Street Checks

• 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.

  Crime

  Jan 19
  
• Nova Scotia to require the collection of race-based data from police stops

  Nova Scotia says race-based data can help police improve their interactions with African Nova Scotians and Indigenous Peoples in particular.

  Canada

  Sep 1, 2022
  
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• 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
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• 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
• 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
• 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
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• 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
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• 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