Bail Reform Is Now Law — A Step Forward for Safer Communities
Bill C-14 is a major step forward for public safety, strengthening bail and sentencing laws for repeat violent offenders involved in crimes such as auto theft, extortion, home invasions, firearms offences, and organized crime. Brampton’s advocacy helped shape this reform, ensuring the realities facing residents, victims’ families, and frontline police officers were brought directly to decision-makers in Ottawa.
Combatting Crime in Peel Region and Canada
Community safety is the number one issue I hear from residents in Brampton, and it continues to be my top priority. As our city has grown, we’ve made historic investments in policing, modern technology, and new infrastructure to keep pace. From hiring hundreds of new officers to strengthening emergency response and tackling issues like auto theft, real progress is being made. Here’s how we’re taking action to build a safer community for everyone.
Project Night Train: Peel Police Shut Down Criminal Networks Tied to Brutal Home Invasions
Peel Regional Police have dismantled two interconnected criminal networks linked to a series of violent home invasions and jewellery store robberies across the Greater Toronto Area, which left several victims with severe, life-altering injuries and resulted in approximately $2 million in stolen property.
Project Ghost: Peel Police Take Down Violent Organized Crime Group
Peel Regional Police’s Central Robbery Bureau has taken down an organized criminal network responsible for more than 15 violent home invasions involving high-end vehicle and jewellery thefts across the Greater Toronto Area. Project Ghost was initiated when a criminal network was identified to be connected to the following violent incidents: On Aug. 1, 2024, at […]
X-Ray Scanner Deployed to Combat Auto Theft
The federal government and Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced the deployment of a container scanner in the Greater
Toronto Area (GTA). This tool will significantly aid in our ongoing efforts to combat the scourge
of auto thefts in Brampton.
U.S. Homeland Security Shows Mayor Brown How They Block Auto Theft Exports
Mayor Patrick Brown and Deputy Chief Nick Milinovich were hosted by U.S. Homeland Security to showcase their investigative, technological and co-operational strategies in detecting auto theft at Port Newark in New Jersey. This port is the busiest on the U.S. East Coast and also has the highest auto theft recovery rate in the U.S. (Media: […]
Mayor Brown Meets with Prime Minister Trudeau
Today, I met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to actively pursue solutions for two important issues
for the people of Brampton: combating auto thefts and advancing the construction of the Light Rail
Transit (LRT) into Downtown Brampton. We reaffirmed our commitment to a continued partnership between the Government of Canada and
the City of Brampton, focusing on tangible solutions to our pressing challenges.
Mayor Brown to advance Peel Police solutions at National Summit on Combatting Auto Theft
Regional Council unanimously supported Mayor Brown’s motion to advise federal government to conduct more screening at our ports and enact tougher penalties to deter auto theft.
Peel Police Auto-Theft Unit Doubles
Mayor Brown says that doubling the number of Police Officers in the Auto-Theft Unit shows our local commitment to solving a national problem with other levels of government, the CBSA and auto manufacturers.
Mayor Visits 2023 Autoshow to Advocate For Collaboration on Auto-Theft
Just like the industry did in 2007, we need to deal with the technology that organized crime is using to exploit what is a very valuable asset.