Evidence of child exploitation in Peel has increased almost 400%; defunding the already under-resourced police unit would put more victims at risk

Photo by Joel Wittnebel

Child sexual exploitation online is reaching crisis levels, and for years, many organizations have tried to warn the public and policy makers. 

The Canadian Centre for Child Protection has repeatedly tried to prod the Canadian public into action. 

---

Many police organizations will not argue that more money needs to be directed to social programming, which is the core ideology behind the “defund” movement. 

However, for specialized teams battling increasingly complex, and increasingly common crimes like Peel police’s Internet Child Exploitation unit, defunding could make an already desperate situation even worse. 

Published in The Pointer Brampton and The Pointer Mississauga on July 11, 2020