A transgender woman from St. Catharines who filmed police demanding her "deadname" has filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO), seeking better training for police and compensation.

Sabrina Hill was filming a web video at the St. Catharines bus terminal on Dec. 17, 2023, when officers with Niagara regional police approached her, prompting a back-and-forth between Hill and one of the officers.

"What's your deadname?" asks an officer later identified in the documents as Const. Ashley Del Duca.

"I'm sorry — what is my what?" Hill responded.

"Your deadname," the officer said.

In the video, Hill asks what a "deadname" is. Del Duca responds, "I'm just trying to be respectful to you," before asking for Hill's pronouns.

Hill said the officers had demanded she stop

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