Police attend a protest after the city removed tents and small shelters for homeless people in Halifax on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021.
The frequency of protests linked to domestic and global issues is creating an "unsustainable demand" on policing services across the country, say Canada's chiefs of police. The frequency of protests linked to domestic and global issues is creating an "unsustainable demand" on policing services across the country, say Canada's chiefs of police.
"National issues and global conflicts have led to an increase in the frequency, duration, complexity, risks and threats of these public assemblies in cities across our country," Carrique told reporters. Carrique said Toronto's police chief told association members during the conference that his police force has responded to more than 1,000 protests since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in October. The additional resources required to control the demonstrations have cost Toronto police "tens of millions of dollars that they would have had no opportunity to budget for," Carrique said.
"In some cases there is distrust for police and some people may come from areas where police are corrupt," Carrique said.
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