TPAC
Toronto Police Accountability Coalition
 

Bulletins

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 51, January 29, 2010.   

January 29 2010

1. Corruption trials off the rails
2. Duty pay
3. The chair on the high costs of policing
4. TTC special constables to evolve into police officers?




Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 50, December 7, 2009.   

December 07 2009

1. More on police in schools
2. 2010 police budget
3. Compressed work week, new schedule?
4. New complaints procedures in Ontario
5. New rules for tasers

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 49, October 7, 2009.   

October 07 2009

In this issue:
1. Police in Toronto schools
2. Braidwood Inquiry on tasers
3. Silence on police brawl
4. New head of Police Association
5. Complaints office to open
6. Police compensation



Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 48, June 15, 2009.   

June 15 2009

1. A fine police brawl
2. Fine tuning rules about police complaints
3. Six more years for Chief Bill Blair
4. The short-sightedness of tough sentencing

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 47, May 11, 2009   

May 11 2009

1. Police Officers in Schools  TPACs letter
2. The effectiveness, or not, of police cameras
3. Crime stats across the country
4. Schertzer case appealed
5. Love those Danish police

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 46, March 26, 2009.   

March 26 2009

1. Brief to Independent Police Review Organization
2. Police making bigger bucks
3. Toronto police budget, letter to city council
4. Law Enforcement Accountability Project
5. Status quo on Tasers
6. Toronto Life documents the Schertzer case


Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 45, February 9, 2009   

February 09 2009

1. Making police data public
2. Policing Toronto subways
3. The release of non-crime information
4. Minor charges clog courts



Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 44, January 14, 2009   

January 14 2009

1. The future of policing for Toronto?
2. Testing TASERS
3. Toronto 2009 police operating budget
4. Vaughan joins Police Board
5. Salary settlement

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 43, November 2008   

November 03 2008

In this issue:
1. Province pours millions into Toronto police force
2. Police in Schools
3. Taser reporting
4. SIU report
5. Environmental Scan

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 42, June 30, 2008   

July 02 2008

1. What about those guns?
2. Moving backwards on sexual assaults
3. Waiting for changes to the police complaints mechanism
4. Police in schools

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 41, April 15, 2008   

April 15 2008

1. Torontos TASER protocol
2. Expanding the Mobile Crisis Intervention Teams
3. Impressive police salaries

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 40, March 6, 2008   

March 05 2008

1. Taser news  a delay or a victory?
2. Death in a park
3. Police checks and providing information for employers
4. Not getting data on what police do
5. Police and kids in the park



Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 39, January 21, 2008   

January 21 2008

In this issue:
1. Forum on Tasers, February 6
2. Taser International comes to Toronto
3. Police shift work to shift?
4. Dealing with perpetrators of woman abuse




Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 38, November 29, 2007.   

November 29 2007

In this issue:
1. Taser problems
2. Missing the taser alternative, again
3. 2008 police budget
4. The police chief writes his story
5. Intersection watch

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 37, September 27, 2007   

September 27 2007

1. Counting the guns in Toronto
2. Personal information released by police
3. Police Association challenges name tags
4. Crime as a provincial election issue
5. Taking home big pay
6. Latest crime statistics in Canada - crime is down
7. A public forum on policing?

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 36, June 28, 2007   

June 28 2007

1. The Ontario Ombudsman reviews the SIU
2. Fantino speaks his mind, and the investigation begins
3. Truth not Tasers
4. Lets not debate police issues
5. Searching for head of new complaints agency

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 35, May 14, 2007   

May 14 2007

1. The problem of police records
2. Non-transparency
3. Increasing user of tasers in Toronto
4. Breaking the bank on cameras

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 34, February 21, 2007   

February 21 2007

1. Police Complaints Bill 103 at Committee
2. The sorry state of police complaints in British Columbia
3. Closing the information door at police headquarters
4. Police have a hand in appointing judges
5. Colliding police cars

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 33, January 8, 2007   

January 08 2007

Special issue on Bill 103, the proposed police complaints process
1. Public hearings on Bill 103
2. Commentary on Bill 103

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 32, Dec. 20, 2006.   

December 20 2006

1. Bill 103, a new police complaints commission
2. A new police program: 25 and out
3. Corruption charges within the Toronto Police Force
4. 2007 police budget
5. Policing the RCMP

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 31, Sept 29, 2006   

September 29 2006

1. Questions for municipal candidates
2. Toronto Police force expands
3. The danger of complaining about police activity
4. Ending the suspension payout
5. Race and police use of force

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 30, July 28, 2006   

July 28 2006

1. Ending Racial Profiling
2. Name Badges or Not?
3. Leadership of the Police Association

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 29, May 24, 2006   

May 24 2006

1. Taser use increases
2. Hiring a police force that looks like Toronto
3. Its hard being on camera
4. Out of jail and onto the street

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 28   

April 27 2006

1. The new Police Complaints Process
2. Small Claims Court Justice
3. Fencing them in
4. Updates: the Wyann Ruso and Jeffrey Reodica cases
5. Reviewing Civilian Oversight

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 27   

March 17 2006

1. Police horses
2. Targeted TAVIS
3. Taser use in Toronto
4. A policy to reduce strip searches
5. Political Police in Ottawa
6. Wyann Ruso settlement

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 26   

February 08 2006

1. Ending gun violence?
2. Some figures on death by guns
3. TPAs continuing confrontational tone
4. Alarming strip search figures in Toronto
5. Wanted: a new complaints procedure

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 25   

December 22 2005

1. Large increase in police budget
2. Moving slowly on racial profiling
3. The unnoticed pepper spray
4. The case for Wyann Ruso

