The Ontario government is implementing a new police dashboard to track individuals released on bail for firearm-related charges. This tool aims to enhance situational awareness for law enforcement by providing information about bail conditions, addresses, and charges. While the dashboard does not involve GPS tracking, it will enable officers to conduct bail checks efficiently. The government hopes this initiative will address concerns regarding bail reform and improve public safety.
The Ontario government is rolling out a province-wide dashboard to monitor people who are out on bail for firearms-related offences, the province announced Wednesday. This dashboard is a situational awareness tool for police, the province said.Graham McGregor, associate minister of auto theft and bail reform, said he's challenging all police services in Ontario to sign up to the bail monitoring dashboard by the end of the year.
"But what we can do from the provincial side is make sure we're monitoring these people more effectively," he said. Officers can use this information to conduct bail checks. There is no GPS tracking involved in the dashboard, Meyer said.A Toronto police officer is in hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, after he was shot Wednesday while investigating an alleged robbery. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on social media that ‘the federal government needs to do its job and fix our broken bail system,’ after it was learned the suspect was out on bail for previous charges.
The dashboard is part of $112 million in spending the government is putting toward strengthening bail enforcement and monitoring for violent offenders, announced in April 2023.The dashboard is the province's attempt to address a flawed bail system, McGregor said.
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