The task force also identified up to $72 million worth of land and buildings to be returned to the city. A task force appointed by the mayor is recommending what it describes as "unprecedented change" for the Toronto police. Co-chaired by Chief Mark Saunders and Toronto Police Services Board chair Andy Pringle, the task force plans to release its report to the media Thursday afternoon. ( Aaron Vincent Elkaim / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO )Some police divisions would close and a three-year freeze would be placed on hiring and promotions under recommendations from a task force aiming to “revitalize and modernize” the Toronto Police Service. Mayor John Tory, who sits on the board, called it “one of the most significant documents” on policing in Toronto in the past 25 years.

Source: thestar June 15, 2016 21:20 UTC