A review of the handling of missing persons cases by Toronto police has granted an unusual degree of authority to a small community-based committee, its members say, allowing them the power to determine just what the review will probe. The review could include questions about how police handled the disappearances of the earliest victims of alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur. But it will not address police conduct related to McArthur specifically, due to the continuing investigation and his pending trial. Alongside Rahim and Mainville will be police board member Ken Jeffers and Monica Forrester, engagement co-ordinator with Maggie’s Toronto Sex Workers Action Project. review of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, and determining how their reccomendations have been incorporated within the Toronto Police Service.

Source: thestar April 20, 2018 22:07 UTC