2025 | ONTARIO + TORONTO POLICE
police- 539 SIU INVESTIGATIONS
- 17 CASES WHERE CHARGES WERE LAID
- ~4.7% CHARGE RATE
- 7+ TORONTO POLICE OFFICERS
- CRIMINALLY CHARGED
- $31,000, 000+ PAID TO SUSPENDED TORONTO OFFICERS SINCE 2013
- $1,300,000 PAID TO SUSPENDED TORONTO OFFICERS IN 2024 ALONE
WHAT THESE NUMBERS MEAN
HUNDREDS OF POLICE WERE INVESTIGATED FOR VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, SERIOUS INJURY, AND DEATH.
FEWER THAN 5 PERCENT WERE CHARGED.
TORONTO POLICE OFFICERS WERE AMONG THOSE CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT, ASSAULT, PERJURY, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, THEFT, AND DANGEROUS DRIVING.
THEY CONTINUED TO COLLECT FULL SALARIES WHILE SUSPENDED.
TAXPAYERS PAY FOR A SYSTEM THAT SHIELDS VIOLENT OFFICERS AND PROTECTS ABUSERS. MOST FACE NO REAL CONSEQUENCES.
CONSTABLE BOJAN ANTAL
SEXUAL ASSAULT & MULTIPLE CHARGES
- SEXUAL ASSAULT
- ASSAULT (2 COUNTS)
- CRIMINAL HARASSMENT
- BREACH OF TRUST
- INTIMIDATION
- MISCHIEF (2 COUNTS)
- UTTERING THREATS (3 COUNTS)
ALLEGED CONDUCT 2014-2025. SUSPENDED WITH PAY.
CONSTABLE TIMOTHY DEACON
THEFT & BREACH OF TRUST
CONSTABLE TIMOTHY DEACON CHARGED
WITH :
- THEFT UNDER $5,000
- BREACH OF TRUST
- OBSTRUCTING A PEACE OFFICER
SUSPENDED WITH PAY. 16 YEARS ON THE FORCE.
DETECTIVE CONSTABLE JOSHUA BAKSH
DANGEROUS DRIVING & ASSAULT
- DANGEROUS DRIVING
- ASSAULT WITH A WEAPON
CHARGES STEM FROM A 2024 ARREST. SUSPENDED WITH PAY.
LYING UNDER OATH
FOUR TORONTO POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED WITH:
- 9 COUNTS OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE
- 8 COUNTS PERJURY
- CHARGES RELATE TO FALSE TESTIMONY.
RECKLESS POLICE DRIVING
A TPS OFFICER ALLEGEDLY CAUSED TWO CRASHES DURING A PURSUIT IN JAN 2025, INCLUDING COLLIDING WITH ANOTHER POLICE VEHICLE.
SUSPENDED WITH PAY.
POLICE SHOOTING INCIDENTS, 2025
TORONTO POLICE DISCHARGED FIREARMS IN 91 INCIDENTS THIS YEAR.
THESE INCLUDE SHOOTINGS THAT INJURED OR KILLED PEOPLE DURING POLICE INTERACTIONS.
EACH SHOOTING TRIGGERS AN SIU INVESTIGATION, BUT THE SYSTEM RARELY HOLDS OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE.
MOST REMAIN ON FULL PAID SUSPENSION WHILE CASES ARE ONGOING.
PEOPLE FALLING AFTER POLICE CONTACT, 2025
IN 2025, FIVE PEOPLE FELL FROM BALCONIES WHILE TORONTO POLICE WERE ON SCENE.
JAN 3, 2025 - 36-YEAR-OLD MAN FELL FROM AN APARTMENT BALCONY. SIU INVESTIGATED.
JAN 21, 2025 - 29-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FELL FROM A DOWNTOWN CONDO BALCONY.
SIU FOUND NO GROUNDS FOR CHARGES.
JUNE 17, 2025 - 46-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS TAZED MULTIPLE TIMES AND FELL FROM A BALCONY WHILE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM POLICE. SIU INVESTIGATED AND CLOSED THE CASE.
DEC 21, 2025 - 58-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FELL FROM A HOTEL BALCONY AFTER POLICE RESPONDED TO A DISTURBANCE.
SIU INVESTIGATED.
