A mature, busy and family focused Honours high school student received the 43 Division Community Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) Game Changing scholarship to continue her studies in university. Tamkin Bigzad was awarded the $7,500 scholarship because of her extraordinary ability to balance school work, participate in extracurricular activities and help...

When ‘Your Ward News’ hit newsstands for the first time in March 2015, many readers were shocked by the overtly racist Neo-Nazi themes and misogynistic remarks. Detective Kiran Bisla, the Toronto Police Service’s Hate Crime Coordinator, was involved in the investigation into the racist content from the beginning. As the...

Gabriel Nool, 18, aspires to be a police officer. The Scarborough Academy for Technological, Environmental and Computer Sciences at WA Porter Collegiate Institute graduate will attend Centennial College to pursue the Police Foundations program. “I like watching crime scene television series and helping people,” said Nool, who was among 10...

A great day on the golf course resulted in a windfall for supporting victims of crime. The Chief’s Golf Tournament saw 288 golfers tee off at Angus Glen raising over $350,000 for several charities, but primarily Victim Services Toronto (VST). “Victim Services Toronto is a critical partner of ours in...

Two police officers were honoured for spearheading a way to share real-time information of firearms offenders on bail between Toronto and Durham police services. Toronto Police Service Detective Constable Shaun Hildebrand and Durham Regional Police Service Detective Sergeant Rob Williamson won the 2023 Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP)...