Report recommends non-police response program after teen’s death
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This article was published 22/06/2023 (808 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The 2020 police shooting death of a 16-year-old Winnipeg girl has resulted in a recommendation for a non-police urgent responder program for youth in crisis.
Developing a provincial youth model of Winnipeg’s Alternative Response to Citizens in Crisis Program is one of four recommendations being released Thursday from the Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth.
The advocate’s office conducted an investigation into the provincial services that were provided to Eishia Hudson and her family throughout the teen’s life and leading up to her death.
William Hudson, father to Eisha Hudson, looks out at the crowd at the Eishia Hudson protest at the Manitoba Legislative Building grounds on in June 2020. (Jesse Boily / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Hudson was fatally shot by a Winnipeg Police Service officer following a liquor store robbery and police chase on April 8, 2020.
Hudson was never criminally charged, but interactions between her and the Winnipeg Police Service were documented throughout her life, the report found. The report, titled Memengwaa Wiidoodaagewin (Butterfly Project in Ojibwe) Honouring Eishia Hudson, moves beyond an examination of the teen’s life and looks at youth interactions with police more generally. It found some youth don’t trust police because they’ve had negative interactions marred by violence, verbal abuse, racial discrimination or other unprofessional conduct.
The report also recommends Manitoba consult with young people to inform provincial training for public safety officers, and recommends expanded “wraparound” support for all youth in Manitoba through the education system.
Memengwaa Wiidoodaagewin: Honouring Eishia Hudson
Katie May is a multimedia producer for the Free Press.
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Updated on Thursday, June 22, 2023 8:37 AM CDT: Adds PDF of report