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Rights
cards Déclaration
pour la police
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| Katrina Pacey hands out legal rights cards at Hastings and
Main in July 2002. Photo: Randall Cisco, The Vancouver
Courier. |
Pivot has printed more than 100,000 Statement
For Police rights cards which have been distributed throughout
Canada since early 2002.
The cards, which are purchased in bulk by many
organizations across Canada, advise citizens of their legal
rights upon arrest, in plain English or French. Telephone
numbers for information lines for your province can be put
on the back of personalized cards.
The cards fold in two. One half, with the statement
for police, can be detached and given to the police upon arrest.
The other half of the card, giving the rights,
can be kept. It also lists a 1-866 phone number for legal
aid lawyer, and lists the number to report a police officer
to the Police Complaint Commission. These numbers are specific for your province, and we regularly print them for Ontario and Quebec, as well as B.C.
If your organization would like to purchase
the rights cards with your logo and contact information on
the back, please contact us.
Rights cards are printed in two colours, but
we can print a third colour on request.
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The
rights cards, first printed in 2002, are a handy
business card size. |
The Statement For Police half
of the card can be given to the police officer after
being read out. It reads:
"Officer, if I am under
arrest or being detained, please tell me so.
If I am free to go, please
tell me so. If I am not free to go, please tell me why.
I wish to exercise all my
legal rights including my right to silence and my right
to speak to a lawyer before I say anything to you.
I do not consent to be searched.
I wish to be released without delay.
Please do not ask me questions,
because I will not willingly talk to you until I speak
to a lawyer.
Thank you for respecting
my rights." |
Prices
Anyone can purchase the rights cards. With your
organization's logo: $225 per 1,000 cards. This price has not risen for years and basically covers the cost of printing (the cards have a perforation that separates the information the person hads to the police from the information they keep).
Please provide a high-resolution
(300 dpi) logo. Bulk orders of 2,000 or more
can result in greater savings, so please ask us for a quotation.
Shipping and handling: $15 per 1,000, with savings for larger orders.
Download
the Rights Cards order form
See
a pdf of the Statement For Police (actual size) |
