Lesley Bikos
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Dissertation SUBMITTED. Here's a sneak peak:“Act Surprised, Show Concern, Deny, Deny, Deny:” An Intersectional Analysis of Police Culture, Institutional Betrayal, and Upholding the Status Quo in Canadian Policing"....y'all ready? Excited to share with you after defense.
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Changing my account name/handle to 'Dr. Bikos' is the JOY I needed today. It's officciiialllll. Not bad for a kid who dropped out of high school. First in my family to get a university degree. A proud, proud moment.
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Pic or it didn’t happen. This bright light arrived today in a really tough few weeks. Gotta celebrate the wins…P.S. who wants to hire me? I’m a hard worker and relatively smart 😆
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After the *predictable* hot mess of the ON election, remember that municipal elections are coming up in October. A lot can be done at the municipal level to make significant change. Get to know the candidates, get involved, VOTE
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Thrilled to share that I am joining
@kingssociology
as an Assistant Professor (TT)!!!!! SO EXCITED to join a department committed to critical work and social justice with incredible folks to learn from/grow with. So much love and thanks to the community who got me here.
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Sometimes in life we get to see wrongs made right. Today was a full circle moment. PhD DEFENDED. Thank you to the huge community that helped me get here. Special thanks to study participants. Now the real work begins....
#lookwhatyoumademedo
Dissertation SUBMITTED. Here's a sneak peak:“Act Surprised, Show Concern, Deny, Deny, Deny:” An Intersectional Analysis of Police Culture, Institutional Betrayal, and Upholding the Status Quo in Canadian Policing"....y'all ready? Excited to share with you after defense.
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I don’t know about you but I’m exhausted, worried, and on edge. A tweet this morning to send out some love. I hope your day is the best it can be. Take good care of yourself. Solidarity, friends 👊
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Gentle reminder that not all women choose to tell their stor(ies) of gender and/or sexual-based violence publicly. Some choose other paths to impact change and survival, in itself, is an act of courage. Transformative change requires many roles/actions - let's honour them all.
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London!!!! You SHOWED up and OUT tonight to say no to this police budget. STILL watching folx speak, hour 5. The message is overwhelmingly clear: Fund community. Fund care. Thank you
#ldnont
, feeling hopeful for the future. Collective co-resistance y’all 🙌🏻👊🏻🔥
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Thrilled to announce this forthcoming publication in
@socprobsjournal
! Thank you to folks who assisted along the way, and most importantly, those who trusted me with their lived experiences. A tough read -- clear in its urgency. Stay tuned, will post links when published.
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The crowd says it all. Thank you student leaders who spoke your truth this week &
@UWOSGBVWalkout
for organizing this incredible event. None of you should have had to do this labour. This should have never been necessary. But I'm grateful to every. single. one. of you. Solidarity
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Pretty excited to announce that this paper has officially been accepted in the British Journal of Criminology. Here's a sneak peak, stay tuned.
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Back in February 2023, I wrote this: LPS got their increase to hire 52 new officers. I tried to tell y’all they’d be back. And here we are, not even a year later. This time a 30% increase over 4 yrs (672ish million). 🧵
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RCMP, Ottawa, Waterloo, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Sarnia, Cobourg, Windsor, West Vancouver...and now Peel. And these are just services with policewomen who have come forward publicly. I know many more from other services who have not...yet. Say it with me: systemic.
#TimesUp
“I don’t want anybody else to have to go through this.”
Three female Peel police officers say their workplace has become “poisoned,” alleging the force failed to address sexual harassment or act on allegations against a high-ranking former officer
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Co-signed. As a policing scholar (and former officer) let me be clear
@StevensonLDN
: We cannot arrest our way out of homelessness and addiction. These statements in and of themselves are harm, but I have grave concerns re: your position on the
@ldnpoliceboard
and
@OAPSB
#ldnont
This has gone too far
#ldnont
city councillor
@StevensonLDN
has tweeted an article that proposes arresting people who are homeless
She tweets “London could be first 🥰”
She puts a smiley heart emoji with an article that proposes arresting ppl for being homeless
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Nothing about this report is surprising or new. TPS is the focus today but let me be clear - 7 years of research makes clear this is far from a Toronto-only issue. It's institutional and systemic. Linking free copies of my published works to-date below
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$672 million for police to reactively ‘clean up’ encampments? Push them down the road you mean, solving nothing for anyone. This is the vision
@CityofLdnOnt
?Increased criminalization & harm to folx already marginalized by systems of oppression? Where are they supposed to go?
