Thursday, 22 June 2017
Here we go again. The latest submission of Human Rights Watch to the Federal government released today focuses on the treatment, or more accurately- maltreatment and abuse of Indigenous women by the police forces, this time in Saskatchewan.
Surely, by now, it must be eminently clear to both to
the Heads of the city police forces and to the RCMP that it is high time to establish strict rules
against police officers who abuse not only indigenous women or men but any
inhabitant of this country by imposing, following upon a rigorous investigation
by an independent agency,
a)on first offence, a penalty ranging from a mandatory minimum six
month suspension without pay and demotion to outright dismissal from the police force; and at all
events, where the evidence warrants it, the criminal prosecution of the
officer; and
b) on second offence, a mandatory dismissal, and where
the evidence warrants it, the criminal prosecution of the officer.
If the police forces are not prepared to take such measures, than it is upon the
municipal councils, provincial or the federal governments, as the case may be,
to dismiss the heads of the police forces that fail to eliminate this kind of
abuse by members of their force.
All else failing, ultimately, it
will be the responsibility of the Federal government to amend the
Criminal Code to legislate the appropriate penalities that are likely to deter
police/peace officers from the temptation of abusing or otherwise maltreating
the members of the public for whose
safety and protection they are supposed to keep the peace.
Canada: Police Fail Indigenous Women in Saskatchewan https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/06/19/canada-police-fail-indigenous-women-saskatchewan
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