Media Releases

Chief Jim MacSween is proud to announce York Regional Police, for the ninth year in a row, has been named one of Greater Toronto’s Top 100 employers for 2024, a designation that recognizes employers who lead their industries in offering exceptional places to work.
The Top 100 Employers project recognizes employers with exceptional human resources programs and forward-thinking workplace policies. Employers are graded on eight criteria, which have remained consistent since...
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York Regional Police, in partnership with the York Region Centre for Community Safety (YRCCS) and 482 Collective, is launching three-month long bus ad and billboard campaign to raise awareness of intimate partner violence and encourage victims and survivors to Recognize, Report and Prevent It.
The goal of the campaign, Access to Justice: Integrated Services for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence and its underlying theme of Recognize, Report and Prevent It, is to...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Hold-Up Unit are seeking suspects after an armed robbery at a mall jewelry store in the City of Markham.
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at about 8:40 p.m., York Regional Police responded to a call for a robbery at a jewelry store in a mall at the intersection of Highway 7 and McCowan Road. Three or four male suspects entered the store, smashed display cases and assaulted an employee as they stole a quantity of jewelry and cash. The...
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York Regional Police is notifying the public that the accused in a homicide that occurred in July 2019 in the Town of Aurora was found guilty of First Degree Murder and Arson.
On November 24, 2023, a jury found Melissa GALEA , 41, guilty of First Degree Murder and Arson. Sentencing is scheduled to take place on January 5, 2024.
On July 27, 2019, shortly before 1 a.m., York Regional Police and Central York Fire Services were called to a house on Edward Street for a report...
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York Regional Police is updating the community on the sentences two men have received in connection with a human trafficking investigation dubbed Project Eonni.
Investigators with the York Regional Police Major Crime Bureau – Human Trafficking Section initiated the year-long project in November 2020 after information led officers to believe that an organized group of suspects operating a company called Moon Waiting VIP was involved in human trafficking throughout the...
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