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Trinity Bellwoods Park on Saturday.

Stop railpath run is a go LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Baptism by fire. That’s how Shazia McCormick describes organizing her firstever charity event, the inaugural Railpath Community Run on the West Toronto Railpath. “I’ve learned a lot,” she quipped

to The Villager on Wednesday, Aug. 22. It wasn’t long after McCormick and her husband moved to the Carleton Village area that she discovered the linear park that stretches just over two kilometres between Cariboo Avenue to Dundas Street West and Lansdowne Avenue to south of Bloor Street West.

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The railpath winds its way along the abandoned railway beds that have been out of commission for more than four decades. Inspiration struck about a year ago as McCormick, an avid runner, made her way along the railpath. Never had an event like this been held on the path, she thought. The >>>PARTICIPANTS, page 8 @ParkdaleLiberty

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Just the facts: The Toronto Police Service’s 11 and 14 divisions police the communities of Parkdale, West Queen West and Liberty Village. 14 Division includes the communities of South Parkdale, Liberty Village, Niagara and Trinity Bellwoods and part of Little Portugal. The main issues police deal with, said 14 Division Supt. Mario Di Tommaso, are theft from cars, graffiti and robberies, par-

ticularly of electronics including iPhones and tablets. Eleven Division includes the neighbourhoods of Roncesvalles Village, Little Portugal and South Parkdale west of Roncesvalles. The key issues police deal with, as part of a summer initiative called Project Heatwave, are auto thefts, burglaries – both residential and commercial – as well as violence and gangs, said 11 Division Supt. Peter Lennox.

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FAMILY FUN: Tiya Kondal, 3, paints rocks at the College-Montrose Children’s Place Family Fun Festival at Trinity Bellwoods Park on Saturday.

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Weekend food frenzy at CNE EXcellunch still offers free admission for lunch patrons ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com

midst the lights and action of the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), sitting on a bench enjoying lobster rolls, crab rolls, tacos and potato twisters, were three young professionals who said they would never normally attend the annual fair. Heidi Khoe, Michaela Frialde and Joan McLaughlin said they wouldn’t go to the CNE, but were drawn through the Princes’ Gates on the evening of Friday, Aug. 24 with one thing in mind – food. Aug. 24, 25 and 26 the CNE played host to one of the largest gathering of food trucks, dubbed Food Truck Frenzy. There were 17 trucks lined up along Princes’ Boulevard, just inside the Princes’ Gates. There were gourmet cupcakes, lobster rolls, pulled pork, fancy sausages, Mexican fries and all manner of tacos. David Bednar, general manager of the CNE, said these three women were exactly the target audience of the Food Truck Frenzy event. “Food Trucks are currently a hot trend, especially among their fans on the Internet, because they represent a new culinary experience,” Bednar said. “The CNE is all about new experiences, so our

Owners of Gourmet Stuft, Lance Freelan, with David Orzakovski in the truck window, had their first day of business selling unique sausages at the CNE Food Truck Frenzy.

Concessions Coordinator initiated the experiment we created at the CNE from Aug. 24 to 26. It appears to have been a success in attracting young professionals to give the CNE a try.” Friday was the CNE Food Truck Frenzy’s first day of business for Stuft Gourmet Sausages, operated by Parkdale residents David Orzakovski and Lance Freelan. “It started with the burger craze in Toronto and we thought burgers needed some competition,” Freelan said. “The natural competition really is the sausage.”

Their unique sausages like Thai chicken, Spinach and Feta, and Apricot Dijon Minted Lamb, said the moniker “Frenzy” was appropriate for the CNE event. Freelan said his truck was incredibly busy all day on Friday and he was thrilled. Savera Hashmi, one of the proprietors of Pretty Sweet said food truck gatherings work well because in Toronto trucks are not permitted to just stop on public streets. Events like the Food Truck Frenzy offer a chance to move

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Top, Savera Hashmi of Pretty Sweet holds up one of her gourmet cupcakes at the CNE Food Truck Frenzy on Friday. Above, from left, Joan McLaughlin, Michaela Friade and Heidi Khoe went to the Canadian National Exhibition for the Food Truck Frenzy.

