Tag: WRPS
WRPS releases racial-based data on their use-of-force reports for the first...
Waterloo Regional Police (WRPS) release a use-of-force report on a biannual that documents police officers’ use of physical force when responding to a call...
Amber Alert Called Off After Toddlers Been Found
On Sept. 28, 2020, around 6:30 p.m., The Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) received reports of a disturbance call involving weapons in the River...
WRPS issues warning after releasing high-risk offender
Hayan Yassin, convicted in 2011 of sexual assault with a weapon, forcible confinement, sexual assault causing bodily harm, and kidnapping, was released on Sept....
Somali community voices concerns over police brutality by WRPS
On July 5th of this year, Abdisalam Omer, an unarmed Black man belonging to the Somali Canadian community, was brutally beaten by officers from...
UW and WLU students throw massive house party
Right in the middle of a global pandemic, more than 100 students decided to gather on Hickory Street West on Monday, Sept. 7, breaking...