The report found that some police officers had misconceptions or stereotypical ideas about the LGBTQ community, and that there was a lack of communication about the cases with the community, as well as within the police force itself.
Epstein also identified delays and errors in the investigations, and missed important opportunities to identify him as the killer.
She wrote that her extensive engagement with community members and organizations confirmed that many people deeply mistrust the Toronto police.
Interim police chief James Ramer said Tuesday that the shortcomings Epstein identified are inexcusable. He said the police accept and will act on every one of the report s 150 recommendations.
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Feb. 1 update: Nicole Edwards has been located and taken to jail. VANCOUVER A woman accused in a disturbing sexual assault at a Vancouver homeless camp has disappeared from her halfway house again. Vancouver police are looking for Nicole Edwards, who is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for breach of conditions. She was last seen leaving her halfway house in Surrey on Jan. 6, police said more than two weeks later. Her whereabouts are unknown, but she does frequent the Downtown Eastside, the Vancouver Police Department said in a statement. Edwards is described as 5 3 and about 125 lbs., with brown eyes, brown hair and a tattoo reading Wahkesh on her neck.