The Policing the Pandemic Mapping Project was launched on 4 April, 2020 to track and visualize the massive and extraordinary expansions of police power in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic and the unequal patterns of enforcement that may arise as a result. The project aims to bring to light COVID-19 related patterns of police intervention to help understand who is being targeted, what justifications are being used by police, and how marginalized people are being impacted. All data are collected from publicly accessible media articles, police press release communications, and the occasional social media post.

To reference and download the raw data for this project:

Alexander McClelland; Alex Luscombe, 2020, "Policing the Pandemic: Tracking the Policing of COVID-19 Across Canada", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/KNJLWS, Scholars Portal Dataverse.

To access the source code for our interactive maps and searchable database:

https://github.com/policingthepandemic