Ottawa police to start collecting race-based data
Teen alleged racial profiling at traffic stop
Ottawa police will start collecting race-based data on traffic stops for at least two years as part of the settlement between the Ontario Human Rights Commission and the Ottawa Police Services Board.
The practice is to start within a year. It stems from a human rights complaint by an Ottawa man who accused police of racial profiling after a traffic stop in 2005.
Chad Aiken, who was 18 at the time, alleged he was pulled over while driving his mother's Mercedes, then taunted and punched in the chest by an Ottawa police officer.
Aiken also said the officer was driving in the opposite direction before taking a U-turn and pulling him over.
The financial aspects of the settlement are unknown. A partial settlement was reached in the summer of 2010.
The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal agreed to hear Aiken's case because he had an audio recording of his conversation with the officer that his girlfriend recorded using her cellphone during the incident.
In 2010, the court heard the cellphone recording where Aiken was heard asking for the officer's badge number. The officer responded "666" — the number associated with the devil.
The officer was never identified after an Ottawa police internal investigation and no charges were ever laid.
Lawyers for both sides were encouraged to settle the case when the trial began.
Ottawa police to start collecting race-based data - Ottawa - CBC News
Teen alleged racial profiling at traffic stop
Ottawa police will start collecting race-based data on traffic stops for at least two years as part of the settlement between the Ontario Human Rights Commission and the Ottawa Police Services Board.
The practice is to start within a year. It stems from a human rights complaint by an Ottawa man who accused police of racial profiling after a traffic stop in 2005.
Chad Aiken, who was 18 at the time, alleged he was pulled over while driving his mother's Mercedes, then taunted and punched in the chest by an Ottawa police officer.
Aiken also said the officer was driving in the opposite direction before taking a U-turn and pulling him over.
The financial aspects of the settlement are unknown. A partial settlement was reached in the summer of 2010.
The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal agreed to hear Aiken's case because he had an audio recording of his conversation with the officer that his girlfriend recorded using her cellphone during the incident.
In 2010, the court heard the cellphone recording where Aiken was heard asking for the officer's badge number. The officer responded "666" — the number associated with the devil.
The officer was never identified after an Ottawa police internal investigation and no charges were ever laid.
Lawyers for both sides were encouraged to settle the case when the trial began.
Ottawa police to start collecting race-based data - Ottawa - CBC News
