www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, June 24, 2016 | 10 Man charged in fatal accident PRESENTS A Burlington man has been charged after an elderly woman was struck by an SUV in Oakville June 5 and later died. Mary Murray, 86, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and succumbed to those injuries June 6. Murray was struck by a Land Rover as she was crossing Marine Drive around 9:50 a.m. She was dragged under the vehicle for a short distance. She was taken by ambulance to the trauma centre at Hamilton General Hospital. Police said early June 6 she remained in critical condition. By late afternoon, police reported she had died. Halton police's Collision Reconstruction and Forensic Identification units closed Marine Drive between Jones Street and Bronte Road for three and a half hours while investigating the accident. The driver of the SUV wasn't injured. Speed and alcohol weren't considered to be contributing factors in the accident. It was the ninth fatality caused by a motor vehicle collision investigated by Halton police this year. Donald Weir or Burlington faces the Highway Traffic Act charge of careless driving. FEATURING Police making good use of analytics Halton police have received the Icon Award for their use of analytics to improve efficiency. Software developer Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure announced the award during its annual conference this month. As part of the Greater Toronto Area, the Halton Region is experiencing Canada's fastest population growth. To better manage the growing demand for public safety services, Halton police created a new unit with a mandate to exploit data to make policing more efficient and effective. To conduct meaningful analysis, the police service first had to move its data into a usable form. Working with Hexagon, police built a data warehouse that consolidated data from various sources. Police data is now processed through the system. Each individual action performed by Halton officers is time-stamped and classified based on the nature of the activity, and officer location and vehicle speed are also tracked and processed. Officers say the data is analyzed to enable proactive and preventative operations. With monthly, quarterly and annual performance measures, Halton police supervisors say they can better determine how to allocate teams to improve public safety. FRIDAY, JULY 8TH 2016 SIXTEEN MILE SPORTS COMPLEX 25 YEARS OF COMPLETE HOME RENOVATIONS BASEMENTS otmhsunsetcinema.com PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY · Additions · Renovations · Kitchens · Basements · Windows & Doors · Siding · Stucco · Decks/Fences 905.334.0445 www.eastviewhomes.ca