Montreal’s police chief will meet with metropolis officers behind closed doorways over racism allegations involving officers within the metropolis’s Montréal-Nord borough.
A spokesperson for the Metropolis of Montreal says members of the town council committee chargeable for public security will meet privately with Montreal Police Chief Fady Dagher.
Elected municipal officers had initially been scheduled to overview the Montreal police division’s annual report at a public assembly.
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Final week, the police pressure eliminated 16 officers from patrol duties, together with two who have been suspended and are beneath legal investigation, over allegations of racist and discriminatory behaviour.
On Saturday, Quebec Home Safety Minister Ian Lafrenière appointed lawyer Anne-Marie Boisvert as an impartial observer to supervise the legal and disciplinary investigations into the allegations.
The allegations have prompted requires a public inquiry from neighborhood teams, whereas Black police staff have raised considerations about attainable reprisals in opposition to whistleblowers who report racism or misconduct.
Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada has known as for a public inquiry, whereas Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette has stated she is open to 1 however needs the investigation accomplished first.
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