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Home » defunding police

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Police riot squad at the ready
Posted inCity Hall, Commentary, Policing

Defunding the police by increasing funding for the police?

by Stephen Kimber March 13, 2022October 20, 2022

“We are in a crisis. We are in dire straits. We need to be able to make sure that we staff the front line.” — Halifax Police Chief Dan Kinsella Presenting his case for a $2 million increase in the force’s budget for 2022-23 December 13, 2021 “It is not just a notion of saying, […]

The November 1982 issue of Atlantic Insight magazine, with Alexa McDonough on the cover.
Posted inMorning File

Harry Bruce on Alexa McDonough: “Alone among 51 political enemies, all men.”

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch January 18, 2022January 25, 2023
A Halifax Regional Police officer in his vehicle
Posted inCity Hall, Policing

Defunding report calls for better Halifax police oversight, ‘detasking,’ increased spending on affordable housing

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford January 14, 2022October 20, 2022
Posted inCommentary, Policing

The truth about what police value

A smiling young Black woman with long wavy hair by El Jones September 27, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inCity Hall, Policing

Halifax police board votes to appoint El Jones to develop committee defining defunding

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford September 21, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inCity Hall, Policing

Halifax refuses to reveal source of mysterious motion defining defunding police

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford September 17, 2020October 20, 2022
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In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated.

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