Virtual Town Hall: TAVIS

Residents Dept: The boy was one of 3,000 residents from the at-risk Rexdale and Jane and Finch neighbourhoods taking part in a virtual town hall held on June 26 by TAVIS, the Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy, according to CBC. A call for action is a natural reaction in a city that's seen its fair share of violent and troubling crime this summer, but many say that policing is not the only answer and in the deluge of questions posed to Toronto police at a recent town hall, one stood out for slicing to the core: a worried 10-year-old boy asking what he could do to stay safe at school. TAVIS coordinator Sgt. Greg Watts said most of the comments focused on what could be done, with many residents saying, "we want to see police in our communities, what can we do to get you in here." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.