THANK YOU
@CityofLdnOnt
@lpsmediaoffice
and everyone else who played a role in the encampment clean-ups that happened this Thursday & Friday in the
#OEV
municipal parking lots and on sidewalks. I received so many messages of gratitude!!
You made a difference & brought hope.
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Excited to announce this publication in the British Journal of Criminology! Huge thanks to everyone involved. Link here for those with institutional access (public access link to follow shortly):
@BritSocCrim
@CrimeandJustice
@westernuSocSci
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You lobbied hard for $672 million for police, taking funds from vital community orgs/programs in favour of criminalization. You work overtime to discredit and disrupt the people, orgs, initiatives DOING the work with the care you say motivates your ‘advocating.’ Yep. Not ok.
So much frustration…….
So much sadness……..
So much wrong.
What we are doing isn’t working.
Not for this area of the city.
It’s not okay. It’s not okay. It’s just not.
#LdnOnt
#SadStateOfAffairs
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"Bold moves" is not increased policing, criminalization, incarceration - that's same old & deeply steeped in systemic 'isms', Susan. "Bold moves" means dismantling oppressive systems: Co-liberation, defunding, abolition, community-led care & connection, empathy, dignity, justice.
“When enacted, bold moves on homelessness and tent encampments are popular with the public, so why are cities so often paralyzed by fear of doing something about an obvious problem, thereby ceding our city squares and parks to tent encampments?”
#ldnont
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Thanks
@CBCLondon
@KateDubinski
for the opportunity to talk about police accountability/transparency and gender and sexual-based violence in connection to cbc data re: suspended officers.
#ldnont
is still waiting for a response from you
@ldnpoliceboard
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All part of the strategy to make us give up and disengage. Nope. It’s not too late
#ldnont
. Amendments by councillors can be proposed until Feb. 21st. Contact them!And the mayor and police chief could do the right thing, reduce the ask on their own…it’s not ‘can’t’, it’s won’t.
now we're being told it's too late to advocate for changing the police budget. We should have known community consultation was happening the last two months. Perhaps if this is the community response "too late" - you effectively didn't consult community?
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Thanks
@LondonMorning
for having me on this morning to discuss the police budget.
#ldnont
you can listen here and check out the thread below for more information. Contact the mayor and your councillor with your concerns asap!
Back in February 2023, I wrote this: LPS got their increase to hire 52 new officers. I tried to tell y’all they’d be back. And here we are, not even a year later. This time a 30% increase over 4 yrs (672ish million). 🧵
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Over 400 signatures in hours. Thank you to the leadership of
@TVDSB
students who initiated this petition. Please sign and share
#ldnont
@MLHealthUnit
My daughter and some friends started a petition to ask
@TVDSB
and
@MLHealthUnit
to move to online learning until at least Jan 31, to keep kids safe. Please consider signing and sharing.
#LdnOnt
#OntEd
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We hoped for different but a shift from 3 to 7 after the PPM?🔥 Thanks to Councillors who tried. BIG love to
#ldnont
community members who put their time, wisdom, heart into pushing for transformative change. Don’t be discouraged. That’s the game. We continue forward. Together 👊🏻
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Happy
#ldnont
transit/libraries got more funding. This should have been reallocated from the police budget. Hope transit and library folx continue to help push for reallocation from police to community supports. Unity is vital. A 🧵on last budget meeting
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Sadly, a number that does not reflect the reality. The amount of officers afraid or unmotivated to report gender and sexual-based violence in my work reveals an institution highly motivated to silence and bury harm and maintain the status quo.
CBC's research found more than one-third of the allegations leading to officer suspensions since 2013 involved gender-based violence including sexual assault, domestic violence or sexual harassment. .
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The institution isn’t reformable in any meaningful way. Why? Because it’s operating exactly as designed. Police investigating police, propped up by state actors, ineffective ‘oversight’ bodies, thin blue line…decades of ‘reforms’, apologies and promises. We’re still here.
NEW: Toronto police chief Myron Demkiw has walked back the controversial comment that he’d been “hoping for a different outcome” in the trial of Umar Zameer.
“Let me be crystal clear: I support and accept the verdict."
