B.C. human rights commissioner at odds with province over police in schools

British Columbia’s quality rights commissioner says the provincial authorities has efficaciously made constabulary liaison programs mandatory successful schools with its firing of the Greater Victoria schoolhouse board, portion failing to supply a factual ground for the decision.

Kasari Govender says successful a missive to Education Minister Lisa Beare and Public Safety Minister Gary Begg that nonaccomplishment to money probe into the substance is contrary to the government’s quality rights obligations “and undermines its stated values to combat racism.”

The missive dated Monday comes aft Beare fired the full elected committee of School District No. 61 past Thursday implicit its refusal to let constabulary successful schools but successful emergencies.

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The commissioner says determination are “significant gaps” successful grounds supporting schoolhouse constabulary liaison officers and determination is not capable probe to accidental definitively whether constabulary beingness successful schools keeps young radical harmless and thriving.

Govender says it is “past time” for backing of probe into constabulary successful schools, and that an evidence-based argumentation is much effectual and apt to debar bias.

The erstwhile committee of the schoolhouse territory said its prohibition connected constabulary was based connected reports that immoderate students and teachers — peculiarly those who are Indigenous oregon radical of colour — did not consciousness harmless with officers successful schools.