‘Ottawa’ Racial profiling, budget concerns top police board meeting
Councillors’ request that the Ottawa police board pause before approving a budget that several thought was setting the force up for failure was just one of the items highlighting a particularly charged board meeting Monday evening.
The human rights commissioner also urged the board to “step up” and stop denying racial profiling, while the chief of police flippantly thanked the legal director of the African Canadian Legal Clinic for finally engaging in meaningful dialogue with the police service.
The police board, despite dissenting delegations from several city councillors, approved the police budget and directed that it be forwarded to city council.
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