mayor has released a statement discussing what she says is the need to “explore reforming community policing” following the fatal shooting of a 62-year-old man in the city Saturday evening.
Bonnie Crombie said “in light of recent events here at home and south of the border,” the Peel Police Services Board will be analyzing the 2021 police budget “through a different lens.”Ontario’s police watchdog examining fatal officer-involved shooting of man in MississaugaPeel police said they were called to an apartment building in the area of Morningstar and Goreway drives just before 5:10 p.m. for reports of a man in crisis who hadn’t taken his medication.
The Special Investigations Unit, which is now investigating the incident, said police first used a Taser and plastic projectiles; when those were reportedly ineffective, they then used lethal rounds. It’s very sad when a life is lost in our community. My heart goes out to his family. I ask the SIU to act quickly. Our goal is to support the vulnerable and ensure these incidents never happen again. The 2021The man has since been identified by family as Ejaz Choudry. Family members said he suffered from schizophrenia.A family member told Global News Choudry had a knife when paramedics arrived, leading to police being informed that he had a weapon.
“Police cannot be the only answer to every issue in our community. Law enforcement is not always the answer, a public health approach should be foremost. … We will be going through the police budget line by line and looking at how policing can be done differently with the goal of community safety and well-being and to ensure incidents like these never happen again.”
And let's hear the whole story.
Police should just start refusing to go to these types of calls.