Ontario Police Street Checks Review to hold a public consultation in Sudbury next Monday, April 23, 2018
TORONTO, April 19, 2018 /CNW/ - The Honourable Justice Michael H. Tulloch, who is reviewing Ontario's Regulation 58/16 on police street checks, also known as carding, will hold a public consultation in Sudbury next Monday, April 23, 2018.
The Consultation will be held at the Radisson Rainbow Centre, Notre Dame Ballroom, 85 Ste. Anne Rd, from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. A light meal will be available starting at 5 p.m.
The consultations will be streamed through the Review's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/StreetchecksReview
Consultations have already been held in Thunder Bay, Brampton, Hamilton, Ajax, Markham, Windsor, London and Ottawa, as well as three in the Toronto area. The one in Sudbury is the final one.
Additional details of the meeting are available on the Review's website www.streetchecksreview.ca.
The purpose of the public consultations is for Justice Tulloch to hear views from the general public and affected people about street checks. The Ontario Government established new rules for the practice on January 1, 2017, formally known as Ontario Regulation 58/16. At the consultations, Justice Tulloch would like to hear from the public about their views on street checks and whether the new rules under the Regulation are effective and being followed. Justice Tulloch's report on the Regulation, including his recommendations, is to be published no later than January 1, 2019.
Justice Tulloch will also hold meetings across the province with relevant groups such as police services, community groups, indigenous and other key organizations.
SOURCE Independent Street Checks Review
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