In order to contact PAC directly, please email pac@spcw.mb.ca
September 2022 Probe Research Omnibus Survey – Views on Solutions to Crime
- Mayor Scott Gillingham’s Full Platform
- Alternative Municipal Budget chapter on Police Services
- AMB Police Services – Brief
- CCPA report – Safer Schools Without Policing Indigenous and Black Lives In Winnipeg
- Winnipeg Police Board meeting – March 4 2022
- Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, The Standing Committee on Justice – May 11 2022
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 November 25, 2021
- PAC Media Release: Media Release by PAC – September 24, 2020
- 23 Things We Can Do To Increase Police Accountability – PAC Poster
Positions & Policies:
- Manitoba’s Independent Investigation Unit: Overview of Civilian Police Oversight Agencies in Canada and Their Practices – May 13, 2022
- Presentation to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba on Bill 7 – May 11, 2022
- Response to Bill 7 and Proposed Changes to the IIU – May 11, 2022
- Bill 30 – The Police Services Amendment and Law Enforcement Review Amendment Act – May 11, 2022
- Manitoba’s Independent Investigation Unit: Overview of Civilian Police Oversight Agencies in Canada and Their Practices – Nov 26, 2021
- Executive Policy Committee- Body Worn Camera_ June 16th 2021
- A Few Bad Apples
- 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
- 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
- Presentations to Winnipeg Police Board – Sept 24th, 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_ywT9AUkAg&feature=youtu.be
Policy Updates:
- Winnipeg school division moves police out of schools – October 12, 2021
- Another school division ends program with Winnipeg police in schools – October 6, 2021
- School division in Winnipeg ending program that brings police officers into school – October 6, 2021
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Winnipeg School Division budget cuts police from schools ‘solely for financial reasons’ – March 9, 2021
Resources:
- Independent information from CBC on fatal police encounters
- The City of Toronto is doing some pretty progressive defunding work under the leadership of Denise Campbell
- Letter Writing Toolkit: Police Accountability and the Reallocation of Resources – Updated March 2021
- Manitoba Justice Minister’s Announcement of the Police Act Report – November 5, 2020
- Independent Review of the Police Act – September 2020
PAC Newsletters:
PAC in the Media:
To learn more about PAC, please review the information below and see what we have been up to!
- 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)
If you would like more information about PAC or how to join this coalition, please contact PAC.WpgMB@gmail.com