The North Bay Police say police activity was on the rise in the month of February.
Statistics, released at today’s monthly Police Board meeting, indicate that police responded to 2133 calls in February of 2016 compared to 1907 in February of 2015.
Deputy Chief Scott Tod says those numbers so far this year indicate that police activity is up about 10 percent.
“It’s not just the calls that come in for police response but it’s also the activity level that members are requested to respond to from the front counter service that we provide and also on members that are in active patrol and other parts of the organization that are out in the public that also get requested to provide a service,” noted Tod.
Tod points out that’s calls to service and not charges being laid.
“What we really want it to translate to is the outcome side, so how are we making the public safe or the community safer for the public I think is really what is important and that’s something moving forward we are going to work on, being able to tell a story behind statistics rather than just being quantitative on what we are providing but also a story as to what is the service we are providing that makes the community safer for people to live,” he said.
Tod adds that working through community partnerships will be another item high on their mandate. That includes officers working with educators, the hospital, and the Community Hub.
“Those people working together and looking at how can we identify acutely elevated situations within the community that demand a lot of those resources, those collaborative resources, and how to do we work better together on that too to minimize the numbers collectively as a result of one situation,” he said.