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The Montreal Police Service was created on March 15, 1843. At that time, there were 51 police officers in Montreal. The first officers did not wear uniforms. In order to be recognizable as police officers by civilians, the first uniforms were created in 1848. In 1853, they won the right to carry firearms in the performance of their duties.
On January 8, a bomb explodes near the domicile of Jean-Paul Gilbert, Montreal chief of police. On February 13, a bomb explodes at the building of the Montreal Stock Exchange. Some 27 people are injured. On March 4, Pierre-Paul Geoffroy, a former fireman, is arrested by the police. The network bearing his name is partly dismantled.
A 17-year-old teenager was shot by police after a pursuit. Maurice eventually stopped his car, and a Sûreté du Québec officer got out of his cruiser to approach the driver. At that point Maurice accelerated, dragging the officer alongside the car, Montreal police said. The Sûreté du Québec officer then shot Maurice.
On February 19, 2013, 125 police officers from UPAC armed with warrants raided 9 locations in Montreal, including Montreal City Hall and 5 borough offices, including in the Cote-des-Neiges-NDG borough office governed for years by Applebaum. [1] [59] Police said that they spoke with both Applebaum and former mayor Gerald Tremblay. Applebaum ...
The police confirmed the death of one victim, an 18-year-old woman who was shot in the abdomen and died on the scene. [3] Canadian newspapers later identified the woman as Anastasia Rebecca De Sousa. [14] She had been shot a total of nine times. [15] The Montreal Police Service later reported that 19 other people had been wounded. [4]
On the night of September 4, 2012, the Parti Québécois won the Quebec general election, with a minority government.Party leader Pauline Marois was partway through her victory speech at the Métropolis in downtown Montreal when Richard Henry Bain, in an attempt to assassinate her and "kill as many separatists as possible", approached the building and opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle ...
The claim: Donald Trump can't travel to Canada because he is a convicted felon. A Dec. 3 Threads post (direct link, archive link) offers a theory as to why Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...
On 11 October 2007, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary arrested 12 people in connection with a Hells Angels-linked drug ring in St. John's headed by Patrick Champoux of the Hells Angels Montreal chapter. [55] The police believed that the Champoux gang was importing about $1 million of cocaine into Newfoundland per month and were the largest ...