The head of B.C.’s police watchdog says the ability to hire ex police who have been retired less than five years will help fill vacancies
The head of B.C.’s police watchdog hopes the province’s drive to remove restrictions on hiring former police officers will help the organization fill positions that have been vacant for months.
MacDonald said the investigator shortage puts a strain on his teams, making it difficult for them to conduct timely investigations. In an interview with Postmedia in September 2016, Rosenthal said he supported the long-term civilianization of the office, but “the requirement that the CCD not hire any person as an IIO investigator who has served as a police officer in B.C. in the five years preceding his or her appointment, should be abolished.”
In Ontario, there is no restriction on how long a former police officer has to have been out of policing before they can become a member of the province’s Special Investigations Unit. Investigators with Manitoba’s Independent Investigation Unit can be current or former police officers. Nova Scotia’s and Alberta’s serious incident response teams are comprised of both civilian investigators — some ex-police — and seconded police officers.
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