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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, March 1, 2012 · 8 in 2011. The report stated officers drew and/ or pointed firearms in 80 incidents in 2011, up from 74 in 2010. A police officer is allowed to draw and fire his or her firearm if the officer reasonably believes doing so will prevent the loss of life or serious bodily harm. An officer can also draw and fire his or her gun to put down a potentially dangerous or suffering animal or to call for assistance in a critical situation, if Continued from page 3 Police outline why officers drew guns Graffiti and vandalism are difficult to solve: police there is no reasonable alternative. Halton police fired their guns a total of 23 times during 2011, up from 18 times in 2010. Police shot suspects during two separate incidents in 2011. The first incident took place in Burlington on March 12, when a Halton police officer fatally shot a 34-year-old Burlington man who was attacking the officer. A Special Investigations Unit (SIU) investigation found this shooting justified. A second shooting incident took place in Oakville on Oct. 22, and involved several officers firing on a stolen vehicle, striking a 27-year-old Ohsweken woman in the shoulder. The SIU is continuing to investigate this incident. The remaining 21 shooting incidents involved the destruction of animals for humanitarian reasons. The report stated that in 2012, the annual use of force re-qualification training will focus on judgment- and scenario-based training with a refresher on immediate rapid deployment. addressing hate-related Continued from page 3 included seven assaults incidents, undertaking a (four of which were in comprehensive Oakville), 31 graffiti inciapproach with victims dents, one of threatening, and community partone break-and-enter, and ners through criminal 11 other cases of misinvestigation, intellichief. gence analysis, victim Police said six of the services, safety planning, seven assaults resulted in media affairs, education, charges being filed or the and our diversity prosuspect being identified. grams," stated Halton Chief Gary Crowell The graffiti and vanPolice Chief Gary dalism incidents are more Crowell in a report to difficult to deal with, according to police, the police board. as most of these are random and com"Through these efforts, the service is mitted by individuals and not organized aligned with the fundamentals of crime groups. prevention and community policing," "The service remains committed to Crowell noted. Addition in heritage district A handful of residents lost their bid to stop a developer from renovating a Second Street heritage home. Council voted Monday to allow Gren Weis Architect and Associates to build an addition on 50 Second St., as well as do restoration work on the property. During the council meeting, several residents and Oakville Heritage Advisory Committee member James Macrae reiterated arguments that the proposed changes are not reflective of the heritage home nor the heritage district it is in. Opponents to the project took issue with the addition's size, proposed changes to the roof and some windows as well as with some of the materials to be used. Local real estate appraiser Denis Bastien said the green light from Town staff and the Oakville Heritage Advisory Committee represented an unauthorized change in the Town's interpretation of the guidelines for the heritage district plan. The guidelines, said Bastien, state additions to heritage homes should be sympathetic and compatible, something some residents said was not the case. He also voiced concerns that the project may set a precedent for other contemporary projects in heritage districts. Geoffrey Roche of Gren Weis Architect and Associates stated this is the third time the company brought a proposal for the addition and renovations forward with the Oakville Heritage Advisory Committee sending them back twice before. Roche said the new design not only meets the heritage districts guidelines, but exceeds them. In the end, council voted based on its decision that the design was indeed in keeping with the guidelines of the heritage district. 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