Maureen Prinsloo, the former longtime Scarborough city councillor who championed community-based policing while serving as Toronto’s police services board chair in the mid-1990s, has died. Prinsloo was chair of the preamalgamation Metro Toronto police services board, now known as the Toronto Police Services Board. Maureen played it straight,” said longtime friend and former colleague Carol Ruddell, who served with Prinsloo on Scarborough council in the 1970s. Tonks credits Prinsloo with putting community policing on the agenda, a practice that has become a hot-button issue today. It’s tough love, and that’s important.” After her stint on the police services board, Prinsloo retired and threw herself into various community initiatives, serving on the boards of charities and retirement homes.

Source: thestar December 04, 2017 01:52 UTC