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Halifax Regional Police are asking for money to fund 24 new positions in next year's operating budget, saying there is a major need for personnel to do patrols.

New data raises questions about what role, if any, police in Halifax should have in responding to mental health calls, says a Dalhousie law professor.

The police chief in Halifax is retiring after a rocky final chapter of his career in the city. Dan Kinsella ma...

Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella will be retiring as of next week, after four years on the job and amid controversy around his leadership. 

Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella has announced his retirement. The chief announced at the Halifax Board of Police Commissioners meeting Wednesday that he will be stepping down effective Sept. 15. 

Search for replacement will begin this fall, Kinsellas last day is Sept. 15

Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella will be retiring as of next week, after four years on the job and amid controversy around his leadership. 

Halifax Regional Police has agreed to release more information about its internal discipline decisions, after a year of negotiations with CBC. The police department acknowledged it didn’t meet its obligations under the law when it refused to provide the information in 2022.

Halifax police are eyeing multiple ideas to recruit more officers as the force deals with long-term absences and large numbers of possible retirements in the next few years.

A review of a chaotic clash that broke out between police and protestors in downtown Halifax in August 2021 has been ordered by the police oversight board.