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High Park’s symbol of peace to undergo makeover LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com In the early 2000s, Bloor West Village area resident Anny Fyreagle fell ill with a brain spasm. To cope, she would walk the High Park Labyrinth a couple of times a week; the practice became therapeutic. “It’s a place for meditation. It’s a place where you go and calm your mind,” said Fyreagle of the single, non-branching path, which leads to a centre, located north of the Grenadier Restaurant. Labyrinths are especially effective in hospitals; they can be found in

schools and churches, she said. “There’s one on a military base in the U.S. They’ve started putting them in prisons,” Fyreagle said during a recent visit to the High Park Labyrinth. “You’ve got to experience it to understand it.” Spearheaded by Sylvia Senensky, the Chartres Labyrinth in High Park was originally created by a group of volunteers as a harmony project with Toronto’s parks and recreation department in 2001. In 2004, Fyreagle noticed the labyrinth’s paint had started to fade. When she got word from the city that no one was going to repaint it, Fyreagle took it upon herself to do the job. For 30

hours, she endured hot summer days to give the labyrinth new life. Since its inception, thousands of people have walked it whether it be out of curiosity or contemplation or simply for fun. “Kids love this thing. It’s part of their park experience,” said Fyreagle. “This is a natural symbol, an ancient symbol. I’ve been working with the World Labyrinth Organization. We’ve seen it in cave paintings and in manuscripts. We can’t tell when they began. They’re all over the world and they’re part of history.” Almost a decade has passed since the High Park Labyrinth’s repainting and the years have taken their

toll. The concrete needs to be replaced. The seating area will be re-designed. “The renovation will include a fresh new labyrinth that will be built to stand the test of time and rugged Canadian weather,” said Fyreagle. It is Fyreagle’s mission to give it new life through a fundraising campaign. The goal is to raise $15,000 for a new and improved labyrinth in time for World Labyrinth Day on Saturday, May 4, 2013. According to City of Toronto Archives, the concrete circle where the labyrinth is painted was the original site for the High Park Restaurant, which was built in the

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1920s. In 1956, a fire levelled the building leaving only foundation stones and concrete. A new restaurant, now known as The Grenadier, was built just south of the old one in 1959. Until the labyrinth’s creation in 2001, the area was a designated picnic space. The renovation includes a new design created by Lisa Moriarty of the World Labyrinth Society. The new labyrinth will be wheelchair accessible as well. If you would like to make a donation, visit torontoparksandtrees.org/ labyrinth or visit www.facebook. com/highparklabyrinth for more information.

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hen it comes to making our neighbourhoods safer, community interaction is critical for police. But what happens next is just as important, whether it’s building on the success of a particular program or increased access and visibility into a community to build rich, trusting relationships. In a special feature on policing in the nine communities we serve, Toronto Community News spoke to people and organizations directly involved in neighbourhood pro- our view grams and initiatives. Earlier this summer, after the horrific Danzig Community Street shooting, Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair had announced partners must mandatory overtime for offibuild trust cers this summer in an effort to restore a sense of safety in city neighbourhoods. The summer safety initiative, which runs until Sept. 6, has an extra 329 officers on city streets each day. The increased visibility manifests itself in different ways depending on the community and the types of crime that need to be addressed. For example, there’s an increased foot patrol in the Beach, a ramped-up police presence on the subway system in East York, and more officers for 14 Division’s anti-gang initiative, Project Post. But law enforcement is more than about solving crimes that have been committed. There is a proactive element, too. “There is a sustainability component we are trying to address,” notes 12 Division Supt. Mark Saunders, whose area includes much of the former city of York. “The only way to do this successfully is through community relationships.” Breaking down barriers of distrust, increasing youth participation in community initiatives and establishing a healthy two-way discussion between law enforcement and residents are all part of the solution to safer communities. Once the summer safety project wraps up, there must be a review of the various initiatives across the city to assess their respective impacts. Then there is the opportunity to build on programs which appear to have traction,. “We can’t police the community on our own. We can’t solve all the problems on our own, we need the community’s input, we need their assistance and their consent to be in their community,” says 14 Division Supt. Mario Di Tommaso. It’s acknowledgements like these that help pave the way. It’s up to the community to respond in kind. Toronto Community News is a division of Metroland Media Group Ltd. The Villager is a member of the Ontario Press Council. Visit ontpress.com newsroom

