Hey, let's face it, Jeff had a real rough one around that G20 Summit when the anarchists took over his car and burned it down. What the HELL? Who would forget the images of June 26th and 27th 2010? Pearson is the head of the TAVIS unit (Toronto Anti-violent Strategy Initiative) We hear he's heading to the gangs and gun unit after the New Year. Great cop always there for the community.
He was even there at my Rappers Against Guns news conference and spoke to the media. KJ loves him as one of his major mentors and always feels sorry for the car. Jeff ran an operation that the community became safer again with 60 homicides in 2010 as compared to the proverbial "80 something." Even though the goal is no homicides, Tavis always aims to help the community get to know the cops and bring that trust and safety back. Jeff was there when I paired up local rappers with TAVIS to record PSA's. One of his biggest goals was to make sure we the public are comfy with our neighborhood cops. Thank you for your service always!The Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy (TAVIS) is an intensive, violence reduction and community mobilization strategy intended to reduce crime and increase safety in our neighbourhoods.
• TAVIS is led by the Toronto Police Service. Partners include Toronto Community Housing, the City of Toronto Divisions and others.
• TAVIS rolls out in three phases:
(1) Additional Toronto Police Service officers are assigned to areas experiencing an increase in violent activity;
(2) Once the neighbourhood is safe, "maintenance-level" enforcement continues with increased police/city/community member collaboration; and
(3) "Normalized" policing provided as support to an empowered community.
• An essential part of TAVIS is engagement with community members. It becomes the support system necessary to deal more effectively with the root causes of crime.
• The success of TAVIS is not based on the number of arrests made but on the reduction in crime, enhancement of public trust and confidence, and the building of relationships within the communities most affected by violence.
• TAVIS is a city-wide strategy and officers assigned to TAVIS can be found in any Toronto neighbourhood experiencing an increase in criminal activity.
• Additional TAVIS officers are assigned for the summer months to two or three identified neighbourhoods for the Neighbourhood TAVIS Initiative (NTI). These neighbourhoods are chosen using crime trend analysis, occurrence mapping and community consultation. They are identified because they are experiencing a disproportionate level of criminal activity for their size.
Source: TAVIS FB page
