Canada police deploy facial recognition tech Canada is adopting some of its North American neighbor’s controversial police methods and dipping its toes into the pool of facial recognition technology, with Calgary police paving the way for a full-scale automated biometric identification system. Beginning this month, the Calgary Police Service will start taking advantage of…
Expanding Police Powers Online Not Popular Among Canadians: Poll Fewer than one in four Canadians support expanding the ability of law enforcement to access information about individuals’ internet usage, according to a new poll from Ipsos Reid. The poll, carried out for the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), found that individual rights outweigh the…
City of Montreal files complaint against police After taking on firefighters at the labour relations board, the city of Montreal has now filed a complaint against police. The city says that since the dispute over pension reforms began, police officers are issuing fewer tickets. “We believe that it has a direct relation with the…
Federal opposition demands evidence for ‘obfuscation’ of law enforcement The federal Liberals are demanding the Conservatives provide “historic evidence” to back up thier move to impose an indefinite gag order on anybody working for a new commission intended to reinforce accountability and transparency in the RCMP. “The concern is not with the need for those…
Laval police caught muddying cars in apparent Bill 3 protest Man who posted video to Facebook says officers were dirtying cars to protest proposed pension reforms. Laval police are investigating after a video was posted to Facebook that shows two of their squad cars racing through a muddy construction site and spattering a third cruiser parked nearby. Charles Ledoux…
Are police becoming less keen on enforcing Canada’s pot laws? Police appear to be losing their zeal for investigating marijuana-related offences – particularly those related to cases of trafficking and production. While they are still searching people for pot and laying charges of possession, statistics suggest they are increasingly less likely to go to the…