Surveillance equipment being used by Toronto police seems to have replaced random street checks as an investigative tool – and it seems to have been done quietly
Running for political office involves many challenges and the first came from within my own party which strongly advised me to stop posting comments on social media and, preferably, shut down my accounts altogether
Besides a very public internal feud over the McArthur case, questions are also emerging about the Toronto police’s handling of investigations into the cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and numerous coroner’s inquests
Police unions are not opposed to doing away with carding, but want to hold onto the ability to stop and question people – even if they are not the subjects of a criminal investigation
An Ontario Human Rights Commission inquiry has found that a Black person in Toronto is nearly 20 times more likely than a white person to be killed by police, but the department’s response has been marked by denial and diversion
With relations with the union representing Toronto police at a new low and Premier Doug Ford bent on reversing hard-fought gains against carding, which way will Tory turn on efforts to modernize the force?
Saunders was deputy chief in charge of Special Operations when the initial investigation known as Project Houston was undertaken and McArthur was interviewed but let go
Constable Michael Theriault was off-duty and, as a Toronto cop, out of his jurisdiction when he confronted Dafonte Miller. Wouldn’t the right course have been to call police?
Inquiry into the police shooting death of another Black man in crisis raises uncomfortable questions about racial bias and the weak systems of accountability that are in place when police get it wrong
If police want to build relationships with racialized communities, shouldn’t Toronto’s police chief
consider alternatives to armed police in our high schools?
