Sault Ste. Marie Police Service's use of force report for 2022 shows a 96.5 per cent increase in officers encountering individuals with firearms over previous year
The city’s chief of police is calling for more resources to address mental health and addictions issues in Sault Ste. Marie after seeing an “alarming rate of firearms” on the streets within the past year.
Sault Ste. Marie Police Service Chief Hugh Stevenson told reporters following the monthly Police Services Board meeting Thursday that the drug trade is responsible for the surge in incidents where officers encounter a subject packing a firearm or bladed weapon. The police chief says the majority of people in the illicit drug trade are associated with one criminal enterprise or another, all of which are connected to organized crime.
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