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To the editor: If you are going to a garage sale, don’t steal from the people who are hosting it. They work hard to get it all set up. I have had jewelry stolen at my garage sale and we are getting to a point where we are not going to have them any more if people are going to steal from us. Ask to purchase the item for less or don’t buy it, but don’t steal from a garage sale. People are trying to make a bit of cash with their stuff they are already getting rid of at a great price. If you are that hard up for something, go on welfare. Remember, it is still a crime stealing from a garage sale. Police can be involved. Dorothy Hicks

Anything could happen as mayor takes stand

t might be premature to start speculating on the next two years in this city’s life, given the drama set to unfold next week at the University Avenue courthouse. Mayor Rob Ford will be on a witness stand, testifying in his own defence against a complaint that he violated the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act when he spoke on the floor of council asking that he not be required to pay back about $3,100 in donations to his football charity made last term. Questioning him will be high-profile lawyer Clayton Ruby. Anything might happen. Given the inflexibility of the penalty for violating the act — the minimum sentence is removal from office – it’s not unreasonable to ask what would the rest of 2012, 2013 and much of 2014 look like at

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city hall, if Justice Charles Hackland finds Ford guilty of knowingly violating the act and throws him out of office in the next month or two? Under those extraordinary circumstances, council will have some options. The City of Toronto Act and the Municipal Elections Act allow council to hold a byelection to fill a vacancy, or fill the office by appointment. Should council choose the more costly option of a byelection, and the sentence be the minimum, Ford would be free to run again. And given that the

matter in court next week concerns his charity work, he would stand an excellent chance of winning. The fact that every councillor harbouring mayoralty ambitions would be tempted to run as well — losers could, in a byelection, still return to their seat on council — a mid-term re-election for Ford in the midst of a field crowded with challengers would be an excellent bet. But council might also choose to appoint a caretaker mayor to see the term through to the next general election. There are advantages: it is cheaper, and far less disruptive to the flow of work at city hall. And there are disadvantages: Toronto would, for two years, have a mayor no one voted for but 44 councillors. There would be a strong argument to hand the

job to the Deputy Mayor, Doug Holyday. He would be in a position to deliver something approaching the agenda that Ford’s supporters voted for. But there would be an argument as well to install a more neutral figure, given that for the past calendar year, Toronto Council has essentially usurped that agenda in favour of the agendas its members see themselves as having been elected on. Whichever way it goes it’s unlikely the decisions coming out of city hall would be much different than they have been. The mayor, whoever he or she might be, is after all only one vote. n David Nickle is The Villager’s city hall reporter. His column appears Thursdays. Contact him at dnickle@ insidetoronto.com

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n Thursday, Aug. 30

ArtSpin WHEN: 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Dufferin Grove Park in the north end near the basketball court. ArtSpin is a multi-disciplinary art crawl style bicycle tour of galleries (commercial, artist run & public), art performances, sitespecific installations and visits to artists’ studios throughout various downtown Toronto neighbourhoods. The tour wraps up around 9 p.m., which is when the after-party begins. The after-party will be at the ArtSpin Finale Exhibition at Metropolis Factory (50 Edwin Ave.)

Cultural Centre, 40 Titan Rd., Toronto. A precious collection of sacred relics of the Buddha and many other Buddhist masters is currently touring the world. This is a rare opportunity to view these relics, which were found among the cremation ashes of Buddhist masters. They resemble beautiful, pearl-like crystals. Buddhists believe relics embody the master’s spiritual qualities of compassion and wisdom and are deliberately produced by the master at his death. Visit www. maitreyaproject.org for more information.

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Mobile Blood Clinic WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Parked on Fraser Avenue just north of Liberty Street The Bloodmobile donor clinic on wheels is convenient and comfortable. It is equipped with four collection stations where you can give blood in a relaxed setting. First time donors are welcome.

n Friday, Sept. 14 to 16

The 2012 Roncesvalles Polish Festival WHEN: 11 a.m. to Sunday at 7 p.m. WHERE: Roncesvalles Village, on Roncesvalles Avenue, just north of Westminster Avenue. The 2012 Roncesvalles Polish Festival offers the very best that Roncesvalles Village has to offer and a celebration of its rich Polish heritage. No wonder it is known as North America’s largest celebration of Polish culture.

