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Toledo Police
Provide Update on Violence Reduction Strategies
Toledo Police will begin the grassroots “Not In My House”
program in February and continue to use a number of violence
reduction strategies, including personnel changes, increased
overtime, and additional intelligence briefings, Toledo
Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz and Police Chief George Kral said
during a noon news conference Monday inside the Safety
Building.
Chief Kral said the department will also continue to use
ongoing proactive efforts, including diversion programs and
special enforcement operations.
“We are intensifying efforts to enhance safety in our
community and apprehend the perpetrators of all gun violence
in the city, including the homicides that have occurred this
year,” Mayor Kapszukiewicz said. “We will continue this
fight until we win it.”
“Six homicides this month is simply unacceptable,” Chief
Kral said. “We need the community’s help and support as
officers continue to work hard and put themselves in harm’s
way to temper the violence Toledo is experiencing.”
A detailed list of police department changes and initiatives
follows:
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Toledo Police Department – Personnel Changes
• Two Detectives added to Vice/ Narcotics - effective
February 1.
• Four Detectives added to Investigations Bureau -
effective February 1.
• Two Sergeants added to Special Operations, SWAT -
effective February 1.
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Toledo Police Department – Increased Overtime
• Authorized overtime for increased marked patrols.
• Authorized overtime for increased plain clothes and
tactical operations.
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Toledo Police Department – Additional Intelligence Briefings
• Field Operations, Special Operations, Investigations,
Intelligence
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Toledo Police Department – Increased Overtime
• Authorized overtime for increased marked patrols.
• Authorized overtime for increased plain clothes and
tactical operations.
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Toledo Police Department – Ongoing Proactive Efforts
• S.T.O.P., TCIRV - S.T.O.P, which stands for Strategic
Tactical Operational Policing, combines crime data with
community policing on a door-to-door level. Through T-CIRV,
the police department targets chronic and violent offenders,
as well as the active gang members in the city.
• Federal Task Forces, Gang Sweeps
• Community Services programs – STRIVE, Brains & Bodies,
PAL
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