Toronto Police Services Board

• Ford government giving itself power to set ‘priorities’ for police boards

  As part of its spring justice legislation, the government is creating policies that would let the solicitor general set expectations for areas police boards should focus on.

  Politics

  May 28
  
• Toronto police board approves proposed $48 million funding increase despite criticism

  The vote paves the way for the addition of 200 officers as well as programming aimed at addressing youth violence following recent incidents.

  Canada

  Jan 9, 2023
  
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• Former Toronto police board chair calls interim chief’s role extension to end of 2022 ‘unprecedented’

  "I must say that it has got me extremely puzzled. This is quite unprecedented ... I can't remember or recall a single situation that is similar to this," Alok Mukherjee said.

  Politics

  Aug 6, 2021
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• Repairing trust in police will take time, work after Toronto missing persons review: advocates

  ``The social power differences between the police and marginalized diverse communities just magically disappear in the recommendations of the report,."

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2021
• Damning Toronto police missing persons review finds systemic discrimination factored into investigations

  "The public is entitled to insist on transformative change with measurable, sustainable outcomes, timelines for completion, and accountability," the report said.

  Crime

  Apr 13, 2021
• Teen sues Toronto police board over ‘negligent’ St. Michael’s College School investigation

  The teen launched a $1-million suit against the Toronto Police Services Board and several officers for their role in a sexual assault investigation at St. Michael's College School.

  Crime

  Apr 5, 2021
• Toronto police officers begin wearing body cameras as start of year-long rollout

  Deputy Chief Shawna Coxon says one shift of front-line officers in a division in the city's northwest corner began wearing the cameras last week.

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2020
• Critics worried report on Toronto police reform will amount to nothing but ‘lip service’

  The Ontario Human Rights Commission said it is worried the report presented at Tuesday's Toronto Police Services Board meeting "will amount to mere lip service."

  Canada

  Aug 18, 2020
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• Toronto police to get 2,350 body cameras and 3,000 licenses for data management

  The Toronto Police Services Board made its decision Tuesday afternoon during a meeting in which it also considered multiple reports related to police reforms.

  Canada

  Aug 18, 2020
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• $16.5M settlement in class-action lawsuit over mass arrests at 2010 G20 summit

  The agreement comes after 10 years of court proceedings and negotiations between the Toronto Police Services Board and representatives for about 1,100 people who were arrested during the summit.

  Aug 17, 2020