Front Page Testimony About Systemic Racism - York Regional Police Force
Detective Constable Neil Dixon Four officers gave Zoom testimony about systemic racism within the York Regional Police Force By Stephen Weir : It was Canada Day; 2018, Detective Constable Neil Dixon was at work at the York Regional Police Headquarters in Aurora. He was in civilian clothes (and wearing a police issued weapon) when he and a fellow armed Black officer took an almost fatal lunch break. The pair visited the Popeye cop favourite restaurant two blocks from Police Headquarters. When he left, he believes that he was almost shot by members of his York Force who didn’t believe the Jamaican Canadian man was a fellow officer even after showing badges, and the police issued car they were about to get in. “ I thought to myself, I’m going to die today,” Dixon recalled, after testifying this morning (Wednesday) at a York Regional Police Board ( YRPSB ) meeting. He is a 19-year veteran is currently on leave as a result of suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The