Indigenous people overrepresented in Calgary police data [Video]

Indigenous people in Calgary are overrepresented in missing persons, violent crimes and interactions with police, a new report suggests.

The trend comes from the newly released Calgary Police Service’s Race Data Analysis reports, which compile data collected during interactions with police officers and the public.

The data focuses on two elements – disproportionality and disparity. Disproportionality refers to groups being underrepresented of overrepresented while disparity identifies inequal treatment or outcomes experienced by different groups.

According to the analysis, CPS found Indigenous individuals, particularly women and girls, were more likely to be victims of crime or the subject of missing persons cases.

“Female Indigenous youth with chronic histories are the most overrepresented group (in missing persons cases,” CPS said in a news release.

“Indigenous female victims of assault, robbery and sex offences are disproportionately higher than their population proportion.”

Indigenous Calgarians are 2.5 times more likely to be victims of violent …