CBC: Winnipeg police roll out electronic traffic ticket system in wake of officer’s guilty plea to ticket fixing

The Winnipeg Police Service has started rolling out a new electronic system for traffic tickets, weeks after one of its officers pleaded guilty to charges that included getting rid of people’s tickets in exchange for liquor and gift cards over a period of years. Dr. Tandeep Sidhu, assistant professor in the University of Manitoba’s department of sociology and criminology, said the update seems like a step in the right direction to improve police accountability and make ticket fixing harder — but in the wake of Bostock’s case, it may be “too little, too late” for a police force he said now faces a “legitimacy crisis.”

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