Latest posts tagged with #wrps on Bluesky
I'm curious what impact appointing Regional Chairs and providing them with 'strong powers', who (at least in Waterloo Region) also sit on the Police Service Board, will have on the police budget process. #WRcouncil #WRPS www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
Text: The capital expenditure requirements of the total Facilities Master Plan, is outlined in Appendix B and C and totals $278.1M (PSCC 75,000 sf) or $248.6M (PSCC 50,000 sf) over the next 25 years (in 2024 dollars). Approximately $247.5M (PSCC 75,000 sf) or $196M (PSCC 50,000 sf) of these totals fall into the 2025-2033 forecast period.
Oh, did we all think that $173 million was a lot for the recently approved WRPS Communications Centre? Well, apparently that's only part of a larger Facilities Plan (2025-2033) with a price tag of $278 million. #WRcouncil #WRPS
Three arrested after climbing construction crane of 32-storey building: WRPS
Three arrests have been made by WRPS after they were found trespassing at a construction site in Kitchener and climbing the tower crane of a 32-storey building...
#Kitchener #Police #WRPS
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According to Apple Music stats, the song is getting some radio play especially on “RI Free Radio, Providence” - thanks Rhode Islanders! #RIFreeRadio & the historic South Shore station #WRPS thedogmatics.com/recordings/
Why isn't the #WRPS jumping into this right away? Making our communities safer!
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#WaterlooRegion & #WRPS (& all regions of Ontario) need to take pedestrian safety more seriously & do something about the dangerous speeds on our roads.
A 3 year-old girl lost her life while she was on a walk with her mom.
Stop passing the buck! Act now!
#speedkills
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If the #WRPS were focused on community safety as a whole, rather than growing the institution itself, their budget would look much different, as would their engagement with residents and community organizations working on prevention and harm reduction.
On November 18, 2025, at around 1:45 a.m., Waterloo Regional Police responded to calls of gunshots in the Arthur Fach Drive area of Cambridge.
#waterloopolice #wrps #cambridge #publicsafety #shooting #crime #criminal #onpoli #ontario #cdnpoli
Changed paragraph to say reductions should come from the police budget increase, not community groups funding.
Let's give this a try, instead. #WRPS www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
Meanwhile, Waterloo Region's police get massive budget increases year after year, rubber-stamped by a complicit council.
My heroes lend me books!
#WaterlooRegion
#WRPS #onpoli
Text: She noted the input session should also be about all-around safety and not just the institution of the service. The service could do better, she said, noting more is needed than just symbolic gestures of painting a cruiser orange and instead engaging with Indigenous communities, telling organizers of “queer-friendly” events to shut down because of threats but not further investigating the threats, and watching community partners such as the House of Friendship scale back essential programs while the police budget rises by millions.
"Bowman said from what she could glean from the budget, 2026 is a continuation of budget increases with little connection to improved outcomes." #WRPS www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
The #WRPS police budget input session (2 of 2) is now complete. The first session had zero delegates and this session had 4. You watch the recording here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKQu...
Listening to the #WRPS 2026 police budget input session and we've got a first time delegate who's killing it! Love to see folks take the first step into advocating for the kind of the community they want. Love to see it!
Waterloo Regional PS is reimagining modern policing through its Stratified Policing Model, emphasizing prevention, early intervention & collaboration.
Explore the model in the latest issue of HQ Magazine:
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#PublicSafety #PolicingInnovation #WRPS #OACP
🚨 Assault Investigation – Waterloo|On June 29 at 2:40 a.m., a lit firework was thrown onto a person sitting on King St. S near Willis Way from a passing black truck. Suspect: White male, white hat, black t-shirt, front passenger seat. Info? Call WRPS at 519-570-9777. #WaterlooRegion #WRPS
Waterloo Regional Police are investigating multiple frauds at banks in Kitchener and Waterloo between June 20–26. Police want to ID and speak with the man pictured below. Info? Call 519-570-9777 or Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477 / waterloocrimestoppers.com
#WaterlooRegion #WRPS
📸 Waterloo R Police
🚨Kitchener Break-Ins: WRPS investigating 4 break-ins (June 18). 2 arrests (June 19): 23 y/o Toronto male – B&E, theft, wanted /30 y/o Mississauga male – stolen property. Search in Shelburne. Ongoing.
#Kitchener #WRPS #OntarioCrime #kitchenerWaterloo
🚨 Waterloo Police are investigating an early morning assault near King St N & Bridgeport Rd E on June 22.
A man was approached by 3 unknown males who shouted racial slurs before one assaulted him. No injuries reported.
Info? Call 519-570-9777 or @WaterlooCrime. #Waterloo #WRPS #HateCrime
Photo: Waterloo Police
🚨 Parcel thefts in Waterloo (May 26–June 6)
Suspect: White woman, 30s, long brown hair, tattoo on left arm, seen in black sedan.
Info? ☎️ 519-570-9777 x6399 or Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477
#WRPS #Waterloo #CrimeAlert
🚨 Waterloo Regional Police are investigating a hate-motivated incident near King St N & Hickory St W on June 12.
A man shouted racist comments & wrote slurs on a victim’s car before fleeing on foot. No injuries reported.
Info? Call 519-570-9777 x6399 or @WaterlooCrime ⬇️
#HateCrime #WRPS
Feb 22nd on #WRPSRockland 88.3 FM or online anywhere at WRPSRockland.com - LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE = @thedogmatics on @rumbarrecords #Boston#bostonrock #garagerock #wrps #radio #music #newmusic#massachusetts
Reminder: The #WRPS (police) is right across the street from our #Waterloo store. They won't do anything unless they're called upon, so feel free to go about your day when visiting us; it's a free-for-all! I should mention that most of the cops can't read anyways. #ACAB
Reminder: The #WRPS (police) is right across the street from our #Waterloo store. They won't do anything unless they're called upon, so feel free to go about your day when visiting us; it's a free-for-all! I should mention that most of the cops can't read anyways. #ACAB
The Kitchener mayor is asking staff to come back with $7 million in further reductions but opposed the motion to ask the #WRPS to reduce their proposed budget increase by $4 million. Disappointing. #WRcouncil www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
The staff report outlining potential cuts to the budget is here (and a reminder that earlier today, council opposed a motion to ask the #WRPS to make cuts to their proposed budget increase). www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/regional-...
Cllr Foxton says she reached out to #WRPS about this proposal and discovered that they have already reduced the budget by $6 million (right - which is what they do every year. They propose a higher budget and then reduce it, saying look, don't ask for reductions, we already made them).
December 3rd, 2024 #WRcouncil discusses a motion for the #WRPS to cut their budget by $4 million. The recording is here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBtW...
What's more fun than watching a #WRPS police board meeting at the end of your weekend? Watching two police board meetings! I'm now onto the November 13th meeting, which you can watch here. #WRcouncil www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtKB...
I'm finally getting around the the October 16th 2024 #WRPS police board meeting where they discuss the 2025 proposed police budget (yup, new followers, this is what I spend my free time doing!). You can view the meeting recording here.
#WRcouncil www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWz6...
“You won’t get agreement from me that the way to make our community safer and have people feel safe and be safe is to have less policing,” said McLean, a former Waterloo councillor who is president of the Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce.
I think this is one of the issues with the #WRPS police board. Its members believe that the best approach to community safety is always more police - making it extremely difficult to shift to a more proactive community-led approach. www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
