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Rise of Road Tennis

Rise of Road Tennis Join us for the Rise of Road Tennis Festival Join us at the York Regional Police Community Safety Village in Whitchurch-Stouffville to learn about the game of road tennis and participate in the sport first hand. Bring your family and friends to learn how to play a sport that originated in Barbados. A mix between the sports of tennis, table tennis and pickleball, this sport will get you moving! Meet many people in the community through this event and continue to help each other to Shine …

Chief Jim MacSween's Retirement Open House

Chief Jim MacSween's Retirement Open House Please join us to celebrate the career and retirement of Chief Jim MacSween at the Community Safety Village - Wednesday, June 24th from 2-5pm Please register your attendance. Light refreshments will be served. Well wishes only …

YRP Golf Tournament

YRP Golf Tournament Driving funds to Canadian Mental Health Association, York and South Simcoe After last year's incredible tournament, the York Regional Police Golf Tournament is back for another round. Whether you want to sponsor this amazing event, or just have a great day on the links, all money raised will go towards the York Region Mental Health Community Care Centre - Lead the Way Campaign. Register to play Thursday June 18, 2026 Register online at the button below. Singles: $700 Foursomes: $2,500 …

We Belong - Pride Breakfast

We Belong - Pride Breakfast Our We Belong Pride Breakfast is back to kick-off our 2026 Pride month. By joining together with our community partners, we are sending a strong message to our community: WE all BELONG in York Region. Your attendance at the We Belong Pride Breakfast allows you to show your support for members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community and help our partners provide the much needed resources for those in need. In supporting us, you also establish your organization as an inclusive and welcoming …

Employment Mentoring Session

Employment Mentoring Session We're hiring. Join the next generation of police officers and professionals. York Regional Police is searching for the next generation of police officers and policing professionals - and in 2026, we're putting people first. It doesn’t take one type of person to keep a community safe. It takes a team, including people of all backgrounds, walks of life and with all sorts of skillsets and interests. At this session, hosted at the York Regional Police Training and Education Bureau, …

Practice Shuttle Run

Practice Shuttle Run We’re Hiring — Put People First in Policing York Regional Police (YRP) is looking for the next generation of police constables. Keeping our communities safe takes a diverse team with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, skills, and perspectives, all working toward a common goal. YRP is hosting a 20-metre shuttle run (beep test) session. This is an opportunity for prospective applicants to test their fitness and see if they can meet the minimum requirement of Level 7 , a key …

Practice Shuttle Run

Lift and Mingle

Lift and Mingle York Regional Police (YRP) is looking for the next generation of police constables. Keeping our communities safe takes a diverse team with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, skills and perspectives, all working toward a common goal. Join us for a high-energy beginner metabolic conditioning (MetCon) workout, followed by an open conversation about careers in policing with Constable Emma Gomes. The session offers an opportunity to speak one-on-one with members of the Outreach Recruiting …

Grade 5 Botvin Life Skills Training Program

Grade 5 Botvin Life Skills Training Program **** EVENT IS FULL **** Event Details: York Regional Police is proud to be offering Grade 5 students the opportunity to complete the Botvin Life Skills Training Program through an intensive two day course. The Botvin Life Skills Training Program is a comprehensive, evidence-based prevention program that utilises the latest research to address important social issues. In the Grade 5 program, life skills relating to the following topics will be taught; Self-esteem …

Grade 5 Botvin Life Skills Training Program

Grade 5 Botvin Life Skills Training Program **** EVENT IS FULL **** York Regional Police is proud to be offering Grade 5 students the opportunity to complete the Botvin Life Skills Training Program through an intensive two day course. The Botvin Life Skills Training Program is a comprehensive, evidence-based prevention program that utilises the latest research to address important social issues. In the Grade 5 program, life skills relating to the following topics will be taught; Self-esteem …

Tadayoshi Masuko

Tadayoshi Masuko As a hard-working entrepreneur, it was not unusual for Tadayoshi Masuko to be the last out of the office at Masuko International, the Woodbridge plastics business he owned. But when he didn't answer several phone calls at his office on the evening of April 1, 1987, his wife became worried. When she drove to Masuko International, located at 50 Alex Ave., at 9:30 p.m. that night, she discovered her husband lying on the lobby floor. He had been shot. The 45-year-old was pronounced dead in …

