Gang-style violence continues to shake Peel as police wait for funding streams to start flowing

Despite solvency rates for the more serious types of violent crime well above the provincial and national averages, the sheer number and frequency of shootings and stabbings over recent years has left Peel police officials looking to upper levels of government for help.

To date, both the province and federal government have made announcements indicating that support is on the way, but no such funding has materialized.

Two homicides hours apart last week were the latest in a deadly year across the region, as the grisly crimes haunt residents demanding help with public safety. Peel police have expressed uncertainty about how and when funding sources from senior governments can be accessed, to help address the wave of violent crime ripping through parts of Mississauga and Brampton.

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Published on October 31, 2019 in The Pointer Brampton and The Pointer Mississauga