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Mental health de-escalation

What is the police force and other authority figures doing to learn how to detect signs of mental illness, and not assuming a black person or person of color is being aggressive? In essence, preventing the use of excessive force by recognizing that a person actually needs support and help and not aggression.

SYSTEMIC RACISM

I'll glady join any fight against systemic racism. If anyone today in the town hall can point to a policy or current law that is put in place that is racist towards Black people, I will join in the fight to change that specific policy or law. It seems that inequity in outcome is based more on a lack of work ethic than the coulor of someone's skin. Racism is real but systemic racism is just an excuse so people can blame others for the poor decisions they made throughout their lives.

Concern about stereotyping of black youths with Durham Police

Are there plans to train the DRPS on anti-black racism? As my children grow older, I am concerned that my children will wrongfully be accused or stereotyped in a negative light by police because of their skin colour. What actions are the police service going to do to address this systemic racism?