Ottawa cops to begin collecting race-based data

OTTAWA - A settlement between the city's police service and the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) means Ottawa cops will collect race-based data on traffic stops by its officers. This follows a human rights complaint by resident Chad Aiken, who was pulled over in his mother's Mercedes-Benz in 2005. Aiken was 18 at the time, and alleged he was stopped because he was African-Canadian. A partial settlement in his case was reached in 2010, but a new settlement reached two weeks ago requires officers to collect race-based data for two years. "Our goal was to seek public interest remedies, so we advocated for data collection and are very pleased that the Ottawa Police Services have agreed to do that," said Barbara Hall, chief commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission.

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