Video of police chasing a suspect through oncoming traffic last month startled Canadians. Two of the officers refused to speak to the police watchdog. So who polices the police?
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Video of police chasing a suspect going the wrong way on an Ontario highway last month startled many Canadians. The province’s police watchdog is now investigating the incident, but the officers have declined to testify. They have the right to do so but it’s brought police oversight into focus.
“If an oversight body simply has recommendation power, then that goes nowhere in terms of actually changing the conduct and more importantly, the culture within certain police services,” lawyer Don Worme said from Saskatoon.found that two Saskatoon police officers were dispatched just before midnight on Nov. 24, 1990 to investigate a complaint about Stonechild and took him into custody.
He said every police service needs civilian oversight with the ability to charge police, as well as Indigenous representation.The civilian oversight bodies in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Nova Scotia have the authority to lay charges against police. Nova Scotia’s Serious Incident Response Team also investigates police in New Brunswick, while Alberta’s unit helps the Yukon.the commission’s site
As of June 12, the SIU is completing interviews with 55 officials and civilians and has obtained more than 100 videos.
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