Maitreya Project Relic Tour WHEN: Friday: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. opening ceremony. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Tibetan Canadian

n Sunday, Sept. 16

Bikeathon for 4 Real Food 4 All WHEN: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

WHERE: Fred Hamilton Park, College Street between Roxton and Shaw Help raise funds for programming that will make real food accessible to those on low incomes. As a Rider 4 Real Food 4 All, you can get pledges and raise funds as you choose from three different scenic routes (30K, 50K, or 100K) that all end up at the historic McVean Farm (a FarmStart initiative). At the farm you’ll get a scrumptious feast from the fields, entertainment, prizes and farm tours. Meet and greet those who grow your food, and see where it all comes from! Proceeds from the bike-a-thon go toward Co-op Cred, a joint program between WEFC and PARC. Visit http://westendfood.coop/ bikeathon2012 to register and for details.

n Announcements

Liberty Village MyMarket WHEN: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Liberty Village MyMarket, 34 Hanna Ave. CONTACT: 647-898-1492, diana.mymarket@gmail.com COST: Free Visit the Liberty Village MyMarket at the corner of Liberty Street and Atlantic Avenue in the Green P parking lot. Every Sunday rain or shine.

Trinity Bellwoods Farmers Market WHEN: 3 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Trinity Bellwoods Park, 1053 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: www. tbfm.ca, info@tbfm.ca COST: Free This weekly Tuesday market is at the corner of Dundas and Shaw streets in Trinity Bellwoods Park. Running free Tuesdays WHEN: Tuesdays until Sept. 30 at 6 p.m. WHERE: CAMH Bell Gateway Building, 1001 Queen St. W. CONTACT: Register with

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Andrea at Reynolds@camh.ca Running group for families who have a loved one with a mental health or addiction issue.

n Volunteers

Parkdale Project Read Volunteers needed to support adults in reading, writing and strengthening their voice through one-on-one mentoring. Training provided. Tutoring sessions are held at Parkdale Project Read, 1209 King St. E., Unit 2. Call 416-531-6308 or visit www.parkdaleprojectread.

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The Parkdale-Liberty Villager wants your community listings. Whether it’s a church knitting group, music night or a non-profit group’s program for kids, the Villager wants to know about it so others can attend. Email events to letters@ insidetoronto.com. Submissions must include an exact address, street name, number and postal code, and details about the event.

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Triangle Rail Committee, adding that potlucks in the neighbourhood are a popular way to rally. Acting as spokesperson, the public relations specialist-turned full-time dad referenced a June 27 meeting hosted by the provincial transportation agency Metrolinx during which its consultant from an internationally renowned company that has implemented electric rail around the world, confirmed electrification is doable in a timely manner. ‘NO TECHNICAL OBSTACLES’ “They could have it ready in three years and for $400 million instead of a billion dollars,” said Putnam, who attended the meeting. “There are no technical obstacles in the way. The only obstacle is political will.” Metrolinx representatives at the meeting said they had

no decision-making authority. The conversion to diesel is up to the Liberal government, community members were told at the meeting. “There will be no benefit for us. All residents along the rail corridor will be left with this diesel legacy, this legacy of the Pan Am Games,” said Putnam. “Why are we being sacrificed for a two-week sporting event?” On behalf of the Junction Rail Committee, Putnam further outlined concerns they had in an Aug. 8 letter to the premier while asking for a meeting. All those interested in seeing electric trains operating on the Georgetown corridor are invited to partake in the Junction Triangle’s Aug. 30 potluck. There will be food, fun for the kids and a special direct line to the premier’s office to share with him issues and concerns.

Participants run as far as they can for 45 minutes >>>from page 1 railpath community run is intended to bring the community together in a “wonderful” public space while raising funds for The Stop Community Food Centre. “The Stop not only serves the entire city, but specifically our area,” said McCormick. “The railpath almost ends at the Stop’s doorstep. What a great proximity. People in the neighbourhood that the railpath runs through rely on The Stop.” Organized and run by local community volunteers and sponsored by the community, the event is unique in format. The railpath run will be a time trial rather than a

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The following statistics provided by the Toronto Police Service list shooting incidents between Aug. 23, 2011 and Aug. 23, 2012: • 11 Division (Bloor West) – Last shooting May 10. Total of eight shootings over past 365 days. Over past three years, 21 shootings. Rank

