One week ago, Toronto's Police Services Board, the civilian body which holds Toronto Police accountable, announced that it saw no need for an inquiry. That's right, no evidence was in, no public submissions, no complaints yet filed, and the conclusion was already in.
Tomorrow morning, the board will vote on accepting a report from its Chair regarding "issues of public oversight of the police raised following the G20 Summit."
Not knowing its contents in advance, we can't know if the fast production of this document is a good thing or a bad thing.
But I'm not anticipating anything great.
The Police Services has a historical reputation of representing the police to the people rather than holding the police accountable, and I'm not expecting anything betterthis time around.
May they prove me wrong.
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