Montreal cop threatens to tie homeless man to a pole in the freezing cold
MONTREAL – Montreal police are to meet today with an officer who was captured on video telling a homeless man he would tie him to a pole for an hour in the freezing cold if his behaviour didn’t...
View ArticleJury to return at inquest examining police shooting deaths of mentally ill
TORONTO – The jury presiding over an inquest into the deaths of three mentally ill Toronto residents is expected to deliver its verdict today. The inquest has been examining the deaths of Reyal...
View ArticlePolice and mental health leaders talk preventing tragedy
TORONTO – It’s a national conversation that’s finally taking place. Amid growing concern over how police deal with some of society’s most vulnerable, law enforcement officials, those who live with...
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Cop cuts ties with Carleton over class speaker
Matt Skof (left), president of the Ottawa Police Association (Megan Gillis/Ottawa Sun/QMI Agency) Darryl Davies, a criminology instructor at Carleton University, says he brought a witness in a trial...
View ArticleFerguson fallout: Lawmaker asks for controls on military giveaways to police
WASHINGTON – A Democratic congressman plans to introduce a bill to restrict a Defence Department program that provides machine-guns and other surplus military equipment for free to local law...
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Time for an informed debate over policing powers
Prime Minister Stephen Harper hugs the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Justin Trudeau in the House of Commons on Thursday October 23, 2014 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) Sen. Vern...
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The truth about race, the police and Ferguson
The uniform worn by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson on the night he shot Michael Brown (AP Photo/St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office) Darren Wilson is a white, 28-year-old male,...
View ArticleHomicide rate in Canada hits lowest level since 1966: StatsCan
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says the country’s homicide rate fell last year to 1.44 victims for every 100,000 people, its lowest level since 1966. The agency says the 2013 rate was eight per cent lower...
View ArticleMontreal cop accused of roughing up students to be tried
MONTREAL – The Crown will use a streamlined process to deal with an assault charge against a Montreal police officer who gained notoriety during Quebec’s student protests. Const Stefanie Trudeau earned...
View ArticleThousands attend wake of officer killed in ambush shooting
NEW YORK – Thousands of uniformed police officers from New York City and around the country gathered at the solemn, eight-hour wake of a city policeman who was killed along with his partner in a brazen...
View ArticleUS law enforcement gun deaths jumped by more than half in 2014
WASHINGTON – The number of law enforcement officers killed by firearms in the U.S. jumped by 56 per cent this year and included 15 ambush assaults, according to a report released Tuesday. The annual...
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By turning their backs, police are deepening America’s tribalism
Shannon Stapleton/Reuters America’s streets are turning black and blue. A rising tide of urban tribalism, most readily apparent in the deplorable behaviour of New York City cops, is bad news for...
View ArticlePolice forces balk at tracking fees imposed by Rogers
OTTAWA – The RCMP and many other police forces are refusing to pay new fees imposed by Rogers Communications for helping track suspects through their mobile phones. Police say the telecommunications...
View ArticleInvestigation promised after police kill girl who hit officer with car
DENVER – A passenger who was in a car when a 17-year-old girl was shot and killed by Denver police has disputed authorities’ account of her death, saying officers opened fire before one of them was...
View ArticlePolice: two officers shot outside Ferguson Police Department
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – Two officers were shot during a protest in front of the Ferguson Police Department early Thursday, authorities said, as demonstrators gathered following the resignation of the...
View ArticleSIU investigates after fatal Mississauga shooting that wounded two police
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Ontario’s police watchdog says a 30-year-old man is dead and two Peel Regional Police officers and another civilian were wounded after an incident late Friday night in Mississauga,...
View ArticleHundreds rally in New York, Boston after death of Baltimore man
NEW YORK – Hundreds of people rallied and marched in New York and Boston to protest the death of a Baltimore man who was critically injured in police custody as Philadelphia activists prepared for...
View ArticleRecords show worries over mental stability of Baltimore officer
BALTIMORE – The top Baltimore city police officer suspended following Freddie Gray’s death was hospitalized in April 2012 following concerns about his mental health, according to records from a...
View ArticleLocals ask whether Baltimore’s police needs federal oversight
BALTIMORE – Months before Freddie Gray died of the broken neck he suffered during what Baltimore’s top prosecutor called an illegal arrest, the city’s mayor and police commissioner said the department...
View ArticleNew Brunswick police problems eroding public confidence: prof.
FREDERICTON — At least 16 New Brunswick police officers have been suspended or fired in the past year, and a criminology professor says it is eroding public confidence in police forces. “It is going to...
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