Ontario’s inspector general of policing has launched a sweeping independent review of police that follows the arrests of seven Toronto officers and one retired officer last week. Queen’s Park Reporter Shawn Jeffords explains.
Public oversite by members of the public for all investigations. Would be a nice start and that includes RCMP.
It would be nice and a step in the right direction if we could get regular publicly available insight into the status of these things, with the caveat of knowing some stuff might need to be redacted for safety concerns (but only where truly critical and necessary).
If we’re going to have these institutions and rely on them to uphold the law, then we need to know we can trust them to do that, and be more in-the-loop so when things go as wrong as this, we can pounce it before it spirals. Trust needs to be earned back.
Something like the IOPC in the UK. Not under government or police supervision to remain independent in its investigations where all police must submit details to be investigated and published publicly.
