Calgary councillor raises flags over Police Act amendments
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“One of the parties to the disagreement may refer the matter to the minister, or the minister may determine that it is desirable to become involved in the matter,” the Police Act now reads. Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek, also a former member of the police commission, said she’s heard concerns around the council horseshoe of how the civilian oversight body will look following the Act’s changes.“I’m also very interested to understand what the selection process looks like. What criteria will be used if the province is going to appoint people and would we do a joint appointment methodology? So lots of questions.
“Giving the minister the authority to appoint members to municipal police commissions will actually increase the diversity of voices involved in civilian governance beyond being municipal appointees,” Dylan Topal said in a statement to Global News.Recognizing the province does contribute grants to the Calgary police budget, Walcott said it would “make sense” to have one or two provincial representatives.
“Maybe the solution is the conversation around, ‘Should there actually be political representatives on our commissions and rather just have them be representative of civilians entirely?’”
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