Robson Crim Legal Blog

Three things intertwined for me these last months – the Supreme Court closed their reference appeal on the Genetic Non-Discrimination Act; I watched the 90-minute documentary on Coded Bias: Artificial Intelligence, Surveillance and our Civil Rights, as part of a discussion forum at the Institute for Women's Leadership at Rutgers University; and I revisited my copy of Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel, a Brave New World.

Almost a decade ago I wrote an article on tattoos and police dress regulations that appeared in the Manitoba Law Journal. At the time I had surmised the new Manitoba Police Services Act, which had come into force on June 2, 2012, would establish regulations for the effective management of all police services in Manitoba that were consistent with community needs, values and expectations.

John Burchill's latest work takes a closer look at the use and efficacy of polygraph's in the below paper - the latest feature from our From the Practitioner's Desk Series.

The police across Canada and the United States respond to thousands of noise complaints every year. In 2020 the Winnipeg Police received 2,595 noise complaints and another 11,799 disturbance calls. Due to the pandemic, the number of noise calls was slightly lower than in previous years. However, collectively these two types of calls are the second most prevalent call types received by the Winnipeg Police. Most uniform officers will respond to one or two of these calls every s

Matt Malone contributes to our From the Practitioner's Desk series with this important piece - which is excerpted below. Click anywhere on this post to read this critical analysis. This considered work on end-to-end encryption outlines the dangers to public safety and the myriad concerns raised.