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forces: CBC INVESTIGATES Police diversity fails to keep pace with Canadian populations Halifax police force more diverse than community it serves Quebec police forces are still overwhelmingly white CBC News contacted local police forces on P.E.I. to see how the Island measures up when it comes to recruiting minorities, according to CBC. Charlottetown police have 81 officers and civilian staff. As police forces in major cities struggle to achieve diversity, on P.E.I. those goals are largely met by default due to the Island overwhelmingly white population. "We try to recruit visible minorities," says Edgar Mac Leod, executive director of the Atlantic Police Academy in Summerside. "It isn't easy to do." A national investigation by CBC News reveals police forces in most of the country fail to reflect the ethnic mix of the communities they serve. Three officers self-identify as members of a visible minority. Police continue recruiting efforts More than 90 per cent of Islanders claim roots in Scotland, England or Ireland. By contrast, more than 90 percent of P.E.I. population traces its roots to the British Isles. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.