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Manitoba’s Police ServicesAct
CACOLE – June 9, 2010 Delta Fredericton Hotel Fredericton, New Brunswick
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PSA Objectives
• Modernized Police Services Act
• Independent and transparent investigations
• Civilian participation in local police management & oversight
• Civilian input on province-wide policing issues
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Timelines
• Feb 4/09 – Consultations commence
• April 14/09 – Bill 16 is tabled
• June 18/09 – All-party review
• Oct 8/09 – Royal Assent
Nov 09 to Present – Budget & Background
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Pre-Act Consultations
• 120 stakeholders:– Police chiefs - Prosecutors– Police Associations - Defence counsel– Mayors, Reeves, CAOs, councillors - Academics– AMC, MMF, SCO, MKO - Community agencies
• 5 public meetings
• Web-based consultations
• Standing Committee review of the Bill
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3 Core Elements
• Provincial Police Commission (Province-wide independent Commission to provide advice on policing standards, issues, etc)
• Local Police Boards (Local Management of municipal and First Nation police services)
• Independent Investigation Unit (Investigation of Cases)
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Independent Investigation Unit
Key Issues
● Public & officer confidence when police officers are the subject of a potential criminal investigation
● Required skill-sets for investigators
● Transparency & maximum independence
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Core Elements
• Applies to on and off-duty incidents – RCMP, Municipal, & First Nation police
• Civilian director & stand-alone unit• Qualifications of investigators• Mixed unit• Embedded legal counsel• Civilian monitors• Independent prosecutors
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Jurisdiction
IIU
Mandatory Cases Discretionary Cases
• Fatal Force• ‘Serious Injury’• Prescribed offences
• All other cases• Unit would monitor, have authority to take over any investigation and follow-up
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Initiated Tasks
►Budget process near completion
► Review of position descriptions for Director, Senior Investigators and Investigators within:
- ASIRT
- SIU
- RCMP
- WPS
- Civilian monitors
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Initiated Tasks
►Review of ASIRT and SIU investigative policies
► Ongoing media scans of ASIRT and SIU cases
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Priority Tasks
► Hire Director and consultation plan► Regulations & required elements:
● defining ‘serious injury’ in relation to mandatory IIU investigations
● IIU qualifications ● timing of subject and officer interviews ● Police & IIU Protocols: incident notification, accessing special services (e.g., IDENT)
● Selection & training of civilian monitors
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Local Police Boards
Canadian Experience
• Create a buffer to limit perceptions of and actual political interference in local policing
• Facilitate civilian input and oversight of policing• Enhance police accountability to the community• Enhance responsiveness to local priorities,
emerging concerns and trends
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Local Police Boards
• Mandatory for Municipal and First Nation Police Services
• Profile:– Membership: 3-5-7– Proposed duties & powers– Mandatory training & codes of conduct
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Initiated Tasks
• Continued consultations with municipalities
• Documents collection and review:– Board Policy manuals– Position descriptions for board members, chair and vice chair– Board Training material– Codes of Conduct for board members– Budgeting models for use by boards
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Manitoba Police Commission
• Facilitate public input into province-wide standards & policing services
• Statutory Duties:– Advice to Government on PSA Regulations &
Standards– Training & policy manuals for local police boards– Roster of Civilian Monitors for the IIU– Special studies
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Initiated Tasks
● MPC budget approval pending Estimates
● Identification of priority regulations -
● Operational mandate of civilian monitors
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Obtaining Copies of the Act
http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/2009/c03209e.php
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