Halifax police are eyeing multiple ideas to recruit more officers as the force deals with long-term absences and large numbers of possible retirements in the next few years.
Of the 24 demonstrators Halifax Regional Police arrested nearly two years ago in the wake of widespread tent removals, four are undergoing court trials. The outcome of those trials weighs on Halifax’s future.
A review of a chaotic clash that broke out between police and protestors in downtown Halifax in August 2021 has been ordered by the police oversight board.
Halifax Board of Police Commissioners chair Becky Kent announced they will strike up a civilian review to investigate the chaotic clearing of a Halifax tent encampment on Spring Garden Road on Aug. 18, 2021.