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DRPS laid more than 30,000 criminal charges in 2021

Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) laid more than 30,000 criminal code charges, according to the 2021 Police Report.

It said this represents a slight increase of 0.4 per cent compared to 2020.

The report said DRPS has the third highest weighted clearance rates in the GTA, meaning it solved a lot of the most severe crimes in the region.

Durham Police Human Trafficking Unit conducted 336 human trafficking investigations. It identified and assisted 312 victims and laid 215 charges.

The K-9 Unit located 50 pieces of evidence, apprehended 13 suspects and located 80 persons.

The report said 911 operators smashed the standards for answering calls when they answered 93 per cent of emergency calls in 8 seconds or less.

Total tweet impressions: 25.8 million, which is a 900 per cent increase from 2020.

More than 3,200 calls for service were generated related to Covid compliance. This is down from 5,400 in 2020.

However, there was a 20 per cent increase in mental-health reports generated in 2021 over 2020, the report said.

Joint Force Operations

Every year, a number of DRPS investigations involve working with police services across Ontario, Canada and sometimes globally. Durham Police members are embedded in a number of Joint Forces Operations to share information with other police services, and federal and provincial authorities. These include the Provincial Asset Forfeiture Unit; the Provincial Biker Enforcement Unit; the Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit; the Criminal Intelligence Service of Ontario; the Provincial Anti-Terrorism Section; the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team; the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit and the Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement squad.

Project Kakia is an amazing example of a successful JFO partnership from 2021. This was a six-month multi-jurisdictional investigation led by the DRPS Gun and Gang Enforcement Unit in partnership with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Transnational Serious and Organized Crime Unit. Further support and funding was provided by the Ontario Government, Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario.

Approximately $1.2 million in drugs and 32 firearms were seized during this investigation, the report said.

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