Denis Coderre and Herman Okomba-Deparice

Herman Okomba-Deparice: At the time it included a phone number to a police department for those seeking help, but not much more, according to CTV. Now the centre has a specific director who will fight jihadist ideology: Herman Okomba-Deparice. In March Mayor Denis Coderre said the centre would support the parents of youths who sympathized with Islamist and terrorist groups. He has spent the past decade working in the Montreal police department as a specialist in cultural relations, and most recently in dealing with radicalized groups. The situations reported would not necessarily become criminal matters. The centre is meant to prevent and detect violence and to help the radicalized person reintegrate into society. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.