Alok Mukherjee

Alok Mukherjee (born circa 1945) is a Canadian academic, human rights advocate, and public servant. He served as chair of the Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB) from 2005 until his July 2015 retirement. He is currently appointed "distinguished visiting professor" at Toronto Metropolitan University. On March 24, 2018, Mukherjee, co-authored with Tim Harper, published Excessive Force, a book about the present and future of policing in Canada. On September 8, 2019 he was selected as the NDP candidate for the riding Toronto – St. Paul's in the 2019 Canadian federal election.