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59. A website was created (www.tpsreview.ca), identifying the mandate of the Review
and explaining the manner in which stakeholders could make submissions to the
Review.
60. The Review team also assembled a comprehensive list of stakeholder
organizations, including police organizations, mental health organizations, government
organizations, persons with lived experience of mental illness, family members of
persons killed, lawyers, civil liberties organizations, community mental health
organizations and others. A mailing was sent to all of these organizations, soliciting their
input and inviting them to make submissions to the Review.
61. Stakeholders were invited to provide the Review with: (a) proposed
recommendations and an explanation of the basis for the recommendations; (b)
evidence or other material supporting the recommendations; (c) discussion and analysis
of the issues; (d) suggestions for further research, investigation or inquiry by the Review
team; (e) documents recommended for consideration by the Review team; and (f) the
names of individuals that it was recommended should be interviewed by the Review
team.
62. A large number of stakeholders made submissions. In total, the Review team
heard from over 40 individuals and organizations, and received many thoughtful,
comprehensive and helpful submissions, some of which included extensive supporting
materials. All of the submissions were read and considered by the Review team, and
many of the ideas and recommendations in those submissions find expression in this
Report. The submissions can be found on the Review website.
63. A separate letter was sent to the families of 20 individuals who died between
2002 and 2012 as a result of an interaction with the TPS, where the TPS determined
that the individual’s mental health may have been a factor in the encounter. To protect
the privacy of the family members, and with my agreement, the TPS did not provide the
Review with the contact information for the family members. Rather, the TPS sent my
letter to the family members directly. Twenty-four letters were sent to family members
relating to these 20 deaths. I was contacted by members of two families in response to
the letter.
64. I was also contacted, separately, by family members of two individuals killed in
encounters with other police services, outside of Toronto.
65. A list of the individuals and organizations that provided written submissions to
the Review is set out in Appendix C of this Report. In the interests of protecting their
privacy, I have not listed the names of individuals who made submissions to the Review
and asked that their names not be disclosed.
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