SPCW is a member of the Police Accountability Coalition and helped develop the briefing document below:

• Executive Policy Committee- Body Worn Camera_ June 16th 2021
• A Few Bad Apples
• Community Organizations Call for Police Accountability and the Reallocation of Resources – Endorsements Updated November 25, 2021
• PAC Newsletter – March 2021
• Letter Writing Toolkit: Police Accountability and the Reallocation of Resources – Updated March 2021

To learn more about PAC, see what we have been up to, please review the information below, which includes links to the media around the brief’s launch, presentations to the Winnipeg Police Board and WSD 1 School Trustee meetings, and more!

• PAC Media Release: Media Release by PAC – September 24, 2020
• PAC Media Coverage:
  • CBC News: Community advocates react to new mental health police pilot project  (November 30th, 2021)
  • CBC News: 30 years after the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry report, tensions still high between Indigenous people and the police (November 30th, 2021)
  • CBC News: Winnipeg School Division budget cuts police from schools ‘solely for financial reasons’ (March 9th, 2021)
  • Global News: Winnipeg police board sees calls for budget cuts, policy changes (Sept 24th, 2020)
  • CBC News: Winnipeg Police Board hears allegations of racial profiling, checkstops (Sept 24th, 2020)
  • Winnipeg Free Press: Community coalition calls for redirection of slice of police budget (Sept 24th, 2020)
• Independent Review of the Police Act – September 2020
• Manitoba Justice Minister’s Announcement of the Police Act Report – November 5, 2020
• Presentations to Winnipeg Police Board – Sept 24th, 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_ywT9AUkAg&feature=youtu.be
• Presentations to WSD 1 School Trustee meetings:
  • Monday, Nov 16^th, 2020: https://winnipegsdca.civicweb.net/document/49638?splitscreen=true&media=true
  • Monday, Nov 2^nd, 2020: https://winnipegsdca.civicweb.net/document/49349?splitscreen=true&media=true
  • Monday, Oct 19^th, 2020: https://winnipegsdca.civicweb.net/document/48885?splitscreen=true&media=true
• Follow-up Presentations:
  • PAC’s letter to WSD 1 Board Chair Re.: School Resource Officers – Feb 19th, 2021
  • PAC’s Letter to WSD 1 Board Chair Re.: School Resource Officers and WSD 1 Budget Allocation – Feb 11, 2021

If you would like more information about PAC or how to join this coalition, please contact PAC.WpgMB@gmail.com