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Handguns Seized Over Weekend

31 Division
Officers in 31 Division seized two firearms and a large quantity of magazines and cash in two separate arrests on August 4. "The recent arrests and firearm seizures underscore the critical importance of maintaining a heightened focus on gun violence, alongside the other pressing challenges we continue to face as...

Rookie Helps Arrest Carjacker

53 Division
Officers from 53 Division responding to a carjacking arrested an armed suspect without incident. "The victim had just had her car keys and cash taken at knife point,” said Constable William Blainey who was one of the arresting officers. “We already had a unit responding.” When the suspect was confronted...

Project Disrupt Leads to Arrests and Charges

Toronto Police arrested 10 people and laid 108 charges in a major SIM swap fraud investigation. In June 2023, The Service’s Financial Crimes Unit, in partnership with the Co-ordinated Cyber Centre, launched Project Disrupt into a SIM swap fraud scheme. “It was alleged that perpetrators had taken over the...

Firearms Arrest in 32 Division

Toronto Police recovered a firearm after responding to sounds of gunfire in the Finch Ave. W. and Bathurst St. area on July 18 at 3.35 a.m. “The summer safety callback officers arrived on the scene and, after a brief foot pursuit, were able to arrest a male and recover...
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Chief urges hate crimes vigilance as Service releases data

Office of the Chief
Toronto Police Service Board
Toronto Police has made 130 arrests and laid 314 hate crime occurrence-related charges since October 7. “Investigations continue on reported occurrences and communities will continue to see our visible uniform presence,” Chief Myron Demkiw said at the Toronto Police Service Board meeting on July 31. In the last 10 months,...

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