SPCW is a member of the Police Accountability Coalition and helped develop the briefing document below:
- Community Organizations Call for Police Accountability and the Reallocation of Resources – Endorsements Updated March 8 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: 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 16th, 2020: https://winnipegsdca.civicweb.net/document/49638?splitscreen=true&media=true
- Monday, Nov 2nd, 2020: https://winnipegsdca.civicweb.net/document/49349?splitscreen=true&media=true
- Monday, Oct 19th, 2020: https://winnipegsdca.civicweb.net/document/48885?splitscreen=true&media=true
- Follow-up Presentations:
If you would like more information about PAC or how to join this coalition, please contact PAC.WpgMB@gmail.com