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November 27, 2009
Focus on police accountability
SFU’s School of Criminology will be involved in a timely discussion on police accountability, on Monday, Nov. 30, 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. at the Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver. The forum, Investigating Complaints Against Police: Models, Options and Issues, will facilitate discussion among key government representatives, including Solicitor General Kash Heed, academics and others, on the different approaches in responding to and investigating complaints against police. School director Robert Gordon says police accountability is “one of the most challenging aspects of police management in Canada at the moment.” David MacAlister, associate professor of criminology at SFU, specializes in criminal justice accountability and will give an address on framing the issues. Panel discussions will follow. The fall 2009 David and Cecilia Ting forum on Justice Policy is jointly sponsored by the School of Criminology, the Ministry of Public Safety and the Solicitor General. For more details/agenda see: http://www.sfu.ca/pamr/media_releases/media_releases_archives/media_11270901.html
Media should register to attend. Email Gordon at robert_gordon@sfu.ca
Robert Gordon, 604.418.6640 (cell); robert_gordon@sfu.ca
David MacAlister, 778.230.7296 (cell); dmacalis@sfu.ca
SFU’s School of Criminology will be involved in a timely discussion on police accountability, on Monday, Nov. 30, 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. at the Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver. The forum, Investigating Complaints Against Police: Models, Options and Issues, will facilitate discussion among key government representatives, including Solicitor General Kash Heed, academics and others, on the different approaches in responding to and investigating complaints against police. School director Robert Gordon says police accountability is “one of the most challenging aspects of police management in Canada at the moment.” David MacAlister, associate professor of criminology at SFU, specializes in criminal justice accountability and will give an address on framing the issues. Panel discussions will follow. The fall 2009 David and Cecilia Ting forum on Justice Policy is jointly sponsored by the School of Criminology, the Ministry of Public Safety and the Solicitor General. For more details/agenda see: http://www.sfu.ca/pamr/media_releases/media_releases_archives/media_11270901.html
Media should register to attend. Email Gordon at robert_gordon@sfu.ca
Robert Gordon, 604.418.6640 (cell); robert_gordon@sfu.ca
David MacAlister, 778.230.7296 (cell); dmacalis@sfu.ca