The Ontario government is spending $134 million to purchase five new helicopters for use in the Greater Toronto Area and Ottawa. As part of the new Joint Air Support Unit, Ontario Provincial Police will acquire two new H135 helicopters to provide support to police in Ottawa and Toronto in dealing with auto thefts.
Police in Ottawa will soon have eyes in the sky to help officers crack down on auto thefts, carjackings and street racing.
Ontario is also purchasing three new helicopters to be owned and operated by Durham, Halton and Peel police services to support current patrols.“Our government is making the necessary investments to ensure that police services have the tools and resources they need to crack down on auto theft and car thieves,” Premier Doug Ford said in a statement.
Gloucester-Southgate is the hot spot for vehicle thefts in Ottawa in 2024, with 95 vehicle thefts reported. There have been 68 vehicle thefts reported in Bay ward and 59 vehicles stolen in Rideau-Vanier.Vehicle lands on its roof following crash in Ottawa's east endAt least eight people, some of them children, were injured in stabbings in northwest England on Monday, emergency services said. Police said they had detained a man and seized a knife.
Toronto police say a 17-year-old is in custody after a ride-share driver was repeatedly stabbed by a customer during an attempted carjacking last week.Ontario Provincial Police are looking for witnesses after one person was stabbed in a road rage incident in Whitby over the weekend.No injuries have been reported after a school bus was found engulfed in flames behind a grocery store in North York early Monday morning.
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