Kathleen McLaughlin

Kathleen McLaughlin While working the streets in downtown Toronto, Kathleen McLaughlin went by a handful of aliases: Katherine Lyle, Katherine Moore, and Katherine Descoteaux. To her family, she was simply Kathleen McLaughlin, a 33-year-old mother of three. Kathleen's body was found by surveyors in a cornfield near Warden Avenue, south of Highway 7, in Markham on July 31, 1979. An autopsy later determined that she had died as a result of blunt-force trauma. She was last seen alive more than one month …

Pierre Mercon

Pierre Mercon It was early morning after Halloween night, 1996, when Pierre Mercon's mother Norma drove to the Original Six sports bar at 14 Oxford St., Richmond Hill. She was planning to pick up her son from a costume party at the now-defunct bar. He had called to ask her for a ride home after last call at 2 a.m. But when she arrived at the street corner they had arranged, he was nowhere to be found. Pierre, 21, hasn't been seen since. Just hours earlier, Norma had dropped Pierre off dressed in green army …

William Nash

William Nash A joint investigation between the Ontario Provincial Police and the Markham Township Police revealed that witnesses last saw William Edward Nash alive between 8 and 9 p.m. on June 23, 1956. Before midnight, Nash was murdered. The body of the 64-year-old Markham resident was discovered the next day inside his Unionville snack bar. An autopsy later confirmed that he had been struck in the head with a rare Luger handgun. Nash's store, which is also where he lived, had been robbed. Witnesses also …

Van Boa Nguyen

Van Boa Nguyen Van Boa Nguyen, 27, was shot to death on March 8, 2002 in a marihuana grow house in Maple. An investigation revealed that at 1 a.m., three suspects forced their way into Nguyen's house at 120 Findhorn Cr. and forcibly confined him before executing him. The murder was directly linked to Nguyen's grow operation, which included several hundred mature marihuana plants in the basement of his house. His murderers, however, have not yet been identified. Points of Interest &lt;a href=" …

Thanh Nguyen and Frank Pham

Thanh Nguyen and Frank Pham Three men were shot and two were killed on May 2, 2004 in a Richmond Hill night club parking lot. Thanh Nguyen, 20, Frank Pham, 21 and a third victim, were rushed to hospital at 2:30 a.m., as Illusions, the now-defunct West Beaver Creek Road night club was closing. Thanh and Frank were dead upon arrival. The third man survived his injuries and was released later that day. Though several hundred people were at the club when the victims were shot, Thanh and Frank's murderers have …

Albert Peacock

Albert Peacock Albert Peacock was a social man. The Toronto east ender was a member of the Second Mile Club of Toronto, a senior's social club in downtown Toronto. His body, however, was found by hunters in a lonely, secluded wooded area west of Lake Ridge Road and Third Concession in Georgina on December 2, 1991. An autopsy later determined that the 76-year-old had been strangled to death. When his body was discovered, he was wearing a tan raincoat, pink dress shirt and beige dress pants. He was white, …

Jason Pellicore

Jason Pellicore It was just before 9:30 a.m., August 29, 2007, when a group of people working out inside a Richmond Hill gym heard gunshots in the parking lot. Outside, 34-year-old Jason Pellicore lied bleeding to death from multiple gunshot wounds. His gym bag, full of gear, lied on the ground next to him. He was rushed to hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The suspect, wearing dark-coloured clothing, was riding a scooter or small motorcycle and wearing a grey helmet with a full-face visor. After …

Tiago Pereira

Tiago Pereira The whereabouts of Tiago Pereira between noon on May 4 and 2 p.m. on May 5, 2004 are uncertain. But sometime in that time span, he was shot and killed, his body left on a dead end in King Township. The 35-year-old Toronto resident was last seen in Toronto. His body, however, was found at the end of the Seventeenth Sideroad. The location was not entirely remote - the road could be seen by motorists on both the north and southbound lanes of Highway 400. Police urged citizens to call police if …