Media Releases

Investigators from the York Regional Police Special Enforcement Team (SET), in cooperation with the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) Resource Protection Unit and the Home Depot Asset Protection Department, have laid more than 1,500 charges as part of Project Spartan.
Between October 2023 and July 2024, SET and its partners investigated suspects who were believed to be involved in large-scale organized retail theft in York Region and across the Greater Toronto Area.
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York Regional Police is proud to announce the launch of the newly developed, updated School-Police Protocol, in partnership with York Region school boards.
Chief Jim MacSween, York Region District School Board Director Bill Cober, York Catholic District School Board Director John De Faveri and Superintendent Marie-France Crête, of the Conseil Scolaire Catholique Mon-Avenir, signed the new protocol at a press conference held earlier today at the Community Safety Village....
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Investigators with the York Regional Police #2 District Criminal Investigations Bureau have located a missing 62-year-old man from the City of Richmond Hill.
John LEBLANC has been lcoated.
Anyone with information is asked to call the York Regional Police #2 District Criminal Investigations Bureau at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7241, or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS, or leave an anonymous tip online at www.1800222tips.com .
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The York Regional Police Homicide Unit have laid charges against two men following a shooting that occurred in Keswick.
On Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 7:28 a.m., police responded to the sounds of gunshots in the area of Bayview Avenue and Lowndes Avenue, in Keswick. When officers arrived in the area, they located two adult victims in Bayview Park suffering from gunshot wounds. They were pronounced deceased at the scene.
The victims have been identified as Reilly ...
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Investigators from the York Regional Police Homicide Unit are appealing for witnesses following a double shooting in the Town of Georgina.
On Tuesday, September 18, 2024 at 7:28 a.m., police responded to the sounds of gunshots in the area of Bayview Avenue and Lowndes Avenue, in Keswick. When officers arrived in the area, they located two adult victims in Bayview Park suffering from gunshot wounds. They were pronounced deceased at the scene.
Our Homicide Unit is engaged...
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