Wolastoqey leaders call for changes to policing, including enforcement of banishment orders – CBCNov 19, 2024Calls for a public inquiry into systemic racism continue, as new government reviews nearly 2-year-old reportPolice and Public Trust, a project of the CBC News Atlantic investigative unit, scrutinizes the largely off-limits police complaint and discipline systems across the region. Journalists are using access to information laws and, in some cases, court challenges to obtain discipline records and data. Wolastoqey leaders in New Brunswick are making a renewed call for the RCMP to change the way it polices their communities. That includes enforcing band council resolutions, including those banishing people from communities, Chief Allan Polchies of Sitansisk, also known as St. Mary’s First Nation, told CBC in an interview in October about the RCMP beginning to track complaints alleging bias by its employees across the countryRead More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rcmp-police-public-trust-nb-part-four-1.7378990

Source: CBC News November 20, 2024 05:02 UTC