The Youth in Policing Initiative (YIPI) is a program designed to provide young people with work experience, develop partnerships between police and youth and encourage youth to consider a career in law enforcement. The YIPI program allows young students to gain hands-on experience, develop professional skills, and contribute to community...

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...

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...

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...

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...