Toronto police board postpones anti-Black racism report
TORONTO — The body that oversees the Toronto Police Service says it will postpone weighing a report on anti-Black racism until broader public consultations are conducted on the issue.
The eight suggestions in the report include revisiting the police budget and bolstering mental health services.
The document proposes to expand the Mobile Crisis Intervention Team Program “on an urgent basis,” with funding from the current budget.
It also recommends funding enhanced public consultations for the force’s annual budget, starting in September.
The list was developed in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a Black Minneapolis man who died while a white cop pressed a knee to his neck for more than eight minutes.
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