Street Check

• ‘Some time’ needed before RCMP street check apology decision: N.S. superintendent

  Halifax's municipal police chief Daniel Kinsella has set Friday as the date for a formal apology to the black community and an announcement of "meaningful action" to follow up on the apology.

  Canada

  Nov 27, 2019
  
• Mental health conference removes Halifax police chief as speaker in wake of street check report

  Keith Anderson, founder of the company behind the mental health conference, was the one who made the decision.

  Health

  Apr 9, 2019
  
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• Report on Halifax street checks delayed until March

  The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission confirmed the news in an email to Global News, saying that the report will be released March 27.

  Crime

  Feb 5, 2019
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• Toronto man says he was ‘carded’ by Vancouver police while in town to speak about racism

  Desmond Cole was in Vancouver to speak about racism, and was on his way to a meeting about police street checks when he alleges the incident happened.

  Crime

  Nov 14, 2018
• N.S. Human Rights Commission launches survey on use of ‘carding’ in Halifax

  The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission launched an online survey regarding the practice of carding on September 6., with the goal of gathering additional information.

  Crime

  Sep 16, 2018
• 1 in 5 women ‘carded’ by Vancouver police in 2016 were Indigenous: complaint

  Indigenous women are two per cent of the female population in Vancouver, yet are 21 per cent of the women who are street checked, says the BCCLA.

  Crime

  Jul 12, 2018
• Aboriginal women, black people much more likely to be ‘carded’ by Edmonton police

  Aboriginal people accounted for just over five per cent of Edmonton's population in the 2011 census - the most recent year for available data - but last year accounted for 21.6 per cent of people who were carded.

  Crime

  Jun 27, 2017
• Halifax RCMP conduct street checks on black people more than Halifax police

  A report released by RCMP show street checks are being administered on black people at a slightly higher rate than by Halifax Regional Police.

  Canada

  Jan 11, 2017
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• Black in Halifax? You’re three times more likely to undergo police check

  Between 2005 and 2016, approximately 11 per cent of people stopped by police performing a street check were black.

  Canada

  Jan 9, 2017