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Weapons

Video: Canadian Agency Arms Patrol Officers with 37mm Launchers for Less-Lethal Response

“If we look at known objects out in the world, we can equate the AR-1 baton to about one-and-a-half times the energy of somebody being struck by a 100-mile-per-hour fast ball or roughly the same energy as somebody being struck by the fastest slapshot ever recorded,” said Staff Sgt. Jason Bobrowich.

June 29, 2018

Weapons

Canadian Agency Arms Patrol Officers with 37mm Launchers for Less-Lethal Response

“If we look at known objects out in the world, we can equate the AR-1 baton to about one-and-a-half times the energy of somebody being struck by a 100-mile-per-hour fast ball or roughly the same energy as somebody being struck by the fastest slapshot ever recorded,” said Staff Sgt. Jason Bobrowich. More Here.

June 29, 2018

Patrol

Toronto Officer Praised for Response in Standoff with Van Suspect

Images of the tense standoff between officers and the man suspected of hitting and killing multiple people on a Toronto sidewalk with his van are earning Toronto police kudos for their response.

April 24, 2018

Patrol

Toronto Van Attack Suspect Charged with Murder

Alek Minassian, the man accused of plowing into Toronto pedestrians with a rented van on Monday, was charged Tuesday with 10 counts of first-degree murder.

April 24, 2018

Patrol

9 Dead, 16 Injured After Van Driver Hit Pedestrians in Canada

Toronto police say nine people are dead and 16 are injured after a van apparently jumped onto a sidewalk from a busy intersection Monday and struck a crowd of pedestrians. The driver was later taken into custody. It's not clear if this was a terrorist attack.

April 23, 2018

Patrol

3 Canadian Officers Bear-Sprayed on Domestic Assault Call

Police have taken one man into custody after he allegedly assaulted three Fredericton Police Force officers with bear spray during a violent domestic assault call.

February 6, 2018

Patrol

Toronto Officers Say Staffing Shortage Puts Them at Risk

The officer wrote that he was the only car on patrol on a Tuesday afternoon earlier this month, with one road sergeant available for backup. During the shift he had five pending calls, including a sexual assault, an arrest involving three people, and a domestic assault.

December 25, 2017

Patrol

Canadian Officer Killed in Shootout

A Canadian police officer was killed during a shootout at a strip mall in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

November 8, 2017

Patrol

More Police in Canada Bringing Fentanyl Manslaughter Charges

Several forces and prosecutors across Canada are now laying manslaughter charges against those who allegedly supplied fentanyl to people who overdosed and died.

October 11, 2017

Patrol

Canadian Officer Stabbed, Pedestrians Run Down in Terror Attacks

Canadian police charged a Somali refugee with five counts of attempted murder on Sunday after they said he stabbed a police officer and ran down several pedestrians with a vehicle in Edmonton, Alberta, in what officials called an act of terrorism.

October 2, 2017

Patrol

Canadian Officer Killed in Highway Crash

A Nova Scotia RCMP officer is dead and a man is in police custody following a three-vehicle collision near Memramcook, New Brunswick.

September 13, 2017

Technology

Medicine Hat Police Service to Pilot Axon Body-Worn and In-Car Cameras

The Medicine Hat Police Service (MHPS) will pilot Axon Body 2 body cameras, Axon Fleet in-car cameras, and the Canadian cloud-based digital evidence management solution Evidence.com. MHPS is the first police force in Canada to use Axon Fleet in the field.

September 12, 2017