Halifax Street Checks

• Nova Scotia to require the collection of race-based data from police stops

  Nova Scotia says race-based data can help police improve their interactions with African Nova Scotians and Indigenous Peoples in particular.

  Canada

  Sep 1, 2022
  
• Nova Scotia says new directive reinforces existing ban on police street checks

  Since 2019, police in Nova Scotia have not been allowed to conduct street checks.

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2021
  
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• N.S. ministers disappointed RCMP won’t apologize to Black citizens for street checks

  The ministers for Justice and African Nova Scotian Affairs say they're disappointed in the recent decision to not apologize for street checks.

  Canada

  Sep 9, 2021
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• RCMP decides against apology to Black community for excessive Halifax street checks

  Halifax Regional Police apologized for the practice almost two years ago.

  Canada

  Sep 8, 2021
• Nova Scotia appoints former watchdog head as new police complaint commissioner

  Patrick Curran has previously served as the interim head of the Serious Incident Response Team, the independent police watchdog in Nova Scotia. 

  Crime

  Nov 27, 2020
• ‘Blindsided’: Black Nova Scotians say their community was left out of new restorative process

  'Whatever this process is, the design process, it really hasn’t been engaged with any kind of broad consultation with the African Nova Scotian community.'

  Politics

  Sep 30, 2020
• Coming to Halifax’s Board of Police Commissioners: Body cameras, written updates on street checks report

  The meeting is set to begin at 12:30 p.m., and can be streamed online through the municipality's website.

  Politics

  Jul 19, 2020
• Halifax looks to assess public opinion, trust of municipal police forces

  HRP and Halifax District RCMP are looking find out the level of 'public trust and confidence in policing' in the municipality.

  Politics

  Jul 2, 2020
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• Nova Scotia still no closer to setting date for street checks apology

  Justice Minister Mark Furey reiterated on Wednesday that there is an appropriate time and venue for an apology -- but didn't say when or where that may be. 

  Canada

  Feb 26, 2020
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• Arrest of 15-year-old raises questions over police commitment to Halifax’s Black community

  El Jones said it's shocking to see a 15-year-old youth "being subjected to this kind of violence."

  Crime

  Feb 24, 2020