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No thanks, say at least 18 police services so far. And the list is growing.
“We are carefully reviewing these new authorities. We are very mindful of the perceptions of the broader public as well as within our more marginalized, racialized and/or Indigenous/Aboriginal/Inuit peoples,” Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly said in a news release.
But Ottawa Police also say their officers “will not be conducting random stops” but “taking a deliberate and careful approach that emphasizes equity, legality, and efficacy in the application of these authorities with the specific and exclusive purpose to support public health measures.”