RCMP prioritizing stronger relationships with Black, Indigenous people, says commissioner Brenda Lucki
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Constructing stronger relationships with the Black and Indigenous communities in P.E.I. are two of the RCMP commissioner’s largest priorities.
Brenda Lucki made the feedback throughout a current go to to Prince Edward Island, the place she took half within the ceremony to swear in RCMP Chief Supt. Derek Santosuosso on Nov. 22.
Santosuosso took over P.E.I.’s L Division in June.
“As commissioner of the RCMP, I used to be given a robust mandate to modernize the RCMP, to strengthen relations with Indigenous individuals throughout Canada and I’m fully committee to that mandate, as are different workers of our group,’’ Lucki instructed SaltWire Community in an interview on Nov. 23 at RCMP headquarters in Charlottetown.
“I feel we’re heading in the right direction to be a contemporary, extra inclusive, extra numerous group. I wish to join with the BIPOC (Black and Indigenous Folks of Color) neighborhood and discover out what their points are.’’
Lucki mentioned she additionally needs that inclusiveness to be mirrored within the nationwide police drive’s recruiting efforts.
Santosuosso mentioned since taking up L Division, he’s been assembly with numerous companions and teams in an effort to search out out what the RCMP is doing proper and what it may do higher.
As for particular points, the superintendent mentioned “modernizing police providers is essential, coping with impaired driving and dealing with BIPOC communities’’.
Dave Stewart is a reporter with SaltWire Community in Charlottetown.
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