Zurich Citizens News, 1974-05-09, Page 5THURSDAY, MAY 9, 19'74 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
Discuss county police force
A proposal to form a Huron
County police force will be
discussed at an open meeting to
be held at the Clinton Town
Hall Thursday, May 9, at $
p.111,
Exeter police chief Ted Day
who is chairman of the Huron
police chiefs committee said
the meeting will discuss propos-
als of forming the county depart
merit costs, the number of men
needed and the advantages and
disadvantages.
Elected representatives of all
municipalities in Huron are
invited along with anyone int-
erested in county policing.
It attendance will be Ontario'
Police Commissioner Elmer
13e11, QC, His Honour Judge
Graham, Ron Durand and Walt-
er Johnson of the Ontario Police
Commission.
The proposal put forth by the
police chiefs committee calls
for a force composed of a chief,
and four inspectors who would
be responsible for policing five
divisions set up through rhe
county.
Huron County is now patrolled
by local forces in Exeter, God-
erich, Wingham,, Clinton and
Seaforth and by the Ontario
Provincial Police in the rural
areas,
The Ontario Task Force on
Policing recommended in Feb-
ruary that police forces in towns
populations of less than
15, 000 should be amalgamated
with rhe OPP or be restructured
as part of a county or regional
police force.
Chief Day said his committee
has been drafting its proposal
since the task force report carne
out and wants to establish rite
county force "before it's too
late and legislation conies out
yelling us what to do."
It advocates a county force
instead of amalgamation be-
cause as Day said, "we could
do it more reasonably financ-
ially and patrolmen would
continue to live and work in
the same towns.
Under OPP jurisdiction he
said, patrolmen would be nwre
liable for transfer. Under the
proposed county force about 30
men would be added to take
care of township policing comp-
ared with the present force of
trrc r
by 1g77
21 nlcili, destination signs will
t.rc,te(1 (111 Ontario's
Highways. signalling the st .it of
t six-year program to etmyert the
Minisu•\'s operations to the
metric syst,In. Honourable John
R. Rhodes. Minister of Transpor-
tation and Communications, has
announced.
The green and white signs will
show the distance in kilometres to
major Ontario communities.
The conversion factor is 1.6 km
1 mile, therefore, 16 kilometres
equals 10 miles -- or breaking it
-.lawn further, eight kilometres
{quals five miles.
'1 he signs NN ill be located on
major highways near such centres
,s Hamilton. North Bay, Ottawa.
Toronto, 'Thunder Bay and on
highways near principal border
crossing points.
All ten Provinces and the
Federal Government are working
t.) an agreed plan with a target
date of September, 1977 for
changing all highway signs in
Canada.
No changes in posted speed
limited from miles per hour
(m.p.h.) to kilometres per hour
(km/h),. or on other regulatory
signs will be made before
sin li's
Ca a
September. 1977.
'When speed limit conversions
are nlacte, they will likely be
changed to round numbers in
kilometres per hour, such as 50
knl, 11 in place of 30 m.p.h., or 100
km 11 in place of 60 m.p.h.
Metric speedometers are
already found on many imported
cars and nlotorcvcles, and will
soon be a feature on new
domestic automobiles. When the
changeover takes place,
conversion stickers will be
available for older vehicles.
The plans of the various
Ontario Ministries are being
co-ordinated by the Metric Office
within the Ministry of Industry
and Tourism.
All 10 Provinces co-operated in
development of a national plan for
metric changeover of highway
construction and operations and
this plan was adopted in October.
1973 at the annual convention of
the Roads and Transportation
Association of Canada.
Adoption of the metric system
will bring Canada in line with the
system of measurement already
in use by all' major countries
outside of North America.
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32 who operate only, in the five
municipalities.
Linder the proposal the five
municipal chiefs would rel-
inquish their present posts..
Four of them would become
superintendents of divisions and
the fifth would head the entire
force and be responsible for its
administration.
Chief Day stressed that the
OPP would continue to he call-
ed in for special investigations.
Initial salary costs would he
lower under the county force
because the average wages of
a first class officer in a local
town is about $1,200 less than
that of an OPP officer.
William l larris of Wingllann
who is co-chairman of the
I luron County ad-hoc commit-
tee on policing said his group
would likely recommend to .
county counc11 that Clinton he
headquarters for the. new force.
Ile said conversations Witt
reeves in rile five county towns
indicated preferences for 1Ite
county force.
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