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On his belt hangs a gun and an immobilization device. which uses electric mnem. that fits between his index finger and thumh lnthedaysleadinguptomefomudon QIYbrk Region. kn. 1. 197-1. patrol sergeant Glenn “Hawkeye” Phillipswas stationed with meNewmarketpolicedepamnem. n the. shadow ofa 50- storey condomin- ium tower. the officer feels the voice- activated mobile computer on his wrist vibrate. He has been sent on a bike to canvass residents in the soth York Region. neigh- bourhood about bueak-and-enlers the past few days - ' ‘ But police today believe the fundamentals of policinwa remain the same: face-to-face communication with residents; and main- taining public safety. In those days. oflicers would keep an eyeonfourredliflusaroundlownasm patrolled The lights would flash if an officer was needed after midnight because the disâ€" patcher had gone home for the night. said the former officer. now 81. and retired from policing since 1988. 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Mr. Phillips recalled. it all was Bruce Crawford. 8 for me: Navy dficet. FUTURE SHAPING OUR A sirpart sane: on Yodt Region's usaon to: 2051 Pelican. 1.8 milieu p.991. Charmin face 09 povch LGWTQ opportunities abound York 5 Infrastructure gluwmg up kconomy 0! lbs lutum 3m 0"?“ new Scan but for your chanu In win a FREE mrkcy Pmmuv u aIIr {VBQTN \V-K H But it worked om for Mr. Phillips. who enjoyed a salary increase following the changes. But then was very little public education being done. he said. “ It was also move of a '0ne-more-for-the- road” mcicty than today. he said. adding softer penalties may have fuelled driving behaviour. But that began to change in the late 19805 and catty 19905 when police began doing information blitzes and stepping up spotchecks- > He expects officers will eventually gel away from keyboards as better. more mobile technology becomes available. , "When we got them. it was a scream.‘ M; Phillips "You know what (people thought... They thought we were taxis." deay, commander onork’s unfit: human, Staff Sgt. Bulmer remembers MLO'awford's focus on traffic safety m specifically speed enforcement. - York'was going through a "brutal" period on the streets and saw 37 fatal crashes in 1988. Blmmington Road was particularly prOblcmatic, headdcd. . Hummer. technology already exists that tells oflceis if air bags deployed during a crash and if a seat belt was buckled. "bath Eng as Mr. Crawford from 1973 to 1979. Police ofices in Woodbridge. Markham. Smuffville and Sutton were closed. And. while he says there was no confu- sion in the cady days; amalgamation was a “Imlluva big change" from working on a small-town fmre. Must people don't remember York’s bright yellow police cars. he recalled. It was eight yeals later. in 1980.013! Brad Bulmer would pull on a Yark police unifomm. \alui ( k mhn Thai era coincided with a dark period for York police and culminated with the resignaâ€" tion of former dmief Bryan (husineau in 1998 over breach of trust allegations related In an imam-free loan. Statistics consistently rank York Region as one of the safest communities in the country. booking ahead. York poliqe are building a strategy to serve seniors. 21 gmup that is expected to oompn'sc 20 per com of the popu~ iaflnn in the mm 20 years. (Jud Ioflific said, As the region's geography and density change leading up 2051. it will be imponum L (or police to adapt. of which will play a larger role in collision investigation. But. no mane: how portable or fan uamc technology has become. one thing has not changed: going to the home of a collision knocking on the door and informing the family. “You still have to go fact-404m? and doliwl that Bulmcr sand. (thief Eric lullifie agrees the [ode will mn~ linuc to evolve. V A native of'flmm'hill in the [9505. Chief lul~ lifie admined he never exgm‘lfii the rvgiun m change as much as it has.“ “I haw seen tremendous chamgt: m thts region for the better," he said. But the road during the past 40 years hasn't been without potholes From 1992 to 1998. the force "did not gruw an inch" to match the community. the chief “We 1051 a lot of ground as a pohce semce he said. A year eadicr. in 1997. pnmm-ml gum-m- mem auditors refened to York pohcc as poor!) run and pointed out pmblems in almost even area of the séntiCe. Since. then. York police have gone on ; massive hiring blitz and modemimd m. wrh nology.