The EPS phenotyping about-face
Download MP3DNA phenotyping — something you probably haven't heard of before — was everywhere this week. That is, until the EPS were called out on their bunk science and tried to make it nowhere instead.
Here are the relevant links for this episode:
Red tape award
UAlberta ventilation data
Learning city
- NEWS RELEASE: Edmonton secures place as Canada's first UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities member
- Mayor Amarjeet Sohi's tweet
Guest: Bashir Mohamed
DNA phenotyping
- NEWS RELEASE: Police use DNA phenotyping in unsolved sexual assault
- EPS Statement on DNA Phenotyping
- Edmonton police use DNA phenotyping as 'last resort' in hopes of identifying sexual assault suspect
- Ubaka Ogbogu's tweet
- Opinion: Edmonton police wrong to release DNA phenotyping mugshot of a Black man
Single-use reduction bylaw
- NEWS RELEASE: City council passes bylaw to significantly reduce waste
- Edmonton finalizes plastic bag, disposable food container bylaw
- Edmonton restaurants grapple with proposed ban on single-use items
Rec centre naming rights
- Edmonton councillors vote to sell naming rights of Clareview Recreation Centre
- Clareview Rec Centre to be renamed Jumpstart Community Recreation Centre
EPS jurisdictional scan
- Edmonton police funding debate dominated by conflict of interest concerns
- Per Capita Police Funding
- Police funding increases could be locked in before budget talks
EPS funding formula
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