A pair of images were posted in the canine unit locker room containing racist caricatures of Black and Indigenous people. One shows what appears to be a minstrel-show-style Zulu warrior in front of a cutout of a police dog, below the words Buddys First Get em! Get em! Another image features the cover of the childrens book The Indian in the Cupboard, with the titular character saying Beny will never find me in here!! After an investigation by EPS' Professional Standards Branch, the officers involved were directed to undergo a 'restorative justice' process with members of Edmonton's Black and Indigenous communities, the details of which are unspecified in media reporting.
Description Type
Non-eyewitness, based on documentation
Incident City
Edmonton
Type of Abuse
Discriminatory language
Authority Involved
Edmonton Police Service
Complaint Filed
Edmonton police Professional Standards Branch
Complaint Resolution
Edmonton police officers who posted racist images in the canine unit locker room will undergo a restorative justice process with members of Edmontons Black and Indigenous communities. Members of affected communities requested meetings with Police Chief Dale McFee about the incidents but he was 'unavailable' (Edmonton Journal, August 28, 2020).
