{"id":8693,"date":"2019-10-22T19:08:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T19:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/?p=8693"},"modified":"2020-12-30T17:10:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T17:10:57","slug":"8693","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/?p=8693","title":{"rendered":"Etobicoke community wants increased security measures this Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"R<\/span>esidents in the Kipling-Dixon community are urging for increased neighbourhood security for trick-or-treaters this Halloween, due to a string of police reported crimes that happened in the area this summer.<\/p>\n

The cluster of condominiums found on Dixon Road between Kipling and Islington Avenue, nicknamed the \u201cDixon buildings\u201d by locals, has become a recurring hotspot for crime in the past two decades, according to Toronto police.<\/p>\n

The neighbourhood was the subject of media attention in 2013 after police announced that 44 members of the Dixon City Bloods street gang were arrested during Project Traveller<\/a>; a controlled raid operation focused on eliminating gang-violence in the Dixon condominiums.<\/p>\n

Gills Sandahaar, superintendent of 301 Dixon Rd., said the area gained heavier police presence in 2019 after two separate stabbing incidents and a drive-by shooting.<\/p>\n

Despite the surge in security measures, residents in the area said they are worried that danger will haunt the neighbourhood this Halloween.<\/p>\n

Aliyah Burami, 14, resident of 370 Dixon Rd., said the last thing she would do is go trick-or-treating in her surrounding neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

Burami said her decision to spend the holiday elsewhere, is due to a dangerous incident that happened last Halloween. \u201cSomeone set off fireworks on Halloween and were aiming them off their balcony at cars in the parking lot. It was wild,\u201d said Burami.<\/p>\n

Loreta Baranov, a stay-at-home mom from 320 Dixon Rd., said poor condo security is the biggest concern for her 12-year-old daughter\u2019s safety this Halloween.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe security here aren\u2019t doing their job. They just sit in the office all day, even if you call them to complain about something, they take forever [to answer you]. My biggest fear is that my daughter will get kidnapped on Halloween or coming home from school, and they will do nothing about it,\u201d said Baranov.<\/p>\n

Ivan Harding, a resident of 315 Dixon Rd., said that he will take security measures into his own hands by watching the neighbourhood from his balcony during this year\u2019s Halloween festivities.\u00a0\u201cI understand that kids will be kids and parents want to let their kids have fun that night, but we [guardians] need to make sure that they keep an eye out for them,\u201d said Harding.<\/p>\n

Harding also said a few more police officers are needed in the area to patrol trick-or-treating.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast Halloween, there were a few police cruisers parked in the lot across from us, patrolling the area. With what\u2019s going on now, they might need to add more just for [Halloween] night. That would definitely make me feel at ease,\u201d Harding said.<\/p>\n

Sandahaar said he believed that residents\u2019 fear are due to overthinking about the violent events that happened in the past, and that trick-or-treaters have \u201cnothing to worry about.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, [violent] things like that happen, but people need to remember these things happen everywhere\u2014not just here. We can\u2019t keep thinking about those things; we have to move on from it,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

\u201cThe best thing kids can do is just be smart and trick-or-treat safely, by going with parents or their bigger brothers and sisters.\u201d Sandahaar said.<\/p>\n

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Residents in the Kipling-Dixon community are urging for increased neighbourhood security for trick-or-treaters this Halloween, due to a string of police reported crimes that happened in the area this summer. The cluster of condominiums found on Dixon Road between Kipling and Islington Avenue, nicknamed the \u201cDixon buildings\u201d by locals, has become a recurring hotspot for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":8697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8693"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}