SUMMARY - The Canadian Charter and Community Safety
A police officer stops a person without reasonable grounds, and the Charter right against arbitrary detention has been violated - but proving the violation, asserting the right, and obtaining remedy requires legal knowledge, access to courts, and resources that most people do not have. A search produces evidence that would not have been found with a proper warrant, and the Charter exclusion analysis weighs administration of justice considerations, and the evidence is admitted despite the violation, the Charter protection having not protected.