@TorontoStar
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@JoshMorganLDN
P.S. Olivia Chow just declined the 20 million increase Toronto demanded, opting for 7.4 million. Hamilton just sent back the $213 million police budget to review for more cuts.Still not great, but it's something. It’s our turn. Contact the mayor and your councillor /End.
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Not even remotely surprised. Thank you
@AngelaWhitney16
for speaking out. For those interested in learning more about the retribution/silencing playbook in policing, check out this study I published last year (hit ‘link to full text’ for free access).
Calgary's police chief is suing the former HR manager who spoke out and made allegations of sexual harassment and a toxic workplace at the Calgary Police Service.
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#ldnont
city council committed to responding to gender and sexual-based violence and anti-racism and anti-oppression frameworks. This requires properly funded, community-led responses informed by those with lived experience, not more investment in police
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12/Drones,Tasers,SECOND armoured vehicle, ⬆️ ERU (think SWAT)-so increased weaponry/militarization. Is this what we want as a city? To what end? Folx don’t have housing, food, access to healthcare, JOY, but we need a 42 million state-of-the-art training facility? No. No, we don’t
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8/ It all comes back to the same answer: more funding to community supports/resources to address root causes as prevention. Police react to crime, not prevent it. Increased spending on police does not consistently correlate with lower crime rates.
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A
@SafeSpaceLondon
appreciation post.
#ldnont
let’s send these folx some love and support today. Reply with words of appreciation and kindness! If you have the means, here’s some ways to support financially or through donations: .
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As this OWeek officially kicks off at Western, I find myself holding my breath. If I’m feeling that way, I can’t imagine how all the Sophs and survivors from previous yrs (and this yr) are feeling. A note to say some of us haven’t forgotten and we’re here with you. Sending love.
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.
@shesrideordie
's fight for justice exemplifies playbook used against officers who report harm: attack character, ostracize, deny/gaslight, code of silence, reprisals, systematically break down/push out, offer $/NDA, tie up in legal process/more reprisal
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4/This isn’t to invalidate that there are valid concerns in our city. But the LPSB consultation revealed people’s highest concerns involve social problems: housing, mental health, substance use. Much of the connected “crime” are things like theft, property damage...
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@StevensonLDN
The dehumanizing and harmful rhetoric you continue to post, state in the media/at council emboldens violence against unhoused community members. I'm confident you understand this. This post isn't about your concern for unhoused folks, it's an attempt to legitimize your narrative
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5/ ...and criminalization processes of homelessness, mental illness, substance use etc. More police = more criminalization for already marginalized folx.
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@JoshMorganLDN
17/...small businesses, a 30% increase in rent in the past year, more folx than ever using food banks etc. Raising people’s taxes by 8.8% with 5% on an unquestioned, under examined police budget? That's a hard no.
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Meet 'Darya' and their Human Rights Tribunal case re: racism, sexism, retribution for reporting unjustified use of force against a Black citizen. Also note this article reveals there are 38 ongoing complaints of sexual-based violence by colleagues at TPS
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14/...by properly funding housing, food, education, healthcare, education, transit, libraries, community centres etc. The police have been tasked with too much for too long. No one wins in that game.
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@JoshMorganLDN
22/There ARE ppl in
#ldnont
pushing back, despite messaging it’s a done deal. Says who? Politicians? The police? Upper-middle class folx who run the hospital and university? They don’t decide what we prioritize in our city. WE DO.
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@JoshMorganLDN
20/We've begun investing in affordable housing, Hubs etc. Tell city council you want YOUR money there. More time to see how these responses impact. Tell them to send the police budget back.There’s a MINIMUM of 50 million just in items pictured above. Fund communities. Fund care.
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15/It’s council’s responsibility to make socially and fiscally responsible decisions.
@JoshMorganLDN
tabling a budget with the police ask endorsed in full, without question, and with questionable items, that makes up 5% of the 2024 8.8% tax increase...
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Contact the mayor and councillors. Email your letter to budgetcommittee
@london
.ca to be included in Feb. 27th public participation meeting. Come to the meeting! In person, online. It’s not too late. Keep up the pressure. That’s vital. Fund community. Fund care. 👊🏻
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7/ We can solve that with proper resourcing of community-based supports/responses. Workload. Sure. No doubt. You solve that by reducing the types of calls police go to, not an endless cycle of more officers. See the line’s I’m drawing here? ...
