Posted: Jul 07, 2021 6:30 PM MT | Last Updated: July 8
Police, social agencies, health and city workers in the Human-centered Engagement and Liaison Partnership move into a new space in the Central McDougall neighbourhood.(Art Raham/CBC)
Social agencies, the police, health and city workers will operate under one roof to help bolster efforts to help homeless people in Edmonton.
The agencies moved into a collective space at the Union Building in the Central McDougall neighbourhood Wednesday.
The groups held a news conference Wednesday to discuss the program called HELP — Human-centered Engagement and Liaison Partnership.
Edmonton Police Chief Dale McFee said the coordinated response is meant to address the myriad of issues facing vulnerable people.
Author of the article: Jonny Wakefield
Publishing date: May 11, 2021 • May 11, 2021 • 3 minute read •
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The Edmonton Police Commission has reversed course in the case of an ex-city police constable who claims she was pressured into dropping a complaint against a fellow officer.
In 2018, Katherine Nelson filed a complaint against an Edmonton Police Service (EPS) detective who was assisting another agency in investigating Nelson’s sexual assault complaint against a colleague.
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Author of the article: Jonny Wakefield
Publishing date: May 11, 2021 • 4 days ago • 3 minute read •
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The Edmonton Police Commission has reversed course in the case of an ex-city police constable who claims she was pressured into dropping a complaint against a fellow officer.
In 2018, Katherine Nelson filed a complaint against an Edmonton Police Service (EPS) detective who was assisting another agency in investigating Nelson’s sexual assault complaint against a colleague.
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“It was not a consensual fight,” Haruun Ali, a community advocate and candidate running for Edmonton’s Ward Papastew in the upcoming municipal election, told CTV News Edmonton in an interview. “It was a brutal assault that took place as the boy was trying to come home from school,” he added. Ali said he found the entire press conference difficult to watch. “He has broken the trust with the community,” Ali shared. “The way that (fixing trust) starts is not by going onto TV and saying that this is a ‘consensual schoolyard fight,’” he said. “The way to go here, is to sit down with Pazo’s mother or bring someone that speaks her language and actually have a conversation.
An beating of a 14-year-old Black boy in a north Edmonton schoolyard has been determined not to be a hate crime, Police Chief Dale McFee said Thursday.
The April 16 attack outside Rosslyn School was caught on video that circulated widely in the community.
Edmonton Police Chief Dale McFee updated the media on Thursday about the attack on a Black student outside Rosslyn School on April 16. (Edmonton Police Service)
The Grade 8 student, who CBC News is only identifying by the name Pazo, was swarmed by seven other boys who are seen punching and kicking him. Someone was heard calling him the N-word during the attack.
McFee said the slur was "highly inappropriate" but in itself did not constitute a hate crime.
McFee said some of the students come from racialized communities and have received threats. He called for calm and called out social media posts he said have inflamed the situation.
Author of the article: Jonny Wakefield
Publishing date: Apr 01, 2021 • 2 days ago • 2 minute read • Const. Marty Franco, seen during a police training exercise in 2009. Franco pleaded guilty to three counts of misconduct under the Police Act this month related his 2017 arrest of an intoxicated man at Edmonton's City Centre Mall. Photo by Greg Southam Greg Southam /00036047A
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An Edmonton city police officer has been handed a pay cut and 60 hours of community service after admitting to dragging a homeless man along the ground during an arrest at City Centre Mall.
Const. Marty Franco admitted to professional misconduct for his role in the Dec. 10, 2017 arrest at a hearing last month.