Audit Trail · Article #2515011

Seven officers fired, a force under scrutiny: Can Montreal police rebuild public trust?

Source article ↗ · Global News · outlet lean: center · owner: Corus Entertainment (corporate)

published 2026-11-07T11:00:41 · ingested 2026-11-07T06:19:08.837286

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -1.00 vv3

triggers: accountability(-0.10×1), transparency(-0.08×1)

      computed at 2026-11-07T06:19:08.837286
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.262 confidence: 38% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-07T09:42:59.279900-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.369

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-08T14:43:47.119265

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-07T06:27:30.563436

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: QC

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (3)

unverified Seven officers have been fired.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-08T14:43:47.115247
      

unverified A sweeping misconduct scandal has occurred in Montreal's police force.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-08T14:43:47.115247
      

unverified Critics question if firings and transparency are sufficient for accountability.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-08T14:43:47.115247
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Seven officers fired, a force under scrutiny: Can Montreal police rebuild public trust? 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-07T06:19:08.854505
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

Accountability {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Environmental {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Fairness {'events': 3, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (3 events; minimum 100 for a non-provisional score)', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Privacy {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Safety {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Transparency {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Ethics audit by C.R.E.E.D. Institute · 3 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-11-07T06:19:08.837286 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
    "band": "left",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: accountability(-0.10\u00d71), transparency(-0.08\u00d71)",
    "score": -1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 4
}

2026-11-07T09:42:59.279900 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.375,
  "ensemble_band": "center-left",
  "ensemble_score": -0.369,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.262
}

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