Calgary Police Commission

Letter to Calgarians from the Calgary Police Commission

Over the past several months we have experienced a sea change in our society’s willingness to discuss – and address – systemic racism in our institutions, including policing

All eleven Commission members are united in our commitment to use our volunteer role to

As we listen to the public hearings underway this week at City Council, we see the courage demonstrated by many Calgarians who are bringing forward their experiences with racism in Calgary We hear those experiences We acknowledge that systemic racism exists in all our institutions and we

Recent events in the United States that have re-ignited social action against institutional racism has forced us all to look at ourselves, our work, and our society, and to acknowledge that we all have a responsibility to stand against racism

I speak for us all on the Calgary Police Commission