Chief Blair Should Get On This Immediately

While I understand the need to supervise activities in community housing projects but I believe those doing the supervision should be under scrutiny to ensure they don't go too far.....it is accepted that wannabee cops sometimes exceed their authority. BTW I am no fan of OCRAP but I will give them credit for what they are doing to help a group whose culture runs counter to the "norm."

Residents allege harassment

Security firm issuing tickets, banning people
Manager cites drug trafficking in Dixon Rd. complex

Sep. 27, 2006. 07:42 AM

SURYA BHATTACHARYA

STAFF REPORTER

Sons cannot visit families. Mothers can't pick up their children from daycare. And the disabled have been banned from their relatives' homes.Some Somali-Canadians who live in three Dixon Rd. high-rises, also known as Little Mogadishu, complain they are being harassed by a security company that is issuing tickets to residents, banning them from some buildings for up to three years — with a warning that showing up again will get them arrested for trespassing.While some claim the trouble results from a misunderstanding of how Somalis mingle socially, others blame outright discrimination.At least 50 residents, joined by members of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, gathered last week to protest their treatment by Intelligarde, the firm that provides security at 320, 330 and 340 Dixon Rd.

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