Saskatoon’s systems are broken and they’re failing its people, Saskatoon mayoral candidate Charlie Clark said as he introduced his community safety and well-being policy Wednesday.
Clark’s proposed changes include the addition of two more citizens to the board of police commissioners, a re-start of the safe streets commission and an expansion of the plan to end homelessness.
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He also wanted to grow community policing, create a youth action plan task force and “establish a clear policy on street checks that prohibits arbitrary police stops,” according to his website.
However, Clark said it “cannot just be a bunch of consultations.”
“It needs to be based on outcomes and based on delivering real results, but it won’t happen without a serious and aggressive approach to making sure these systems are working together rather than operating in silos,” he said.
Clark was joined by human rights lawyer Don Worme, STR8 Up founder Father André Polièvre, Saskatoon Council on Aging co-chair Shan Landry and Crime Stoppers founding president Ken Howland.
Clark criticized incumbent Don Atchison’s track-record, saying he didn’t take a leadership role through the safe streets commission.
“Kelley Moore has been absent on all of these issues for the last decade,” Clark said of one of the other mayoral candidates.
Consultant Devon Hein’s nomination was published on the City of Saskatoon website late Wednesday afternoon.
Saskatoon’s municipal election takes place on Oct. 26.