Countering Hate in Our Communities: A Victim-Centered and Collaborative Approach to Building Trust and Reducing Fear

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET

Location: 258B

Submitter and Speaker(s)

Feras Ismail

Inspector of Community Safety and Wellbeing Services
Peel Regional Police Service
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Speaker(s)

Mark Dapat

Deputy Chief of Community Safety and Wellbeing Services
Peel Regional Police Service
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
David Snively

Program Manager CRI-TAC
IACP
Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Peel Regional Police’s (PRP) hate crime initiatives have always represented an evidence-based approach to the prevention and management of hate-motivated crimes and incidents in one of North America's most populous and diverse regions. Though police play a crucial role in hate crime prevention and control, the nature of these issues is often driven by social, geopolitical, and other community-based factors that at times manifest into a lack of communal trust, cohesion, and respect. This presentation involves an overview of several unique and novel initiatives developed and operationalized by PRP in Ontario, Canada, all of which are built upon the pillars of empathy, respect, collaboration, and community engagement.