Toronto Police Budget

• Tory proposes $48.3M budget increase for Toronto police, includes hiring more officers

  Tory said the proposed funding would allow for 200 new police officers to be added to the force.

  Canada

  Jan 3, 2023
  
• Toronto police spent $7.6 million dealing with potential local convoy, figures show

  Figures obtained by Global News through a freedom of information request revealed, in detail, the cost of the massive Toronto police operation during late winter and early spring.

  Canada

  Aug 11, 2022
  
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• Toronto council votes against defunding police budget, approves various reforms

  Calls to defund police have grown in the wake of the police killing of a Black man, George Floyd, in Minneapolis, as well as the death in Toronto of 29-year-old Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a Black woman who fell from her balcony while police were in her home.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2020
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• Toronto police chief defends the service, promises change during news conference

  "This recent past around the world and here in Toronto has clearly shown that the time is now over for incremental change."

  Canada

  Jun 4, 2020
• ‘Defunding’ police and funding mental health resources will save lives, experts say

  Some experts believe "defunding" police - taking some of the taxpayer money going to law enforcement and putting it towards mental health services - is one way to avoid deadly interactions between officers and people struggling with mental illness.

  Canada

  Jun 4, 2020
• Toronto Police Services Board recommending 3.9% budget increase for 2020

  The proposal stipulates a 3.9 per cent increase for 2020, which would be mean a total budget of $1.076 billion. The proposed 2020 budget is $40.8 million higher than the 2019 budget.

  Politics

  Dec 16, 2019