Internal police data obtained by Canadian Press indicates that police in multiple Quebec municipalities issue thousands of fines over allegations that citizens use insulting or disrespectful language toward police officers and other municipal officials. The reporting describes a bylaw in Quebec City that prohibits disrespectful language directed at officers and public officials, and indicates police apply similar enforcement across some of the province’s largest metropolitan regions. According to the data cited, the fines are issued over a period of roughly six years. The information is presented as internal records that track ticketing for the bylaw violation, including the number of fines issued. The coverage does not indicate that the fines are used for physical confrontations, focusing instead on alleged verbal insults. The reports describe the issue in terms of how municipalities enforce ordinances related to conduct toward officers, and they highlight that the figures reflect enforcement activity rather than adjudicated outcomes. The available summaries do not detail the specific wording of every municipality’s bylaw or provide context such as whether defendants contest the tickets or the rates of payment or appeals.