Ed Dizon Email & Phone Number

Huronia West (Wasaga Beach)

After over 25 years (incl. 17+ in investigative roles), with the country’s largest municipal police service, Ed has taken his talents north, to both share his knowledge and experience and learn and assist with the nation’s largest provincial police service’s efforts to promote community safety and address local law enforcement concerns.

In October 2016, Ed returned to some familiar stomping grounds with the Toronto Police Service, Sex Crimes Unit. This time around, he was assigned to the "Child and Youth Advocacy Centre" (CYAC). In this role, he continues to utilize his now 18 years of police knowledge, skills and experiences to investigate and facilitate the criminal prosecution of abuse (sexual/physical) against children.The CYAC is a ground-breaking (in Canada), and collaborative effort to house investigative resources (Toronto Police), child protection agencies, (Children's Aid Society) and ongoing victim support (Boost), under one roof with the goal of enhancing both investigative/case management efficiency and unparalleled convenience for the victims and their families, during this traumatic time in their lives.

In his assignment with the 12 Division "Family Violence Unit", Ed conducted investigations and facilitated victim management of investigations involving:• Domestic Violence (Involving intimate partners)• Sexual Assaults• Child Abuse• Missing Persons• Young Offenders or victims under the age of 18 yearsUpon his initial arrival to 12 Division, Ed continued his stint as Primary Response uniform officer, mentoring younger officers and learning about the new and demographically diverse community he now serves.

In this temporary assignment, with the 31 Division Primary Response Unit, Ed returned to his roots as a uniform patrol officer where he now had the ability to share his diverse training and experience, and mentor younger and newer officers, in the busy Jane/Finch corridor of Toronto.

In 2010, following his participation as part of the G8/G20 World Summit, Integrated Security Unit (ensuring the safety and security of Internationally Protected Persons, law enforcement personnel, protesters and all private citizens in attendance), Ed was re-assigned to the TPS Fugitive Squad where he was mandated to developed profiles, investigate and arrest multiple "internationally wanted persons, known to be residing in the Greater Toronto Area".

This assignment saw Ed become involved in matters of Toronto Police Service policy with respect to Human Rights, Employment Equity and Inclusive Organizational issues, as the service's Project Co-ordinator for Human Rights Project Charter (or "HRPC" ...see above for details).In this role, Ed also regularly liaised with and produced reports, analyses and presentations for Command and Senior officers, with respect to the management of a variety of related Special Projects and intitiatives, including ISNs (Internal Support Networks), the DMU Annual Conference, the HRPC conference.

Upon being assigned to the Sex Crimes Unit in 2004, Ed became involved in investigations involving Child Exploitation, specifically Child Prostitution (the pimping of victims under 18, escorting, etc.) and Child Pornography (the production and distribution of internet child abuse images and videos).In 2007, Ed was assigned to assist with the successful launch of "Special Victims Section", a specialized sub-section of Sex Crimes, mandated to investigate offences and manage criminal cases, related to prostitution and pimping (victim procurement, sex assault, forcible confinement, exercise control, etc.). In this capacity, Ed specialized in crimes against persons under 18, where some victims as young as 11 years-old.During this era of Ed's career he also spent time within the Sexual Assault Squad, which is mandated to investigate crimes involving serial offenders, stranger-to-stranger assaults, "date rape", etc.

Following his hiring and subsequent law enforcement training at the Ontario Police College, Ed commenced his policing career at 13 Division, where he was assigned and effectively completed a variety of progressively complex investigative duties and responsibilities...2003 - Sex Crimes Unit Task Force (Project)2003 - Homicide Squad Task Force (Project)2003 - Community Response Unit2002 - Criminal Investigations Bureau1999 - Primary Response Unit1998 - Hired