Seizing and Impounding of Vehicles used by Persons

Charged with Prostitution Offence

 The Emergency and Protective Services Committee recommends the adoption of the following motion (May 11, 1998) from Councillor Frances Nunziata, York-Humber:

 WHEREAS in Manitoba the Provincial Attorney General, as part of the battle against prostitution, has endorsed the launching of a program in the City of Winnipeg to permit police to seize and impound the vehicles of Ajohns@ when charged with communicating for the purpose of prostitution;

 AND WHEREAS this program has been very successful in helping the police to reclaim communities and neighbourhoods;

 AND WHEREAS every mechanism available to the police and the communities that make up the City of Toronto to battle prostitution should be made available and utilized;

 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council request that the Government of Ontario, through the Attorney General, introduce similar enabling legislation, that would permit the Toronto Police Service to seize and impound vehicles, for a specified period of time, owned or occupied by individuals or Ajohns@, that have been charged with communicating for the purpose of prostitution.