Experts point to gaps in race-based data in critiquing Calgary police report

CPS admits the report has limitations. However, two experts say these gaps undermine the reliability of the numbers presented by the police

Four years ago, the voices of advocates for racial equity coalesced into an urgent demand: the collection of race-based data by Calgary police.

The rationale behind this ask was that the data would lay bare in statistical terms the discrimination that many racial groups face while interacting with officers.

On Wednesday, Calgary police delivered — but for some, the rigour of the force’s collection and compilation of information fell below their expectations.