 
NEW POLICE COMPLAINTS BILL TERMED INADEQUATE Welcoming the changes contained in Ontario’s new police complaints bill (103), CCLA General Counsel Alan Borovoy argued that too many of the processes in the new bill will still be dominated by the police. Appearing before the Ontario legislature’s Committee on Justice Policy, Borovoy delineated the elements in the bill that CCLA found defective: The police will continue to perform the bulk of the front-line investigations; they will assess the results of such investigations; they will manage the attempts to achieve informal resolutions; they will preside at the initial disciplinary hearings; and they will determine the results of such disciplinary hearings. Contending that these provisions constituted the very conflict of interest that produced the impulse for reform, CCLA urged a much greater involvement of civilians at every step of the process. The group also called for an independent agency to conduct self-generated on-going audits of police policies and practices. Although CCLA had played a major role in highlighting the defects of the system that Bill 103 was replacing, it had less success in producing changes to Bill 103 itself. The legislature passed the bill virtually intact. | CCLA In The Schools | Join Us | Feedback | Search | Other Interesting Sites | Home |
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