Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Ontario’s police chiefs launch provincial "Lock It OR Lose It" crime prevention campaign




Media advisory, Tuesday, November 24, 2015, 10 a.m., GO Transit Scarborough Station, 3615 St. Clair Avenue East (at Midland Avenue), Ontario’s police chiefs launch provincial "Lock It OR Lose It" crime prevention campaign

Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 4:59 AM
Corporate Communications:  416-808-7100

On Tuesday, November 24, 2015, at 10 a.m., police leaders and officers from the Toronto Police Service, GO Transit and other police services will be joined by campaign supporters to kick off the OACP’s annual province-wide crime prevention campaign targeting auto thefts and valuables in unsecured vehicles.

Officers will be going out into the Scarborough GO Transit parking lot to check on vehicles following the media event.

The following will be speaking at the event and will be available to the media:

- Chief Jeff McGuire, Niagara Regional Police Service and President of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police

- Inspector Dave Saunders, Toronto Police Service

- Steve Harvey, Inspector of Operational, GO Transit

- Rick Dubin, Vice-President, Investigative Services, Insurance Bureau of Canada

- Steve Sanderson, President, Accident Support Services International Ltd.

- Mark Sullivan, Head – Fraud Market Management, Interac Association/Acxsys Corporation

Under the "Lock It OR Lose It" crime prevention campaign, police officers throughout Ontario will examine parked vehicles to confirm they are locked and that no valuables have been left in plain view.

For more information, please contact Joe Couto, OACP Director of Government Relations & Communications, at 416-926-0424 ext. 22, 416-919-9798, or media@oacp.ca

Members of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police serve their communities as the senior police leaders in municipal, regional, provincial national, and First Nations police services across Ontario. You can connect with the OACP on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

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For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.

Meaghan Gray, Corporate Communications, for the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police

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