Jordan Charlie, a 24-year-old Inuk, was the fourth person police have shot and killed in Winnipeg this year — but he’s the only one whose race is publicly known, and that’s a problem, a criminologist says.

Kevin Walby says the Winnipeg Police Service should track and publicly release data about race in all police use-of-force interactions.

“It’s the bare minimum any police service can do,” said Walby, a criminology professor at the University of Winnipeg.

While some Canadian police services collect and publish data on racial identities when they use force, Winnipeg police neither tracks nor shares such data. Critics say this damages trust with racialized communities and hinders oversight.