The chair of Peel’s police board says he does not recall making a female member of the force feel “uncomfortable” when he gave her a hug at an event last month. “As a board member I fully support Chair Ahluwalia and I am satisfied with his response,” Crombie wrote in an email to the Star Tuesday. “The community needs the Peel Police Board and our force to have a positive relationship as we work together to modernize policing in Peel. Evans was asked if the controversy over the hug could further damage the relationship between the force and the board that oversees it. “Look, the concerns of the member who felt uncomfortable about the hug are the priority.

Source: thestar November 23, 2016 17:53 UTC