b'leak to just move to another area ofthink its that collective decision. thestructure.SoreallylookattheIspeakwithasenseofurgency. structure, look at what needs to beIthinkweneedtostrikeasense changed, and boldly make the deci- ofurgency.Inaddressingsystemic sion to make those changes.racism, we need to strike a unified I would encourage them to engagesense of urgency around the issues thecommunitysothattheyarethat we all know; theyre not foreign informedandcommunity-orientedto us. No more reports. I was reading in every aspect of what they do astheHouseofCommonsStanding [police] leaders. I think there needsCommitteeonPublicSafetyand to be a bolder, more courageous andNational Security report. It concludedJacqueline Edwards is a manager with more intentional approach to beingthattransformativenationaleffortCorrectional Service ofCanada.police in todays time of social unrest,is required to ensure all Indigenous,else,thatisnotgoingtobeused andintodaysknowledgeofwhatBlack and other racialized people inagainst me, but its going to be seen systemic racism is doing and causingCanada are not subject to discrimin- as helping; its going to be valued. in peoples lives. ation and injustice that is inherent toIts going to be seen as a value, not the system as it exists today.JLC:Howimportantareissuesahinderance,notadetraction,not aroundrecruitment,retentionandSo, its not that we dont know whata deterrence. promotion of Black, Indigenous, andtodo.Thequestionthenbecomes, why are we not doing it? Its not asIreallythinkweneedtolookat people of colour in policing?though we have to diagnose it. Wesystemic racism as a safety, security JE:Itspeaksoftheimportanceofknow who are being impacted; weandwell-beingissue.Ithinkwhen havingpoliceservicesreflecttheknowwhatiscausingtheimpact.we start looking at it through those diversityofthecommunitiesthatAndstill,wearenotsoundingthelenses, and not through the race or they police. It is important becausealarm and saying this needs to stop.the geographical location of people, thestandardofexcellencewillnotIdothinkweneedtoco-createI think everybody can relate to want-bemetintheabsenceofatrulychange,butonceandforall,weing to be safe. Everybody can relate diverse,inclusiveandequitableneed to come to a space and createtotheimportanceofsecurity,and service delivery. the opportunity for real change. Andeverybody should be able to relate to what does real change look like? Itsthe need to feel well and to be well. JLC:Iftherewasonethingthatthat if I am of a different sexual orien- And use those lenses to look at this you could change in policing or thetation, if I am of a different gender, ifthis horrible issue called systemic and justice system, what would that be? Im of a different religious belief, ifstructuralracism,becauseitaffects JE: I would change the system itself.Im of a different age than somebodyus all. If I could magically, instantaneously make a change in the justice system, broadly speaking, it would be to weed out the system of all the isms. If the system continues to have the isms in it, then it is a broken system. We have to rid the system of all forms of racism. And how do we do that? Itgoesbacktoleaderswithbold, courageous,intentionalleadership abilities,whosay,Thisnotgoing to happen on my watch. Im going tomodelthebehaviourthatIm expecting of people. Im going to hold myselfaccountable,andthenImRETIRING SOON?going to hold all of them, everybody within my team, Im going to holdCall us!1-800-465-7378them accountable. So, I would say increase accountability to get rid ofwww.canadianprocessserving.comthe isms within the system. I really think its that collective voice. And IThe Official Publication of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police17'