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Fredericton to take closer look at Black Lives Matter report on police
Group urges more public oversight of police operations
· CBC News· Posted: Oct 06, 2020 9:47 AM AT
Black Lives Matter Fredericton organizer Husoni Raymond presented report to city council on Monday night. (Logan Perley/CBC)
Black Lives Matter Fredericton is calling for a public hearing into police operations and community safety in the city.
Husoni Raymond, one of the organizers of Black Lives Matter Fredericton, said police have too many varied responsibilities, and more public input is needed into police operations.
"There is no civilian oversight of police to actually help determine the scope, determine the budget allocations, or to hold police accountable in any way," he told a meeting of council in committee.
Raymond highlighted several problems with the way the Fredericton Police Force operates, including a lack of transparency regarding policy and budgeting, he said.
"When we talk about reallocating police funding and reconsidering the way in which we do community safety, it's about making sure that not just this one group of people have the responsibility, or we're charging them to address all these problems, but more of a community-oriented or community solution to these problems."
Coun. John MacDermid said the recommendation was a good starting point.
Council moved to have staff review the recommendation and report back on the information Raymond presented.
"That will give both council time to think about what you've presented to us as individuals," said MacDermid. "It will give staff some time to really dig down into some of those jurisdictional issues, whether it's with the relationship between municipality and the province, but also what other municipalities are doing in terms of this."
No one on council or with the police department would speak with reporters after the meeting. Instead, city communications manager Wayne Knorr gave a statement:
"Certainly tonight was about listening," he said. "The city needed to make space for this important discussion. And staff have been, as you heard, instructed to bring back a report with more detail for council's consideration."
No date was set for the staff report to come back to council.
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Methinks Justice Bell formerly of he RCMP, his buddy Higgy a former wannabe leader of the CoR Party and my Mother's second husband a former Chief Electoral of NB should at least affirm that I was one of the founding members of the Anglo Society back in the eighties when Trudeau the Elder mandated the my dear Mother in Law who worked for the RCMP in Fat Fred City since 1954 like her Father Staff Sgt Jones before her had to learn French or quit the force N'esy Pas?
Also the " authoritarian mentality " of the police needs to be addressed. No matter how one wants to address their jobs , their mandate , like most all others, is TO PROVIDE A SERVICE " !!! " To serve and protect " means just that ! Not to bully , denigrate , or manhandle the people they serve , but to provide a service ! There are too many officers who appear to think otherwise !
"it's about making sure that not just this one group of people have the responsibility"... again, that group is our elected officials. The Utopian dream of government by committee (or by social media influencers) is such a joke.