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10/Indigenous, Black, racialized folx, 2SLGBTQIA+ folx, disabled folx, street involved folx, folx in poverty and their intersections are at ⬆️ risk for police violence, criminalization, not receiving help. So who, exactly, becomes more “safe” by increased police in communities?
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@JoshMorganLDN
19/...it’s working. Police calls are down, people aren’t being killed or criminalized. They’re being supported. The ideas and models are there, led by Indigenous, Black, racialized folx, particularly racialized women, Queer folx, and/or folx of lived/living experience.
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P.S. Who is paying for this lawsuit? And the many other legal actions re: police services across this country. Or the payouts to harmed employees and citizens. You are. Tax payers. Remember that the next time your local police service demands more and more … and more…funding.
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11/ Body cams/dash cams. High price item year-over-year with no conclusive evidence. Police can turn on/off, privacy concerns, police store data, no oversight. Calgary/Toronto adopted BWCs in 2019/2021 & continue to ask for vast funding to address call times, high crime etc.
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@JoshMorganLDN
16/... at a time when increasing numbers of community members don’t have basic necessities, is frankly harmful and irresponsible. In the current economy of rising inflation impacting so many, including folx who generally have economic security, reverberating pandemic impacts on..
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Yet another example why options outside of police are urgent & imperative for survivors of sexual-based violence. London Police Services’ ‘internal’ review of their handling of the case is unacceptable. External and transparent (and not other police service/orgs who uphold them)
As the NHL investigates an alleged sexual assault involving eight former CHL players, the players' lawyers plan to give the league cellphone videos taken during and after the incident, as well as messages texted between the alleged victim and a player:
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@JoshMorganLDN
18/True, the police need some funding. It takes time to build infrastructure for community-led responses. But it’s happening all around us.Toronto, Ottawa, Edmonton all have non-police response programs for mental health, housing, and/or substance use related calls...
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@ahmedhankir
Welcome! I'm an assistant prof just down the road at King's (affiliate of Western) in the Soc/Crim department. Part of my work is around mental health and policing - maybe we can meet up sometime for coffee/tea/deep fried ice cream?! 😁 Best wishes in your new role!
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9/ In case you still aren’t with me, consider this: self-report victimization surveys (Statistics Canada) reveal that about 30% of folx call the police to report a crime, less for folx marginalized by systems of oppression. Sexual violence? 6%.
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13/Like any institution, the police are going to find ways to justify their budget ask. And it’s true that we have failed as a city to address the crisis levels of complex social problems...
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2/ Same arguments that the last round of spending promised to address: complex calls, high call time, workload, higher crime etc. “modernization” is new on the list. We’ll come back.
Some things to consider. Police spending in this city has increased 44% in the past decade.
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@JoshMorganLDN
21/It’s time to change course. It begins with this budget. Contact your councillor, send letters to budgetcommittee
@london
.ca so they become part of the deliberation process. The Strong Mayor’s Act adds a twist, but it’s NOT impossible if we collectively say: enough.
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Been thinking a lot about Sarah Soyemi, the
#ldnont
Black woman punched by a male police officer resulting in eye damage. For a trespass call. Trespass. For selling tea to supplement Ontario Works. Imagine if we put $ into living wages, community supports etc. vs 52 more officers
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Thanks for having me on today
@NeedlesOnNews
! Was a great conversation. Check it out
#ldnont
and contact the mayor and your councillor asap! Budget deliberations resume this Thurs/Fri.
New podcast!
Police have the biggest budget ask in
#ldnont
history.
Could some of that $672-million be spent better elsewhere?
I break it down with
@LBikos
- powered by Downtown London and the Covent Garden Market.
@londonnewstoday
@ClassicRock981
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6/ This connects to response times. Code 2 & Code 3 non-emergency call response times are high. But how many of these types of calls should not have a police response? LPS identifies calls with complex social issues as one of the main drivers of their time...
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For those who expressed interest in this article, here's the link Thanks to
@socprobsjournal
, the reviewers,
@KanikaSamuels
, Dr. Erica Lawson and Dr. Tracey Adams. Most importantly, thank you to the officers who trusted me. CW - it's a hard read
Thrilled to announce this forthcoming publication in
@socprobsjournal
! Thank you to folks who assisted along the way, and most importantly, those who trusted me with their lived experiences. A tough read -- clear in its urgency. Stay tuned, will post links when published.
