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Vital Intelligence Gathering or Meddling? Police Across Canada under Growing Pressure to Stop Carding People
"You’re a cop on patrol at 3 a.m. and you see someone walking down an alley. Is it OK to stop that person and ask for ID? What if everything checks out? Should you still make a record of that encounter?
For many police agencies the answer is yes — you never know when that record might come in handy in a future investigation.
But consider the case of Desmond Cole, a 33-year-old Toronto journalist who says he has been stopped, questioned or followed by police more than 50 times in Ontario. At what point, he asks, does intelligence gathering become meddling and intrusion? Is it fair that police have now accumulated, as Cole suspects, an internal database of his many alleged encounters when he did nothing wrong?"
Related video: Ex-Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair Talks Carding on Metro Morning
"You’re a cop on patrol at 3 a.m. and you see someone walking down an alley. Is it OK to stop that person and ask for ID? What if everything checks out? Should you still make a record of that encounter?
For many police agencies the answer is yes — you never know when that record might come in handy in a future investigation.
But consider the case of Desmond Cole, a 33-year-old Toronto journalist who says he has been stopped, questioned or followed by police more than 50 times in Ontario. At what point, he asks, does intelligence gathering become meddling and intrusion? Is it fair that police have now accumulated, as Cole suspects, an internal database of his many alleged encounters when he did nothing wrong?"
Related video: Ex-Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair Talks Carding on Metro Morning
A Community-Based Assessment of Police Contact Carding in 31 Division. Final Report
"During the summer of 2014, the Community Assessment of Police Practices (CAPP) research project surveyed over 400 community members across 31 Division in order to determine community satisfaction with policing during the June to August, 2014 time period, measure the impact of the Community Contacts policy, and make recommendations for changes or improvements to the Community Contacts policy....
Through our research, we learned that very few members of the public are aware of the new policy or the formal procedures involved in 'carding'. We also learned that there is widespread dissatisfaction with the way that police interact with members of the community. In general, the level of trust in the police is low and many participants expressed negative views regarding the police. For example, a large number of respondents believe that police regularly abuse their power. In addition, there is a view that police racially profile members of the community. Compellingly, this belief was identified among both racialized and non-racialized groups. While a significant number of respondents identify small improvements in the relationship between police and community residents since June 2014, roughly 40% still feel that the relationship between police and the community is poor...."
"During the summer of 2014, the Community Assessment of Police Practices (CAPP) research project surveyed over 400 community members across 31 Division in order to determine community satisfaction with policing during the June to August, 2014 time period, measure the impact of the Community Contacts policy, and make recommendations for changes or improvements to the Community Contacts policy....
Through our research, we learned that very few members of the public are aware of the new policy or the formal procedures involved in 'carding'. We also learned that there is widespread dissatisfaction with the way that police interact with members of the community. In general, the level of trust in the police is low and many participants expressed negative views regarding the police. For example, a large number of respondents believe that police regularly abuse their power. In addition, there is a view that police racially profile members of the community. Compellingly, this belief was identified among both racialized and non-racialized groups. While a significant number of respondents identify small improvements in the relationship between police and community residents since June 2014, roughly 40% still feel that the relationship between police and the community is poor...."
Improper police 'carding' continues in Jane-Finch area, survey finds http://t.co/YQfcUeM0KM via @torontostar
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