How app upgrades are helping Toronto police do more bail compliance checks | CBC News
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A $2.4-million provincial grant has upgraded a bail compliance dashboard app in Ontario, initially created by Toronto police in 2019. The app allows officers to review bail conditions for individuals facing serious charges like carjackings and human trafficking. Managed by the Ontario Provincial Police, the system now receives court data faster and is used to conduct increased compliance checks. Last year's statistics show a 200% increase in checks performed, making it a vital tool for modernizing bail enforcement processes and enhancing operational efficiency for frontline officers.
With three years of provincial funding, which began in 2023 and wraps next March, Toronto police have improved their systems so the dashboard receives court information faster and on more individuals, allowing officers to do more compliance checks.
We've expanded year over year. We're getting court data faster, it's more accurate, and we're making sure that we're reducing administrative burdens where we can, so frontline officers have more time for bail compliance.
In the past, officers would have to use very manual-type methods like spreadsheets or mug shots on a wall. This takes us into modern times.
Last year, Toronto police completed 200 per cent more bail compliance checks compared to when the dashboard was first created six years ago.
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