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p 2 weekender saturday march 7 1998 st glenn ooald collection citizen eo york police rose last year kathleen griffin staff reporter citizen complaints against police rose by 27 per cent last year in a recently released report from york regional police act ing chief peter scott statistics show 90 complaints were received by the public com pared to 71 in 1996 but down from 99 in 1995 of those 90 complaints which involved 139 officers 30 were withdrawn by the com- plainant 26 were deemed frivol lous or vexatious and 20 were- investigated but no formal action against the officer was taken only two officers were admonished by superiors last year constituting formal action after investigation revealed they had been incon siderate or rude to citizens said professional standards bureau insp karl shaw fifty complaints had to do with police procedure lax dis closure for court cases not wearing proper uniform things like that shaw said seventeen alleged a physical assault 15 alleged verbal assaults and eight claimed mis use of authority and 1 6 complainants have requested an official review of the investigation with five out standing by years end any citizen can register a complaint against police within six months of a particular inci dent shaw said a report is taken abdut the incident and an investigation is launched seeking witnesses and further details about the allega tion the results of the investi gation are provided to both the citizen and the officer with rec ommendations on whether or- not action- should be taken against the officer police if the citizen does not agree with the adjudication the chief has the option to decide upon further action at that point shaw said he said even an admonish ment while certainly the mildest penalty available still remains in the officers file for two years shaw said its not clear why citizen complaints rose last year but insp dan robsbn said the figures must be viewed in context- when you consider york regional policeofficers had 142268 contacts with citizens last year thats one complaint for every 1023 contacts rob- son said there are far more men and women who are extremely ded icated individuals ssss liiiii for a home of distinction mow tip ifimiwflmtfftw jal iwttwnmm i a 200100 value nmlii msmwmm 30tt pictukesque park lot singles livhatagreatopportumyl 1 bonus in upgrades please come visit our model homes i jsl mqnbaytryyoay 3pm fsbaygcss3 wckm3 j oiidis am 6 9058521913 i- com be part of our f ncfa tlte 3tli f irfrl iridafc mdrclvil 3th 9pih i w still available reserve your tickets now located at the corner of box office hours mondayv- saturday 1 100 jam 0jb cpm