Police shootings in 2021: Experts say number in Canada remains too high
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Despite growing calls for changes in policing, the number of officer shootings in Canada remains too high, say criminology experts.
On-duty police officers fired at 64 people in Canada between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30. Exactly half were killed. Seven were uninjured.
"I am deeply concerned by the unrelenting nature of this problem. There is nothing inevitable or natural about this problem," said Temitope Oriola, a criminology professor at the University of Alberta and a former special adviser to the province in a review of its Police Act.
The Canadian Press tracked each shooting using information from police, independent investigative units and independent reporting.
The resulting snapshot shows little has changed since 2020, when global movements called for more police accountability and transparency.
