Minority Communities and Police Forces

routinely conduct diversity training: Many have been doing so for well over a decade, according to Toronto Star. But it hard to know what difference that made in the absence of hard data. Mon., May 30, 2016 Police forces across Ontario routinely conduct diversity training, anti-racism initiatives and outreach programs aimed at better connecting with minority communities. An inquest jury recommended further training initiatives this past week specifically to defuse unconscious bias on the part of officers. But what needed, as well as more training, is a comprehensive way to measure the effectiveness of what been done so far. The panel, which looked into the police shooting of Jermaine Carby in Brampton two years ago, was right to highlight racial profiling as an issue that still demands action. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.