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Troubled upbringing helps “ltlohszuenlgxwunl'dbeoome a’oop and’anest him," Const. Gill san shortly bebte receiving the Rob Plunkett outstanding service to the community award at “my night’s York Regional Police apptedation night in Vaughan. IV IEREMY (SRIMALDI ygnmaldni‘» vmg mm As a young boy. Anandvir (Lil! would often sit in his mom and cry as he lis- tened to his father fight with his mother. Al age six. he mustered up enough strength to confront his dad. MM his that wasn't to stoptheattackshemuldncvetfmget that moment and other§ that would fore-J I?" his future Born tomlntfian (anterme mother. his life gmwing up in Brampton was {tiny average. other than the domes- tic battles that would star the family on a weeklyme "Wt-warm“ ofias my dad wasawry good real estate agent.’ Cnmt. Gill said. “But he was very traditional and expectmi my mother to be home. cook and than and look after him and his friends when they tame over In drink. But my mum. mmmg fmm Guyana. didn't have the same values' 7 Disaster stuck the family when hix I’allx-r mongaged the home m invest in two “Hated gas stations. “I just mmbcr all of our stuff in gatingv hm at the side of the mad.” he said. “We didn't own have enough for a muving van.” 1N5 was the last straw for his mum”. Mm mth her two (‘hildn‘n m a high- .wumly domestic abuse shelter. "We wet: in kxkduvm. l n‘mcmhor having no lays no friends and worrying iih my dad would mth and find us." lu- sand. Although nwnmnvs from man linw au- ha/v. ho mmvmhvrs being giwn a mm” ‘ltnldhimvhnl WW- l’dbocomacop andth (1mm. Anandvir (Bill rrfrrrmg to his fiuhrr bejon' taming 1hr Rob Plunh’n outstanding sewn: in thy "(Immunity award (10ml. Allande (ill! rrfrrring to his [11th More waiving 1h? Rab Plunkrfl outstanding strvu‘e v the community award award-winning cOp excel After moving to a friend's chdalc basement. the family was au‘vpu'd imn gmcmmcm housmg. whom they lived for much of the childmn's formative years. To kap the young family clothed and fed. his mother worked two at a doughnut shop and doing data entry. boxuuf my palm: um With which to play At age 16, his mother munited with his father. after the strains of raising a single family on her own tmmc too much to 'I remember her saying how she didn‘t want us being Withtmt a father and with no financial support." he said. “1 was a bit bigger by then. so even though the argu- ments kept going, then: were no more Afivr n-Iurning hnmv fnllnwing a night of drinking in a local park with friends. a police officer knocked at their door. “I remember her mining home at H pm. every night.” he Despite their reunification. the resem- mcnt toward his father. who is still with his mmhm. mmainod and them wag little to pmient (bust. Gill from falling in with the wrong cnmd. ‘I'om'ficd of what his father would do. he asked m speak with the officer in the Although he was investigating reports nfdrug dealing by the uer (bust. um told him they had only been drum "I think the cop hiew just how scared I was." (bust. (Sill "lfessmiuptowhatwehadbwndoing but he still warned me about the tmubk-s we could have got into." he added. the talk had a lasting impact. After failing out of his fint war at tho llnm‘rsit) of \Vtmkut. hr lumped at thv opportunity to mwri mall wruritv. whom- ht‘ Nth quit Hy .mmmtml lnm tinu-x m lhlt‘t‘ \‘t‘.tl\ DRINKING IN PARK Soqn. he began volunteering and attending college. graduating with a 98 11w A com average He joined York Regional Police as a patrol officer mponding to calls. about 40 per cent of which, he esthmted, were the result of domestic abuse. "You just feel badior the but when you the» kids and remember what you went through. your heart just goes out In them." he said. It wasn't long befure (Joust. Gill was snappéd up by the sen1ce's guns and gangs pwvemion unit. whet? he wudns with ax-nsk youths and their parents to keep those bowed for trouble out of it. "Ht- wants to become a cup 50 I have been helping guide him and keeping him on lht'urigh! path." Hiskutwn'imr said hv km'w right off the hat (Lunst. Hill was hts kmd of officer. " It didn't take long In mafia: that (hast. Gill i\ a sitting mlv model." Sgt. Anthony Tom-sum said. ~ "Tlme this one kid that made a really bad choice. but I knew deep down he was a good kid.” he said. "He carries himself with pride and dislinctiun and is always thoughtful in his actions. He‘s a leader who sets a positive example." ‘ His work in the uni! has allowed him to see crime for “hat it is â€"â€"â€" more often the result of had circumstances and choices rather than bad characters. “My perception of the job has changed.‘ he admitted, "Whvn yuu'n‘ on the road dealing with those kids you just see the had action instt'ad of the miti’ gating cmmnsta’mm. Nu“ that I got to know Luis (m a permnal level. mom often than not. you we thew is either ptm'ny. ailt‘nhnl m \ mlvm'v going nn A! home and thatk win tht'y ‘tvll mm the had .tt‘tum lht~~.t|t1rp.tth I “mm-minim!" “It'uw .t.\\.1\\ hugn' hn It‘dt‘nlptum hv mtle STA” PHOTMJOERO WEWEN MLEnumsondoanothmifthisism fact the mute Metrofim will take. But if it is. hetsaisomdeammemkesmmmonfybe wilhin the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area or pm. “l don't beliewe that's fair (to only tax the GINA) because peopie from Peterbomugh and Barrie come km) the CIA.’ he said. Earlier this year. Menolim released a shon list of 11 revenue tools that range from toll; on to more taxes on fuel and general goods. “memhsto besomekindof... more rev- enue coming from somewhere," Mr. Emmer- son A On Monday. the mayors ofMarkham, Ridmzond Hill andVaughan and members oftheir respective-councils desoemied upon dwRHumndifiBCmmbustemfinal to add their support in calling on the province to implenmt new anddedimted revenue [0015 to expand the GTHA's transit and transporta- tion infrastnmure. Al-per-oemsalesxaxaxflafivecemgm taxishvaawWquwmnflunks mefllnisemenuieyitmquiresm uncbgmadsandmgoodsmoving. "I can't suppon anything until they tell me what it’s on.” he told The Sun-'I‘ribune. “WE do need dedicated funding and they need to do it now.‘ he noting other mun- Kfles and York haw dedicated mad and transit funding. No matter which rwenue generating mechanism gets put in place. the mayor wants it to be done across the province. 'I‘nemyoradnmteddevebpxmmchamw medtmemhedoesmtwamthc nmmytocmmfrmnisirueased property “1119 (Qity of Toronto is the engine of Omar iuifnotCanada'andgoodsncc-dtobcmmcd in and out of that city and because of gn'dkrck minim moves and millions of dollars gel Inst. Whatever the solumnunay be. Mr. humm- son said the federal gwemmem has to also he intulvcd. . A Motmlinx report is expenui to he released May 27. according to Mr. l-mmc-rsnn. He hopes the mginn. (hm the town will mkv a posilmn. "1 don't know If they'll listen to m of nm he said. Mayor sees sales, gas taxes ahead m" 6% firm Sean Maw BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolanayrmg. (om