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Montreal's police chief is refusing to impose a moratorium on street checks despite a second independent report concluding that racialized people are disproportionately targeted by the practice.
Montreal's police chief is refusing to impose a moratorium on street checks despite a second independent report concluding that racialized people are disproportionately targeted by the practice.
Researchers from several Quebec universities looked at 2021 data and found that Indigenous Montrealers were six times more likely to be stopped than were white people in the city.
People have long questioned the wisdom of having police respond to non-criminal 911 calls or be placed in situations which might require a non-police approach.
Police Chief Fady Dagher says he believes the force's latest collective agreement will go a long way toward alleviating the labour shortage.