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Whether it's police officers reporting systemic issues and abuse(s) or members of the public, it's the same -- a system designed to uphold the status quo. Here's a recent study outlining some of these processes (warning for police workplace violence):
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Next meet
@shades_dirty
who has been fighting for years at her own high personal costs re: her experiences with racism and sexual-based violence at the TPS. Note their retaliation efforts below to silence her:
*Whistleblowers*
My employer Toronto Police Service send me a Cease& Desist letter bc of my twitter! Apparently fighting for women to be free of sexual violence is harassing sexual predator enablers and perps! I’ll wear it with an honour & I’ll never FUCKING stop fighting for us
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A reminder of this event tonight for those of you who can make it. And VOTE!!!
#ldnont
We're inviting all female-identifying members of the Western community (students, faculty, staff, and alumni) to come together against the recent incidents of gender-based and sexual violence at Western University. We meet at night to remind everyone of women’s basic right…
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So glad you mentioned this! Checked the public agenda, my letter isn’t there.
#ldnont
did you send a letter to budgetcommittee
@london
.ca for the ppm public agenda? Use this link to see if it’s there: If not, forward your original email before Monday at 9am
Please read this important thread re: the
@lpsmediaoffice
budget. There are 47 submissions to the agenda so far; 33 specifically ref the LPS budget.
@MayorMorgan
needs to hear from more of us. Submit your letter by 9am Mon. Feb. 26 at the latest!
#DefundthePolice
#ReallocateFunds
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3/ LPS' numbers re: crime severity index (measure used to justify budget) aren’t wrong, but missing vital context. In 2022, we were down in overall crime by 10%, 15% (violent crime), 7% (non-violent crime) and have better rates than the national avg (violent crime is just shy).
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As promised here is a public link for those without institutional access. At the top of the page is a ‘link to full text’ button that will take you to the full article
Excited to announce this publication in the British Journal of Criminology! Huge thanks to everyone involved. Link here for those with institutional access (public access link to follow shortly):
@BritSocCrim
@CrimeandJustice
@westernuSocSci
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Hey
#ldnont
! Contact the mayor/councillors re: police budget. Need inspiration?Some thoughts👇🏻to build on or dm me. Get ur letters to budgetcommittee
@london
.ca by Feb. 16, 9am to be added to the public agenda for the Feb. 27 PPM budget meeting. It’s not over yet. Let’s do this 👊🏻
Back in February 2023, I wrote this: LPS got their increase to hire 52 new officers. I tried to tell y’all they’d be back. And here we are, not even a year later. This time a 30% increase over 4 yrs (672ish million). 🧵
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@shesrideordie
They hate the mirror. But that's not yours to own. You just go ahead and push that right back over to where it belongs. Proud of you. Thank you for all you're doing - we see you. xx
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P.P.S. $2.5 million invested in community supports over 5 yrs - they’re down to 0 shooting deaths for 2023.
#ldnont
tell the mayor/council you want funds reallocated from the $672 million police budget to community supports. Fund community. Fund care.
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There are more, most of whom don't report because of EXTREME personal and professional costs. My work finds those who reported experience retribution, further abuse, mental illness, sick leaves, and/or resignations. That's not an accident friends. It's institutionally designed.
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Just want to let folks know that this may not be an easy read for those with lived experience of institutional violence, particularly related to race and/or gender and sexual-based violence.
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This thread👇
@StevensonLDN
pls read. You have many privileges and power through your social location and positions on
@CityofLdnOnt
council and
@ldnpoliceboard
. The harm you're causing is multi-layered and runs deep. It's not too late to recognize that, reflect, and change course
Alright so, a couple of immediate thoughts:
* Ignoring the problem is what we have historically done as a city. The Hubs addresses issues at several levels. It supports the complex needs of those within the unhoused population with beds, basic needs and providing wrap /1
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@EffyZarabi28678
How about
@shesrideordie
’s 10 year, ongoing fight with Waterloo police? She also reported gender & sexual-based violence and is experiencing severe retribution/attempts to silence. Read thread below for her story. These are 2 examples,many we’ll never know
1/Mark your calendars! My testimony starts back up Feb 8!
A brief summary:
2013- I reject SGT Nathan Cardoza’s sexual advances, warned not to report or my career will suffer. Sexual rumours circulate, I’m labeled a bitch and a slut, lose my back up, I feel unsafe at work.
