About

The Ledger mirrors every public Canadian police disciplinary record, tribunal decision, oversight-body report, and related court filing — and publicly logs when any of them is removed, altered, or silently suppressed from the original source.

Why this exists

Canadian police accountability data is fragmented across dozens of oversight bodies, each with its own publication practices and its own willingness (or not) to keep records online. Historical records are especially vulnerable: when an oversight body is dissolved or reorganized, its archives often move behind a new agency's website, and some quietly disappear.

The archive retains full names and identifiers internally; the public product does not. The goal is systemic accountability, not individual naming.

Corrections and right of reply

Factual corrections are welcome. See the corrections page for scope and how to file; correspondence for now routes through the editor of record. →

Legal posture

The Ledger relies on PIPEDA's journalism exemption (s.4(2)(c)) for its handling of personal information during capture. Captured personal data never leaves the private archive, never exits the Canadian datacentre, and never reaches a public surface un-anonymized. Publication bans are honored unconditionally.

Publisher

policedata.ca.