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toronto police gun projects lead to 48 people charged with 406 offences

toronto police say they’ve charged 48 people with 406 o...

by jane stevenson

aug 29 2024
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toronto police gun projects sees 48 people charged with 406 offences
toronto police acting det.-sgt. jeremy hayes is seen here with some of the firearms seized during project community and project springboard. toronto police / youtube
toronto police say they’ve charged 48 people with 406 offences and seized 24 firearms after two proactive gun violence projects.
the first called project community resulted in 18 arrests, 109 charges laid, six firearms seized and three stolen vehicles recovered.
“in response to a rise in gun crime across 43 division at the beginning of this year, we decided to initiate project community, a collaboration led by the divisional major crime unit, neighbourhood community office and the newly developed bail compliance unit,” acting supt. ryan forde said thursday in a statement.
however, since 43 division was still dealing with the highest number of firearm offences in the city, it then launched project springboard. and between april and june, officers made an additional 30 arrests, laid 297 charges and seized 18 firearms.
“thanks to the collaboration of our specialized units with our members at the division, we were able to disrupt and reduce gun crime in our communities,” forde said. “i also want to thank the community members whose contributions let to the success of both of these projects.”
some of the accused are as young as 15 and between all 48 charged there are almost 30 fail to comply with release orders or breach or probation charges.
jane stevenson
jane stevenson

jane stevenson has been a toronto sun columnist since 1995, the majority of that time as music critic with an avid interest in film (including tiff every year) and tv. more recently she's added news to her portfolio recalling her vancouver journalism beginnings in radio and print (cjor, cp/bn) although she also worked in tv as an entertainment reporter/anchor (ckvu) out west before getting a transfer to cp/bn in toronto. she's a graduate of the bcit broadcast journalism program and went to ubc for her first year where she studied second-year creative writing.

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