The first research report from STOPMTL.ca, a participatory mapping project of police stop experiences, presents preliminary data contributed by citizens of Montreal. Launched in 2021 by a team from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), McGill University, Concordia University and University College London, this unique platform aims to produce quantitative data on the social and spatial distribution of police stops in urban areas.
The objective is to provide a more accurate picture of police stops in the Quebec metropolis. Previous studies have shown that only 5 to 20% of stops are recorded by the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM). Moreover, the data that is being produced is available to the general public.
"We see that a wide variety of stop experiences have been reported on our platform. Overall, the data is consistent with what the SPVM found in its own analyses," says the project's principal investigator, Carolyn Côté-Lussier, a professor specializing in criminology and urban studies at INRS and a researcher at the International Centre for Comparative Criminology.
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