The Lebanese Fady Dagher was named the brand new police chief of the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) in Quebec, Canada.
Through the assembly of the Fee de la Sécurité Publique on Thursday, Dagher introduced his imaginative and prescient of policing, which shall be extra open and fashionable, “aiming to handle a inhabitants that’s way more multicultural immediately.”
In his speech, he highlighted that he needs to seek out proactive options to many points earlier than “they develop into huge issues by working collectively and with a way of openness and dialogue.”
His foremost objective is to re-establish belief within the police division, which had made headlines with a number of racial profiling circumstances and an absence of accountability.
Born and raised in Ivory Coast to Lebanese dad and mom, Dagher has a Grasp’s diploma in enterprise administration from McGill College and 25 years of policing expertise with the SPVM earlier than changing into the chief of police in Longueuil (Quebec) in 2017.
He beforehand applied a mannequin of neighborhood policing, specializing in bridging the hole between communities and law enforcement officials, and gaining neighborhood belief.
He additionally developed the primary coverage on racial and social profiling in Canada and elevated variety within the Longueuil police power.
Final 12 months, Dagher set a challenge aiming at bringing law enforcement officials nearer to weak communities, equivalent to these combating dependancy and people experiencing homelessness.
