British Columbia
Metro Vancouver Transit Police select new Chief Officer - Transit Police
New Westminster – The Metro Vancouver Transit Police Board announced today that, after interviewing several excellent candidates, they have selected current Transit Police Deputy Chief, Suzanne Muir, to be the new Chief Officer. Deputy Chief Muir will be the first female…Read more Metro Vancouver Transit Police select new Chief Officer ›
B.C. promises $3M to expand program that partners cops with health-care providers | CBC News
British Columbia is spending $3 million to expand a program that partners health-care workers with the police in mobile teams to respond to mental health-related calls.
Province expands mental health crisis policy | HRD Canada
'We know that, in most cases, police-only involvement is not the most appropriate response'
Delta police chief wants next drug decriminalization phase - Delta Optimist
The Health Canada approved three-year pilot ends in January 2026
Alberta
First chief of new Grande Prairie Police Service looks forward to getting community involved | CBC News
Dwayne Lakusta will start his position as police chief in the City of Grande Prairie on Aug. 28.
Edmonton police salaries increase in new collective deal, at $20M cost to the city | CBC News
About 1,960 Edmonton Police Service members will see salary increases for the 2021-2023 term of the agreement, with a 1.5 per cent raise for 2021, three per cent for 2022 and 2.5 per cent in 2023.
Edmonton mayor pleads for 'immediate action' on bail reform after stabbing death at LRT station | CBC News
Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi is pleading with federal Justice Minister David Lametti to take immediate action on bail reform after a father of seven was stabbed to death in a random attack at an LRT station.
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert police given list of 45 recommendations following independent review | Globalnews.ca
The Prince Albert Police Service has received scrutiny regarding several incidents, with the independent review stemming from three in-custody deaths back in 2021.
Cameron McBride introduced as deputy chief of Saskatoon Police Service - Saskatoon | Globalnews.ca
Cam McBride, a 26-year member of the Saskatoon Police Service, was introduced as deputy chief of operations on Tuesday.
Manitoba
Assembly of First Nations demands Manitoba, Ottawa work together on landfill search - The Globe and Mail
AFN wraps general assembly with repeated calls to search Winnipeg landfill for remains of two Indigenous women, as well as resolutions on First Nations policing, and misconduct in the organization
Ontario
More drones mean less risk for officers, Sudbury police say | CBC News
Emergency services in northern Ontario are making more use of drone technology in critical situations, and that use is expected to increase in the coming year.
Early Waterloo regional police budget shows service could ask for 6 to 8% increase next year | CBC News
The Waterloo Regional Police Service board had an early look at the proposed 2024 budget on Wednesday and it showed the service has forecasted a six to eight per cent operating budget increase for 2024.
Ruling opens door to consider racial dynamics when assessing police use of force | Law Times
Ontario Civilian Police Commission confirms police misconduct finding in 'Neptune Four' case
Kingston Police release stats ahead of July Police Services Board meeting
(Kingston, Ontario) The Kingston Police Force have published two statistical reports in advance of the July meeting of the Kingston Police Services Board.
London's 'game changer' mental health-care model inspires revisioned plan in Windsor | CBC News
Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare is wondering why its plan to bring a mental health ER to Windsor has been denied when a similar model exists just two hours away in London.
London, Ont. mayor calls on city council to declare femicide an epidemic - London | Globalnews.ca
Myaor Josh Morgan outlines numerous reasons for his request, including the fact that in Canada, on average, a woman is killed every six days by her intimate partner.
‘Craziest thing I’ve ever heard,’ Doug Ford says of decriminalizing drugs in Toronto | Globalnews.ca
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Toronto's application to decriminalize drugs is the 'craziest thing' he's ever heard and he plans to do everything he can to fight it.
Police board sets terms of reference for Labour Relations Committee - TBNewsWatch.com
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Quebec
Arrested on a night out, Black teen accuses Montreal police of racial profiling | CBC News
Shayheid Douglas says he has been stopped by the same officers again and again. Now the 18-year-old is filing a complaint with the police ethics commission.
