Police in Canada are Tracking People's "Negative" Behavior in a "Risk" Database
"Police, social services, and health workers in Canada are using
shared databases to track the behaviour of vulnerable people—including
minors and people experiencing homelessness—with little oversight and
often without consent.
Documents obtained by Motherboard from
Ontario’s Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (MCSCS)
through an access to information request show that at least two
provinces—Ontario and Saskatchewan—maintain a 'Risk-driven Tracking
Database' that is used to amass highly sensitive information about
people’s lives. Information in the database includes whether a person
uses drugs, has been the victim of an assault, or lives in a 'negative
neighborhood.'
The Risk-driven Tracking Database (RTD) is part of a collaborative approach to policing called the Hub model that partners cops, school staff, social workers, health care workers, and the provincial government."
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