For the first time, the body that investigates allegations of wrongdoing on the part of Ontario's police forces is set to start collecting race-based data. She said the collection of the data is likely to start on Oct. 1. Professor Scott Wortley, a criminologist at the University of Toronto, conducted data analysis for a 2018 report on race and policing from the Ontario Human Rights Commission. "It's one thing to collect this data, but who is going to be able to access it? Morgan, similarly, called for "democratic data collection," wherein researchers could have "equitable access" to this information so there are no concerns about data manipulation.

Source: CBC News June 11, 2020 05:18 UTC