The full name of the 218 page report is Defunding the Police - Defining the Way Forward for HRP. And one of the many authors of this document calls it his love letter to Halifax Regional Municipality. Tari Ajadi is a PhD candidate in Political Science at Dalhousie University, an activist & a public scholar. His dissertation research compares how Black activists in mid-sized cities in Nova Scotia and Ontario strategize to prompt change in policing and in health policy. He and others are hoping to see action on their 36 recommendations and the definition of defunding police based on four pillars. He describes the work that prompted this document and the hopes for a safer community without it being based on the use of force.
