Ontario Attorney General launches independent police oversight review
Posted April 29, 2016 3:41 pm.
Last Updated April 29, 2016 3:53 pm.
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The province is launching an independent review of all three agencies that oversee police conduct in Ontario.
Attorney General, Madeleine Meilleur, has appointed Ontario Court of Appeal Judge Michael Tulloch to make recommendations on ways to enhance transparency and accountability.
“Our government is committed to effective and fair civilian oversight of the police,” read a statement released by Meilluer’s office.
“We are aware that there are concerns about transparency and accountability in the current police oversight system, and that the time has come to look critically at how this system is working to serve the public interest.”
The review comes in the wake of the release of a heavily redacted SIU report into the death of Andrew Loku. The government has been under increasing pressure to release the report that found a Toronto police officer used justifiable force in fatally shooting a man armed with a hammer.
Tulloch has also been tasked with coming up with recommendations on how future SIU reports should be made public.
The current practice is to have the SIU issue a press release summarizing the case, and not the full report.
No specific timetable was given, with the Attorney General saying the results of the review are expected “in the coming months.”
