Toronto police to issue receipts for random street checks
Toronto police stop up to 400,000 people every year during non-criminal encounters, asking them where they’re going and recording their name and address and the names of the people they’re with.
The practice has been denounced by activists who say it leads to racist policing.
Now, bowing to months of pressure, Chief Bill Blair is calling on officers to hand out a record of that interaction to the persons involved. He will table a report at Wednesday’s police-board meeting that says the receipts will be available for use in December, and statistics on street checks will be reported to the board every three months.
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