cityscape Police Chief Mark Saunders Takes Questions on Twitter

And Torontonians had no shortage of things to ask.

Yesterday, Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders participated in a Twitter Q-and-A.

For one hour, he responded to people’s questions with short videos.

The chat was part of the consultation process for the Toronto Police Service’s modernization effort.

In June, the force released The Way Forward: Modernizing Community Safety in Toronto, an interim report created by a task force made up of police officers and civilians.

Through the summer and fall, the TPS held consultations in communities around the city, at which people talked to officers and posed questions to the chief.

Yesterday, the questions poured in with the hashtag #AskChiefSaunders.

Toronto Star reporter Wendy Gillis asked about the recent decision to change TPS cars from white to dark grey.

Writer Desmond Cole asked why Saunders supports police officers being able to choose when to turn their body cameras on and off.

Freelance journalist @marinat asked how the force would reduce corruption within its ranks.

Of course, not all of the questions, some of them very valid ones, were answered.

Why have a Q&A at 4PM on a Wednesday when most of the city is commuting home? #AskChiefSaunders — Pierrepressure (@1Pierrepressure) October 12, 2016

.@marksaunderstps why are you engaging in this PR strategy right now on here? What do you hope to achieve? #AskChiefSaunders — Queer returns (@blacklikewho) October 12, 2016

Does the TPS stop and question other election candidates installing lawn signs in front of their own campaign offices? #AskChiefSaunders — Keegan Henry-Mathieu (@Keeganhm) October 12, 2016

What are you doing to make it safer for good cops to speak out when they see wrongdoing among colleagues? #AskChiefSaunders — trapdinawrpool (@trapdinawrpool) October 12, 2016

At the end of the hour, Saunders asked people to go online and continue to weigh in on The Way Forward. The final report will be completed in December.