5. Human rights and policing

Policy on eliminating racial profiling in law enforcement

In 2020, the OHRC and PRP began discussions around strategies to end systemic racism in policing. During this process recommendations were developed, founded upon seven integral principles identified in the Policy on eliminating racial profiling in law enforcement.

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Under suspicion: Research and consultation report on racial profiling in Ontario

Racial profiling is an insidious and particularly damaging type of racial discrimination that relates to notions of safety and security. Racial profiling violates people’s rights under the Ontario Human Rights Code (Code).

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Human rights and policing: Creating and sustaining organizational change

This guide aims to encourage and support police services across Ontario in their work as it relates to upholding the Ontario Human Rights Code. The development of this guide is built on the experience gained in a three-year collaborative human rights organizational change project between the Ontario Human Rights Commission (the OHRC), the Toronto Police Service (TPS) and the Toronto Police Service Board (TPSB). The principled human rights approach elaborated in the guide can help police services better serve the needs of Ontario’s increasingly diverse communities and draw on the strengths of police services’ own internal diversity.

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5. Human rights and policing