Alan Borovoy ('56) comments about racial profiling

Alan Borovoy, counsel to the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, waded into the debate about police practices and racial profiling in the Oct. 19 issue of the Toronto Star.

Borovoy is calling for the creation of a provincial body with power to independantly audit police files to ensure officers aren't engaged in racial profiling or showing bias in arresting minorities, the Star reported in its front page story, "Singled out."

"We have long suspected police bias," Borovoy told the Star.

"We give police so much more power over us than we do other sectors of society," he said in the article. "That's why any hint of racism in the police department becomes all the more disturbing."

Borovoy was sought out for his input in this controversial story, one of a series of articles the Star has published about Toronto police and statistical information obtained from the force's internal database.