Often asked how busy we are: at times today we had 100+ calls waiting. Snapshot at 9 am👇, doesn’t include calls of 10 ppl fighting (knife), man shooting at cars (turned out to be a pellet gun) & other Priority 1 (weapons, in-progress) calls thru out the day. #NoDullMoment

Another out of context CBC story. Officers thrust into issues they largely have little or no control over driven by underlying ubiquitous community mental health issues. So is this about 'shaming' or getting to better outcomes? cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Frustrating when elected officials make statements w/o considering impact on institutions responsible 4. Police go 2 great lengths 2 protect citizen rights often leading 2 crticism & risk. B nice if elected officials wld thoughtfully avoid making it worse thestar.com/news/gta/mayor…

Thank you Toronto Police Association and TPA President Jon Reid for speaking out in defense of police action against pro-Hamas demonstrators. We appreciate Toronto Police work protecting our city The Canadian Press News @Toronto Chief Myron Demkiw Tom Stamatakis Chief Steve Tanner Chief Jim MacSween Adam Palmer

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TPA President TPA President Jon Reid joins Greg Brady to discuss the extremely reckless letter from 6 Toronto City Councillors that fan the flames and does nothing to remind protestors to follow the law and support the great work @torontopolice officers are doing at these protests.

Our government continues to recognize and honor the first responders who give their lives serving the citizens of this great province.

We are proud to invest over $3M in free counselling, crisis support, and therapy services for the families of public safety professionals who…

For months our members have worked tirelessly to maintain public safety at hundreds of demonstrations of various sizes.

At every event, our members have valued, respected, and upheld everyone’s Charter rights.

But these rights are not unlimited.

When those in attendance have…

Another tragic incident where too much focus is on police who only get involved at end where person in crisis for a long time in system where isn't enough capacity to proactively provide care to prevent police from being involved at all. windsor.ctvnews.ca/jury-makes-15-…

Third, this problem has its genesis in the deinstitutionalization movements of the 1970s, coupled with federal governments moving away from the building of supportive housing. Homelessness, and a lack of secure settings for the unstable, the mentally ill and the vulnerable.

What, wait! Not a legal substance so why is city wasting any resources at all looking at this? Seems like no end of other more urgent priorities? tthis?://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-city-councillors-propose-motion-to-regulate-mushroom-dispensaries-1.6834587?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar

Jas Johal Let that sink in for the next time an MRO for a PD makes a statement to the effect that “this was a targeted hit. The victims & suspect were known to each other and there is no further risk to the public.”

Okay so what is it? Really don't get this ' make an announcment w/o any substance' approach this gov't seems to have embraced on so many issues🤦‍♂️

Because it's been going so well so far?

Stunning. Clinical ignorance and hubris in equal measure.

Today marks the first day of the 8th Annual Recovery Capital Conference of Canada in Calgary, Alberta. With over 1000 participants from across Canada, it was exciting to see almost half the attendees are from Indigenous Communities.

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