Carding In Canad Article Analysis

In Canada the two main tactics used by police officers everyday are, carding and investigative detention. Carding, also referred to as street checks is when an officer approaches pedestrians and asks for their identification. Investigative detention is if the police have reasonable grounds they have the right to detain people to investigate. In Morton's chapter he discusses the uprising issue the public has with these tactics. The key legal issues Morton talks about is how the tactics that the police use are possibly violating the charter rights. Morton describes two scenarios in which individuals were carded, in the first scenario a young female and older male were both stopped and carded in a shopping mall. The shopping mall that they were located in has previous
The example scenario was two teenage black males were walking down a sidewalk, neither one of them is doing anything suspicious. They are stopped by officers who are on foot patrol. The officer says to them that he wants to see their ID in a forceful tone. Morton points out that this is one of the reasons as to why the officers are not on reasonable grounds. What many people do not know is that it is not mandatory to show your ID to police officers if you are “randomly” asked. The officer demanded them to do so rather than ask it as a question. Morton also argues that there was no reasonable suspicion that the officers had to stop and question the two boys in the first place. The chapter reveals just how often carding takes place and asks the question that is the legal issue is carding individuals a violation of the charter? The canadian charter of rights and freedoms states “8 Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure. 9 Everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily detained or