[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto police force still much whiter than the city's population"

[rfmcdonald]

CBC reports.

While Toronto's police service is one of the more racially diverse forces in Canada, it still does not accurately reflect the population it serves, an analysis by CBC News has found.

Roughly 75 per cent of Toronto police officers are white, while only about half of the city's residents are — while the other half come from a wide diversity of backgrounds.

CBC News surveyed all major police services in Canada to determine their demographics and racial diversity.

That survey found that the Toronto police service matches its population better than do those in York and Peel regions, but less so than that of Hamilton.

And community advocates say the number of non-white officers — one in four — is not good enough.