I am afraid that this just one of the by-products of the misplaced attitude
that "it's us against them".  The "us" being the police, the "them" being
the civilian population.  But these are not the only ones who promote this
bias within the community.  It is also alive and well in our local human
service agencies.

In the era of outcome-based measures of service accountability, the focus in
measuring results is generally directed at the population group served.
While little attention and even fewer resources are given to educating,
training, or setting standards of practice within the ranks.  This is
becoming even more of an issue with the rise of private nonprofit groups.

My point is that if these groups promote the biased principles (principles =
values put into action) from within these human / social service agencies,
then it serves to promote abhorrent behavior from those targeted groups
these agencies are mandated to serve.  The easiest groups to victimize are
those who don't have the socio-political resources to make a stand let alone
be heard.  But at the same time, we pour in millions to "provide
interventions" "to empower" and "build capacity" within the populations
served.

It reminds me of the Christians of old.  They were so very arrogant in
looking to make others Christian that they themselves became the most
unchristian and hundreds of thousands paid deeply for it.

Where is the oversight for quality control within these groups?
Ron Makaruk
Ward 06

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