Halton Regional Police Service
About Halton Regional Police Service
- The Halton Regional Police Service contributes to the safety and wellbeing of the Region's close to 470,000 residents.
- Halton Region, consisting of the City of Burlington, the Town of Halton Hills, the Town of Milton, and the Town of Oakville, is the safest place to live in the GTA, and one of the top five safest places to live in Canada, according to a Maclean’s Magazine report ranking the most dangerous cities in our country.
- Land Area: 972.83 sq km
Challenges
- Website content stale and out of date
- Little appeal for end users
- No reason to come back to site
- Not effective at communicating information
- Could not quickly communicate emergency information: amber alert, shooter, etc.
Solution
- MOSS website that was over 300 pages
- Key features:
- multiple picture slideshows to engage user
- News room for press releases and media releases including archives.
- Rollups on main page of key information: News, Most Wanted, Events
- Dedicated templates (lists & cotnent type) for Most Wanted, Unsolved Homicides, Missing Persons.
Benefits
- Self maintained website with no IT involvement
- More engaging for users (see press release for wording)
- More accurate & timely information (news, PSB board meeting minutes)