| Leader Title: | Founding members |
| Leader Name: | Naheed Dosani Andrew Boozary Semir Bulle Suzanne Shoush Ritika Goel Michaela Beder Bahar Orang Saadia Sediqzadah Nanky Rai |
Doctors for Defunding the Police is a group of Toronto, Canada, doctors that campaign to shift Toronto City Council spending away from police and towards social services.
Doctors for Defunding the Police is a Toronto-based group of healthcare providers who advocate for shifting Toronto City Council spending away from police services and towards healthcare and education.[1] [2] Founders include Suzanne Shoush M.D.[3]
In 2020, the group protested with other social justice groups outside the Toronto Police Service headquarters.[4]
Via a their 2020 publication Policing is a Public Health Crisis, the group has called for greater transparency in the Toronto Police Service budget with a request for specific clarification about why police spending has been prioritized over education, healthcare (including mental health), and housing. The paper calls for changes to police use-of-force, including prohibition of use of harm and other lethal force, and the disarming of police. The group calls to move funding away from the police budget towards new community-led emergency response teams.