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Dan Jones and Police Force

: I think the DNA of this police force has always been community-based, says Jones, who donned the EPS uniform—joining his uncle, brother and cousin—the year before his father retired, according to Metro News. In general, I think policing has fallen away from that in certain places, but I think we’ve been really lucky here," he said. Dan Jones’ keeps a decades-old newspaper clipping of his dad, then a police offer, lighting a cigarette for a homeless man while walking his Boyle Street beat. But if the philosophy is the same, the execution has gotten tougher. But in his almost 20-year career Jones has become a voice for helping the police—not a profession known for diversity—build relationships. Edmonton is more diverse than ever: One in three are a visible minority, and the city also has one of the largest indigenous populations in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.