Responses (albeit not very informative ones) from Miller and Harper's offices

Responses came in yesterday to my original emails to David Miller and Stephen Harper. Neither is particularly satisfactory or contains any information that we didn't already have. However I thought I should pass them along in event it is at all interesting to you.

The response from Miller was at least personal and addressed the issues at hand, even if he is apparently sticking to his line of "the police did a good job."

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"Thanks for writing.
 
The events of this past weekend were sad and unfortunate. A couple of hundred criminals infiltrated and undermined otherwise peaceful protests and caused the destruction they did was truly regrettable.
 
Mayor Miller has expressed his confidence in the way police handled the reaction under very trying circumstances but he also recognizes that there are some legitimate questions being raised about some of the tactics used on Sunday. If there are concerns about any aspect of the police activities, there is now an independent provincial agency established to follow up on those complaints.
 
The Mayor shares the anger and frustration of all Torontonians who saw their city attacked by outsiders who came here to cause destruction and vandalism. This is not the Toronto way and we will move on.
 
For your consideration, here is a link to a news conference held on June 28, 2010 in which some of your questions and more were raised. I would encourage you to listen to the Mayor's words directly.
 
http://www.toronto.ca/mayor_miller/speeches/2010/G20_press_conference_june28.mp3
 
For police complaints you may wish to contact:
Office of the Independent Police Review Director
 
https://www.oiprd.on.ca/cms/
 
There are numerous post-mortems being conducted on summit security and where improvements could be made in future.
 
Any individual complaints regarding specific aspects of the security would be looked into by the Office of Independent Police Review Director.
 
Under Provincial law, it is the Police Services Board the Chief reports to and not the Mayor.
You may wish to forward your concerns and comments to the board at http://www.tpsb.ca/Contact/
 
Regards,
 
Joanne Miller"

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The Response from Harper's office was even less satisfactory

"Please know that your e-mail message has been received in the Prime Minister's Office and that your comments have been noted. Our office always welcomes hearing from correspondents and being made aware of their views.

Thank you for writing."