The Police Officer of the Year Award is an annual tribute dinner held by the Toronto Region Board of Trade.
The Board created the award in 1967. Its purpose is to recognize members of the Toronto Police Service who have made significant contributions to making Toronto one of the safest cities in the world. Each month, an officer is selected for Police Officer of the Month, based on the following criteria: bravery, humanitarianism, superior investigative work and outstanding police skills.
Three years ago, the TPS Business Excellence Award was created. Its purpose is to recognize members of the Toronto Police Service who have made significant contributions to the Toronto Police Service and the City of Toronto. Each submission is judged on the following criteria: innovation, community service, technical achievement and customer service and reliability.
This year's Police Officer of the Year event will be held at the Toronto Region Board of Trade, 1 First Canadian Place, on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at 6 p.m.
Click here for promotional video for the Award dinner event.
Leading up to the event, we will be presenting the stories of those nominated for the Police Officer of the Year and for the TPS Business Excellence Award.
Nominated for the TPS Business Excellence Award are: Inis Artinian, Court Services, and Manager Susan Walker-Knapper, Court Services
The Toronto Police Service is striving to find ways to become more efficient, effective and economical. Ms. Inis Artinian, a supervisor in Court Services, conceived, planned and initiated an Insulin-dependent diabetic project to improve the health care to prisoners in courthouse holding cells.
Historically, Court Services procedure directed that Insulin-dependent diabetics would be taken to the hospital with two escort officers to receive the required insulin injection. This affected the regular daily operations of the courts which were already strained with regular court security.
The Insulin-dependent diabetic project, working with the Community Care Access Centre, has Home Care Nurses who assist with insulin-dependent diabetic prisoners and attend court locations to administer their required dose of insulin. The medical information and insulin is provided by the provincial detention centers.
This project has increased officer safety and has reduced prisoner escapes and assaults on court officers that may occur during these escorts to the hospital. It has also reduced delays in judicial proceedings. The project eliminates the risk to the public in having prisoners at hospitals, eliminates the cost for an emergency room visit and decreases the wait times for other patients.
Ms. Inis Artinian and Manager Susan Walker-Knapper have been awarded a TPS Business Excellence Award nomination on behalf of the Insulin-dependent diabetic project.
For further information, please contact TPS Corporate Communications at 416-808-7100 or Matthew Kofsky, Toronto Region Board of Trade, at 416-862-4558.
The Board created the award in 1967. Its purpose is to recognize members of the Toronto Police Service who have made significant contributions to making Toronto one of the safest cities in the world. Each month, an officer is selected for Police Officer of the Month, based on the following criteria: bravery, humanitarianism, superior investigative work and outstanding police skills.
Three years ago, the TPS Business Excellence Award was created. Its purpose is to recognize members of the Toronto Police Service who have made significant contributions to the Toronto Police Service and the City of Toronto. Each submission is judged on the following criteria: innovation, community service, technical achievement and customer service and reliability.
This year's Police Officer of the Year event will be held at the Toronto Region Board of Trade, 1 First Canadian Place, on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at 6 p.m.
Click here for promotional video for the Award dinner event.
Leading up to the event, we will be presenting the stories of those nominated for the Police Officer of the Year and for the TPS Business Excellence Award.
Nominated for the TPS Business Excellence Award are: Inis Artinian, Court Services, and Manager Susan Walker-Knapper, Court Services
The Toronto Police Service is striving to find ways to become more efficient, effective and economical. Ms. Inis Artinian, a supervisor in Court Services, conceived, planned and initiated an Insulin-dependent diabetic project to improve the health care to prisoners in courthouse holding cells.
Historically, Court Services procedure directed that Insulin-dependent diabetics would be taken to the hospital with two escort officers to receive the required insulin injection. This affected the regular daily operations of the courts which were already strained with regular court security.
The Insulin-dependent diabetic project, working with the Community Care Access Centre, has Home Care Nurses who assist with insulin-dependent diabetic prisoners and attend court locations to administer their required dose of insulin. The medical information and insulin is provided by the provincial detention centers.
This project has increased officer safety and has reduced prisoner escapes and assaults on court officers that may occur during these escorts to the hospital. It has also reduced delays in judicial proceedings. The project eliminates the risk to the public in having prisoners at hospitals, eliminates the cost for an emergency room visit and decreases the wait times for other patients.
Ms. Inis Artinian and Manager Susan Walker-Knapper have been awarded a TPS Business Excellence Award nomination on behalf of the Insulin-dependent diabetic project.
For further information, please contact TPS Corporate Communications at 416-808-7100 or Matthew Kofsky, Toronto Region Board of Trade, at 416-862-4558.