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鈥淚n the last five days, we have had a police officer struck and injured by a stolen car, officers shot at, and a police dog killed in the line of duty. Will Mayor Chow offer any words of condolence or support for our members?鈥� the TPA said in a tweet issued Thursday.

In a statement to the Star Monday, a spokesperson for the mayor鈥檚 office said Chow reached out to police leadership after learning of each incident to extend her wishes for a quick recovery to the injured officer and extend her condolences for the police dog鈥檚 death.

鈥淕oing forward, her messages to officers will also be made public,鈥� the spokesperson said in a statement to the Star. 鈥淭he mayor will be meeting with the TPA to hear more, and has expressed her desire to work together. Mayor Chow is committed to building a city where all workers feel safe on the job.鈥�

海角社区官网police dog killed and officer injured in recent incidents

The first incident cited in the TPA鈥檚 statement occurred on July 22, when a teenage driver in a stolen vehicle allegedly struck and injured a police officer on a bike in Parkdale. According to police, officers were approaching the car on their bikes when the driver 鈥渁ccelerated towards them.鈥� Video of the incident appears to show the driver surge forward into another lane, striking the officer and sending them onto the hood of another vehicle.

Police said the vehicle鈥檚 two occupants, a 15-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl, were arrested and charged. The injured officer was reportedly taken to hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Three days later, a K9 police dog was killed in the line of duty while searching for a murder suspect in Etobicoke. 海角社区官网police said the two-year-old German shepherd, named Bingo, was shot after 鈥渁n interaction鈥� broke out between police and the suspect.

The province鈥檚 Special Investigations Unit, which is investigating the incident, said an officer shot the suspect, who was then taken to hospital with a serious injury. The 44-year-old man faces a charge of second-degree murder in connection to the shooting of a 24-year-old 海角社区官网man.

Chow鈥檚 turbulent past with 海角社区官网Police Association

, TPA President Jon Reid characterized Chow鈥檚 silence in the wake of the incidents as 鈥渄eafening鈥� and added that it鈥檚 not going unnoticed.

鈥淚 think it鈥檚 really important for her, as a new mayor and the leader of our city, to come out and support the people that work in her city, keeping it safe,鈥� he said in the interview.

Chow has had a turbulent relationship with the TPA in the past. In 2000, as a city councillor, Chow was forced to resign her seat on the 海角社区官网Police Services Board after she attended and publicly criticized the police鈥檚 handling of an anti-poverty rally at Queen鈥檚 Park that turned violent.

The day of the riot, the TPA issued a news release demanding Chow resign, claiming she 鈥渋nterfered with police activity and overstepped her authority as a member of the police services board.鈥�

Chow resigned several days later, saying at the time that she didn鈥檛 want her presence to harm the board鈥檚 work.

Chow has been vocal about violence in the city

Since her mayoral byelection victory, Chow has spoken publicly about violence in the city. As mayor-elect, she expressed her condolences to the loved ones of Karolina Huebner-Makurat, who was killed on July 7 by a stray bullet during a daytime shooting in Leslieville.

After the deadly incident, she added that she was 鈥渧ery grateful鈥� for the police鈥檚 work on the case.

鈥淭he challenge before me when I become mayor,鈥� she said at the time, 鈥渋s to find ways to end gun violence and all types of violence in our city so that tragedies like this one do not happen. This is a top priority for me.鈥�

With files from Marissa Birnie, Paul Moloney, Bruce DeMara and The Canadian Press