The cache of guns and illicit drugs displayed at London police headquarters is evidence the city is becoming safer, the police chief says. The 19 guns and drugs valued at more than $8.4 million â including 14 kilograms of cocaine and 16.9 kilograms of fentanyl â were seized in investigations
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London police made the city's largest-ever seizure of fentanyl after arresting a second suspect in a shooting at a London public housing building, police say.
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Londonâs police chief recently travelled to Ottawa to meet with a hate-crime researcher who accused police of mishandling her complaint about being targeted in an alleged racist attack while attending the sentencing of Nathaniel Veltman earlier this year.
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The jump in opioid pills hitting London’s streets started when several pharmacies began dispensing them, the health unit says, a finding that suggests federal Conservatives and other critics targeting the older Safer Opioid Supply (SOS) program are missing the mark. “There was a notable increase in hydromorphone prescribing from 2023
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London’s police chief apologized to the complainant in an alleged sexual assault case involving players from the 2018 Canadian world junior hockey team and said he’s not happy that it took nearly six years for investigators to lay charges. Read More
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All frontline police officers in London could be outfitted with body cameras as part of Chief Thai Truong’s plan to modernize the force. Read More
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For the first time in a quarter-century, London police have reached outside their own ranks for a new top cop. Read More