Police agencies across Canada conducted more than a thousand “physical verification” checks in April to make sure people in mandatory isolation due to the risk of novel coronavirus weren’t violating quarantine, Global News has learned.
According to the RCMP — which shares information with provincial and territorial police forces needed to make these checks in their jurisdictions — the verifications were requested by the Public Health Agency of Canada. “(PHAC) has requested law enforcement physical verification checks on 1,122 priority individuals,” RCMP spokesperson Robin Percival told Global News in a written statement.