Ontario Gays Push For Allegiance With Police

The Ontario cities of London and Peterborough are following Ottawa and Edmonton’s lead by attempting to forge closer ties with police through a queer liaison committee.

Ottawa’s liaison committee, the first of its kind, was formed nearly 20 years ago after seeming police indifference to the murder of a young man who was perceived to be gay.

“By bringing together this [queer] sector with the police, we can build on the good relationship we have with the GLBT community,” says Const Pete Testa of the London Police Service. The London liaison committee is in a very early stage, he says.

“All I’ve done is talk to some citizens of London and to my sergeant,” says Testa, a London police diversity officer. “I’ve talked to some citizens of London who were very supportive and might even want to be on the committee.”

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