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The final straw was broken long before Peel Region ended 2019 with a disturbing record 31 murders.

It was the brazen shoot-out with 136 bullets flying behind a Malton apartment building that killed innocent 17-year-old Jonathan Davis and wounding three others when people understood things were out of control.

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And that something had to be done about this madness.

Peel Police needed financial help to mount a counter-response to the proliferation of gang and gun culture proliferation crossing cities like flowing water.

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That help is now coming from the Premier Doug Ford government.

The government will provide “$20.5 million to Peel Regional Police to give police officers the tools and resources they need to increase community policing, combat gun and gang violence, and keep streets safe” the government tells The Toronto Sun.

This announcement will be made official at a news conference early Friday.