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Legislative Authority

  1. Authorization for the reduction or abolition of municipal police services, the amalgamation of police services; the creation of a new police service; alternative methods of providing police services; (sections 5, 6, 40)
  2. Conducting inquiries, on its own motion, in respect of a complaint or complaints made about the policies of or services provided by a police force or about the conduct or work performance of a police officer and the disposition of such complaints; intervene at any stage in the complaints process and assign the review or investigation of or hearing into a complaint to another police force; (sections 73(1), 22(e.1))
  3. Conducting reviews, at the request of a complainant, or on its own motion into the disposition of complaints; (sections 22(1)(e.1), 71)
  4. Making recommendations with respect to the policies of or services provided by a police force and the administration of the public complaints process; (section 22(e.2))
  5. Adjudicating disputes between municipal councils and police services boards about the adequacy of annual estimates or budgets; (section 39)
  6. Approval of the appointments of First Nations Constables to perform specified duties in designated geographic areas; (section 54)
  7. Hearing appeals with respect to disciplinary penalties; original proceedings against a chief of police; appeals from discharge or retirement where disability renders a member incapable of performing essential duties of the position; (sections 47, 65(9), 70)
  8. Making determinations in disputes as to whether a person is a member of a police service or a senior officer, approval of creation of more than two categories within a police force for purposes of collective bargaining; (sections 116, 118)
  9. Intervening when it finds that a municipal police force is not providing adequate and effective police services; determining whether or not a police services board has flagrantly or repeatedly failed to comply with prescribed standards; making interim orders without notice and without holding a hearing, where an emergency exists; (sections 9, 22, 23, 24)
  10. Conducting inquiries into the conduct or performance of duties of a municipal chief of police or police officer, an auxiliary member, special constable or board member, the administration of a municipal police force, the manner in which police services are provided, policing needs; conducting investigations with respect to municipal policing matters; and, at the request of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, inquiring into any matter relating to crime or law enforcement (sections 25, 26).