2012 Suicide Related Demand on Police Services Completed on October 11, 2013

2012 Update: Suicide/Attempt Suicide Related Occurrences

Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS)

This report is a brief update of the number of suicide-related occurrences that the WRPS responded to from 2009 to the end of September 2013. The data source for this report is different from previous reports provided to the Suicide Prevention Council. Data is from WRPS Niche Records Management System (RMS). Once occurrences are closed in our CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) system, they are rolled into our RMS system. Any new or updated information on the occurrence is updated in RMS only. The final occurrence type is more accurate from our RMS source (although unit service time is only available from CAD).

The number of WRPS occurrences is counted by each unique event generated in CAD. CAD events may be generated from calls coming into

the Communications Centre from a non-emergency line, from a 9-1-1 phone line, or initiated by an officer. Occurrences may be closed with an RTF disposition (which means a “Report To Follow”), or No Report “NR”, or duplicate events may be generated and/or cancelled. Data in this report includes all these occurrences with the exception that cancelled occurrences from 2011 on have been removed.

WRPS uses two types of internal call/occurrence types that capture service involving suicides. The first is an “Attempted Suicide” call type

(9030) that is broken down into six subtypes. The second is a “Suicide” (9025), which is a subtype of a “Sudden Death” call type (9020). Please note that a Sudden Death occurrence that has been closed with as a subtype “Suicide” (9025) is not an official cause of death. This subtype is selected by the reporting officer, based on information available to them, as the most accurate call type at the time the police occurrence is closed.

Several tables and graphs of data are included below to provide a quick summary of the number of attempt suicide and suicide occurrences

handled by WRPS from January 1, 2009 to September 30, 2013. For your information, this data is also listed by day of week and month of year. The frequency of attempt suicide and suicide occurrences and the related service time spent by Waterloo Regional Police Service officers provides some insight into the issue of suicide in Waterloo Region. The number of suicides and attempt suicides in this report is by no means a complete picture of suicide within Waterloo Region. Other attempt suicide or suicide related incidents may have been categorized under other occurrence types, (such as mentally ill call type calls) within the police data and therefore would not have been captured in this analysis. If you have any questions about this data, please feel free to contact me: Marg Gloade, M.Sc., Research Analyst/Planner Waterloo Regional Police Service Executive Office, Research and Planning Branch Tel: 519-650-8500 ext. 8715 Margaret.gloade@wrps.on.ca

2012 Suicide Related Demand on Police Services Completed on October 11, 2013

Call Type Call SubType 2013 - up to Sept.30th 2012 2011 2010* 2009*

Sudden Death (902s) Suicide 9025 41 43 37 30 33

Attempt Suicide (903s) Subtotal 941 1,337 1,156 1,095 1,067 Subtype Not Selected 9030 14 14 40 53 56

Domestic Related 9031 37 55 52 48 69

Multiple Subjects 9032 3 2 1 5 1

Adult-Male Subject 9033 345 492 442 424 437

Adult-Female Subject 9034 368 516 418 426 377

Child (Under 18)-Male Subject 9035 62 93 92 65 57

Child (Under 18)-Female Subject 9036 112 165 111 74 70

Cancelled Occurrences Removed 24 50 11 n/a n/a* Unable to remove Cancelled Occurrences

2012 Suicide Related Demand on Police Services Completed on October 11, 2013

Call Type by Day of Week 2013 - up to Sept.30th 2012 2011 2010* 2009*Suicide 9025Sunday 4 6 5 4 4Monday 9 10 6 5 4Tuesday 10 4 8 3 6Wednesday 6 3 2 2 2Thursday 3 8 3 6 4Friday 5 5 4 4 7Saturday 4 7 9 6 6Total 41 43 37 30 33

Call Type by Day of Week 2013 - up to Sept.30th 2012 2011 2010* 2009*Attempt Suicide All 903sSunday 136 178 181 153 138 Monday 147 203 178 172 161 Tuesday 151 196 163 163 153 Wednesday 135 173 161 174 169 Thursday 126 204 156 160 168 Friday 125 204 160 148 141 Saturday 121 179 157 125 137 Total 941 1,337 1,156 1,095 1,067

2012 Suicide Related Demand on Police Services Completed on October 11, 2013

Call Type by Month of Year 2013 - up to Sept.30th 2012 2011 2010* 2009*Suicide 9025January 6 5 4 1 2February 5 4 2 4 2March 4 1 2 2 2April 5 1 8 2 4May 2 1 0 3 1June 5 4 3 2 5July 8 1 2 2 2August 2 5 5 7 3September 4 5 5 1 4October 4 1 3 3November 7 3 3 3December 5 2 0 2Total 41 43 37 30 33

Call Type by Month of Year 2013 - up to Sept.30th 2012 2011 2010* 2009*Attempt Suicide All 903sJanuary 132 105 111 106 91 February 102 114 85 83 76 March 97 114 89 90 94 April 106 131 76 82 92 May 116 122 111 103 89 June 105 96 88 93 109 July 85 100 88 83 91 August 96 95 94 99 99 September 102 103 93 78 83 October 134 107 91 82 November 122 121 91 79 December 101 93 96 82 Total 941 1,337 1,156 1,095 1,067