A message from Toronto Police Service - 42 Division:

If you feel ill or have any symptoms of a respiratory virus, we are asking visitors to please avoid coming into our police divisions and other police facilities until you feel better.

For emergency, dial 9-1-1.  It is an emergency if someone's immediate health, safety, or property is in immediate danger or there is crime in progress.

For non-emergencies, dial 416-808-2222.  You can also use our online reporting system for incidents such as:

• Damage to Vehicle or Property under $5,000 

• Driving or Parking Complaints

• Traffic Issues or Concerns

• Graffiti

• Theft or Fraud under $5,000

Please visit www.torontopolice.on.ca/core to learn more.  For information on COVID-19, please visit Toronto Public Health website at www.toronto.ca/coronavirus 

Pre-screening message posted at 42 Division:

If you have a fever and/or new onset of cough or difficulty breathing and in the 14 days before symptom onset, you have been to a COVID-19 impacted area, or you have been in close contact with a confirmed or probable case of COVID-19, or you have been in close contact with a person with acute respiratory illness who has been to a COVID-19 impacted area, please delay your visit and contact your health care provider, or Telehealth Ontario (1-866-797-0000)

A lot of vehicle theft has happened in 42 Division lately.  One way that thieves are stealing keyless entry vehicles is by means of signal relaying.  Keyless systems use a simple process where fobs emit a short-range “friendly” radio signal that carries only a few metres.  When the vehicle is close by, the car recognizes the signal unlocks its doors.  The same process is used for the ignition on cars with start buttons; the fob signal usually needs to be inside the car itself. Relay thieves use wireless transmitters held up to the front door or window of a house (or the handbag/pocket of a car owner), to capture the signal from a fob and relay it to a target vehicle.  An accomplice standing close to the vehicle captures the signal, fooling the car into unlocking.  Once the accomplice is inside the car, the process can be repeated to start the engine.

42 Division is advising members of the community not to leave their fobs near the front door of the house.  Keys should be kept further inside the house so that “Relay Thieves” are not able to capture the short-distance signal of the fob because it is too far away from them.  A number of newer vehicles stolen in 42 Division lately that may have been stolen by means of signal relaying.

This is one good method to prevent your keyless car with a start button from being stolen.  People can also buy car key signal blocker pouches to store their keys in that prevents the RFID signal from being intercepted.

Riding bicycles on the sidewalk is a safety hazard!  Please read this document for more details. 

CDFCA did a generous donation to Agincourt Community Services Associations food bank on behalf of Scarborough Rosewood Food Drive.  Please see the thank you note for more details! 

An update on what Scarborough Health Network has been doing: 

• Message to Our Community

• Scarborough Ontario Health Team 

• Transforming Birth Service 

• New Stroke Center