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Police Powers: Stops and Searches
This booklet sets out the rights of a person who is stopped, questioned, searched, arrested, or detained by the police. It also explains when the police can enter or search someone's home.
Produced in 2009
Produced by CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario/Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario)
Topics Criminal Law - Rights when dealing with police
Format Booklet/fact sheet/brochure; Web site/online resource
Relates to region Across Ontario
Available as
 | http://www.cleo.on.ca/english/pub/onpub/PDF/criminal/polpowe r.pdf English , Adobe PDF (218 KB) 15 pages, July 2009. |
| http://www.cleo.on.ca/francais/pubf/onpubf/PDFf/criminel/fpo lstop.pdf French/français , Adobe PDF (349 KB) 18 pages, November 2007. |
For more information contact
CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario/Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario)
Phone 416-408-4420
Fax 416-408-4424
E-mail cleo@cleo.on.ca
Web site http://www.cleo.on.ca
