Street Checks
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Court of Appeal upholds Quebec ruling that invalidated random police stopsQuebec's Court of Appeal has upheld a landmark 2022 decision that found a law permitting random traffic stops by police led to racial profiling.CanadaOct 24, 2024
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N.S. RCMP apologizes to African Nova Scotians for impact of street checksDennis Daley issued the apology to African Nova Scotians and all people of African descent in North Preston, a predominantly Black community northeast of Halifax.CrimeSep 7, 2024
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Nova Scotia RCMP to apologize to Black community for historic use of street checksThe commander of the RCMP in Nova Scotia will apologize to the province's Black community on Saturday for the Mounties' historic use of street checks.CanadaSep 5, 2024
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Emails show Montreal police appeared to interfere with report on street checksAn independent inquiry into Montreal police is being called for after emails show what appears to be the force interfering with a report into the practice of street checks.CanadaAug 7, 2024
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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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