This reminds us that #policing - in #SettlerColonial societies like Canada - has always been a central force for dispossession, displacement & containment.
Some of the connections are longstanding, but have been the subject of very little public scrutiny. For example, 32 [#Canadian chiefs of police travelled to Israel in 2005, to attend events hosted by the #Israeli#Police and the Israeli Ministry of Internal Security. A few months later, 39 police chiefs made another trip to #Israel.]
#Ontario contingent was headed by #YorkRegionalPolice Chief Armand LaBarge, #OPP Commissioner Gwen Boniface, Emergency Management Commissioner Julian Fantino & representatives of #OntarioPoliceCollege. While in #Israel, they attended police field units, #Israeli border police, #AntiTerrorist units & a rehab centre for injured police officers.
The #VictoriaPolice force is the subject of new revelations after recently marred by allegations of #corruption, including tainting important investigations and potentially lying to lawyers.
Freedom Of Information (#FOI) documents show that in the last decade, 14 Victoria Police officers have retired or resigned while #UnderInvestigation