Street checks, which are now banned in Nova Scotia, are defined as police randomly stop citizens, recording information and storing it electronically
“It wasn’t acceptable last year, nor is it acceptable now .... The silence is deafening,” Anderson said in an interview.
RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Clarke wrote in a recent e-mail the force first needs to see a report on the topic being prepared by the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission. Last October, retired jurist Michael MacDonald released a legal analysis concluding the practice contravenes basic constitutional and common-law rights.Attorney General Mark Furey immediately announced a ban on street checks, and on Nov. 29, Halifax police Chief Dan Kinsella issued an apology before several hundred members of the Black community.
She wrote the Mounties are “committed to strengthening the relationship between the RCMP and our African Nova Scotian communities.” The province’s ban on street checks applies across Nova Scotia, however Wortley noted in his final report that more needed to be done to repair the mistrust built up over generations.
The RCMP didn’t provide an update on what items from the report been acted upon by its regional division.
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