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A post from Oscar Furtado President of GOA Toronto - I share. It saddens me - that such incidents should happen in our Global Goan Community. rene 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 "People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to." - George Allen rene barreto WORLD ALLIANCE OF GOAN ASSOCIATIONS ========================================== ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: The Goan Overseas Association Toronto <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, January 17, 2011 8:10:39 PM Subject: G.O.A. Dismayed at Unfortunate Incident Having trouble viewing this email? Click here The Goan Overseas Association, Toronto, and I, as President, continue to be saddened at the incident that occurred in the parking lot outside the hall where our New Year’s function was being held. I continue to hope for the speedy and full recovery of the injured. I have been President for Goan Overseas Association for 12 years, and in this time the Association has hosted hundreds of events. In the past two years alone, the Association has hosted almost 50 events. All these events were enjoyed by our membership and their guests with no incidents of injury requiring the intervention of local police, until this last New Years Eve celebration on December 31, 2010. During my time on the committee, there have been 4 events where the local police were called in at the tail end of an event. To dispel any unsubstantiated comments with regard to incident rates, I am letting you know this, as I firmly believe that the recent altercation at the New Year’s dance was an isolated incident given the fact that there has not been one at our New Year functions for the past decade. After the 4 altercations we had experienced, the Association made a decision that tighter security would be in place for events at which young adults were attending in large numbers. In these cases the security guards would individually check all guests with metal detectors and would do a physical check. To answer questions being asked of us about the New Year’s Eve event, the bar and security was provided, managed and the responsibility of the hall and this has been very successful for many years. The majority of the guests (members and non members) attending the event were adults and youth. The young adults in attendance were minimal in comparison to total attendance. Based on the history of hosting New Year’s Eve events over the last decade, further enhanced security was not considered necessary and we as an Association were not aware of, or for that matter notified, directly or indirectly, of any persons considered to be a threat to the safety of our guests. Once we realized an escalation in threat towards the safety of our guests in the parking lot which was considered a public area and not under the jurisdiction of the security guards, the local police were called. Soon after the altercation, the Association contacted the Peel Regional police department and was informed that on the night of the incident, there were no cooperative witnesses. The people handcuffed were released and the case was closed. The Peel Regional police department will reopen the case if they have sufficient evidence and cause. Peel Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident and to the events leading to the assault. We recommend that anyone who has any information regarding this incident to contact the Peel Regional Police Department, 12 Division Criminal Investigation Bureau at (905)453-2121 Extension 1233 and refer to Occurrence no. PR11000083. Oscar Furtado President, Goan Overseas Association, Toronto Forward email This email was sent to [email protected] by [email protected] | Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. The Goan Overseas Association Toronto | PO BOX | Toronto | Ontario | Toronto | Canada
