Police board to invite rights commissioner to hear impact of cancelling school liaison officer program

The Victoria Esquimalt Police Board wants the province’s human rights commissioner to hear first-hand the effect the cancellation of the police liaison officer program in the Greater Victoria School District is having on schools.

In the letter, Govender recommended school-liaison officers no longer be posted at schools until the need for them can be proven, saying concerns about the presence of police officers in schools had been raised by “Indigenous, Black and other marginalized communities.” “There’s statements in there that I believe are not correct, like suggesting that students generally feel safe in schools regardless there’s a school liaison program embedded in there,” he said. “I’m not sure this is correct.

“Although we had not resolved anything, we came out of it feeling that we had a productive meeting and that we would continue to work together,” she said, noting the police board has established a sub-committee that will continue to meet with the school district on the issue.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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