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hree-year-old Sydney Arraial skips around a cement horseshoeshaped bench located in, of all places, the grounds of a police station. This scene, on a sunny day in late August, is precisely what the officers at Toronto Police Service’s 14 Division and the community had hoped for while laying plans for the new division’s headquarters, set to officially open in September. The connection between police and community is critically important in modern day policing, said Superintendent Mario Di Tommaso, the man in charge of 14 Division. “We can’t police the community on our own. We can’t solve all the problems on our own, we need the community’s input, we need their assistance and their consent to be in their community,” Di Tommaso said. There are more officers on the streets in all 17 divisions for Project Summer Safety, which runs until Sept. 9, and for 14 Division’s Project Post, an anti-gang initiative aimed at targeting known individuals involved with the Project Originals and Sic Thugs gangs. But, beyond policing initiatives like these, Di Tommaso said the new headquarters for 14 Division will vastly improve the officers’ connection to the community and their efficiency in policing the west-end division. The division is currently housed in an industrial type building at 150 Harrison St.,

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Superintendent Mario Di Tommaso stands in the officers’ space in the new 14 Division Headquarters. The entrance to the new station is bright with floor-to-ceiling windows and plenty of seating for the community.

just off Dovercourt Road. But, just across the street on the corner of Dovercourt Road and St. Anne’s Road, construction is complete and the space is being readied for the 311 police and civilian members to move in. It isn’t a large or dominating building; it is only two stories above ground and constructed of red brick, flagstone and cedar. On the north side of the building is a large green space with trees and horseshoe-shaped benches. “The community has had significant input into the design of this entire building,” Di Tommaso said. “One of the things the community wanted was a park-like setting or area and we have done just that.” There are 10 parking spaces for visitors in addition to two levels of underground parking for officers’ personal vehicles and police vehicles. When you enter the building a bright and spacious lobby greets you with floorto-ceiling windows and plenty of seating for the public. Just off the lobby are private

reporting rooms where citiDivision and the Community zens can discuss more private Police Liaison Committee concerns with officers. (CPLC) are planning a com“That is a wonderful addimunity day in that very room tion now because we certainly for Sept. 15 with a barbecue, don’t have that level of privacy tours of the new building at the existing building,” Di and a meet-and-greet with Tommaso said. “So it is more officers. inviting and more Beyond the spaces appealing for members the public will see is of the community to a high functioning discuss those matters headquarters for the a officers of 14 Division, of a sensitive nature.” closer look Another key space which Di Tommaso absent in the old buildsaid will help the Inside ing was a community better serve Toronto police room, with room for the community. 50 people, which now “It facilitates the occupies a large corner of the free flow of information,” Di first floor; it is light-filled with Tommaso explained. “Right cedar walls and equipped with now we have different funca projector and screen. Off the tions at the old station and community room is a patio different functions all over where eventually a barbecue the place and it’s not very will be placed. Both spaces conducive to the free flow of can be made available to the information.” community. There is an out-of-custody finger printing room, spacious “If Scouts Canada wanted to do a fundraising event or soft interview rooms for vica church group wanted to tims and witnesses including have a little event, as long as one geared at children. it is community based and “This is all designed for the improves the well being of community to make them the community, I am all for feel more at home and more it,” Di Tommaso said. comfortable when interacting In fact the police at 14 with the police,” Di Tommaso

said. There are large spaces with desks for officers that enable the free flow of information between members in different units like traffic and community response officers. A project room for the major crime office enables officers to have space to plan when they are executing special projects and more sensitive investigations. “For example we do our drug sweep projects four or five times a year, so this is where that project would be run out of,” Di Tommaso said. On the second floor are training rooms, large changing rooms with lockers for each officer, a gym and a kitchen and dining space with a small outdoor patio. On the lower level are temporary holding cells, search rooms and interview rooms and the halls are lined with alarm strips. There is a bullpen that can accommodate 30 to 40 people after mass arrests and 24 temporary holding cells, which are small with high ceilings. The building has a green roof and is heated and cooled through geo-thermal technology. Sgt. Jeff Zammit has been the lead on the move to the new building. He said although it is unusual to have a police station located in a residential area, as this one is, he believes efforts to have it fit in have been successful. “They even chose the colour of the brick because they wanted it to fit in with the

