Caucasian City of Montreal falls: The Sûreté du Québec stands out: The provincial police force serves more than 2.5 million people, however, fewer than one per cent of its officers are not Caucasian, according to CBC. City of Montreal falls short on visible, ethnic minority hiring targets Follow the full Real Talk on Race series Between 2007 and March 2015, the SQ hired 735 new police officers. Numbers compiled by CBC show that police forces in the greater Montreal region are lagging dramatically in their hiring of visible minorities. Remarkably, only five of those hires were from what it calls "cultural communities"— groups that have different national or cultural traditions from the main population. Mahad Al Mustaqim is a community activist who works with at-risk youth. Risk to police credibility An expert on employment equity, Concordia University political scientist Maria Peluso, said the lack of diversity in Quebec police forces risks undermining the credibility of officers. "In any public office or public institution, it important they reflect the diversity of the population that they serve," Peluso said. "That adds a great deal of respect and credibility from the very population that you are there to serve and protect." Mahad Al Mustaqim spent much of his youth in and out of jail as a member of a street gang.
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