Vancouver Street Checks

• Advocacy groups question Vancouver street check review, call for ban

  Groups say street checks should be banned completely because they are an example of systemic racism and disproportionately affect Black people, Indigenous people and people of colour.

  Politics

  Jun 25, 2020
  
• The VPD has updated its ‘carding’ policy. Here’s what it means for you

  The new policy explicitly bans stopping someone based on identity factors and requires police to let subjects know they can walk away at any time.

  Jan 21, 2020
  
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• Victoria Police Chief says race doesn’t factor into street checks, despite VPD data

  It's a certain circumstance they may be involved in that leads to that interaction," he said.

  Crime

  Jun 22, 2018