Danny Smyth

• Winnipeg police hire new advocate for families of missing, murdered Indigenous women

  Police said Wednesday that based on the recommendations of the national inquiry into MMWIG, they hired a family support and resource advocate.

  Crime

  Dec 1
  
• Winnipeg memorial service honours fallen police and peace officers

  Officials, police officers, their families and others attended the Canadian Museum for Human Rights on Sunday morning to honour those who gave their lives in the line of duty.

  Canada

  Sep 26
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• Public invited to Police and Peace Officers’ National Memorial Day event in Winnipeg

  The province of Manitoba is inviting the public to a memorial service in honour of fallen police and peace officers at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Sunday.

  News

  Sep 25
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• Pandemic year sees shifts in some Winnipeg crime stats: report

  There was a 6% decrease in calls to the communications centre, but well-being calls were up 12%.

  Crime

  Jul 27
• Winnipeg police chief witnesses early-morning Red River rescue

  A 37-year-old woman was taken to hospital after a harrowing experience in the Red River early Thursday morning, police said.

  Canada

  May 20
• Unmasked officer’s behaviour ‘inappropriate’: Winnipeg police chief

  'I think the officer lost his composure. I think his conduct was inappropriate for the circumstances.'

  Health

  Dec 10, 2020
• Winnipeg councillor’s motion on police body cams shot down, board chair calls for community input

  A Winnipeg city councillor wants the city's police force to use body cameras.

  Politics

  Sep 9, 2020
• Winnipeg crime rate up 10% last year: WPS crime stat report

  Winnipeg's overall crime rate rose 10 per cent in 2019, led by increasing rates of violent crime and property crime, according to the police's latest crime stat report.

  Crime

  Jul 24, 2020
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• ‘Find other ways of helping people’: Winnipeg lawyer discusses defunding police

  Winnipeg lawyer Zilla Jones told 680 CJOB the concept of defunding the police isn't necessarily a case of eliminating police, but rather shifting funding priorities.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2020
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• ‘We have some bad apples too’: Winnipeg police and accountability

  With anti-racist protests taking place across North America -- including one Friday at the Manitoba Legislature -- the subject of police violence and racism has been on everyone's minds.

  Jun 3, 2020