Geneva police watchdog urges measures to tackle racial profiling

The independent mediation body for disputes between the Geneva police and the public – the only body of its kind in Switzerland – recommends an institutional framework to prevent racial profiling. Among its other recommendations, published for the first time on Tuesday to mark its tenth anniversary, it suggests reiterating that police officers are obliged to record complaints. In its report, the mediator argues that any consideration of how to tackle racial profiling should take into account…