Ottawa's Police Chief says the results of the Traffic Stop Race Data Collection Project do not show that his force is racially profiling people.
Earlier this week after the results were released, the original complainant of there being racial profiling in the force, Chad Aiken, said the research was flawed and the results could not be trusted.
Joining Kristy Cameron on The Newsfeed, Charles Bordeleau says he trusts the results, but they do not show racism within his force.
"Only 11 percent of the stops do the officers, prior to making the stop, know the race of the driver. So that's an interesting number actually that we're looking into as well. 80 percent of the time they have no idea of the sex or the race of the drivers that are being stopped."
Bordeleau says his officers are held accountable for their actions.
"Racial profiling exists in society, it can exist in policing. It doesn't belong in either. If we have individuals in our police service that are racial profiling they will be held to account."
After Aiken's complaints that the research should’ve included pedestrians, Bordeleau says officers will soon be required to record race information when performing street checks.