DEC 31, 2025 - 27-YEAR-OLD MAN FELL FROM A NORTH YORK BALCONY DURING A POLICE RESPONSE. SIU INVOKED ITS MANDATE.
PATTERN: REPEATED SERIOUS HARM FOLLOWS POLICE CONTACT. SIU INVESTIGATES, BUT ACCOUNTABILITY IS ALMOST NEVER IMPOSED.
SIU PROSECUTION RATES ARE PATHETIC
OUT OF 539 INVESTIGATIONS OF POLICE CONDUCT IN THE PAST YEAR, THE SIU LAID CHARGES IN ONLY 17 CASES INVOLVING 18 OFFICERS, ABOUT 4.7% OF ALL INVESTIGATIONS.
THAT MEANS OVER 95% OF POLICE-INVOLVED VIOLENCE INVESTIGATIONS DO NOT RESULT IN CHARGES, REGARDLESS OF THE HARM ALLEGED.
THIS INCLUDES SHOOTINGS AND INCIDENTS THAT CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
SIU IS NOT INDEPENDENT
THE SIU IS MARKETED AS A CIVILIAN POLICE WATCHDOG, BUT THE MAJORITY OF ITS INVESTIGATORS ARE FORMER POLICE OFFICERS OR LAW ENFORCEMENT-ADJACENT.
THIS CREATES A BUILT-IN CONFLICT OF INTEREST. INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONDUCTED BY PEOPLE TRAINED TO PROTECT POLICE CULTURE.
CASES INVOLVING SHOOTINGS, ASSAULT, OR DEATH ARE RARELY PROSECUTED, AND OFFICERS OFTEN RETURN TO DUTY WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES.
THE SIU EXISTS TO PROTECT OFFICERS, NOT COMMUNITIES.
PAID SUSPENSION COSTS TAXPAYERS BIG ACROSS ONTARIO, SUSPENDED POLICE OFFICERS HAVE COST TAXPAYERS ABOUT $134 MILLION OVER 11 YEARS WHILE CONTINUING TO RECEIVE FULL PAY.
IN TORONTO ALONE, SUSPENDED OFFICERS HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR OVER $31 MILLION IN TAXPAYER COSTS SINCE 2013, WITH MILLIONS MORE EVERY YEAR DURING ONGOING CRIMINAL CASES.
THAT MONEY CONTINUES TO BE PAID WHILE OFFICERS CHARGED WITH VIOLENT CRIMES REMAIN ON THE PAYROLL.
PROPOSED 2026 TPS BUDGET INCREASE
TORONTO POLICE SERVICE IS ASKING FOR A $93.8 MILLION INCREASE IN 2026.
IF APPROVED, TOTAL TPS BUDGET = $1.43 BILLION (7% INCREASE).
THIS PAYS FOR:
- 143 NEW UNIFORM OFFICERS
- 40 NEW CIVILIAN POSITIONS
THIS IS TAXPAYER MONEY THAT COULD INSTEAD FUND HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS, AND HARM-REDUCTION SERVICES FOR TORONTO'S UNHOUSED POPULATION.
SOURCES
TORONTO POLICE & BUDGET
- TORONTO POLICE BOARD, "2026 BUDGET PROPOSAL," 2025
- CITYNEWS TORONTO, "TPS SEEKS $93. 8M EXTRA IN 2026 BUDGET," DEC 2025
- SEEK YOUR SOUNDS, "TORONTO POLICE BOARD APPROVES NEAR $94M BUDGET FOR 2026," DEC 2025 SIU & POLICE INVESTIGATIONS
- SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT ANNUAL REPORT, 2024-25
- STU, "INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES - MAN FALLS FROM APARTMENT BALCONY," JAN 2025
- SIU, "INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES - WOMAN FATAL BALCONY FALL," JAN 2025
- SIU, "INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES - MAN TAZED, FALLS FROM BALCONY, " JUNE 2025
- PAID SUSPENSION & ACCOUNTABILITY
- CBC,"POLICE PAID LEAVE COSTS ONTARIO $134M" 2023
- OVER 11 YEARS TORONTO PAID SUSPENDED POLICE
- LAW UNION OF ONTARIO, "CALLS ON TORONTO CITY COUNCIL NOT TO APPROVE TPS BUDGET," 2025
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