As an independent quasi-judicial agency, the Ontario Civilian Police Commission carries out a number of duties which are primarily adjudicative or decision-making in nature.
These include hearing appeals of police disciplinary penalties; adjudicating disputes between municipal councils and police service boards involving budget matters; conducting hearings into requests for the reduction, abolition, creation or amalgamation of police services; conducting investigations and inquiries into the conduct of chiefs of police, police officers and members of police services boards; determining the status of police service members; conducting reviews of local decisions relating to public complaints at the request of complainants; and, general enforcement relating to the adequacy and effectiveness of policing services.
In Ontario, police services and police services boards are ultimately accountable to the public through the Commission. The mandate and duties of the Ontario Civilian Police Commission are set out in the Police Services Act. The Commission reports to the Solicitor General.
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