British Columbia
African-descent committee ends contact with Vancouver Police Board - BC | Globalnews.ca
The African Descent VPD Advisory Committee, which was formed in 2021, decided the time has come to break away from the Vancouver Police Board.
MP Rachel Blaney calls for improved policing in Indigenous communities - Campbell River Mirror
Auditor General found $13 million went unspent last year for policing in Indigenous communities
Burnaby RCMP to begin collecting race-based data next month - Burnaby Now
Burnaby RCMP has been selected to participate in the Race-Based Data Collection Initiative, a national pilot program designed to improve how police serve Indigenous, Black and other racialized people and communities.
Police board may have to review complaint procedures - Victoria Times Colonist
The Delta Police Department and Surrey Police Service have agreed to investigate how Victoria police handled an investigation that led to charges being stayed against three men.
Transit Police drug overdose ‘saves’ up 41% in 2023 - The Chilliwack Progress
Number of ‘naloxone events’ almost 4 times more than 2019, police chief says
Alberta
City police service sues former HR director for breach of contract | Canadian HR Reporter
Lawsuit puts spotlight on confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses
'Native policing is community policing:' A glimpse into Indigenous police services in Alberta | CBC News
Alberta has three self-administered Indigenous police forces. While the services have grown over the years, they're facing challenges on account of a restrictive funding model.
Wetaskiwin launches a safety strategy to address crimes’ root causes
The City of Wetaskiwin has launched its Safety and Well-being strategy, which focuses on taking a proactive approach to managing risks and addressing the root causes of crime. The strategy used the feedback collected from the community to identify local priorities — ensuring community safety efforts are rooted in the experiences and context of the Wetaskiwin residents, the city said in a media release on Wednesday, March 27. “This strategy focuses on addressing potential risks and vulnerabilitie
Negligence, outdated policies called out in task force's report on Edmonton policing
Edmonton needs to dramatically improve its approach to policing and public safety, a report released Wednesday says. The report, from the city's task force on community safety and well-being, outlines 14 areas where the police and the city can start rectifying systemic racism and inequality. "Edmonton's community safety ecosystem desperately needs to be modernized," the report says.
Police chief McFee on Edmonton's encampment strategy | CBC.ca
It's been nearly three months since police and the city started tearing down encampments in Edmonton. Edmonton AM host Mark Connolly talks with Edmonton police Chief Dale McFee about how encampment removal strategy has worked.
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon police using bicycle bylaw as 'a ruse' to stop, search and catalogue Indigenous men, lawyer says | CBC News
A Saskatoon defence lawyer says internal police records show officers are using the city's bicycle bylaw 'as a ruse' to stop and search Indigenous men in the downtown.
Manitoba
It takes time to build trust on Winnipeg streets, community safety officer says | CBC News
The City of Winnipeg invited CBC News to join the community safety team on their morning patrol Thursday, to observe how the officers do their job.
City seeks recruitment firm to hire police chief – Brandon Sun
The city has issued a tender seeking a recruitment firm to help hire a police chief. Mayor Jeff Fawcett, who sits on the Brandon Police Board, told the Sun last month that after the first round of app...
Ontario
OFL tells OPP: End police intimidation tactics in municipal workers’ strike | The Ontario Federation of Labour
The following letter was sent by the Ontario Federation of Labour to the Commissioner of...
Public data on suspended police officers varies in Ontario. Experts say that needs to change
A police constable in Brantford, Ont., has been on a paid suspension since Oct. 18, CBC Hamilton has learned — but the Brantford Police Service won't name the officer, who makes $95,500 per year, or give the reason for the suspension. Hamilton Police Service currently has six police officers suspended and disclosed when they were suspended, but did not disclose the officers' names or the reason behind the suspensions. Halton Police Service also revealed the number of suspended officers...
Police will review Kroetsch cost-cutting measures in a report before next budget is set. – bayobserver.ca Hamilton, Burlington and GTA
Fresh Perspective for Hamilton, Burlington and surrounding areas
Timmins news: Sydney Lecky named the city’s next police chief | CTV News
The Timmins Police Services Board announced Thursday that it has appointed the city’s next chief of police.
Retired officer uses own experience of racism to offer a roadmap for police reform | CBC.ca
Keith Merith was racially profiled by police in his youth, but he used that experience to fuel his pursuit of a career in law enforcement. Still, he says he continued to face racism as a Black man rising through the ranks in Ontario. Now, the retired superintendent is offering his vision of "change from within" for police in his memoir A Darker Shade of Blue. He speaks with Piya Chattopadhyay about how he thinks reevaluating everything from recruitment to individual officer accountability could improve relations between the police and racialized people.
