police

Michael Spratt: The SIU’s report on the police killing of Ejaz Choudry—shot in his home by police when he needed help—defies common sense

The growing militarization of police—from SWAT teams to so-called ‘rescue’ vehicles—is under scrutiny

Image of the Week: Campus officers in uniform—most of them people of colour—stood at attention. Some saw it as a moment of healing; others as an insult.

Opinion: Toronto has rallied in the face of public security threats in the past. So why didn’t the police provide the city with the information it needed?

The omnibus crime bill could give police officers a pass on appearing in court to be cross-examined. To criminal lawyers it’s a ‘shocking’ development.

Opinion: Militarization changes what policing is by changing what police officers do

Opinion: The RCMP is a federal military force that takes on ill-fitting municipal missions. To fix its culture, it should get out of contract policing

Opinion: In the wake of the deaths of black people at the hands of the state, the living are often weighted with a sadness that is too heavy to bear

Two recent deaths in Toronto’s Gay Village—in addition to five missing-persons cases—have left the LGBTQ community frustrated

Angelyn Francis explains how Ontario’s SIU works and why some people are still skeptical of the oversight body.

Opinion: Amid allegations of a cover-up in the alleged assault of a teen, the police’s request for trust is hard to take

Pride groups in Calgary and other western cities are talking their police out of marching in uniform. The keys appear to be discretion and tact.