The head of the TTC has ordered transit officers to stop using specialized forms to collect private information from transit users, following a Star investigation that raised concerns about privacy violations and racial profiling related to the practice. The head of the TTC has ordered transit officers to stop using specialized forms to collect private information from transit users ( Bernard Weil / Toronto Star file photo )The information collected on the forms can include a person’s name, address, driver’s licence number and race. Amid public concern over carding disproportionately affecting racialized communities, the police replaced those forms in 2013, but the TTC continued to use them. “The TTC is going to discontinue as of now using that form,” Leary said. The TTC says the information is required so that officers can tell if they have previously stopped someone for a suspected offence on the transit system.

Source: thestar March 14, 2019 15:11 UTC