Performance Management News


This section of the Info Centre presents all of our collected news articles on Performance Management as they relate to the policing sector. The articles are organized by date.

Wed 24May 2006, Standard-Freeholder (Cornwall)
OPP officers are not required to update investigative skills

Ontario Provincial Police officers are not required to regularly update their sexual assault investigative skills, despite the fact techniques change on a periodic basis.

During recent testimony at the Cornwall Public Inquiry, a senior member of the force said officers often take additional training of their own accord.

"There are no mandatory refresher courses," said Insp. Edward Medved. "I do know that individuals involved, officers involved in (sexual assault) investigations and all officers, for that matter, regardless of their area of expertise, engage in upgrading their skill sets."

Investigative techniques have changed over the years because old techniques may lead to tainting of witnesses and inaccurate reportings.

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Friday May 05 2006, The Standard (St. Catharines - Niagara)
Cities prosper when crime drops: Giuliani

The Winnipeg City Summit, hosted by Mayor Sam Katz involved discussions aimed at creating a list of priorities for Winnipeg's future. The Manitoba capital is famous for having one of the highest murder rates per capita in the country. It is struggling to shed its image as a dangerous city.

The summit included guest speaker Rudy Giuliani, former New York mayor. He advised that Canadian cities with burgeoning crime rates need to change the way they look at policing to reverse the trend and restore growth and prosperity. He speaks from experience. He successfully reduced New York's murder rate by 70 per cent during his two four-year terms. He did so by using crime statistics, especially neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood breakdowns, to figure out where police were needed and for what purpose.

The process wasn’t cheap. But he is adamant that the hundreds of millions of dollars spent to put more officers on the street, and redirect their efforts to start with street-level crime, saved the city money on incarceration, brought business and tax dollars back to the city and boosted tourism.

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