Quebec police refusing to co-operate in investigations on civilian deaths - The Globe and Mail
Many police are refusing to answer questions from the oversight body on civilian deaths following a court ruling last year that said officers must meet with investigators
Nova Scotia
Some N.S. municipalities create police boards after provincial reminder — others say no | CBC News
Some Nova Scotia municipalities are forming police boards after urging from the provincial justice minister — but others say they won't unless "ordered to do so."
Halifax police board considers independent reviews of sexual assault cases | CBC News
The Halifax board of police commissioners is studying an independent review model to examine sexual assault cases where charges don't proceed. The Violence Against Women Advocate Case Review process was discussed at a board meeting this week.
Nova Scotia police board hears that supervisors never ordered search of alleged rape scene - The Globe and Mail
Retired staff sergeant says that a supervising sergeant with the Halifax police would have had the job of providing ‘quality assurance’ in those first days of the investigation
RCMP probes 70 possible sex-assault cases at N.S. youth centre | The Star
A 2019 lawsuit accused a swimming instructor at the Nova Scotia Youth Centre in Waterville of preying on boys in his care.
New Brunswick
RCMP warn against vigilantism as they investigate series of Deer Island incidents | CBC News
RCMP are warning the public against acts of vigilantism as they investigate a series of incidents on Deer Island that saw a car heavily damaged by a group of people and a building burned to the ground.
PEI
10% of complaints against P.E.I. police in years leading up to 2023 substantiated, records show | CBC News
Policing is a profession under increasing scrutiny across this country and many are calling for more accountability and transparency from police. CBC News has been taking a closer look at police complaints and discipline across P.E.I.
Newfoundland and Labrador
N.L. Human Rights Commission drops walk-in clients as demand rises for food, housing | The Star
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador Human Rights Commission says it has been inundated with people seeking help finding food and housing.
The North
RCMP school reading program in N.W.T. focuses on Indigenous, northern themes | CBC News
An RCMP program is bringing officers into some N.W.T. classrooms to read aloud to students books written by Indigenous authors, or inspired by the North.
National
Premier Pillai is ‘very concerned’ about federal government’s plans for future of RCMP - Yukon News
Federal Public Safety minister’s mandate letter calls for assessing contract policing
Banning police uniforms in schools creates more problems than it solves | Canadian Lawyer
We need constructive, evidence-based solutions to improve community relations
Police union wants 'clarity' on feds' RCMP reform plans | CTV News
The union that represents 20,000 members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is calling on the federal government to offer clarity on its plans to review Canada's national police force's contract policing role.
Why Ottawa's decisions over the future of the RCMP could impact B.C.'s own decision in Surrey | CBC News
Reading between the lines, there were hints that the province’s decision is being guided by concerns of politicians not in Surrey — but in Ottawa.
Canada’s National Police Federation voices frustrations over repeat violent offenders released on bail | Watch News Videos Online
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AFN chiefs updated on First Nations policing
A lawyer for the Assembly of First Nations says including the recognition of rights is...
Feds won't appeal Indigenous policing ruling - DrydenNow: Dryden, Ontario's latest news, sports, weather, community events.
The First Nations Chiefs of Police Association says welcomes the decision by Public Safety Canada not to appeal a recent court ruling about funding three Indigenous police services in Ontario. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendocino made the announcement yesterday while meeting yesterday in Alberta. The Treaty #3 Police, the UCCM Anishinaabe Police and the Anishinabek Police Services took the government to court after their funding was suspended at the end of March. The courts ordered the federal government to provide funding for the next 12 months.
Sources say Justin Trudeau wants to transform the RCMP | The Star
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police could one day transform into a federal police agency that operates more like the FBI under an ambitious but controversial concept that has gained new traction in the nation’s capital, the Star has learned.
International
Canadian arrested by U.K. police on suspicion of membership in terrorist group | CBC News
British police have arrested a Canadian man on suspicion of being a member of a terrorist group.
New York mayor names city's first Hispanic police commissioner | SaltWire
(Reuters) - New York Mayor Eric Adams on Monday appointed acting police chief Edward Caban as the city's first Hispanic police commissioner in its ...