OPP no longer identifying gender of victims and accused involved in crimes

Ontario's provincial police service will no longer release the gender of people who are charged with crimes and those who are victims of crimes. The policy change comes following a review of legislation and the need to be more progressive, a spokesperson said.

"When we were reviewing our standard operating procedures, we realized we were including information that was not permissible for us to release," said Sgt. Carolle Dionne, the spokesperson for the Ontario Provincial Police.

"It doesn't matter if it was a male or a female who was an impaired driver or speeding down the highway, what matters is that we pulled them over and laid a charge."

The OPP says a regular review of the Police Services Act, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, as well as the Ontario Human Rights Code forced the change. Those pieces of legislation have not recently been updated.

"We have a lot of individuals who identify as male but actually are female, or vice versa. That's one of the reasons. Also, we want to respect the wishes of individuals," Dionne said.


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/opp-no-longer-releasing-gender-1.5293637?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar&fbclid=IwAR1Mgsr0Ex4RGdIKYa-IPEDm8VOItunNRtI7LPVyrwbiau8EHb7WvlywNPk

Yet more madness and words yet again words fail me

This is complete insanity

It should be recorded by biological sex.

This will erase violence against women as a recorded crime for example

This is not progression but regression

Stop the World, I want to get off !!!!

Haha...next stop, the abyss of nothingness.

A bit like your replies Quill ?

nicko wrote:A bit like your replies Quill ?

Yes, I have to remember to help you along. You do get lost, don't you nick?