Instead of a bigger police budget, Toronto community groups demand spending on shelters, transit, services
As Toronto police ask for a $20 million budget increase this year, a number of community advocacy groups are calling on the city spend that money elsewhere.The Care Not Cops coalition gathered at city hall Tuesday morning, days ahead of Mayor Olivia Chow's draft budget for the upcoming fiscal year, to pressure councillors to put the extra money police have requested into social safety nets, city services and infrastructure."We really want to push the city to put resources toward those things tha
'New deal' for Ottawa earmarks millions for housing, highways, public safety | CBC News
Ontario Premier Doug Ford popped by Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's monthly city hall breakfast Thursday where he served up a wide-ranging funding plan for the capital over the next decade — one that would also require significant federal investment.
Sudbury news: Police chief leaving city for provincial association | CTV News
Thursday morning, Greater Sudbury Police Services Chief Paul Pedersen announced his retirement after 10 years.
Volunteers are 'eyes and ears' for Kingston Police, Services Board hears
If members of the Kingston Police Services Board weren’t already aware of what Kingston Police Community Volunteers (KPCV) do, they certainly are now after Chris Phelan, KPCV coordinator, made a presentation at the board's monthly meeting on Thursday, Mar. 21, 2024. As the board learned, Kingston Police Community Volunteers do much more than just direct traffic around the Santa Claus Parade. Phelan joked that he had been given a time limit of 10 minutes for his presentation, “but I am so much in
Another northern police chief announces retirement
Sudbury Police Chief Paul Pedersen is leaving the force to talk a positional with the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police.
Charles Bordeleau, Ottawa police chief, says carding stats don't include race
Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau says his force does not collect statistics on "race" for residents involved in street checks, also called carding. Bordeleau has publicly supported the Ontario government's motion to standardize the process of carding, which came about after stories from Toronto alleged police were checking residents based on race or ethnicity. In an interview with Robyn Bresnahan, host of CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning, Bordeleau said Ottawa police conducted about 6,000 street checks in 2014.
New bylaw officer aims to be proactive and preventative - StratfordToday.ca
The 'community safety and well-being officer' is a pilot position that officially started in January
New police act ‘a good thing’: Collingwood OPP commander - Collingwood News
New Community Safety and Policing Act set to take effect as of April 1 across Ontario and includes changes to officer codes of conduct, public complaint processes, and pushes for a more public-facing role from police services boards
Police chief defends himself, force amid questions over mass shooting - Sault Ste. Marie News
Hugh Stevenson says pilot project aimed at improving response to intimate partner violence is showing promising results — and he has no intention of stepping down as city's top cop, despite letter to the editor in The Sault Star that called for his resignation
The North
Yukon RCMP share tips on keeping kids safe from online sextortion, bullying - Yukon News
Online sextortion and bullying are a reality of the internet age, but there are ways to protect kids
National
Justice Minister says online harms bill would blunt Supreme Court ruling making child pornography investigations harder - The Globe and Mail
Arif Virani says the Online Harms Act provisions requiring internet service providers to hand over IP data are not at odds with the top court’s ruling that police require warrants
RCMP commissioner says Mounties have 'credible' info about alleged Chinese 'police stations'
As two Montreal-area Chinese groups accused of hosting clandestine Chinese government "police stations" sue the RCMP for defamation, the head of the national police service maintains his officers are acting on "credible" information. Earlier this week, the Chinese Family Services of Greater Montreal, the Centre Sino-Québec de la Rive-Sud and their executive director, Xixi Li, filed a defamation lawsuit accusing the RCMP of not properly investigating before publicly accusing them of hosting illeg
RCMP admits it made mistakes during response to N.S. mass shooting in 2020 - The Globe and Mail
Commissioner Mike Duheme released a progress report, saying the Mounties have completed eight of the 130 recommendations, 33 of which are under direct control of the force
'Completely discouraged': Auditor slams First Nations housing, policing failures
OTTAWA — After two new reports detailing how the federal government is underperforming on First Nations housing and policing, the federal auditor general says a fundamental shift needs to occur in the government. "Time after time, whether in housing, policing, safe drinking water or other critical areas, our audits of federal programs to support Canada's Indigenous Peoples reveal a distressing and persistent pattern of failure," Karen Hogan said at a press conference Tuesday. "The lack of progre
Tackling the causes of crime, not sending more people to jail, is the only way to fight it
There are proven ways to significantly reduce violent crime within the next five years. It requires becoming not “tough on crime,” but “smart on crime” before it happens.
International
Deputy chief of Thailand's national police surrenders for arrest on money laundering charge
BANGKOK (AP) — A deputy chief of Thailand’s national police force involved in many high-profile cases turned himself in to fellow officers on Tuesday after a court issued a warrant for his arrest on money laundering charges. Police Gen. Surachate Hakparn had recently been suspended from his duties due to his involvement in infighting among […]