Highlights of Ontario’s broad changes to its policing laws
Ontario has announced sweeping changes to its policing laws. Here are the highlights of the broad new legislation:
— Police chiefs will have the ability to suspend officers without pay if they are in custody or charged with a serious federal offence not allegedly committed in the course of their duties.
— A new oversight body called the Inspector General will be created, with the ability to investigate and audit police services.
— Ontario’s ombudsman will have the power to investigate the province’s three police oversight agencies currently known as the Special Investigations Unit, the Office of the Independent Police Review Director and the Ontario Civilian Police Commission.