I honestly think that Ottawa got a really good person when they hired Peter Sloly as our current chief of police. We gained from one of Toronto City Hall's mistakes.
(I am conflicted, knowing how police powers are being abused across this planet in so many ways - including Canada and the States - and having police relatives, living and dead. No, I will not name names, not without permission at least and preferably, explicit encouragement to do so.)
I think Chief Sloly is - with his intersectional POV and experiences as immigrant, citizen, parent, police officer, person of colour - wiser than he believes himself to be. He demonstrates some of that wisdom in an interview with Matt Galloway on
The Current this morning. I think that he and, say, Desmond Cole
interviewed yesterday on the question of how or even if to fund law enforcement among many others, are closer in their goals than many of us believe possible.
I am not naive, but I worry and suspect that I don't have all the facts or enough wisdom.
(Hoping to remember to add the link to the Sloly interview later today or tonight.)
Getting back to my own job search. More on perhaps that and other topics as the day goes by, okay?
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