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title: "Brad Bradford pledges 1,000 more Toronto police officers if elected mayor"
description: "Bradford says Toronto needs 1,000 additional frontline officers and plans to expand training capacity through a satellite campus in Etobicoke. His campaign puts the annual cost at $143 million once fully in place."
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The Toronto Sun reported Saturday that Brad Bradford, who is running for mayor of Toronto, pledged to add 1,000 frontline police officers to the Toronto Police Service if he wins the October 26 election. Bradford made the announcement on the campaign trail.

His campaign put the annual cost of the plan at $143 million once fully in place in the fourth year of his term. That figure comes from the Bradford campaign and has not been independently verified.

The plan rests on expanding training capacity. Bradford said he would open a satellite campus of the Ontario Police College at the Toronto Police College in Etobicoke. He said Toronto recruits must currently travel to the provincial college in Aylmer to train, which he argues limits how many the city can put through at once. Adding a Toronto-based site would allow more recruits to train at the same time, according to his campaign.

Bradford argued on the trail that Toronto has added about 500,000 residents since 2010 while the number of officers has stayed at the same level. He framed that gap as the reason the hiring commitment is needed. That comparison is his campaign's argument.

**Chow's safety pledge**

The Toronto Sun also reported on Mayor Olivia Chow's community safety platform. Chow has pledged to re-open 54 Division in East York as a standalone police unit by 2030. That is the mayor's own commitment.

Both candidates have eight days left before voting day on October 26.

**What this means for voters**

A voter who wants to weigh the two candidates' positions on public safety can read [Brad Bradford's profile](/on/toronto-2026/candidates/brad-bradford) alongside Olivia Chow's at [/on/toronto-2026/candidates#mayor](/on/toronto-2026/candidates#mayor). Bradford's pledge is a campaign commitment, not an approved budget item. The Toronto Police Services Board sets the service's staffing levels each year, and any expansion would require a council vote on the operating budget. The October 26 election is the voters' chance to choose which candidate's approach goes to council.

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