Effort will address violent offenders who pose the danger of re\u002Doffending, states president of Canadian Police Association
Having a compassionate justice system and holding “repeat violent offenders accountable… don’t have to be mutually exclusive,” Stamatakis said.
Pierzchala’s death follows the killing of four other officers across the country in the past four months. RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang was fatally stabbed in Burnaby, B.C., South Simcoe Police officers Devon Northrup and Morgan Russell were shot at an Innisfil, Ont., home and died in hospital, and Toronto Police Const. Andrew Hong was shot dead in Mississauga, Ont.Article content
She said the minister’s office supports the police associations’ “continued efforts to identify best practices to keep officers safe, while also recognizing the needs and vulnerabilities of the communities and populations that they serve.”Article content “It’s a large number in a short period of time. It is contrasted with a recent history where there’s been very few police fatalities,” largely due to a general drop in crime because of the COVID-19 pandemic.He said prior to that, there were larger numbers of police officers killed in the line of duty. “We’re getting a little bit of return to the norm of police work being more dangerous,” meaning this isn’t a problem that’s likely to go away.
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