In September 2020, the Halifax Board of Police Commissioners appointed Professor El Jones to chair an independent committee that would prepare a report outlining a roadmap for "defunding the police" in the HRM. For this purpose, the committee is leading a variety of public engagement processes.
For more information on the committee and its work, please see its terms of reference here:
https://www.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/city-hall/boards-committees-commissions/201116bopc831.pdfPlease sign up below if you would like to speak at the public engagement sessions hosted by the Halifax Board of Police Commissioners' Defunding Committee on June 19th. We have allotted 15 minutes per speaker, and you will be placed into a time-slot that will correspond to the hour you indicate will be available below.