Toronto police to increase Jewish community patrols with new mobile command units
Toronto police will be deploying three mobile command units in Jewish neighbourhoods as well as increasing the numbers of plainclothes and uniformed officers as the High Holidays and the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel approach. “As tensions rise around the world and we approach the one-year anniversary of Oct. 7 we […]
Toronto police charge three people at UJA event protest—while more cops find themselves assaulted
Protests also occurred at multiple screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Jewish groups tell Toronto’s police board how they want to see protests handled
The lessons have been learned after a tumultuous 11 months.
Skyrocketing antisemitism keeps anti-Jew hate crimes atop annual Toronto Police report
Almost half of all reported Toronto hate crimes this year were against Jews, police confirm.
Hate crime incidents continue to rise in Toronto, with police attending 5 hate-related calls a day
Toronto hate crime incidents have increased more than 50 percent over the same time period last year, with antisemitism remaining the top category for hate crime occurrences, the chiefs of Toronto Police Services (TPS) reported at the monthly Police Services Board meeting June 24. Deputy Chief Robert Johnson, presenting a portion of the monthly update, […]
Toronto Police decry Bais Chaya Mushka school shooting at their monthly public meeting—but they lack legal authority to clear the encampment at UofT
Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw addressed the shooting at the city’s Bais Chaya Mushka school, at the monthly Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB) meeting, May 31. Shots were fired at the school early in the morning on May 25. No one was in the building at the time. Demkiw said that the police’s Hate Crime […]
Toronto Deputy Police Chief Lauren Pogue warns residents ahead of a planned weekend of protests that police will arrest ‘agitators’
Toronto police responded to allegations of over-policing at a pro-Palestinian Land Day protest on March 30, where several people were arrested for assaulting officers and a police horse, and warned they would take action if protesters became aggressive. Deputy Chief Lauren Pogue of the Toronto Police Service (TPS) spoke to reporters Friday, April 5 ahead […]
Justin Trudeau non-committal about plans to visit Israel in April or beyond; says police must both obey and enforce the laws when dealing with protests
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is one of the few political leaders of Western governments who has not visited Israel since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, declined to say if he has definite plans to visit the country. “I’ve been to Israel a number of times and I look forward to going again,” he said […]
Toronto’s police chief says antisemitism accounted for 56% of recent hate crimes—and calls continued to rise
Myron Demkiw presented the escalating 2024 statistics on Monday.
Toronto Police arrested a man two months after he was part of a pro-Palestinian protest on the Gardiner Expressway in November
It’s the second demonstration this week to lead to belated criminal charges.
