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A new report calls for dramatic changes in Halifax to integrate the city's municipal police and RCMP, saying the current system is the "root cause" of many issues.
The report into Nova Scotia's mass shooting calls for conventional police to be partners in public safety work alongside other fully funded service providers, saying police are often "not best trained or equipped" to deal with people in crisis.
Black advocates say they are happy Halifax police forces have committed to not purge street check data for now, but are calling for a real plan to safeguard the records for years to come.
Intervening in the matter of a recent union non-confidence vote in the police chief calling for his resignation is up Halifax council, not the board , according to board chair Lindell Smith.
An internal vote within Atlantic Canada’s largest police force shows the majority of Halifax Regional Police members do not have confidence in their chief of police.