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Category: Policing

A young Black boy wearing a black top and pants and a long gold chain around his neck sits on a step outside a home.
Posted inMorning File

While Demario Chambers waited over three years for justice, the cop who beat him up was paid more than $300,000 for doing no work at all

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson May 26, 2023May 26, 2023

I understand procedural fairness, but there has got to be a better way to deal with these situations.

A white man with a shaved head and closely cut beard and moustache wearing a blue and white plaid shirt looks directly into a camera. He's in a hallway of a building and there is a woman in the background.
Posted inPolicing

Halifax constable referred to restorative justice for 2020 assault on Black teen

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter May 25, 2023May 25, 2023
A young Black woman wearing a black blazer over a t-shirt that says "We've been here" sits at a table in a conference room. Behind her are two white men sitting at another table. One of the men is wearing a police uniform.
Posted inJustice, Policing

Board concludes race ‘was not a factor’ in Kayla Borden’s arrest by Halifax Regional Police

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford May 17, 2023May 24, 2023
A brick educational building is seen on a sunny day.
Posted inMorning File

Dismantle the RCMP

Avatar photo by Tim Bousquet and Joan Baxter May 10, 2023May 10, 2023
A brick educational building is seen on a sunny day.
Posted inCity Hall, Policing

Halifax police board chair, CAO toured RCMP training depot in Regina

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford May 9, 2023May 18, 2023
Slide showing a stylized drawing of a translucent human, with the heart and lungs glowing bright red. There are also images of an EKG and a clock. Text reads "Escited Delirium" all in capitals, in a font with a bit of a spraypainted stencil look.
Posted inCommentary

Excited delirium: junk science used to distract from police killings

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch May 9, 2023May 9, 2023
A cop in a blue uniform, baseball hat, and wearing a pale blue mask and black gloves extends his arm in front of a crowd of people.
Posted inPolicing

Halifax police board hires Toronto law firm to conduct independent review of Aug. 18, 2021

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford May 4, 2023May 4, 2023
Two uniformed officers stand on a roadway between two vehicles. In the background is downtown Halifax on a partly cloudy day.
Posted inCommentary

It’s time to fix policing, not ‘integrate’ the Mounties and the HRP

by Stephen Kimber May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
Posted inCity Hall, Policing

Halifax police board chair suggests independent review of response to 2021 protest will happen

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford April 28, 2023May 5, 2023
A closeup of the Halifax Regional Police Headquarters sign on the brick wall beside the front steps to their building on Gottingen Street in June 2021
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax councillors question the feasibility of recommended HRP-RCMP integration

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford April 25, 2023May 3, 2023

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