Edmonton’s police commission needs to be more transparent & open up private meetings to foster public trust, says city councillor (& commissioner) Anne Stevenson. The police commission had its first public meeting with council today. #yeg #yegcc edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
Coun. Anne Stevenson, who is also a commissioner, said there needs to be a “cultural shift” so that the oversight body becomes comfortable asking difficult questions of police leadership in a public forum.
Police commission chair John McDougall told me the commission has been “remarkably transparent” already. Even so he supports the idea to have more public committee meetings.
In a test of transparency, McDougall was questioned by a councillor about if the commission knew much about a string of police shootings in Edmonton & the factors behind them & what the commission is doing — McDougall dodged Keren Tang’s questions twice.
Throwback to the first police commission meeting I went to in Edmonton. 
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