June 18, 2024 Ottawa – Release of 10-Year Traffic Stop Race Data Collection Report & Response

INRS leads innovative open data research project to serve citizens and communities.

One year after the Plante administration's refusal to deploy body-worn cameras for SPVM (Service de police de la Ville de Montréal) officers, a coalition of elected municipal representatives and community groups is returning to the table to demand the rapid implementation of body cams in the police department to effectively combat racial profiling. Ensemble Montreal will table a motion to this effect at the next Municipal Council session.

The Ottawa Police Services Board is currently consulting with communities across Ottawa to inform their 2019 to 2021 Strategic Plan.

Over the last few years, concerns have been raised about racial profiling of Middle Eastern and Black young men by the police service through Street Checks and Traffic Stops.

University student Rowda Ismail reflects on a strange experience she and her friends had recently in Ottawa's Nordstrom.