In Brantford, as I stated in my opening comments, we are often arresting the same individuals repeatedly, and they have an outsized impact on both the police service and the criminal justice system.
If you look at the crime severity index that was posted for 2024 and the comments made by our chief, Chief Saunders, a decrease in the crime severity index can often be caused by one or two individuals being detained in custody, which causes those charges or offences to stop happening while those individuals are in custody. Keeping those repeat violent offenders in custody helps protect the rights of the victims and the community.