Торонто университетінің кампус қауіпсіздік қызметінің тарихы мен құрылымы

University campus police service, University of Toronto
Because of the University of Toronto's de centralized tri campus structure, the Service is organized into three functionally separate groups (St. George, University of Toronto Scarborough, and University of Toronto Mississauga), which — despite sharing a common brand identity and some policies — are operated, managed, and trained separately. The special constables were appointed and overseen by the province until 1995, when this responsibility was downloaded to the Toronto and Peel Region police services boards. The Erindale College Police Force was rebranded in 1998, when the College was rebranded as University of Toronto Mississauga. In 2003, after a rash of assaults against special constables, the St. George campus police group requested permission from the Toronto Police Services Board to carry batons. The authority to carry batons was later granted to all three campus police forces. In 2004, the provincial government compelled police services boards, including the Toronto and Peel boards, to require that campus police forces change their names from "University Police" to "Campus Community Police" or a non police title. Subsequently, all three campuses adopted "Campus Community Police" brands. In 2019, the Comprehensive Police Services Act came into force, prohibiting special constabularies from referring to themselves as "police" organizations without express permission of the Ministry of the Solicitor General. Accordingly, in 2021, all three campuses dropped the "Campus Community Police" brand, and instead adopted a "Campus Safety" brand. The new "Campus Safety" title was accompanied by updates to the uniforms and vehicle markings, which were rolled out across all three campuses. The Mental Health Act requires that police officers and special constables detain and transport someone to the hospital if they have specific plans to harm themselves, but, in the 2019 incident, the student was willing to voluntarily attend the hospital.

The Service is divided into three operational groups, each serving one U of T campus. Although the three groups share common uniforms, some common policies, and a similar structure, each group is operated separately of the other groups, with an independent chain of command on each campus. At the University's central St. George Campus, the Service is a division of the Facilities and Services department; and at the smaller Scarborough and Mississauga campuses, under the direct supervision of the Chief Administrative Officer. Supplementing special constables on every campus are licensed security guards, who are referred to as building patrollers.

Special constable appointments are issued for each campus independently: a Scarborough campus special constable, for example, is appointed and categorized separately from a St. George campus special constable, even though both constables are appointed by the same police services board. The Team liaises with local police and other law enforcement partners to complete investigations, and is led by an assistant director. Special constables at each campus are trained separately. Special constables are also equipped with soft body armour. Building patrollers wear beige dress shirts and black cargo pants, or, during the summer, grey and black polo shirts and black cargo pants.

Special constables patrol in a mix of marked Ford Police Interceptor Utilities, unmarked minivans and crossovers, and bicycles. At the St. George Campus, special constables also have at their disposal an unmarked Toyota Highlander Hybrid.