Operational Support Division

Coffee with a Cop opens the door for interactions outside of the crisis situations that typically bring law enforcement officers and community members together.  Attending a Coffee with a Cop event is an easy way to get to know the men and women who serve your community and let them know about the issues that matter most to you.

Learn more about the Coffee with a Cop program.

• Law and safety related lectures.
• Guidance and resolution of incidents through verbal caution, counseling, mediation, diversion to an intervention program or possibly a charge.
• Support of the Safe Schools Act, the Accepting Schools Act, the Police/School Board Protocol and the Community Threat Assessment Protocol.
• Work with partner agencies (KFL&A Public Health and Kingston Partners for a Safe Community) to deliver programs such as Drive for Life, Racing Against Drugs/Steer Clear of Drugs and Summer Safety Days.
• Parent/School/Police meetings to address issues such as student re-introduction to school after suspensions and follow up’s for issues surrounding the schools
• Support of additional programs including School Bus Patroller Safety Program, WITS Program, Community Helpers, Relationship Matters…Bullying and SPEAR.
• Monitor and follow up incidents that occur either at a school or with school aged children, including CTAP (Community Threat Assessments) where individuals are identified as possible risks within the school setting and safety planning and meetings are required to assess the risks.

The PARTY program involves a complete day of Trauma/Accident and Consequences of poor choices for Grade 11’s at all high schools.  Police do a presentation on impaired/distracted driving, including walking them through a typical accident scene from the dispatch to the notification of next of kin.  Then Paramedics and Fire do a presentation followed by a trip to the ER to speak with Trauma Staff, OR at KGH and ending up in the Morgue.  (All High School’s Grade 11 Students). This YouTube video provides a look inside PARTY Program.

The WITS programs bring together schools, families and communities to help elementary school children deal with bullying and peer victimization. WITS has two components: the WITS Primary Program (Kindergarten - Grade 3) and WITS LEADS Program (Grades 4 - 6). Both programs have shown research-based effectiveness in schools.

The WITS Primary Program teaches children in Kindergarten to Grade 3 to make safe and positive choices when faced with peer conflict. The WITS acronym - Walk away, Ignore, Talk it out and Seek help - provides a common language that children and the adults in their environment can use to talk about and respond to peer victimization.

The WITS LEADS program is a more grown-up version of WITS designed for students in Grades 4 to 6. The LEADS Program teaches five problem-solving strategies to help children deal with conflict and keep safe: Look and listen, Explore points of view, Act, Did it work? and Seek help. Both WITS and LEADS are literature based programs (in English and French) with activities that may be integrated throughout a variety of subject areas.

A 1 hour presentation to all grade 5’s & 6’s to teach them what cyber-bullying is, and different types of Bullying. Also the role Police & School play in these incidents and their accountability.

Youth Diversions purpose is to help youth to overcome challenges by: providing individualized services and programs to divert youth from risk; providing both intervention and prevention services; and, working collaboratively and in partnership with youth, their families, other agencies and our community. 

A youth’s voluntary participation and engagement in an EJM/EJS program means that they may be able to avoid criminal charges/criminal record.

The YIPI initiative offers employment with Kingston Police for youth 15-18 years of age who are attending school in the Kingston area. The program provides a positive paid work experience, on the job training, and mentorship opportunities.

The league runs from October to June. The league offers a different sport each Thursday from October to December. Each of these nights will focus on fundamentals, rules and non-competitive games. Following the school holiday break, the league will resume with two dedicated competitive leagues, each of a sport deemed to be most wanted by the participating youth. A third league, still featuring a variety of sports, will consist of fun and non-competitive games.

Direct transportation is provided in the north end of Kingston at KCHC and other locations, as well as at Holy Cross, Bayridge and Frontenac in the west end.

Youth do not have to be a member of the Boys and Girls Club to participate. Youth who are not members, or are currently not involved in organized sports, are especially encouraged to join.

Members of the Kingston Police will be present each night to participate with youth in a fun and interactive forum. The league has been developed to build personal relationships between youth and officers and build strong community bonds between Kingston Police and its community.

Intersections is an evidence–informed early intervention program for children and youth who are at-risk of becoming justice-involved and/or their families. These children/youth and/or families/caregiver(s) often come into contact with police because of situations related to mental health issues or illnesses, childhood and youth developmental issues and/or substance use issues. In order to reduce and prevent further interaction with police services and the justice system, this program helps children/youth and/or their families/caregiver(s) to access available support services within the community.

The Intersections program is being hosted by Youth Diversion, which is a charitable organization and funded by the United Way.