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 24   

November 28 2005

1. Board/Association Labour Settlement
2. Helicopters for the Police?
3. Whatever happened to the Lesage recommendations?
4. New City of Toronto legislation
5. Gun violence and youth in Toronto
6. Wyann Rusos wait

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 23   

October 21 2005

1. Toronto police force grows again
2. New strip search policy
3. Data bites from the police
4. Police officer convicted of assault
5. Job action

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 22   

September 26 2005

1. Gun violence in Toronto and public response
2. Police spending set to increase  again
3. SIU Annual Report
4. Strip Search, the mystery
5. Better Policing for Toronto seminar: a summary

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 21   

July 22 2005

1. Better Policing for Toronto  a day-long seminar
2. British Government restricts use of tasers
3. Towards a new police complaints system
4. New Provincial appointee to the Toronto Police Service Board

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 20   

May 25 2005

1. Domestic Violence and the police response
2. Police Complaints Report: status
3. The unmade appointment
4. Subscribe to the Bulletin

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 19   

April 27 2005

1. New police leadership comes only from within
2. Settling legal claims for a pretty penny
3. The tragic fate of suffering a mental crisis in public
4. LeSage recommendations on police complaints
5. Subscribe to the Bulletin

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 18   

March 16 2005

1. The next Toronto Chief of Police
2. Two police approaches to people in crisis
3. Name Badges for Toronto Police
4. Finally a Better Strip Search Policy
5. Well Paid Police
6. Subscribe to the Bulletin

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 17   

February 25 2005

1. Second thoughts on strip searches
2. Will the Board buy 500 Tasers?
3. Sexual assault
4. Up and Out for the Chief
5. Community Statement concerning the expected LeSage recommendations
6. Blink: high speed chases and more
7. Subscribe to the Bulletin

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 16   

January 24 2005

1. Failures in Sexual Assault investigations, again
2. Police-related deaths
3. Vacancies at the top
4. Mandatory testing for officers in high risk positions
5. Subscribe to the Bulletin.

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 15   

December 01 2004

1. Prospects for the new Toronto Police Services Board
2. TASERS on hold
3. A new commitment to community policing?
4. Policing priorities in Toronto
5. 2005 police budget
6. Welcome new appointment to OCCOPS
7. Most recent police statistics
8. Subscribe to the Bulletin

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 14   

November 01 2004

1. Making community policing a priority
2. The Police Board evolves
3. .Appointing a new chief
4. Nameless in T.O.
5. Police database off-base
6. An Office of the Citizen Advisor?
7. Subscribe to the Bulletin

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 13   

September 01 2004

1. Police and Demonstrations: Complaint Validated
2. The continuing Fantino saga
3. Limited Freedom-of-Police-Information
4. Review of strip search policy
5. A Black police woman speaks out
6. TPAC Survey

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 12   

June 01 2004

1. Chief Fantino's contract not renewed
2. Board chair announces resignation
3. Police Complaints Review Begins
4. Public Meeting: "Recreation or Incarceration?"
5. Subscribe to the Bulletin

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 11   

May 01 2004

1. Corruption Allegations in the Police Force
2. Public meeting in June: Recreation or Incarceration?
3. The Cost of Strip Searches
4. Chief Fantino's comments on Sex Offenders
5. Subscribe to the Bulletin

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 10   

April 01 2004

1. Change and status quo at the Toronto Police Services Board
2. Strip Searches on the Agenda Again
3. Small Changes to Police Budget
4. Police Transparency
5. Police Complaints
6. Hiring a new Deputy Chief
7. Subscribe to the Bulletin

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 9   

March 01 2004

1. Slowly uncovering the police budget
2. OCCOPS finds Gardner in breach of code of conduct
3. Defining a new complaints mechanism
4. Better ways of identifying police officers
5. Judge Ferguson's report finally public
6. Looking for police leadership - latest draft

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 8   

February 01 2004

1. Looking for a Chief, a draft for comment
2. New York crime declines as the number of officers decrease
3. Making public the detailed police budget
4. Mayor Miller's plan for community safety
5. Subscribe to the Bulletin

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 7   

January 01 2004

1. The new Board chair and the reality of police culture
2. Central Field Command Drug Squad Controversy
3. Former Board Chair's hearing into discreditable conduct
4. Chief's employment contract in contention
5. Another mentally disturbed person killed by Toronto police
6. A decision on police endorsing political candidates
7. Subscribe to the Bulletin

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 6   

December 01 2003

1. Reviewing the Police Budget
2. Creating a useful police complaints system
3. New Police Board members
4. Racial profiling - again
5. Subscribe to the Bulletin

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 5   

November 01 2003

1. Civilian oversight of the police
2. Strengthening the Toronto Police Service Board
3. Police and mental health issues
4. More on political endorsements by the Police Association
5. Subscribe to the Bulletin

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 4   

October 01 2003

1. Police intervene politically
2. Police Board responds to racial profiling
3. Recent police statistics
4. Subscribe to the Bulletin

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 3   

September 01 2003

1. No-tech confessions
2. Kingston police collect racial data
3. Toronto Police Service Board without Gardner
4. Reflections of one Toronto Police Services Board member
5. Subscribe to the Bulletin

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 2   

June 01 2003

1. Chair of Police Services Board steps aside
2. Auditing the Sexual Assault Audit - by Jane Doe
3. Book Review: "The Story of Jane Doe"
4. Policing data for Toronto
5. Subscribe to the Bulletin

Toronto Police Accountability Bulletin No. 1   

May 01 2003

1. A dysfunctional Toronto Police Service Board
2. A Fresh Step for Policing
3. Policing demonstrations
4. Subscribe to this Bulletin