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Canada’s police services are becoming increasingly militarized. This undermines the fundamental aims of policing and fosters public distrust of police.

Since Andrew Geisler's death, the family says they have been stuck in a holding pattern until answers arrive from police watchdog the Special Investigations Unit arrive. Until then, they're hoping to honour his memory.

It was 4 a.m. when police arrived at the apartment building on Kennedy Road, near Queen Street, in Brampton after a mental health crisis call.

White Coat, Black Art checks in with one of Toronto's new mobile crisis response teams, which they argue is a safer and more effective way to provide health care to people in the community experiencing mental health crises.

Today, people talk about seeing a therapist like they’re going to the dentist. But our compassion around mental health still excludes the people who need it most

Peel police say they've launched a review into the circumstances that led to a 19-year-old with autism being Tasered earlier the month after neighbours spotted him in a pile of leaves — despite the fact that he was on the force's vulnerable persons registry.

Taresh Bobby Ramroop was in mental health crisis when he fell to his death in North York in the presence of several police officers.

Few financial issues in Toronto have received as much attention in recent years as the amount of money the city spends on policing.

While Peel Regional Police used less force on Black people last year compared to 2020, it still used about 3.2 times more than their share of the population, new data shows. 

Police and emergency dispatchers need more faith in crisis workers employed through a city program that offers a non-police response to mental health needs, an advocate says.