Legal Issues In Policing
Legal Issues in Policing (LIIP) is the podcast blending the demands of the book with the rulings from the bench through the lens of the badge. Police Officers with a solid understanding of the law and their legal powers are more confident, competent and effective. Each episode will examine a legal issue in policing by reviewing current Canadian criminal case law from coast to coast to coast.
Legal Issues In Policing
E106| A prisoner, potty & privacy. Constitutional protection for the ‘daily constitutional’?
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In this episode, Mike discusses the BC Provincial Court decision R. v. Bajwa, 2025 BCPC 43 where police monitored and recorded — by video surveillance — a man using the toilet in cells for less than a minute. Although no genitalia was observed, his buttocks and thighs were videoed but there was no blurring, pixilation or blacking out of his toilet use, nor was he offered a privacy gown or shield. Did this videoing amount to an intrusion into the man’s privacy such that his right under s. 8 of the Charter — to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure — was breached? If yes, were the remedies of a stay of proceedings or exclusion of evidence in order?
Decision on remedy (2025 BCPC 44)
BC Provincial Policing Standard 4.1.1 Video Surveillance Recording in Police Buildings
Toronto Police Service Policy — Privacy Shields
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