The allegations of racial profiling by a group of officers in the city's Montréal-Nord borough were made public in June during an unprecedented late-night news conference headed by Dagher. Discrimination allegations at Montreal's Station 39 have renewed long-standing concerns about racism and racial profiling in Montréal-Nord. Residents push police chief for changeThe allegations have renewed long-standing concerns about racism and racial profiling in Montréal-Nord and prompted calls from residents for more information about the investigation. Joel DeBellefeuille, a human rights advocate with the Red Coalition organization, said there are documented complaints of racial profiling and problematic police interactions going back 17 years, with concerns raised numerous times. Dagher assured the public that the police are working closely with Quebec's Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions (DPCP ).