Raymond Sheppard: Don’t disregard police body cams
In light of racist police violence in Halifax it’s time to take another look at body cams, says Raymond Sheppard.
Halifax Board of Police Commissioners
Judy Haiven: When two lemons don’t make lemonade
Judy Haiven: “The Black community and its growing number of allies will not accept the continued violence, arrests and yes — street checks — by the Halifax Police. And, hopefully, the “good burghers” – Halifax’s white residents – will actually support the Black community’s struggle against police tyranny.”
News brief: Deal with racial profiling and brutality, or step aside, Board of Police Commissioners told
Earlier today poet and activist El Jones told the Halifax Board of Commissioners that it must deal with racism and police brutality of step aside. She made some excellent points.
On the street check ban: We don’t have a couple of bad apples, we have a bad orchard
Street checks are banned in Nova Scotia, and Halifax Police is set to issue an apology. This is a good thing. But unfortunately you can’t ban racism, and Monday’s Board of Police Commissioners showed we have a long way to go.
Nova Scotians eager to sign petition to ban street checks, group tells Halifax Board of Police Commissioners
Went to today’s Halifax Board of Police Commissioners meeting, and heard how a petition to ban street checks is growing by leaps and bounds. Also, how and when the carding database will be purged. And a group complains that street checks never ended, despite the moratorium.
Halifax police stonewalls FOIPOP request about pros and cons of $500,000 armed vehicle
the Nova Scotia Advocate has been informed that a a Freedom of Information request it submitted to the Halifax Regional Police to find out more about its internal reasoning for acquiring that tank-like vehicle was denied in its entirety.
No apologies from Halifax Regional Police and RCMP for damage done by racist street checks
No apology will be forthcoming from Halifax Regional Police (HRP) and HRM RCMP for the damage inflicted on the African Nova Scotian community through the racist practice of street checks. This despite a unanimous motion by the Halifax Board of Police Commissioners that asked for such an apology.
Halifax Police want their armoured truck, and they’re damn well going to buy it
Halifax Regional Police (HRP) want a military style armoured vehicle, and there is nothing the Board of Police Commissioners can do about it. Maybe you should give your favourite councillor a call.
We already have a policy, it’s called the Charter – For many street check suspension just isn’t good enough
I went to the Halifax Board of Police Commissioners meeting this afternoon when it recommended that street checks be suspended.. Afterwards I talked to some members of the African Nova Scotian community who think only a ban is good enough.
News brief: Halifax police wants armoured vehicle
The Halifax Regional Police Department (HRPD) wants some $500,000 to buy an armoured vehicle, in what it calls “a logical next step in our critical response to major critical incidents.”