Community Oriented Response and Engagement (CORE)
Our Community Oriented Response and Engagement (CORE) branch encompasses several units with Kingston Police, and oversees their various community programs and engagement. The branch utilizes the various units within to plan and execute initiatives meant to resolve community concerns and on-going problems.
Our community programs and engagement units
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Our Beat, Bicycle, and Mounted units routinely patrol the downtown core and assist patrol as required. The goal of these specialized units is to enhance crime prevention and community engagement through regular contact with residents and businesses.
Roles of our Beat, Bicycle, and Mounted unitsThese units provide valuable assistance with duties such as:
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Community Officer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Our Community Programs Officer (CPO) along with other members our CORE branch provides coordinated, community-based crime prevention initiatives, with a focus on neighbourhoods, businesses, the aging sector, and risked based crime prevention.
Community safety and crime prevention programsThese are some of the programs and initiatives our CPO organizes, supports, and participates in throughout the year:
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Every school in the City of Kingston is assigned a School Resource Officer (SRO). The role of the SRO’s is to provide support to students, parents, staff and administrators through information, education, and implementation of a variety of programs.
Our SRO’s also work with partner agencies (KFL&A Public Health and Kingston Partners for a Safe Community) to deliver a variety of programs to help build relationships students and educate.
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Traffic Safety Unit | ||||||||||||||
View our Traffic Safety Unit page.
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Youth Officer | ||||||||||||||
Our Youth Programs Officer (YPO) is responsible for planning and coordinating community youth programs (12-24 years) as well as acting as the Youth Criminal Justice Act coordinator.
Roles and responsibilities of our Youth Officer
Services and programs facilitated by our Youth Programs Officer
TEDx TalksConstable Josh Conner served as the Kingston Police Youth Officer from 2015-2017, and in February 2018 he was one of the few chosen to speak at the TEDxQueensU event. Officer Conner spoke about his time working with youth while serving 3 years as the Kingston Police Youth Officer. He also discussed the perception of police and the different roles they police play within the community. His talk, “My community needed a youth officer, not a TV cop” is available on YouTube. About TEDx, x = independently organized eventIn the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.) About TEDTED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or fewer) delivered by today's leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED's annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, and made available, free, on TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Monica Lewinsky, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman. TED's open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include TED.com, where new TED Talk videos are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from thousands of volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed; the annual million-dollar TED Prize, which funds exceptional individuals with a "wish," or idea, to create change in the world; TEDx, which provides licenses to thousands of individuals and groups who host local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; and the TED Fellows program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities. |
Professional Standards Unit
Our Professional Standards Unit performs several roles in ensuring members of the Kingston Police carry out their duties in compliance with the Ontario Police Services Act (PSA) and associated regulations, as well as Kingston Police policies and procedures.
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In this plain-clothes investigative unit, a staff sergeant and sergeant work under the guidance of an inspector to:
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Compliments and Complaints
We welcome feedback from our community in regard to the policies of, or services provided by the Kingston Police, or the conduct of any of our members. Please see our Compliments and Complaints page for your options.