Under Canada's Quarantine Act, designated screening officers regularly visit travellers' quarantine locations to ensure they are complying with the mandatory 14-day quarantine requirements. Police also said he worked for one of four private security firms hired to help enforce isolation orders. Designated screening officers visit quarantine locations to confirm the person is where they said they would be in quarantine when they arrived in the country. As a result, police said, screening officers should never be demanding payment of any kind during a quarantine-compliance check. Last year, private security contractors at a quarantine hotel in Melbourne, Australia, were accused of sleeping with guests, the Herald Sun reported.

Source: CBC News February 24, 2021 17:48 UTC