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economist sun stoufiville tribune saturday sept 18 1999 7 police open approach the new wave to solving problems chief says listening to the public amb driving school dsao approved by rick vanderlinde staff writer york regional police chief julian fantino will come face to face with the public in a series of town hall meetings across the region fantinos town hall forum starts in aurora next wednesday and ends in markham on nov 25 v the chief is billing the public meet ings as a chance to hear citizen con cerns first hand in his latest community policing initiative were taking york regional police on the road fantino told reporters thursday well be listening to the issues and concerns from the very peo ple that we are mandated to protect the 10 town hall forums are ground breaking for a york region police chief signalling a new open approach to policing fantino said he hopes to hear what york region residents want from their police force so it can become more proactive we want to be tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime he said but he also emphasized that fighting crime and creating a safe community is a twoway street the public and police have toworlr- together or the community policing project wont work he said this is the new wave of how we join us for lunch friday sept 24 11 am 3 pm at bank of nova scotia main st markham at robinson for our 2nd annual bbq proceeds to united way your support is appreciated special thanks to village grocer for donating the food fft global pel food 15 off all accessories all year round ec6rmlstsun stoufiville ttibune 2942200 6402100 bankruptcy why face it alone call murray meckel trustee in bankruptcy personal business bankruptcies personal proposals richmond hill 905 8822436 30 wertheim crt downtown 4169716396 27 carlton st scarborough 4164914904 north york 4162270867 brampton 9054536881 barrie 7057226398 free initial consultation julian fantino working together fighting crime and its causes solve problems fantino said we want to be plugged right in hopefully this will appeal to the public to become involved at the forums fantino and other officers will high light some of the departments new programs such as the helicopter test project some of those new initiatives include the traffic enforcement strategy which has seen charges rise by 44 per cent in a zerotolerance program the community response unit which is used to assist regular patrolling officers in areas such as crowd control the street beat program designed to stop streetlevel crime such as drug trafficking were moving from a reactive orga nization to a proactive one the chief said the culture of york regional police is changing dramatically fantino said residents will also learn how they can become involved with groups such as neighborhood watch and vicars a victims assistance pro gram the meetings will also include a questionandanswer session thats when residents can voice crime con cerns specific to their communities there are alot of persistent nagging problems out there fantino said he pointed to petty crimes such as vandalism and thefts from vehicles that are very bothersome to the communi- ty town hallmeehngs are q aurora sept 22 at 730 pm at devins drive public school q newmarket sept 30 at 8 pm at dr denison high school 135 bristol rd east gwillimbury oct 13 at 730 pm at the civic centre 19000 leslie st kingtownship oct 14 at 730 pm at king city secondary school whitchurchstouffville oct 20 at 730 pm at glad park public school georgina oct 21 at 730 pm at the town hall in keswick q maple oct 26 at 730 pm in the commu nity centre at 10190 keele st q richmond hill oct 21 at 730 pm at the mcconaghy centre 101000 yonge st woodbridge nov 24 at 730 pm in the community centre at 9201 islington ave q markham nov 25 at 730 pm in the armadale community centre at 2401 denison st fjj j grand opening special insurance discount certificate defensive driving technique regular classes every tues 61015 pm sun 10am215 pm mini package 6 lessons and road test 13900 for more info please call 905 9479622 525 mccowan rd suite 203 i corner of mccowan and hwy 7 markham m s next weeks paper for your best travel deals w e g iv e y q u t h e w g r l d have you read my bestseller lately love god at rouge river community church we want to help you become a little more familiar withj god join us for one of gatherings sunday september 19 grand opening sunday september 26 desperately seeking community sunday october 3 family fall festival at willowgroye farms east side of mccowan north of 19th our services are held at the markham activity centre 22 water street at 10 am 16lhava bullock or wilson st hwy 7 parkway ave 3 call 9054717557 for more information rouge river community church a new church for a new generation hum