The head of the Old Brewery Mission said it's a step in the right direction.
Matthew Pearce has met with Montreal's top cop after police shot and killed a homeless man last week.
38-year old Jimmy Cloutier was suspected of attacking someone and police say he was shot after he threatened them.
Pearce told CTV the police chief is open to ideas, including being part of officer training workshops.
"Don't have as your default mechanism, contain, control, quickly resolve. Instead, have as your default, give space, give time. If the conditions don't permit it, then you have to act, but almost always they do", said Pearce.
Pearce added he and the police chief have agreed to meet twice a year in an effort to see what's working and what's not.