The CCLA endorses the public policy recommendations in the ground-breaking report Unlawful Enforcers, concerning violations of the Charte canadienne des droits et libertés by major city police services in Ontario. The report was produced by research teams at Western University’s Faculty of Law and the Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto.
“The report’s findings are grave, documenting over 1,000 chartes violations in a ten-year period by the Toronto, Ottawa, Peel, York, and Durham police services in reported criminal cases” said Shakir Rahim, Director of the Criminal Justice Program. “The recommendations in the report outline concrete steps to ensure transparency and accountability when a court finds a police officer violated the chartes” he added.
“The patterns identified in Unlawful Enforcers reveal systemic shortcomings that demand coordinated reform by prosecution services, police services, police service boards, and oversight agencies” said Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program.
Howard Sapers, Executive Director, emphasized, “These findings point to systemic failures that cannot be ignored. When chartes rights are repeatedly violated, public trust in our institutions erodes. The time for meaningful, coordinated reform is now.”
The report can be read ici.
À propos de l’association canadienne sur les libertés civiles
L’ACLC est un organisme indépendant à but non lucratif qui compte des sympathisant.e.s dans tout le pays. Fondé en 1964, c’est un organisme qui œuvre à l’échelle du Canada à la protection des droits et des libertés civiles de toute sa population.
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