Rebuilding public trust part of Montreal police action plan to fight discrimination – Montreal [Video]

Montreal’s police department has an action plan to promote equity, diversity and inclusion, and to fight racism and discrimination.

The police say their aim is to not only rebuild the trust of the population but to create an inclusive working environment for employees. Their plan includes a number of measures they have already taken, such as training members on concepts of equity, diversity and inclusion as well as how to stop racial profiling and discrimination.

During a public presentation of the plan at Montreal city hall, police director Fady Dagher they said they’ve also established committees of experts from various communities to target certain issues.

There are are eight issues they say they are still working on. Among them is a revision of the police department’s policy on street checks. That’s one thing some community groups have been calling for in the wake of numerous accusations of profiling by some officers. Just in March, two …