Toronto’s police chief apologized on Apr. 30 for how he phrased his response to the acquittal of a man accused of fatally running over a plainclothes officer, saying he understands the public concerns over his comments.
Chief Myron Demkiw told the Toronto Police Service Board he has been reflecting on the statement he gave outside a downtown Toronto courthouse on April 21, shortly after Umar Zameer was found not guilty in the death of Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup. At the time, Chief Demkiw said police respect the judicial process but were “hoping for a different outcome” to the trial.
