What are the parties promising on Police Violence?

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Police Violence platforms

Here's what the 2021 Canadian election parties are promising.

Liberal

Prohibit RCMP from using neck restraints & prohibit the use of tear gas or rubber bullets for crowd control.
Commit to a full external review of deescalation training.

Enhance the current Management Advisory Board to be in line with other Canadian police services to have full oversight over the RCMP.

Bring forward clear timelines for compliance with the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission recommendations.

Support an external review of the RCMP’s sanctions and disciplinary regime to review the adequacy of existing sanctions and whether sanctions are being properly applied.

Prohibit RCMP against using neck restraints and prohibit the use of tear gas or rubber bullets for crowd control.

Make the new Independent Centre for Harassment Resolution fully external to the RCMP to ensure there can be no conflicts of interest while reviewing complaints.

Commit to a full external review of current deescalation training to ensure this training results in the safest possible outcomes for both officers and Canadians.

Work with the provinces, territories, and municipalities that contract RCMP services to make the service better connected to community social support workers.

— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02

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We don't have any Conservative policies on Police Violence.

We don't have any Bloc policies on Police Violence.

NDP

Implement a federal use-of-force standard with a zero-tolerance policy for inappropriate use-of-force.
Overhaul federal police training to ensure officers receive ongoing deescalation, implicit-bias, & cross-cultural training throughout their careers.
Increase investments in non-police interventions, like mental health & addiction supports.

New Democrats are committed to putting an end to police violence, and will implement a federal use-of-force standard with a zero-tolerance policy for inappropriate use-of-force. We will overhaul federal police training to ensure that every officer receives robust and ongoing de-escalation, implicit-bias and cross- cultural training throughout their career. New Democrats will also increase investments in non-police interventions, such as mental health and addiction supports.

— Ready for Better, retrieved 2021-08-27

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Green

Develop a national standard for police use-of-force.
Work with other jurisdictions to ban certain kinds of force, such as chokeholds & neck restraints.
Create a mandatory national database of police use of force, disaggregated by race, ethnic background, national origin, age, & other identities, to better understand the extent of systemic racism in Canadian policing.

● Develop a national standard for police use-of-force, and work with other jurisdictions to ban certain kinds of force, such as chokeholds and neck restraints.

4. Record - National database to record police use-of-force and other incidents

● Create a mandatory national database on the collection of police use of force data, disaggregated by race, ethnic background, national origin, age, and other identities to track victims of incidents of use-of-force by police and better understand the extent of systemic racism in Canadian policing.

— Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11

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