Premier Doug Ford, however, squarely rejected the idea of cutting money for police.
Tory proposed measures like"detasking" officers so they wouldn't handle some calls.TORONTO — Sweeping reforms of the country’s largest municipal police service are needed to address systemic racism and the concerns of disadvantaged communities, Toronto Mayor John Tory said on Thursday, although he made no direct call for cutting the police budget as activists have demanded.
Calls for change stem from “real concerns” that current policing methods don’t work for the community at large, the mayor said. Budget cuts, he said, would be based on careful calculation and would allow for reinvesting in critical community and social services. Police have also long faced sharp criticism of their handling of calls that ended in the death or injury of a person in mental distress.
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