Toronto Police Services Board names working group for missing persons review
TORONTO — The Toronto police civilian oversight board has established a working group that will lay out the parameters for an external review of how the force handles missing persons cases.
The board announced the independent review in March in the wake of murder charges laid against accused serial killer Bruce McArthur. Many of the 66-year-old landscaper’s alleged victims went missing from Toronto’s gay village, where community members have criticized police for their response to the disappearances.
A report unanimously approved by the Toronto Police Services Board at a Wednesday meeting says the working group will identify the form, focus, duration and potential costs of the external review.
Toronto Mayor John Tory, who sits on the police services board, called the formation of the working group an “important first step” in the review process.