GUEST SPEAKER :
Past President Dave introduced guest speaker, Chief Paul Martin , Durham Regional Police Service.
Paul Martin has been a police officer for the past 26 years and has spent his entire career with the Durham Regional Police Service. He began his career in frontline patrol in Oshawa, and has served in a number of operational and administrative units, including Tactical Operations, Nuclear Division and Human Resources.
Paul was a key figure in the development and implementation of the Nuclear Security Division shortly after the tragic events of September 11, 2001.Paul was the Deputy Chief in charge of Operational Support, which included Corporate Communications, Crime Management, I.T., Communications/911, Court Services, and Professional Standards unit.
On May 31, 2014 Chief Paul Martin was sworn in as the next Chief of Police for Durham Regional Police Service.
Chief Martin is also a recipient of Queens Diamond Jubilee for community service and honorary member of the Rotary Club of Oshawa.
And the Durham Regional Police Service has been a great partner in our Kids Safety Village of Durham Region and Paul has been a great supporter.
Every year, when I send our Rotary District 7070 Assistant Governor Emmy Iheme, a request for the Chief to speak to our Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood, Chief Paul always says YES.
Chief Matrtin very proud to be an intergral part of the Kids' Safety Villgae of Durham Region and thanked Lennis Trotter and the Board and Committee . The Village saves children's lives.
He passed out a copy of the Durham Regional Police Service Annual Report (for those who were not there, here is the link:
https://members.drps.ca/annual_report/2016/Annual_report_2016_WEB.pdf
Chief Martin talked about crime trends and how they realte to Oshawa specifically. He said crime trends decreased in 2013 and 14 but have elevated in 2015, 16 and 17 , particularly crimes against property. Violent crimes shwed a small increase in Oshawa 2016 vs 2015 , but down year to date in 2017. 2016 vs 2017 in Oshawa, crimes against property up 22% (Break & Enter up 112 cases; Fraud down 29 cases, motor vehicle theft up 40 cases - more organized criminals who ship the vehicles out of the country). And the theft of E bikes and scooters is way up - they are broken down and sold as parts.
Oshawa calls were up 10 % ( + 1,700 ) , domestice cases up 10% ( + 32 cases); missing persons up 90% (+ 166 cases) ; mental health calls up 17% (+72 cases) - special division handles the domestic cases; many missing persons are when youth come out of facilities and become adults; attempted suicides in Oshawa up 100 so far this year; motor vehicle collisions causing injury down 15% (-35 cases) and DRPS then review the high collision intersections for patterns. DRPS work with the Region to help make sure the roads are designed safer.
The Durham Region helicopter has saved many lives, particularly those with dimentia who wander out in -20 degree temps in February.
The 2017-19 Business Plan is also on the DRPS website. (see : https://members.drps.ca/drps_business_plan/2017-2019/20172019Businessplandraft.pdf ) . It is a 3 year plan, with 3,000 people from various walks of life surveyed, with three strategic goals: deliver community safety through collaboration (and there is a photo of the Kids Safety Village beside this goal) ; demonstrate excellence in core services delivery , and build strength in their membership. There are 1,200 members of DRPS and the Chief says they must be “1200 strong”.
DRPS also builds partnerships such as 'Gowns for Girls” for their proms – an idea from one officer.
The Chief talked about a recent case – the death of a 43 yr old (by an impaired motorist) on Rossland Road near Park Rd at 3 am on Sunday July 23; robberies at 3 local convenience stores in a matter of hours and a road rage incident where a drive was stabbed in the arm.
Future challenges include the 2018 budget. The Chief noted that there are 871 front line officers - the same number in 2011 as today , yet the population of Durham has grown by over 50,000 during that time. Body worn camers will be pilotted in 2018 by 70 to 80 officers at a cost of $1.2 million. If all officers had them, the cost would be over $10 million annually. DRPS also implements a Continuous Improvement Program in their 21 buildings, and 2,500 square kilometers (bigger than York Region).
