12:38 PM
51 Division: 416-808-5100
The Toronto Police Service is requesting assistance identifying a suspect in an Assault investigation.
It is reported that:
- on Monday, April 23, 2018, at 8:30 p.m., a man approached another man, 34, who was in a wheelchair in the Shopper’s Drug Mart at Yonge Street and Carlton Street
- the man, 34, was assaulted by the suspect in the store
The male suspect is described as 45-50, 5'9"- 5'10", heavy build, olive complexion, blue eyes. He was last seen wearing all-black clothes with “Ellis Don” on the front of a hooded sweatshirt.
Photographs of the suspect have been released.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5100, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, online on our Facebook Leave a Tip page, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.
For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.
Gary Long, Corporate Communications, for Detective Dave Wallace, 51 Division
