For more than four decades, the Toronto Police Service has been a steadfast supporter of the Toronto Children’s Breakfast Club, helping ensure that children and families across the Greater Toronto Area receive vital support when they need it most. This Christmas season, when the Breakfast Club faced a shortage of...

At the fifth annual Hanukkah ceremony at Toronto Police headquarters on December 17, Chief Myron Demkiw said lighting the menorah reminds us that even in times of darkness, a small light can make a big difference. He noted that the horrific antisemitic terror attack in Australia last weekend is a...

Toronto police have laid 93 charges, issued 128 tickets and conducted 882 breath screenings since the provincial Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) campaign launched on November 20. Officers also issued 20 warn-range licence suspensions and laid four breath test–related charges. Traffic Services Staff Sergeant Paul Qureshi said the arrests and...

While delivering toys to newcomers, Detective Constable Mustafa Popalzai was asked whether he was a real police officer by a boy who was surprised to have someone in uniform bearing gifts over the holidays. The boy was among nearly 1,000 newcomer children between the ages of 10 days old to...

Three homicide cold cases have been linked to one man. On December 3, the Centre of Forensic Sciences conclusively identified Kenneth Smith as the offender in the murders of three women – Christine Prince in 1982, Claire Samson in 1983 and Gracelyn Greenidge in 1997. “If he were alive today,...