Community Not Cops Kjipuktuk
@CommunityNotCop
Community members fighting the police budget increase in Kjipuktuk.
The Halifax Regional Police are proposing a budget increase of $5.74 million for 2024-25. This increase would fund 24 new positions within the HRP. Want to join the fight against HRP’s 2024-25 budget? Click the link in our bio to sign our open letter to Halifax Council
Save the date! Abolitionist Intimacies Symposium June 29-July 1 Kjipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Join Fernwood Publishing and El Jones for a symposium on policing and prison justice. Registration in April. Keep an eye out for more details socials website: fernwoodpublishing.ca/events
PADS strongly condemns this misuse of public funds @CommunityNotCop
This, but for everyone. There should be an emergency line that specifically does not call police.
There should be a list of cop haters. They would be unable to call 911.
With the greatest single-year increase in child poverty in N.S., @FranklyLess concludes: “what did we learn? That child poverty can be tackled, but our elected officials have chosen not to persist.” @CCPANS @fedfamilylab @AcadiaU
Today our @fedfamilylab at @AcadiaU released the 2023 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty with @CCPANS. The highest single-year increase since the year the promise was made to eradicate child poverty in 1989. There are now 35,330 children living in low-income families.
CALL FOR SPEAKERS: We're looking for individuals to speak at the Feb. 7 Council meeting on the HRP's budget increase. All voices are needed. Join us at our Feb. 3 drop-in for support preparing to speak: airtable.com/appRTurCcqTGJn… #DefundPolice #Halifax
On February 7, Council will discuss and vote on the proposed $5.74 million increase to the HRP's budget. We're seeking individuals to testify against the budget increase. Join us from 3-5pm on Saturday February 3 at Ecology Action Centre to prepare: airtable.com/appRTurCcqTGJn…
The Mounted Unit alone has a proposed budget of $5,952,600. The 22 city-funded agencies that operate daytime drop-ins, which are used by thousands of homeless people and provide hot meals, have been allocated <$5 million. 32 drop-ins, including mine, have no city funding at all.
Mounted officers on horseback have the advantage of an elevated view, making it easier to identify suspicious activity in crowded areas. In 2023, they appeared in over 1500 events, including searches, demonstrations, and radio calls. #SupportYourTPS
Now imagine if we had a massive team of mental health and addiction professionals handling these. While I appreciate other areas need spending, imagine if we took 500M of the police budget and devoted it to professionals and supports to prevent these calls in the first place.
A Stats Canada report estimated that up to 80% of police responses to calls were related to issues of mental health, drug overdose, suicide, domestic dispute/domestic violence & other ‘non-criminal’ offences. If police are not trained to handle these issues, why are they sent?
Police go on every overdose call. More people would call if they didn’t go. Police escalate on these calls. We could find budget cuts by changing policies so police do not go on every call.
A Stats Canada report estimated that up to 80% of police responses to calls were related to issues of mental health, drug overdose, suicide, domestic dispute/domestic violence & other ‘non-criminal’ offences. If police are not trained to handle these issues, why are they sent?
we each pay hundreds of dollars per year to the toronto police, who claim that they still need more, yet research shows crime rates have no correlation to higher budgets. instead, they’re out here openly targeting unhoused people and protestors thestar.com/news/gta/polic…
Toronto would save so much money if it just halved the police budget and put it towards taking care of people. #TOpoli
Residents, businesses pen open letter asking council to reject Halifax police budget increase by @Suzanne_Rent halifaxexaminer.ca/policing/resid…
Driven by frustration, a group of residents have gotten together to pair an open letter to council with a petition of 800 names of residents, businesses and community groups who oppose increasing the Halifax police budget by a proposed $5.7 million ow.ly/vwmu50Qr3aK
“It’s a public consultation in name only so they can write on a piece of paper that they had public engagement but it’s meaningless because it’s not incorporated," says Nancy Hunter. Fund community not cops, urges HRM residents | SaltWire saltwire.com/halifax/news/f…
Article by @KrawecSam in @springmagca about our open letter to Halifax Regional Council. We got 800 signatures including 83 local businesses. springmag.ca/community-not-…
Thanks to over 50 businesses and 450 individuals who have signed on. Help us get Council's attention on Monday - folks have until tomorrow evening to sign. @ECPJS_ @ElJonesPoet @PADScommunity
CALL TO ACTION - Signature Blitz! Sign our open letter to defeat the HRP's proposed $5.7 million budget increase. Seeking individuals, organizations and businesses to sign on by 8pm on January 14. airtable.com/appMe14mr6qDGw…
The #Barrie police budget in 2014 was $46.4M. That's a $21M (45%) increase to the police in 10 years, nearly double what it would have gone up had they kept strictly to inflation. Why are the police allowed to bloat while other services like the library are forced to stay slim?
Barrie police looking for 6.78% increase in this year's budget barrietoday.com/local-news/bar…
CALL TO ACTION - Signature Blitz! Sign our open letter to defeat the HRP's proposed $5.7 million budget increase. Seeking individuals, organizations and businesses to sign on by 8pm on January 14. airtable.com/appMe14mr6qDGw…
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