What should our police forces know before they hit the streets?

The first tool of a police officer is wisdom, and the second is judgment. It’s not a Smith & Wesson, or a Glock. We have to rebuild the training regimes for police officers, or we will continue to get the results that we have today.

Protesters, pictured on June 5, 2020, on the Hill at a rally to call attention to anti-Black racism and police violence against Black people across Canada and the United States. There is an argument that we should demand that people have life experience before applying to police academies, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

May 9, 2022

OTTAWA—British Columbia recently released its report “Transforming Policing and Community Safety in British Columbia." Essentially, the province and municipalities realized they have no control over police forces, especially the RCMP. That’s a thought to keep municipal mayors up at night. The...

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