Peel police break ground on new police facility as Brampton population continues to grow
Peel police have broken ground on a new operational support facility, slated to open in 2027.
Officials from Peel Region officially launched the construction process on Wednesday morning at the site of the future facility, located at 8100 Mississauga Road in Brampton.
The five-storey building will house Peel Regional Police’s communications centre, records department and IT services. It will replace the building currently located at 7750 Hurontario Street, a building executive advisor Robert Shearer said is “at the end of its life cycle” during Wednesday’s press conference.
Police say the new facility is part of an “organizational transformation” as the police force works to “meet the needs of one of Canada’s most diverse and fastest-growing communities.”
The project is part of the future development of a fifth police division in Brampton, due to the region’s substantial population growth over the past decade. Between 2016 and 2021, the city grew by over 60,000 people, marking population growth of approximately 10.6 per cent. The region is expected to be home to close to one million people by 2051, with an estimated growth of 350,000 people in the next 10 years.
“With a greater population means greater demands to maintain public safety,” Sumeeta Kohli, vice-chair of Peel Regional Police, said during the Wednesday morning news conference. “This operational support will provide much-needed resources and improve service delivery for the residents of Peel.” Kohli added that 911 operations will be moved into the new, state-of-the-art facility and will be equipped to improve responses to what she called “critical incidents.”
“We’re very much looking forward to being a part of this community and expanding our services to support a growing population in the region of Peel,” she concluded.
“We know this community deserves a modern approach to policing,” Shearer said. “There are women and men in the communications centre and frontline, and 80 per cent of the time, they’re responding to calls for service for things like food insecurity, precarious housing, mental health, addictions, youth-related issues, older adults that need support, vulnerable populations. And on top of that, we have some really significant urban pressures in the form of crime. So our desire is to meet those needs in a non-traditional way.”
The new operational support facility is estimated to open in 2027.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
Air Canada union head says she'll resign if pilots reject deal
The head of the Air Canada pilots union says she'll step down if members opt not to approve a tentative deal with the airline, raising the stakes as aviators mull whether to accept hefty salary gains or drive an even harder bargain.
2 suspended from U.S. college swim team after report of slur scratched onto student's body
At least two students at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania have been suspended from the swim team after a report that a racial slur was scratched onto a student's body, officials said.
How does your health measure up? Criticism of long-time tool used to track progress
Body mass index, a long-time tool used to measure a person's health, may soon be out the door as some health professionals push for a system they say is more accurate.
Sunken superyacht believed to contain watertight safes with sensitive intelligence data
Specialist divers surveying the wreckage of the US$40 million superyacht that sank off Sicily in August, killing seven people including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, have asked for heightened security to guard the vessel, over concerns that sensitive data locked in its safes may interest foreign governments, multiple sources told CNN.
Kate, the Princess of Wales, makes first public appearance after cancer treatment
Kate, the Princess of Wales, made her first public appearance Sunday since she announced she had completed chemotherapy and would return to some public duties.
Challengers make gains in banking, but it's a long road to higher market share
It’s not easy going up against Canada’s banking oligopoly, but some are trying.
North Carolina's Robinson, omitted from Trump rally, avoids comment on report about online posts
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson avoided directly weighing in during a gubernatorial campaign event Saturday on a CNN report outlining evidence that he made disturbing posts on a pornography website's message board more than a decade ago.
Netanyahu considering plan to force all Palestinian civilians out of northern Gaza to besiege Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering a plan to force all Palestinian civilians out of northern Gaza, including Gaza City, in order to lay siege to Hamas and force the release of hostages.
'Hubris and greed': Takeaways from the first week of U.S. Coast Guard inquiry into the Titan submersible disaster
More than a year after the Titan submersible imploded, killing all five voyagers on board, the story of the ill-fated expedition to the Titanic has taken the form of a modern-day Greek tragedy overflowing with mortal pride and heedlessness.