LAH-ISN

Making a Difference

We partner with different areas of the Service to support

Recruitment

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  • Competent and attractive target group for recruitment – both sworn and civilian members


  • Young and highly educated immigrant population


  • Create a greater sense of community and reduce isolation among LAH members via peer and mental health support groups


  • This creates more engaged members with diverse skill sets, thereby strengthening the Service 

Language

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  • Enable ethnic and linguistic representation and diversity in the justice system, including TPS


  • Enhancing linguistic diversity – excellent for engagement, crime prevention and education


  • Assists in demolishing one of the greatest obstacles for success for an immigrant population – LANGUAGE BARRIER

Education

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  • Opportunity to deliver crime prevention programs in Spanish across a myriad of platforms and to various segments of the population (i.e. youths, men, women, seniors)


  • Service to educate and prevent:
  • Intimate partner violence
  • Impaired driving
  • Human/Labour trafficking
  • Gang violence

We align with TPS Core Values

  • Aligns with the TPS Mission Statement – “Dedicated to delivering police services in partnership with our communities to keep Toronto the best and safest place to be”


  • How? We will support the TPS Core Values:
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We impact the community

  • Building trust with communities who historically distrust government and law enforcement
  • Reduce crime and foster communication, education, transparency
  • Reduce isolation – collaborative relationship for safer more engaged communities
  • Break down language barrier to create trust and security with TPS