B.C.’s human rights commissioner is launching an inquiry into police use of force against racialized people and people with mental health issues.
The Office of the Human Rights Commissioner announced the inquiry Tuesday (Jan. 30), which is aimed at quantifying the use of force by police agencies in B.C. The inquiry will build on the commissioner’s 2021 report “Equity is Safer” that revealed a disturbing pattern of discrimination in policing in the province.
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