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Case in point. Are you aware of
@EffyZarabi28678
’s case against Toronto police? She was just fired for her social media exposing systemic sexism, racism, gender & sexual-based violence by male officers. TPS offered to pay her a lot of $ in exchange for NDA. She refused.
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The public participation meeting is Feb.27th 4 pm. Speak up/out! Not for you? Bring a sign, support those who speak. Come in person/zoom (register by 9am on 27th for zoom). Technically amendments are til 29th. It’s not over yet. Collective is key. Fund communities. Fund care 👊🏻
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Good morning
#ldnont
! Budget deliberations resume Thursday. Contact the mayor/your councillor - collective action works! If you’re okay with a public letter, send to budgetcommittee
@london
.ca by tomorrow 9am. Not sure what to say? Start w/points below! Or dm me for assistance.
Back in February 2023, I wrote this: LPS got their increase to hire 52 new officers. I tried to tell y’all they’d be back. And here we are, not even a year later. This time a 30% increase over 4 yrs (672ish million). 🧵
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@StevensonLDN
Mistakes are made. We're all learning and (un)learning but what you're doing here (and the multiple other tweets) by shifting blame/justifying posting those pictures is creating deeper harm. Please. Stop. Take down the pictures. Reflect. Apologize. Learn. That's real leadership.
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Hey
#ldnont
, did you write your letter in protest of the police budget for Tuesday’s council meeting? Due tomorrow, 9am at budgetcommittee
@london
.ca. Be sure to give permission for letter to be added to the public agenda. Please add your support to funding community
#notoveryet
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2/ Councillor Skylar Franke opens with an amendment proposing to reallocate a mere $8 mill over 4 yrs from police to 4 housing-related programs that assist 3790 ppl in London who got 0 funding. Says housing biggest concern from folx in ward, not massive police spending
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@KindnessLDNONT
This is very kind, thank you very much. Wishing everyone some kindness and love today. Pretty sure we could all use some right about now.
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@AndreaHorwath
Here's the information on the student-led walkout. They are also working on a virtual option
(1/2) Have questions about the walkout on Friday? Here are some answers to FAQs.
Still don’t have what you’re looking? DM us!
#ProtectOurStudents
#WesternUniversity
#BelieveSurvivors
#WeDeserveToFeelSafe
#MakeCampusSafe
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In relation to Toronto specifically, here are some important cases for you to know about. First
@HeatherMcWill1
who won a ground breaking human rights case
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@jenlorrainegold
@CityofLdnOnt
Thank you! Amazing to see so many coming out to protest the police budget! Fund community! Fund care! 👊🏻
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Thank you so much for bringing awareness to the work. I hope it helps more folks understand the urgency. For those who'd like to read here's the link:
If you don't have free access, use this link:
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Also - find yourself folks who believe in you so much that they send flowers, order cake with 'congrats!' before the official result. Thankful for the peeps in my life who believe in me that much.
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Hey
#ldnont
we have a huge police budget ask on the table, largely framed around 'safety.' 640 million over the 4 years - a 30% increase by 2027. Check out this research. Do folx know that the budget doesn't include the money for the 13% raise over 4 yrs? This is unsustainable.
congrats
@AOBempah
and Melanie Seabrook on getting the is valuable research published.
Hopefully police boards will consider it in the future.
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3) Councillors Ferreira and Hopkins agree, support Franke. Also indicate hearing from many that don’t support police budget. Hopkins makes point the police haven’t attended council to answer questions re: budget like past yrs. Feels police budget has gone unquestioned.
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Hey
#ldnont
looking forward to seeing a strong turnout for the 2nd Annual
#TurtleIslandHealingWalk
. Meet July 1st, 9:30am at Victoria Park (walk at 10:15) - route 👇
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As a
@BresciaUC
alum, parent, former faculty I've been searching for the words. This letter expresses the sentiments so well. Thx past/present students for writing. Alumni, students, HBK, faculty, staff & community consider signing/sharing in solidarity
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Read
@TalkdeThingz
personal account of her experiences working for TPS (she is now finishing her PhD - look for additional works from her in future)
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I have another in review that is an intersectional look at how the institution betrays and punishes those who try to report workplace abuse, particularly women and racialized folks.
What happens on the inside cannot be separated from what happens on the outside.
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If you don't have institutional access to this article and are interested in reading it, use this link
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