Street Checks
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Nova Scotia RCMP street check apology needed, says minister who cites own experienceAfrican Nova Scotian Affairs Minister Twila Grosse says she was pulled over by police during a traffic stop in Halifax for 'no particular reason' about 20 years ago.CanadaSep 21, 2023
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Plan for street checks apology was ‘overdue,’ says Nova Scotia RCMP commanderAssistant commissioner Dennis Daley says he has realized since taking office last year that the RCMP have a lot of work to do to rebuild trust with the province's Black citizens.CanadaSep 20, 2023
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N.S. RCMP to apologize for street checks, more than 2 years after refusing to do soThe Nova Scotia RCMP plans to formally apologize for its historical use of street checks, more than two years after the force said it was not planning to do so.CanadaSep 19, 2023
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Montreal police chief refuses to impose moratorium on street checks despite racial profiling dataResearchers from several Quebec universities looked at 2021 data and found that Indigenous Montrealers were six times more likely to be stopped than were white people in the city.CanadaJun 22, 2023
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Edmonton officers must record reason for collecting personal info due to change in EPS policy'Carding' or 'street checks' are names given to the practices of officers arbitrarily stopping someone to question them or collect their information.CrimeJan 19, 2023
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Nova Scotia to require the collection of race-based data from police stopsNova Scotia says race-based data can help police improve their interactions with African Nova Scotians and Indigenous Peoples in particular.CanadaSep 1, 2022
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Nova Scotia says new directive reinforces existing ban on police street checksSince 2019, police in Nova Scotia have not been allowed to conduct street checks.CanadaDec 2, 2021
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Call for consistency across B.C. on street checks following police watchdog reportA man's complaint about being stopped and asked if he was "Abdul" by two officers in New Westminster, B.C., has prompted a call for provincewide consistency on street checks.CrimeNov 13, 2021
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N.S. ministers disappointed RCMP won’t apologize to Black citizens for street checksThe ministers for Justice and African Nova Scotian Affairs say they're disappointed in the recent decision to not apologize for street checks.CanadaSep 9, 2021
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RCMP decides against apology to Black community for excessive Halifax street checksHalifax Regional Police apologized for the practice almost two years ago.CanadaSep 8, 2021
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