Brampton mayor under police protection after receiving threats

Arrthy Thayaparan · CBC News

· Posted: Jul 15, 2025 2:37 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown is nether constabulary extortion aft threats were made against him and his family, constabulary say.

Peel Regional Police (PRP) assessed the menace and decided further information was necessary while an probe is underway, said Deputy Chief Nick Milinovich connected Tuesday astatine a quality league for a antithetic case. 

"Really it was preventative and retired of an abundance of caution," helium said. 

"At times radical person threats and we're acrophobic astir them and we volition bash things to marque definite we tin mitigate immoderate hazard to them and their family."

At the aforesaid quality conference, Mayor Patrick Brown said helium had "great assurance successful Peel police" and that this wasn't the archetypal clip he'd received a threat.

"I'm definite it won't beryllium the last," said Brown. "I surely privation my household to beryllium safe, and I judge they are, but it won't alteration my attack to beryllium outspoken astir nationalist information and to bash my occupation accordingly."

Milinovich said the threats came from wrong Canada, but that constabulary would hold to stock much accusation truthful arsenic not to jeopardize the investigation.