Orange Hats 2025 Year-in-review Report on TPS Conduct at Protests

In 2025, Orange Hats—independent volunteer legal observers supporting liberatory movements in Tkaronto/Toronto—documented a significant escalation in…

What is Strategic Incapacitation

“Strategic incapacitation” is a modern policing strategy used to control and neutralize protests, particularly those by…

Newsrooms Must Treat TPS Release on Saturday’s ‘Canada First’ Rally With Extreme Caution and Skepticism

***MEDIA ADVISORY***January 11, 2026 URGENT NOTE TO MEDIANewsrooms Must Treat TPS Release on Saturday’s ‘Canada First’…

Statement on the Sept 24, 2025 arrest of a Legal Observer

On Wednesday, September 24, 2025, Toronto police arrested a legal observer at a Palestine protest at…

Our statement on the largest TPS mass arrest in four years.

On Saturday, July 19th, 2025, the State deployed a multi-agency police force in a choreographed operation…

How can we help you?

Orange Hats are lay-people helping activists and the unhoused and under-housed navigate the carceral system. Our…

What is Collective Defence?

Why is collective defence (CD) important? | Isolation is part of the punishment | Key political…

Resources & Links

A list of links and files that may be of use to activists in the GTA…