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Reasons not to freeze or cut the OPS budget

Abid Jan — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:19:40 +0000

Abid Jan – Feb 02, 2023. This is not surprising that ten Ottawa community groups released a statement Wednesday calling for a freeze to the police budget and investment in other services.…

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Opportunities for police reform

Abid Jan — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 23:21:56 +0000

Police reforms are needed. However, reforms need to take 360 degrees of perspective to help us understand that policing is a challenging job to do. It is costly and complex. Police officers…

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When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment

Abid Jan — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 22:24:46 +0000

News: How racial bias can affect 911 calls and what dispatchers in Montreal are learning to stop it To fix the police or any other institution for systemic racism, we need to…

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A welcome step by Halton Police

Abid Jan — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:29:20 +0000

A welcome step by Halton Police. Community and police forces are collaborating in preventative efforts. However, when it comes to enforcement, unfortunately, in the Criminal Code of Canada, there is no such…

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Both far left and far right are avoiding the common ground

Abid Jan — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 20:10:27 +0000

We must seriously consider a lesson from the US experience because trends from the South are replicated in the North – sometimes without delay. We are witnessing copycat extremism and polarisation in…

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Violent Attack near Gloucester High School

Abid Jan — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 17:39:24 +0000

The petition ( https://lnkd.in/e7Jb7B6P ) is fine – calling for steps to ensure this violence never takes place again to the visible minorities due to race, religion, gender, or any other distinctions that might…

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Assault charges after the fact vs a proactive, upstream intervention for longer and deeper impact

Abid Jan — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 19:17:27 +0000

Freeing schools from intimidation, harassment, and violence requires more than just punishing individuals after the fact. Students will benefit most from stopping hate-motivated harassment from happening at all. The right approach needs…

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A lesson from the South

Abid Jan — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 19:25:16 +0000

Police reforms that could be model for other communities

Abid Jan — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 18:32:15 +0000

Sometimes a few simple steps can save lives and resources. In this case: Partnership with local mental health agencies. Gathering necessary information about people with mental health. Preparing officers for the MH…

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Respond to crisis calls: A new approach

Abid Jan — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 18:48:34 +0000

Here is an interesting new approach tried by some police services in US. Persons with mental illness have been killed or seriously injured during attempts to manage their crises. A growing number…

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Alberta leads – others need to follow the suit

Abid Jan — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 16:22:46 +0000

Alberta updates Crown prosecutor’s manual to go after hate crimes Great progress indeed: “Prosecutors will now be explicitly directed that it would be in the ‘general public interest’ to prosecute a crime…

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The impact of police leadership on public trust

Abid Jan — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 15:48:21 +0000

An interesting read. The author, a retired commissioner of the OPP, believes it’s critically important to be aware of the linkages between public trust in police and police leadership, as the factors…

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NO demographic and/or profession of people are all bad

Abid Jan — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 02:53:20 +0000

“I was pulled over today for speeding. The officer did not know me nor did I know him, but we each showed one another a mutual display of respect in our interaction.…

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Intensive training of police leads to reduced crime

Abid Jan — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 02:42:49 +0000

Research shows that distrust of the police is consequential for public safety. However, there is a shortage of interventions that demonstrably reduce negative police interactions with the communities they serve. A training…

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‘Troubling trend:’ Hate crimes in Ottawa up 44 per cent

Abid Jan — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 02:03:05 +0000

Two things to note here: 1) Ottawa is supposedly a liberal town, but StatsCan data consistently put it in the top municipalities with the most police-reported hate crimes. 2) OPS hate crime…

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Occupation is over but recovery will take a lot

Abid Jan — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 01:34:25 +0000

Of course, the occupation is over. However, the fears of further polarisation and deepening divide have grown many folds deep inside. Of course, we deserve relief now, but healing is more important…

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Why So Many Police Are Handling the Protests Wrong

Abid Jan — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 01:25:58 +0000

Hailing from Pakistan, I know firsthand the harmful and deadly consequences of mistrust between the community and the police. That’s why it hurts the most when some “activists” don’t leave any opportunity…

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Why managing hate crimes is persistently impeded in Canada?

Abid Jan — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 23:53:13 +0000

Calgary sees jump in hate-motivated crimes with 346 reported to police in 2021 Calgary is not alone in seeing a jump in hate crimes. Interestingly, however, in August 2021, Alberta Hate Crime…

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“Criminal code doesn’t allow hate crime charges”

Abid Jan — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 23:46:27 +0000

Barrie police chief Kimberley Greenwood says the criminal code doesn’t allow hate crime charges for the attack on a young black woman in downtown Barrie. In Canada, hate crimes fall under very…

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The importance of reporting and data analysis of hate crimes

Abid Jan — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 23:26:42 +0000

Mark Sangster, vice-president of Waterloo-based cybersecurity firm eSentire, said about the rising online hate crimes: “”I think that’s the problem is a lot of people are suffering in silence here and we’re…

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Removing School Resource Officers – A failed experiment

Abid Jan — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 23:04:13 +0000

In June this year, the Ottawa Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) voted to “immediately and completely” end its involvement with the School Resource Officers program, where officers are assigned to schools to…

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How Ottawa can build a community-wide approach to public safety and mental wellness

Abid Jan — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 23:14:56 +0000

if we do it right, we can significantly improve the way local people interact with law enforcement and social services. Author of the article: Abid Jan Published in Ottawa Citizen | Dec…

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A lesson for the defunding campaigners

Abid Jan — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 16:05:32 +0000

A lesson for us here in Ottawa. ‘Defund the Police’ faure has Minneapolis residents taking matters into their own hands amid crime surge. As the crime rate in Minneapolis continues to rise,…

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‘Defunding the police’ not as helpful as some thought

Abid Jan — Sat, 29 May 2021 00:12:14 +0000

Nearly all major American cities are seeing spikes in violent crime. Rosa Brooks, an associate dean at Georgetown Law, believes: “The ‘defunding the police,’ I think was not a helpful slogan, and…

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Defunding the police is not pragmatic

Abid Jan — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 23:05:51 +0000

The concept of “defunding the police” refers to the idea of reallocating funds away from traditional policing and investing them in other programs and services, such as mental health services, education, and…

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Save Crime Prevention Ottawa

Abid Jan — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:51:32 +0000

Abid Jan, Ottawa Citizen December 30, 2009 Community development can be like the work of physicians and nurses. Like a health professional, you don’t cry when see your patients in agony and…

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