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41 | O akville B eaver | T hursday,A pril 4,2019 insidehalton.com info@metaboliccareclinics.com expert advice? breaking news? today's top stories? where you live? crime? events? what to read? cooking? SIGN UPNOW We've got a newsletter for that. Care about /newsletters five in 2017) • an officer failing to yield (one incident in 2018 compared to five in 2017) • an officer improperly backing up (one incident in 2018 compared to six in 2017). Halton police Chief Ste- phen Tanner has previous- ly said there is remedial training for officers who are involved in more than one preventable collision. He has also pointed out police vehicles are driven extensively throughout the year. In 2018 Tanner said Hal- ton police vehicles trav- elled a total of 7.4 million kilometres, which is slight- ly less than the 7.7 million kilometres Halton police vehicles travelled in 2017. The report noted patrol vehicles, which represent the majority of the police fleet, are driven 24-7 and average approximately 50,000 km per year. The report also pointed out that of the 126 collisions reported last year, 29 per cent did not incur repair costs because either the damage was deemed to mi- nor or the vehicle was at the end of its life cycle and deemed not cost effective to repair. The report also noted that in 2018 there were 31 incidents involving non- collision related damage to service vehicles with dam- ages totalling $9,986. Of those incidents 32 per cent were minor and did not require repair. Thirteen of these inci- dents involved damage to the vehicle's windshields/ glass while 13 incidents in- volved body/engine/inte- rior/exterior damage. One incident involved damage caused by a prison- er. This noncollision relat- ed damage was up from 28 incidents reported in 2017, which resulted in total damage costs of $15,435. It was down from the 2016 figures, which saw 48 incidents and damage costs of $14,211. There were 62 incidents of noncollision vehicle damage reported in 2015 re- sulting in damage costs of $22,436. Halton police said they will continue to review all preventable collisions in an effort to identify causes, trends and strategies to im- prove safety. NEWS Continued from page 40 Photo of Halton police vehicle collision from 2016. Reg Vertolli photo