Fatal police shooting of Quebec teen reignites bodycam debate
Global News
After a 15-year-old was fatally shot by police in Longueuil, calls grow for body cams in Quebec amid ongoing debate over their cost, impact, and privacy concerns.
The fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old boy in Quebec has renewed calls to make body cameras mandatory for all police officers in the province.
The teenage boy, Nooran Rezayi, was shot and killed Sunday by an officer with the Longueuil police force. Police were responding to reports of a group of armed individuals in a quiet suburban neighbourhood in Longueuil on Montreal’s South Shore at the time of the shooting.
There was only one firearm seized at the scene by investigators from Quebec’s police watchdog, the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI), and it belonged to the officer who shot Rezayi, said Brigitte Bishop, head of the BEI, on Tuesday.
The incident has left the community reeling, and a vigil and demonstration planned for Saturday are pushing for the provincial government to outfit all police officers with body-worn cameras.
Projet Montréal mayoral candidate Luc Rabouin expressed sympathy for the community and reiterated his party’s long-standing support for the cameras.
“I have two children, so I understand how shocking it is for the family and people around,” Rabouin told reporters on Wednesday.
Although the Longueuil police force isn’t under the jurisdiction of the City of Montreal, the Montreal police force previously ran a body camera pilot project between 2016 and 2017, equipping 78 officers with the devices.
The final report found that the cameras did not significantly reduce the use of force and questioned whether the technology justified its high costs — estimated in the tens of millions of dollars.
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