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Message from the Chief
Mid-year 2017It’s hard to believe 2017 is half over. We have been working very hard to keep all Toledoans safe, to increase transparency, improve the quality of our policing methods, and boost the number of officers on the street.
There have been fourteen retirements this year and we anticipate ten to fifteen more by year’s end. As of this morning (July 11th) we have 639 sworn officers at TPD. This includes the forty cadets who just started the academy. The class was not actually supposed to begin until December of this year. However, because of Mayor Hicks-Hudson’s leadership, the class was moved up to July.
Moving the start date up was critically important. If this did not happen, the new officers would not have graduated until June 2018. But, because they started this month, they will be on the street in January and will be fully qualified by the time next summer arrives. Our new class of cadets is comprised of:
As for Toledo’s current crime statistics (compared to the same time period in 2016):
The S.T.O.P. initiative was developed to address gun violence in Toledo. Even though this is not a numbers-driven plan, the results are impressive:
291 arrests 2,114 non-adversarial contacts made
213 on-view charges 558 traffic citations issued
7 guns seized 43 home visits conducted
14 search warrants executed 41 schools visited
526 warrants cleared 113 gun locks distributed
Additionally, we recently began the latest Toledo Citizen Initiative to Reduce Violence (TCIRV), which is intended to address gang violence. Once the plan has been in operation for a period of time, I will send out updates to the community.
We have ordered enough body worn cameras to equip all officers in the Operations Division (officers answering calls for service). Our goal is to have this completed by the end of the 4th quarter this year.
Community engagement continues to be a priority of mine. Getting officers out of their cars and into the neighborhoods will happen more and more as we increase the numbers of officers employed. The Chief’s Advisory Board will continue to meet and host town hall meetings in an effort to increase community participation in the running of the department. In very short order, the Citizen Satisfaction Survey report that the University of Toledo has been drafting will be released to the public.
I want to again thank the citizen’s of Toledo for their support. The men and women at TPD are committed to not just putting criminals behind bars, but to also improve the quality of life for all of our residents. I see this commitment every day and, as always, I am proud to be able to call myself the Chief of Police for the City of Toledo.
There have been fourteen retirements this year and we anticipate ten to fifteen more by year’s end. As of this morning (July 11th) we have 639 sworn officers at TPD. This includes the forty cadets who just started the academy. The class was not actually supposed to begin until December of this year. However, because of Mayor Hicks-Hudson’s leadership, the class was moved up to July.
Moving the start date up was critically important. If this did not happen, the new officers would not have graduated until June 2018. But, because they started this month, they will be on the street in January and will be fully qualified by the time next summer arrives. Our new class of cadets is comprised of:
- 28 White Males (70%)
- 3 White Females (7.5%)
- 5 Latino Males (12.5%)
- 2 Black Males (5%)
- 2 Black Females (5%)
- 35 Males (87.5%)
- 5 Females (12.5%)
As for Toledo’s current crime statistics (compared to the same time period in 2016):
- Auto Theft is down 2%
- Burglaries are down 10%
- Commercial Burglaries are down 17%
- Robberies are up 0.2%
- Shooting incidents are down 13%
- Thefts from Motor Vehicles are down 23%
- Homicides are up 100% (10 in 2016…..20 in 2017)
The S.T.O.P. initiative was developed to address gun violence in Toledo. Even though this is not a numbers-driven plan, the results are impressive:
291 arrests 2,114 non-adversarial contacts made
213 on-view charges 558 traffic citations issued
7 guns seized 43 home visits conducted
14 search warrants executed 41 schools visited
526 warrants cleared 113 gun locks distributed
Additionally, we recently began the latest Toledo Citizen Initiative to Reduce Violence (TCIRV), which is intended to address gang violence. Once the plan has been in operation for a period of time, I will send out updates to the community.
We have ordered enough body worn cameras to equip all officers in the Operations Division (officers answering calls for service). Our goal is to have this completed by the end of the 4th quarter this year.
Community engagement continues to be a priority of mine. Getting officers out of their cars and into the neighborhoods will happen more and more as we increase the numbers of officers employed. The Chief’s Advisory Board will continue to meet and host town hall meetings in an effort to increase community participation in the running of the department. In very short order, the Citizen Satisfaction Survey report that the University of Toledo has been drafting will be released to the public.
I want to again thank the citizen’s of Toledo for their support. The men and women at TPD are committed to not just putting criminals behind bars, but to also improve the quality of life for all of our residents. I see this commitment every day and, as always, I am proud to be able to call myself the Chief of Police for the City of Toledo.
