Police in our society hold immense power. Police have the power to arrest people and lock people up for an entire weekend without explaining the arrest to a higher authority. Police can charge people with a crime, pulling those charged into a complex legal web that, even if found not guilty, is time-consuming and takes […]
Police blotter
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Public access victory: Police blotter to be made public
In a huge victory for public information, the Halifax police department will soon be the first city in Canada to make the daily police blotter public, so that anyone can see details of each and every police call, including where and when it happened, and what transpired. The Coast has long argued that the police […]
