Street Checks
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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
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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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Alberta government introduces legislation to formally ban carding, regulate street checksThe Alberta government introduced legislation on Wednesday that formalizes the ban on carding and reforms the rules of street checks.CrimeApr 7, 2021
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‘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."CanadaMar 2, 2021
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Audit finds 94% drop in street checks by Vancouver police, critics renew call for banAn audit presented to the Vancouver Police Board Thursday found that street checks had dropped more than 94 per cent between 2020 and 2021.CrimeFeb 18, 2021
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Nova Scotia appoints former watchdog head as new police complaint commissionerPatrick Curran has previously served as the interim head of the Serious Incident Response Team, the independent police watchdog in Nova Scotia.CrimeNov 27, 2020
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