Follow Up On Police Raids

I have already congratulated the police on this particular offensive but for the Chief to say the city is safer because of the action is a little too much. Overall I have never felt unsafe and I will not feel less safe when the majority of those detained get out on bail before the weekend. The police have done their job now it is up to the criminal justice system to do their job but if past performance is any indication we are not going to see any major impact. The laws are there but watering them down with concurrent sentencing, pre-trial deals, etc. is the problem.

'City is safer' after gang crackdown: T.O. chief

toronto.ctv.ca

Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair says the "city is safer" after more than 60 alleged gang members of the Driftwood Crips were arrested in a series of early-morning raids in one of the city's most troubled communities.

Nearly 700 police officers from forces across Ontario, including the RCMP and Ontario Provincial Police, assisted in the massive raids on Wednesday.

While suspects were rounded up in cities outside Toronto, Blair said the majority of arrests took place in the Jane and Finch community.