UPDATED: Street checks should be strictly limited - or banned outright, Nova Scotia report says
released Wednesday found street check rates in Halifax were among the highest in Canada, second only to Toronto, with black males the most likely to be stopped by police.
The report recommends banning or strongly regulating police street checks in the province. Ontario banned police carding in specific situations in 2017 -- a controversial practice that is similar to street checks. The report found that in Halifax, the odds of being stopped for a street check were highest for black men, followed by Arab males and black females.
Wortley also held a dozen consultation meetings with police, who said street checks -- when conducted properly -- can solve crimes and increase public safety. The report found that of 142,456 street checks conducted in Halifax between 2006 and 2017, 32.8 per cent involved an individual who had not been charged with a crime, while 58 per cent had been charged at least once.
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