in an incident that police have described as \u201cpremeditated and targeted\u201d attack on the Jewish community.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cIn the face of this mounting evidence, it is impossible to deny that more needs to be done to protect our frontline officers and protect public safety in our communities,\u201d Ford said. <\/p>\n
In his letter, Ford called on Carney to amend the Criminal Code to increase parole ineligibility from 25 years to 30 years for anyone convicted of first-degree murder in the death of a police officer. <\/p>\n
He also requested that a new mandatory minimum sentence of six months be introduced for \u201cindividuals who resist arrest, assault a police officer or flee from a police office when they cause bodily harm or endanger the life or safety of other persons.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ford also wants the maximum penalty for violent home invasions set at life imprisonment, with changes to the criminal code that would stipulate that anyone convicted of multiple offences from the same incident would be required to serve those sentences consecutively rather than concurrently. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe owe it to the officers who have been killed or injured. We owe it to their families. And we owe it to every police officer who puts on their uniform knowing they may not make it home at the end of their shift,\u201d Ford wrote. <\/p>\n
Ford has repeatedly called on his federal counterparts to take action to address violent crime and has expressed frustration with the pace of federal bail reform. <\/p>\n
In his letter, Ford said that he wanted to put \u201cseveral proposals on the table\u201d formally because \u201cwe cannot keep asking police officers to face these dangers without giving them the strongest possible protection under the law.\u201d <\/p>\n
In addition to the sentencing-based changes proposed by Ford, he is also asking Ottawa to \u201cpermit judicially authorized access to encrypted communications\u201d as it pertains to threats to law enforcement personnel. <\/p>\n
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