Strategic Plan

Message from Board Chair Peter McSherry and Chief Gord Cobey

On behalf of the Guelph Police Services Board and the Guelph PoliceService, we are pleased to present the Guelph Police Service’s 2024-2027 Strategic Plan.

The 2024-2027 Strategic Plan is reflective of the collaboration between our Board, our Service, and our Citizens. This plan builds upon the positive momentum established and the accomplishments achieved over the last several years. This progress has included significant improvements in important areas including a reduction in our overall Crime Severity Index and emergency response times from their record highs in 2018 and 2019.
Our core values of Pride, Service, and Trust have guided us in developing our action plans to continue the important work of ensuring the safety of our citizens. Our 2024-2027 Strategic Plan will allow us to continue to progress as we meet the objectives of our six foundational strategic priorities: Community Policing; Community Wellness; Organizational Health and Service Effectiveness; Road Safety; Downtown; and Investigative Excellence.
The input of our residents, service members, and our community partners has been invaluable as we seek to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our citizens. Having made noteworthy progress on the goals and objectives of our previous plan, our residents and our community partners have stated that the foundational priorities established should remain important areas of focus.
Given the rapid growth of our city and the ever-changing trends being observed, our 2024-2027 Strategic Plan has incorporated Investigative Excellence as a strategic priority in recognition of the increasing complexity and interconnectedness of the crimes we investigate, the social and societal environment within which these crimes are occurring, and their impacts on our community. An important aspect of this work will include the development of increased investigative capacity in a number of important areas including Intimate Partner Violence, Human Trafficking, Internet Child Exploitation, and other cyber-enabled crimes targeting some of our most vulnerable residents.
Our recently completed KPMG Staffing and Service Delivery Review has recognized the efficacy of our Service in reducing crime when the ability to increase our officer complement is available, and acknowledges that the Service is challenged to meet the current and future needs of our community. Accordingly, this strategic plan has incorporated a multi-year plan to increase our ability to support our citizens while being mindful of the wellness of our members and the important affordability considerations for our residents.
As we launch our 2024-2027 Strategic Plan, we wish to express our gratitude to our residents, our community partners, and our Service members for their invaluable contributions in the development of this plan as we Move Forward Together.
Thank you for your trust and confidence in our Board and our Service.

Peter McSherry, Chair

Gord Cobey, Chief

 

View our 2024-27 Strategic Plan