The Police Service Board Meeting will be held Thursday, February 4, 2021 – 4:30 PM. The full agenda can be found on the Town of Essex Website, Council Calendar Essex Police Service Board. Below I have put information so you can join by zoom. I often join and find the meetings very informative. The Town of Essex Council has requested more traffic enforcement and shown by the statistics below we are seeing that!
Comparable statistics from 2019-2020. Take note of traffic enforcement stats.
An 18.6% decrease in Calls for Service November 2020 compared to November 2019
A 22.2% decrease in Violent Crime November 2020 compared to November 2019
A 15.0% decrease in MVCs November 2020 compared to November 2019. ( Motor vehicle accidents)
A 15.0% decrease in MVCs November 2020 compared to November 2019.
A 23.1% increase in provincial offences November 2020 compared to November 2019
An average of 16.5 tickets/day (compared to 13.4 tickets/day in November 2019)
A 26.3% increase in recorded traffic stops in November 2020 compared to November 2019
An average of 19.4 recorded vehicle stops per day (compared to 15.4 stops/day in November 2019) YTD Traffic Stops are 13.3% lower in 2020 (7,347 stops) compared to 2019 (8,478 stops)
An 53.8% increase in MHRU ( Mental Health response unit) calls in November 2020 compared to November 2019
YTD MHRU calls 24.9% higher in 2020 (1,1,43 calls) compared to 2019 (893 calls)
Youth Crisis Response Team (YCRT) responded to 47 calls for service in November 2020.
YTD, the YCRT has responded to 269 calls for service.
During such a time any person who wishes to attend this Committee Meeting electronically and/or speak at this meeting as a delegation, you will need to register as a delegation for the meeting. Please provide your contact information (name, address, email and phone number) to the Committee Recording Secretary via email to saubin@essex.ca or phone 519-776-7336 ex 1128 no later than the deadline of 24 hours prior to the date and time of the scheduled meeting. Attendees/Delegates will be contacted directly with registration details prior to the meeting.
Welcome Staff Sergeant Mike Bradley, Senior Member of the
Ontario Provincial Police who has 19 years of experience. He stated that Mike is
stationed out of Chatham-Kent. Experience in traffic Management and heavily
engaged within the community in various capacities such as Big Brother, Meals on
Wheels and youth sports activities.