Michael Eligon

• Should we be hiring more compassionate cops?

  The head of Toronto’s civilian police watchdog thinks aspiring officer​s should have to volunteer​ with people who have mental illness to ensure they don't discriminate against people in crisis.

  Canada

  Jul 29, 2014
  
• Jury recommends de-escalation in police confrontations with the mentally ill

  A jury in a coroner's inquest into the deaths of three mentally ill Toronto residents who were shot by police recommends that police training puts more emphasis on verbal de-escalation techniques.

  Crime

  Feb 12, 2014
  
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• Inquest jury retires to mull proposed changes to policing of mentally ill

  Closing arguments are set to wrap up today at an inquest examining the police shooting deaths of three mentally ill people in Toronto.

  Crime

  Jan 21, 2014
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• Consider state of mind, families of mentally ill shooting victims urge police

  Closing arguments are expected to begin today at an inquest examining the police shooting deaths of three Toronto-area residents with mental illness.

  Jan 20, 2014
• Inquest hears cops need more data, training in dealing with the mentally ill

  Officers have a duty to accommodate someone's mental health issues "up until a point of undue hardship," Ontario's Human Rights commissioner said Monday.

  Crime

  Jan 13, 2014
• Cop tells inquest that mentally ill man was a threat even after being shot

  An officer who handcuffed a mentally ill Toronto man moments after the 29-year-old had been shot by police says he had to secure the bleeding man because he still posed a threat.

  Crime

  Dec 2, 2013
• Inquest hears from man who witnessed police shooting death of mentally ill man

  A bus driver who witnessed the police shooting of a mentally ill man in Toronto shed tears before an inquest as he recalled the events that led to Reyal Jardine-Douglas's death three years ago.

  Crime

  Oct 22, 2013
• Inquest into deaths of 3 people shot by police to begin in fall

  The coroner's office says the inquest into the deaths of Reyal Jardine-Douglas, Sylvia Klibingaitis and Michael Eligon will begin Oct. 15 and last about eight weeks.

  Politics

  Aug 8, 2013