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Stats show sharp drop in cop calls speeding on every street at every hour on Continued from pg. 1 The property crime rate, up 4.7 per every day, and we know that's not true." But Halton Police now has some techcent, is related to more theft from vehicles and "we've also seen a number of orga- nology that acts as the "eyes and ears" nized shoplifting rings come through the for police, gathering data on traffic flows, volume and time of day. If someone comregion," he told council members. Halton Police Superintendent Signy plains about a street, the police now place Pittman noted the importance of ongoing this gadget out there to monitor the traffic. communication between police services, From this they learn the best the time to the Town, and residents, citing a number place the officers on the scene to catch the of 2010 examples of solved crimes as a re- traffic rule violators. "It's proven very sult this effort. valuable for getting She also dethe best dollar for scribed the imour police officer pact of a six-week deployment," said undercover invesPercy. tigation in Halton The issuance of Hills this year, that traffic tickets went targeted a low-levup in 2010 by 4.2 el drug operation, per cent-- from resulting in 26 ar--Deputy Chief Bob Percy 40,806 to 42,730 rests in March. region-wide. In "Street-level Halton Hills, podrug activity can result in a variety of other peripheral lice handed out 5,389 tickets. Statistics showed that in Halton Hills crime," Pittman said, suggesting the 20.9 per cent drop in calls to police this year the 41-50 age bracket was the most tickresulted from the impact of these under- eted age group-- 1,400 tickets, followed by cover operations because the criminal ele- the 31-40 bracket (1,213), the 22-30 (1,034), ment were wary to commit acts, not know- 51-65 (930), 16-21 (571) and 66+ (241). While the number of collisions dropped ing who was watching. "When I look at the crime reports, it's by 1.2 per cent to 7,749 and the impaired incredible (the impact) ... and makes your driving apprehensions were down by 6.9 per cent to 376, roadside suspensions were community much safer," she said. One of the cornerstones of the Service's up by 17 per cent to 524. "As a driver you're responsible for traf2011-2014 corporate business plan will target traffic enforcement, with particular fic safety," cautioned Percy. However, recognizing that six of the 13 emphasis on educating youth. "We will still focus on the three E's-- En- road fatalities last year were victims begineering (working with the Town on road tween the ages of 16 and 25, Halton Police safety measures), Enforcement, and Edu- are moving its education programs into cation," said Percy, "and that three-prong the school boards in 2011 and 2012. "We're the safest region three years in approach has been serving us very well. "Our first priority is traffic, our second a row, according to Macleans magazine," priority is traffic and our next priority is said Percy. "We started the year off with traffic," said Percy. "We frequently poll our five homocides, so we'll see if we go for a constituents out there and we find out, fourth year, but regardless you're getting from their perspective, every vehicle is good policing here." Happy Mother's Day! 5 Independent & Free Press, Thursday, May 5, 2011 DAD'S DAY TO COOK `Our first priority is traffic, our second priority is traffic and our next priority is traffic.' · ALL PROPANE MODELS SPECIALLY PRICED* · FREE LOCAL DELIVERY & ASSEMBLY* Special Pricing on Natural Gas Installation* *Limited Time Offer. 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