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Unchartered: Part 2

Illegal strip searches. Mishandled evidence. Slapdash raids. How nine Canadian police forces continued flouting the law despite judges’ warnings

These systemic abuses are found among the more than 600 rulings over the past decade where judges found police committed serious Charter violations.

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Four different divisions of the RCMP were cited for systemic violations of people’s Charter rights — the Yukon division; the Estevan, Sask., detachment; the Langley, B.C., detachment; and the B.C. Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.


Louisa Dorion was sitting with her three daughters — ages seven, eight and 10 — when the Prince Albert police came calling at her home on the morning of Jan. 30, 2019.

No warning, no knock. Instead, she says, about half a dozen members of the Integrated Street Enforcement Team (ISET) broke through her front door with their weapons drawn.

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Rachel Mendleson

Rachel Mendleson is a former investigative reporter at the ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Star.

Steve Buist

Steve Buist is an investigative reporter and feature writer with the Hamilton Spectator.

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