Police

Which statement best captures your beliefs about racism and the Edmonton Police Service?

Context:

In June of 2020, city council heard from dozens of speakers during three days of public hearings on racism and policing. The Community Safety and Well-Being Task Force, which was set up in response, identified a number of longstanding problems with policing in Edmonton that it attributed to systemic racism and discrimination, and made 14 recommendations to root out the problems. Black Lives Matter Edmonton went further, calling on the city to defund the police.

Candidate responses Voter responses

Candidate responses

A total of 67 candidates have responded to the survey. Here's how they answered this question:

a) Systemic racism is apparent throughout the EPS

Candidates that selected this response:

b) The EPS is not racist on the whole, but there are some racist members

Candidates that selected this response:

c) There is no racism within the EPS

Candidates that selected this response:

d) I don't have a position on this issue

Candidates that selected this response:

Candidates that skipped this question:

Voter responses

Based on more than 16,000 responses received as of Oct. 14, here's how voters answered this question:

Overall

By ward

Note: Taproot excluded surveys with fewer than two answers from these results. It was possible for voters to fill out the survey multiple times, but unlikely at a large scale given the structure of the survey. Voters were not able to select "I don't have a position on this issue".

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