Stacy Clarke, the second-in-command at Toronto Police Service (TPS) 14 Division has been appointed superintendent, a rank never before held at TPS by a Black female officer.
NEWS: First Black woman appointed superintendent (Feb. 2021)
March 5th, 2021 · Comments Off on NEWS: First Black woman appointed superintendent (Feb. 2021)
NEWS: Police Safety Scholarship winner (August 2020)
September 9th, 2020 · Comments Off on NEWS: Police Safety Scholarship winner (August 2020)
Harbord Collegiate student makes a difference, TPS takes notice
MARY AN/GLEANER NEWS
By Mary An
CHATTER: Police Scholarship Awarded (Oct. 2019
October 17th, 2019 · Comments Off on CHATTER: Police Scholarship Awarded (Oct. 2019
Monica Maitland, who was a student at Central Toronto Academy, has won this year’s safety scholarship from Toronto Police 14 Division. Pictured above from left is Staff Sgt. Tam Bui, Monica Maitland, and Brian Burchell, Scholarship Chair (and publisher of this newspaper). Monica overcame significant family hardships but still managed to make her community a safer more welcoming place. One of the many things she has done is to organize gift bags of essentials for homeless people in her neighbourhood. She approached corporate stores to make donations for these essentials. Thanks to the scholarship, Monica is now enrolled at Seneca College where she intends to study Behavioral Psychology.
CHATTER (Nov. 2017): Forcillo arrested for breach of bail
November 24th, 2017 · Comments Off on CHATTER (Nov. 2017): Forcillo arrested for breach of bail
The officer convicted in the death of a troubled teenager on a Toronto Transit Commission streetcar in July 2013 has been re-arrested for breach of his bail conditions.
NEWS (Nov. 2017): Collateral damage
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Community outreach suffers with TDSB ban on SROs
COURTESY JESSICA LEE/TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD School Watch Officer Andrea Harris (front row, third from left) was part of a group of officers from 14 Division who celebrated the Day of Pink at Harbord Collegiate Institute in April 2016. The Day of Pink is a worldwide event aimed at raising awareness to stop discrimination, gender-based bullying, homophobia, and transphobia.
CHATTER (FALL 2017): Violent crime in 14 Division
October 12th, 2017 · Comments Off on CHATTER (FALL 2017): Violent crime in 14 Division
The Toronto Police Service (TPS) is investigating three high-profile cases of aggravated assault that occurred in 14 Division within a few days of each other in early September.
CHATTER (JULY 2017): Police seek assistance in sexual assault case
August 1st, 2017 · Comments Off on CHATTER (JULY 2017): Police seek assistance in sexual assault case
The Toronto Police Service’s (TPS) 14 Division is investigating a sexual assault at Bloor Street West and Robert Street.
On July 24, slightly before 6 a.m., a 25-year-old woman was reportedly approached from behind and assaulted by a man in his late-twenties to mid-thirties. The suspect then fled eastward.
CHATTER (FEBRUARY 2017): Welcoming the rooster
March 5th, 2017 · Comments Off on CHATTER (FEBRUARY 2017): Welcoming the rooster
PHOTO BY GEREMY BORDONARO/GLEANER NEWS: Dragon City Mall on Spadina Avenue was crowded wall-to-wall for the Chinatown BIA’s celebration of the Lunar New Year on Jan. 28. Representatives from the Toronto Police Service’s 14 Division joined councillors Joe Cressy (Ward 20, Trinity-Spadina), Mike Layton (Ward 19, Trinity-Spadina), Adam Vaughan (MP, Spadina Fort York), and Han Dong (MPP, Trinity-Spadina) for a day of jubilation featuring a traditional dragon dance and inking of the dragon’s eyes.
NEWS (JANURY 2017): Open only a month
January 23rd, 2017 · Comments Off on NEWS (JANURY 2017): Open only a month
Landlord shuts Pacifico Life storefront
PHOTO BY GEREMY BORDONARO/GLEANER NEWS: Pacifico Life’s Bloor Street West location remains boarded up. Landlord Yong Jo gave Tamara Hirsh three hours to move her marijuana dispensary out of the building shortly before Christmas.
By Geremy Bordonaro
Higher crime rates in 14 Division
January 23rd, 2017 · Comments Off on Higher crime rates in 14 Division
Rise attributed to Entertainment District
By Geremy Bordonaro
Rapid population growth and the proliferation of night clubs within the ever-expanding Entertainment District appear to have led to an increase in crime last year in 14 Division, but that trend has not migrated to the Annex.
CHATTER (NOVEMBER 2016): Community policing update
November 18th, 2016 · Comments Off on CHATTER (NOVEMBER 2016): Community policing update
Crime in 14 Division for August and September was less than the previous year across six major categories, reported Detective Sergeant Brian Kelly at a Community Police Liaison Committee meeting on Sept. 20. The division’s boundaries are Spadina Avenue, Bathurst, Front, and Adelaide streets.
POLICE BLOTTER (JUNE 2016): BREAK-INS ABATED, ARRESTS MADE
June 14th, 2016 · Comments Off on POLICE BLOTTER (JUNE 2016): BREAK-INS ABATED, ARRESTS MADE
By Geremy Bordonaro
Wave of local break-ins appears to have abated
The Toronto Police Service (TPS) has told Annex and Harbord Village residents to remain vigilant in the wake of several local residential break-ins.
NEWS: Youth centre moving to Spadina Avenue
March 9th, 2016 · Comments Off on NEWS: Youth centre moving to Spadina Avenue
Businesses decry lack of consultation
By Annemarie Brissenden
Chinatown business owners are apprehensive about the Evergreen Centre for Street-Involved Youth’s relocation to the area, but community leaders are confident that any concerns can be addressed before it opens in September 2017.