Street Checks

• 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
  
• Call for consistency across B.C. on street checks following police watchdog report

  A 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.

  Crime

  Nov 13, 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
• Alberta government introduces legislation to formally ban carding, regulate street checks

  The Alberta government introduced legislation on Wednesday that formalizes the ban on carding and reforms the rules of street checks.

  Crime

  Apr 7, 2021
• ‘Troubling trends’ in Nova Scotia’s justice system for Black and Indigenous people

  "If systematic racism is the problem, anti-racism seem to be the cure."

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2021
• Audit finds 94% drop in street checks by Vancouver police, critics renew call for ban

  An audit presented to the Vancouver Police Board Thursday found that street checks had dropped more than 94 per cent between 2020 and 2021.

  Crime

  Feb 18, 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
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• Lethbridge Police Service, local lawyer react to new provincial ban on carding

  "It's really up to the police to build that sense of public trust and responsibility, particularly with our Lethbridge police."

  Crime

  Nov 19, 2020
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• Street checks down 48%, gun violence on the rise, Edmonton police tell commission

  The number of street checks done by officers, as well as the rising amount of gun violence in the city, was on the Edmonton Police Commission's agenda on Thursday.

  Crime

  Nov 19, 2020