for shootings within city over past 365 days, ninth. • 14 Division (Parkdale) – Last shooting July 15. Total of 11 shootings over past 365 days. Over past three years, 53 shootings. Rank for shootings within city over past 365 days, seventh. community,” Zammit said. Perhaps the greatest improvement over the old building is the space and mind paid to the public, in particular victims. “Victims that come into the station, they have somewhere they can sit, somewhere that I can talk to them in private,” Zammit said. “In the old station they had to sit there on a bench, whether they had been sexually assaulted or robbed.” The 14 Division CPLC had their first meeting in the new space on Aug. 15 and Cathy Byrd, co-chair of the CPLC, said everyone was very impressed with the space. “This space is centrally located, it is on the TTC line, there is parking and people can walk to it,” she said. “Just in terms of the residents and business associations being able to connect much more easily with the location is perfect.” Between the green space, community room and welcoming public spaces in the new building, Byrd said she is certain the relationship between the police and community will become more interactive and in turn more will be accomplished in the way of policing 14 Division. n Do have a comment on? Send us an email to plv@ insidetoronto.com

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The Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy, better known as TAVIS, was formed in 2006 in response to a sharp spike in gun violence in the city the previous year. That year, 52 people were murdered by gunfire, many during the summer months – leading to its common designation as the Summer of the Gun. TAVIS, run by the Toronto Police Service, combats guns and gangs through two initiatives: • the summer neighbourhood initiative began in 2008; it involves teams of officers focussing on two or three high-crime neighbourhoods each summer (this summer the focus is on north

Etobicoke and the Jane Street corridor); • the year-round rapid response unit has a total 72 officers; they go to trouble spots throughout the city as needed to increase police visibility and enforcement. On July 23, premier Dalton McGuinty announced the permanent funding of TAVIS. According to police, between Jan. 1 and June 30 of this year, the TAVIS rapid response unit: • arrested 765 people; • seized 4 handguns; • seized 2 replica guns; • seized 3 air/starter pistols; • seized 22 rounds of ammunition;

• seized $99,955 cash as proceeds of crime. TAVIS summer neighbourhood initiatives: • 2012: north Etobicoke; and the Jane Street corridor in North York (Jane from south of Sheppard Avenue to north of Finch Avenue) • 2011: Eglinton Avenue between Brimley and Kennedy roads in Scarborough; and the Weston Road and Lawrence Avenue area in York • 2 0 1 0 : S c a r b o ro u g h Village; north Etobicoke; and the Jane Street corridor • 2009: the Jane Street corridor; and the Keele Street and Eglinton Avenue area in York • 2008: the Jane Street corridor and Regent Park.

South Parkdale included in Project Post JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com When an area of Toronto just south of Kensington Market saw a marked increase in gunrelated incidents earlier this year, police at 14 Division decided action needed to be taken. Officers in both 14 and 51 Divisions ramped up their street presence through an operation dubbed Project Post. The initiative, an acronym for the two gangs primarily being targeted by police, aims to target known individuals involved with the Project Originals and Sic Thugs gangs. The two gangs have been at odds for years, but tensions boiled to a head earlier this year with a number of guns being discharged in the Vanauley Walk, Atkinson Co-Op and Alexandra Park

area, with the perpetrators believed to have come from outside the area as members of a rival gang. “There was a disproportionate amount of gun violence in that area,” said 14 Division Inspector David Vickers. “It was disproportionate for that area, not necessarily for the city as a whole. Project Post’s goal is to surgically remove these individuals from our community.” Longer shifts Officers have increased their shift lengths and more resources have been poured into the division to help ensure the success of both Project Post and the longerrunning Project Summer Safety. Police in 14 Division have targeted three specific areas where there are public safety

concerns. In addition to the Project Post area, police have upped their presence in south Parkdale, where residents had complained of a series of robberies, and the Entertainment District, where alcohol-fueled violence has been known to take place. According to early returns – Vickers noted a few individuals known to police have been arrested through Project Post – the initiative’s effectiveness has been obvious. “The crime picture in 14 Division is down about 20 per cent overall year-to-date over where it was last year,” he said. A n i n c re a s e d p o l i c e presence could have led to increased wariness on the part of many in the community, but officers involved in Project Post have taken pains to ensure their interactions with the public are positive.

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