The winner of the 2013 TPS Business Excellence Award was announced during the annual tribute dinner held yesterday evening at the Toronto Region Board of Trade.
The Board of Trade created the award in 2009. Its purpose is to recognize the member's contributions to the Police Service and City of Toronto based on innovation, community service, technical achievement and customer service and reliability.
Nominations are made and the projects are then evaluated by a panel of judges. One project is chosen to receive the Business Excellence Award.
The winner is:
#Fraudchat Crime Prevention Through Social Media, Detective Sergeant Cameron Field
Since the advent of social media, the Toronto Police Service has been engaged in a campaign to build bridges with the growing number of Canadians who use social media.
In November 2011, the Financial Crimes Unit embarked on a social media campaign to deal with the increasing number of financial crimes within the city of Toronto and nationally. In Canada, financial crimes are the only crime indicators that consistently rise every year. Detective Sergeant Cameron Field was tasked with creating the social media platform for the Financial Crimes Unit. He engaged two members of the unit to join him in forming the social media team.
In the fall of 2012, the unit had been on Twitter and Facebook for a complete year, with 10,000 followers between the three members. It was quite evident that there was genuine interest in financial crimes, prevention tips, overall awareness and the chance to converse informally with unit members.
With this in mind, Detective Sergeant Field undertook to expand the social media platform by engaging our private, corporate and government partners. He met with staff from the Financial Services Commission of Ontario.
In December 2012, the Financial Crimes Unit and the FSCO began hosting a one-hour online Twitter chat known as Fraudchat to educate the public about financial crimes and fraud. Fraudchat occurs every Thursday evening between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. and offers an informal venue for people to talk openly about fraud.
Within weeks, Fraudchat became a success with followers from around the country and followers from the United States, the United Kingdom, Africa, Sweden and other parts of the world.
The program deals with various topics that include romance frauds, lotteries, investments, door-to-door sales, auto insurance, staged motor vehicle collisions, hot water heater and home renovation scams as well as Seniors and Fraud.
Going forward, both the Financial Crimes Unit and the FSCO have expanded and diversified Fraudchat by using info-graphics and Public Service Announcement tools to enhance the effect of the program. Adding visual tools allows followers to click on these links for further information.
Congratulations to Detective Sergeant Cameron Field.
For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.
The Board of Trade created the award in 2009. Its purpose is to recognize the member's contributions to the Police Service and City of Toronto based on innovation, community service, technical achievement and customer service and reliability.
Nominations are made and the projects are then evaluated by a panel of judges. One project is chosen to receive the Business Excellence Award.
The winner is:
#Fraudchat Crime Prevention Through Social Media, Detective Sergeant Cameron Field
Since the advent of social media, the Toronto Police Service has been engaged in a campaign to build bridges with the growing number of Canadians who use social media.
In November 2011, the Financial Crimes Unit embarked on a social media campaign to deal with the increasing number of financial crimes within the city of Toronto and nationally. In Canada, financial crimes are the only crime indicators that consistently rise every year. Detective Sergeant Cameron Field was tasked with creating the social media platform for the Financial Crimes Unit. He engaged two members of the unit to join him in forming the social media team.
In the fall of 2012, the unit had been on Twitter and Facebook for a complete year, with 10,000 followers between the three members. It was quite evident that there was genuine interest in financial crimes, prevention tips, overall awareness and the chance to converse informally with unit members.
With this in mind, Detective Sergeant Field undertook to expand the social media platform by engaging our private, corporate and government partners. He met with staff from the Financial Services Commission of Ontario.
In December 2012, the Financial Crimes Unit and the FSCO began hosting a one-hour online Twitter chat known as Fraudchat to educate the public about financial crimes and fraud. Fraudchat occurs every Thursday evening between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. and offers an informal venue for people to talk openly about fraud.
Within weeks, Fraudchat became a success with followers from around the country and followers from the United States, the United Kingdom, Africa, Sweden and other parts of the world.
The program deals with various topics that include romance frauds, lotteries, investments, door-to-door sales, auto insurance, staged motor vehicle collisions, hot water heater and home renovation scams as well as Seniors and Fraud.
Going forward, both the Financial Crimes Unit and the FSCO have expanded and diversified Fraudchat by using info-graphics and Public Service Announcement tools to enhance the effect of the program. Adding visual tools allows followers to click on these links for further information.
Congratulations to Detective Sergeant Cameron Field.
For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.