Waterloo Catholic school board called police on 4-year-old child, advocates say

Advocates for Black families are speaking out after they say police were called to a Catholic elementary school in Kitchener, Ont., last fall to deal with an incident involving a four-year-old.

Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) confirmed that officers attended a Catholic elementary school on Nov. 29, 2021, in response to a report of a student in crisis who was said to be acting violently. Police said officers attempted to de-escalate the student’s behaviour, contacted a family member and drove the child home.

Fidelia Ukueje, the president of the group Nigerians in the Region of Waterloo, is acting as a spokesperson for