Emails show Montreal police appeared to interfere with report on street checks
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An independent inquiry into Montreal police is being called for after emails show what appears to be the force interfering with a report into the practice of street checks.
A human rights organization is calling for an independent inquiry into Montreal police (SPVM) after emails show what appears to be the force interfering with an independent report looking into the practice of street checks.
The independent study was commissioned by the SPVM.
A group of several researchers from different Quebec universities published the study in 2023 and found that racialized people are disproportionately targeted by the practice and that a moratorium should be imposed.
But the most shocking part of the study wasn’t the findings — it is what high-ranking officials within the force appeared to do to change that conclusion.
“Oh, we were very surprised. First, it was a sign of a very conflictual partnership,” said Massimiliano Malone, a professor at Université de Montréal’s department of criminology and one of the researchers conducting the study.
Malone believes the SPVM tried to interfere with the research he and his colleagues were asked to do.
They were tasked to look into racial profiling and the practice of street checks, also known as random police stops.
Emails show a high-ranking official asked researchers for transcripts of the interviews they conducted with police officers.
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