Waterloo Police Services Board meeting held on March 9, 2022

On the Agenda for WRPS Board meeting as held on March 9, 2022: 

"There’s a real disconnect in terms of understanding the complexities of the problems that we face and the realities that are told to all levels of government and the public,” said Burt. “These are things that we wrestle with all the time.”
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​-Above quote pulled from "We've never been here before," say Waterloo Region outreach workers -The Record

My "nickel" in comment on this topic:

In order to obtain a balanced approach, inclusive of the human rights of the individuals involved, we must know and understand the individual's perspective. This is best offered via inclusion of these persons and their voices in the discussions surrounding their needs.

The seemingly developing trend to, at times, forego inclusion of or consultation with these necessary voices is most definitely concerning to me.

We cannot keep talking “at” and about people, without considering, including and respecting their perspectives as well. This all needs to be happening on much more than just a performative basis.
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I hope that in “championing” in some very vulnerable areas of topic, WRPS as well keeps this in mind.

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