Edmonton police chief Dale McFee expresses concerns over defunding police service

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Edmonton police chief Dale McFee expresses concerns over defunding police service
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Edmonton's police chief says there is systemic racism in Canadian policing, but he worries that defunding police could lead to a loss of officers and programs brought in to address diversity.

McFee says systemic change is needed in police forces, but it needs to be the right change.He says there are programs within the police service that were created to address diversity, which would be lost if the department lost funding.

He adds that the service would also lose many officers who were hired in the past three to five years to address diversity.Mayor Don Iveson speaks out against racism in Edmonton

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