The purchase two years ago of another armoured vehicle for Edmonton police was "remarkably tone deaf," the mayor says. The chair of the Edmonton Police Commission agreed the optics of buying a new armoured vehicle "are not particularly positive" given today's political climate. Edmonton police chief Dale McFee defends the purchase of a new armoured vehicle. The chief said he understands the decision to buy an armoured vehicle in the current climate will be closely scrutinized. In June 2020, Halifax city council cancelled a $368,000 contract for the purchase of a new armoured vehicle in the wake of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis.

Source: CBC News August 28, 2020 00:25 UTC