Toronto police lagging on missing person’s reforms — 3 years on
The Toronto Police Service hasn’t fully implemented all recommendations from a sweeping report issued three years ago into how it handles missing persons cases, a top police official told force’s oversight board Monday.
Staff Supt. Pauline Gray told the Toronto Police Services Board that part of that may be due to strained relations with the city’s marginalized communities.
Former judge Gloria Epstein made 151 recommendations in an in-depth review titled “Missing and Missed” that was released in April 2021.
The report found systemic discrimination in investigations of disappearances, including among those from the 2SLGBTQ+ community, victims of serial killer Bruce McArthur and numerous other cases. It also identified a lack of communication within the police service, between the force and the board, and between police and community members.
Gray said Monday 80 of the report’s recommendations have been fully implemented. Of the 71 recommendations that haven’t been implemented, 67 are in progress and four haven’t been started, Gray said.
Some of the recommendations cannot be fully implemented right now because they need others to be completed first, Gray explained.
Toronto police missed clues and paid insufficient attention to missing persons cases because of ‘systemic discrimination,’ according to a new report. That discrimination contributed to police failures to investigate a serial killer in the Gay Village and other now well-known cases.
Haran Vijayanathan, who co-chairs the Missing and Missed Implementation Team (MMIT), told the police board that it’s been a slow process to build trust within various communities who are distrustful of police.
“I’ve been asked many questions from community service members … on why the 151 recommendations have not been implemented and why it’s taking so long, right from the beginning,” Vijayanathan said at the meeting.
Vijayanathan said he continues to urge people to be patient.
“This cannot be a rushed process,” Vijayanathan said.
In his own comments to the board, Toronto police Chief Myron Demkiw said there was some positive news when it comes to missing persons investigations. He said the average cost of locating a missing person has declined in recent years, from an estimated $24,000 to some $6,000.
Demkiw didn’t explain what led to the cost decrease.
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