Anti-Police Power
Surrey (APPS) is holding a roundtable discussion on policing in Surrey, on the
need to defund police, and on ways to develop alternatives to police in Surrey.
APPS is a group of people living and working in Surrey who oppose the
domination of police, police violence and repression, and the wasteful, and
wildly disproportionate, expenditure of public resources on policing in Surrey.
APPS calls for social resources for communities not cops, for people not police
and aims for the development of non-repressive social supports and care.
Details of
the event are as follows.
“Challenging
Police Power in Surrey”
What:
Anti-Police Power Surrey event
When:
2:30-4:30 pm, Saturday, January 26, 2019
Where:
Progressive Cultural Centre, #126 – 7536 130th Street, Surrey
In past
municipal elections, there has been a lot of attention given to issues of
public safety. Focus on shootings, drug operations, and youth involvement in
gangs has generated consistent calls for greater public safety, predominantly
through more police. The most recent election saw the idea of a municipal
police force gain popular support and the new mayor and council moved
immediately to start the transition. But police can’t address the root causes
of the violence and social tensions that exist; police only uphold through
force the social order that produces the violence.
In this
political context, Anti-Police Power Surrey (APPS) formed to counter the
dominant pro-police narrative and challenge the constantly expanding power of
the police in Surrey. At this round table, we will share some of our work and
open up a conversation about policing in Surrey. We want to talk together about
how we might contest the persistent and often overwhelming presence of police
in our communities, explore the sources of social conflicts that are used to
justify increasing police resources, and imagine together strategies of
community safety without resorting to police.
This event
will be held in Surrey, on the traditional territory of the Kwantlen, Qayqayt,
Katzie, Kwikwetlem, Semiahmoo and Tsawwassen nations.
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