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‘Amongst the trusted’: How private police chat groups blur and breach ethical lines | Globalnews.ca

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The troubling content of the unofficial Toronto Police Service 51 Division chat groups has been emerging in social media leaks for years .

Screenshots shared with The Canadian Press show officers exchanging pornographic content, rape jokes, complaints about “leftist” judges.

In British Columbia , officers in Nelson Police Department and Coquitlam RCMP have tried to block separate disciplinary probes involving group chats on personal phones.

Aislin Jackson , a lawyer with the BC Civil Liberties Association , said police should not expect privacy if they use off-the-books chat groups.

A search warrant application in B.C. provincial court describes private chat remarks by Mounties that allegedly include: — calling a female rookie “disgusting” and “gross” The Toronto Police Association’s Campbell said he agreed with the Nelson police, that warrantless searches of officers’ personal cellphones are unconstitutional.

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