COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEDetasking PoliceEQUALITYPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Stay Off the Grass: COVID-19 and Law Enforcement in Canada The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will challenge the Government of Nova Scotia’s exceptionally broad injunction limiting…Abby DeshmanJune 23, 2020
CRIMINAL JUSTICEDeescalation & Use of ForcePolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability CCLA to Winnipeg Police: Police, and Target Practice in Our Neighbourhoods We have been contacted by Gabriela Aguero, a local resident who was understandably panicked by…Abby DeshmanJune 3, 2020
COVID-19CRIMINAL JUSTICEFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSMobilityPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability CCLA Writes to NL: Reconsider Travel Ban and Bill 38 Pursuant to a Special Measure issued by the Chief Medical Officer of Health (Special Measures…CCLAMay 12, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability CCLA Questions Ottawa Policing Ignorance of the law is ordinarily an invalid defence. But nothing is ordinary about a…CCLAApril 24, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYIndigenous PeoplePolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityPRIVACYRace, Religion & EthnicityUnreasonable Search & Seizure CCLA and Partners Question Government on Decision to Share COVID-19 Test Results with Police Last week police services across Ontario quietly got access to a new database – a…Abby DeshmanApril 23, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Too Many COVID Charges, Too Many Tickets, Too Many Fines. Too many COVID charges, too many tickets, too many fines. It’s a public health crisis,…Michael BryantApril 21, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Pandemic Policing Has Taken a Punitive Turn in Ottawa Being a mature democratic country with a constitutional bill of rights means that instant, mass…Abby DeshmanApril 7, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityPolice Transparency, Oversight & Accountability CCLA to Ottawa: Stop Overpolicing During a Pandemic Firstly, we are receiving a large number of reports from the public that your police…Michael BryantApril 6, 2020
Arbitrary DetentionCOVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityRace, Religion & Ethnicity CCLA to Attorney General: Concerns About Carding Under Emergency Order As you know concerns about carding, racial and social profiling led to a serious crisis…Noa Mendelsohn AvivApril 3, 2020
COVID-19 & Law EnforcementDisabilityEQUALITYIndigenous PeoplePolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityRace, Religion & EthnicitySocio-Economic Status Carding in a Pandemic While we certainly understand the enormity of the pandemic, and of the province’s task in…Noa Mendelsohn AvivApril 2, 2020