Efforts to tackle systemic racism in the Peel Regional Police service will take time and lots of community engagement, the head of the Ontario Human Rights Commission says as dozens of recommendations to improve the force are reviewed.
The police force west of Toronto — which serves Mississauga and Brampton — committed nearly three years ago to a partnership with the human rights commission to examine and address what it acknowledged were existing and long-standing discriminatory practices within the service.
They include improving training through trauma-informed approaches that emphasize de-escalation, expanding civilian-led mental health crisis response, suggestions for better race-based data collection and acknowledging racial discrimination in policing. "Those recommendations weren't created in a vacuum," she said in an interview, noting that the human rights commission worked with the police force as it reviewed the public feedback and crafted the recommendations.The force, its board and the commission will eventually come to a consensus on final recommendations that will create legally binding requirements that Peel police will implement to combat racism in law enforcement.
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