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Supporting The Timmins Police Service

Helping Local Police Improve Community Safety

December 14, 2010

News

The Timmins Police Service is unveiling the newest addition to its fleet - a new command and logistics vehicle that will help officers fight crime and better respond to emergencies.

Ontario is supporting the local police to purchase a specialized vehicle to help police teams stay at a crime scene longer and better assist in the search for missing persons.

The Civil Remedies Grant program enables money to be taken out of the hands of wrongdoers and used to assist victims and police services to help keep Ontario families and communities safe.

Quotes

"We're supporting local law enforcement through the forfeiture program by increasing access to resources. With the addition of this new vehicle, the police now have another tool to keep families in the Timmins area safer."
– Chris Bentley, Attorney General

"These funds have helped to equip us with a very important emergency response vehicle that will enable us to respond more effectively to public safety incidents in the area."
– Chief Richard Laperriere, Timmins Police Service

Quick Facts

• The Timmins Police Service has received a grant for $120,000.
• Since November 2003, $13.8 million has been forfeited to the Crown under provincial civil forfeiture law.

Learn More

Civil Forfeiture In Ontario

Read the Civil Remedies Act

Contacts

Nauman Khan
Minister's Office, 416-326-1785

Brendan Crawley
Communications Branch, 416-326-2210

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