He intorduced the other DRPS personnel with us tonight: Deputy Chief Uday Jaswal, Director of Public Relations Dave Selby, Superintendants Todd Rollauer and Dave Brown and Superintendant Emmy Iheme (our Rotary Assistant Governor).
He also talked about the increase in cyber crimes, and the complex calls an officer faces each day on each call. There are over 1,700 calls coming in every day to DRPS (that is 600,000 per year).
He also talked abot red light cameras (none in Durham Region, noting that rear end collisions go up when they are in use) and photo radar (has a good impact where it is used) and impairment using marijuana.
Sonya Thompson thanked Chief Paul Martin for his talk and frank answers to the many questions posed by our members.
Meeting adjourned by President Ted.
IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, MAKE UP : Go online at www.rotary.org go to the club locator and find a club or clubs near your destination. Or you can add the free App Rotary Club Locator to your phone for instant look up of any club in the world. Please mail or fax your make-ups to Secretary Robbie Larocque, or give your make-up card to the attendance/registration officer at the next club meeting.
HERE’S A LIST OF SOME ROTARY CLUBS CLOSE TO YOU.
Please check the club website to make sure their location and time has not changed:
MONDAY:
Belleville – Ramada Inn – 11 Bay Ridges at Hwy 2 - 12:00 noon
Oshawa – Jubilee Pavillion Banquet Centre, 55 Lakeview Park Ave, Oshawa – 12:10 pm
Markham-Unionville – Al Dente Ristorante, 39 Main St.N., - 6:30 pm
Port Hope – Knights of Columbus Hall, 1 Elias St., – 6:00 pm
Richmond Hill – Sheraton Parkway Hotel, 600 Hwy 7 East, – 6:00 pm
Trenton – Holiday Inn – 99 Glen Miller Rd. at 401 - 6:00 pm
TUESDAY:
Whitby – Whitby Central Library, 405 Dundas St W - 7:00 am
Pickering – Bollocks, 736 Kingston Rd, Pickering – 7:00 am
Bowmanville – Trinity Church Hall, 116 Church St. – 7:15 am
Picton – Royal Canadian Legion, 347 Main St., - 12:15 pm
Scarborough Bluffs – Loblaw’s Superstore (upstairs) – 1775 Brimley at Progress – 7:15 am
Scarborough – Scarborough Golf Club – Golf Club Rd. – 12:30
Scarborough Twilight – The Olde Stone Cottage – 3750 Kingston Rd. - 5:30 pm
WEDNESDAY:
Whitby-Sunrise – Royal Oak Pub, Whitby Shores, 617 Victoria St W – 7:00 am
Markham Sunrise – Delta Markham Hotel – 50 East Valhala Dr., Hwy 7 east of 404 – 7:00 am
Northumberland Sunrise – Ashbrook Golf Club – 7215 Dale Rd, Port Hope - 7:00 am
North Scarborough – Delta Toronto East – 2035 Kennedy Rd, Scarborough – 12:30 pm
Port Perry – Sunnybrae Golf Club, 1430 King Street, Port Perry, ON , – 6:15 pm
THURSDAY:
Ajax – (First Thursday of the month) at Public Library, 55 Harwood Ave S., – 12:15 pm
Ajax – rest of the month - McEachnie Family Centre, 20 Church Street North, NorthWest Corner Hwy 2 & Church - 7:30am
Agincourt – 6:30 pm at Rotating locations. Please contact Ron - rdhinchliff@gmail.com to verify location.
Quinte Sunrise – Bay of Quinte Golf Club, 1830 Old Hwy 2, – 7:00 am
Uxbridge – Wooden Sticks Golf & Country Club, 40 Elgin Park Drive off Concession 7 South of Uxbridge. – 7:00 am
FRIDAY:
Toronto – Royal York Hotel, 100 Front St, – 12:15
Cobourg – Best Western Cobourg Motor Inn, 930 Burnham Rd. at Hwy 2 – 12:15
Courtice – White Cliffe Terrace, 1460 Hwy 2 – 7:15 am