Montreal, Canada – Police Clear Up Misunderstanding Between Them and Chassidim

Montreal, Canada – Police say, there was no directive that female officers step aside and allow their male colleagues to handle interventions with chassidic men, Insp. Paul Chablo, said, It’s all a misunderstanding.  

He said it was a “suggestion” and comparable to the police trying to respect a sexual-assault victim’s request to speak to a female officer, for example.

The chassidic communities, meanwhile, say don’t blame them; they never made a request for special treatment by the police and there have been no problems.  
What was intended to enlighten the force about the customs and beliefs of Chassidim in order for officers not to misunderstand certain behaviours has been taken by the police union as undermining the equality of male and female officers on the job.