Toronto police have given CP24 a look inside their command centre, showing how they plan to manage big crowds and respond to service calls during the concerts.
Toronto police give CP24 a tour of the command centre for the Taylor Swift concerts, showing how it will operate during the shows.
“I think it’s important for people to know that the Toronto police have been working really closely with tour organizers, city staff, all departments, to ensure that we have appropriate resources in place to make sure everybody has an incredibly happy and safe time while they come and celebrate the presence of Taylor Swift in our city.”
“It could change just depending on what’s happening. We do have a person, a logistics person, that can swap out and put anything that we have on these screens so prominently,” Sgt. Stephen Hammond said.“ gives the incident commander and all the people in the an opportunity to see where that is and deploy resources to where that call for service is,” Hammond said.WHO IS IN THE COMMAND CENTRE
“And the members on the field would call up and say, we need more officers here. That person from operations would then talk to the incident commander, which is a senior officer. And the movement of people would happen. So, they’d move those officers to where they are needed,” Hammond said.The Toronto police command centre is pictured on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.
“If people need us, they can look over and see the red and blue lights flashing on our uniform, and they can approach us,” he said.
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