OIPRD Flashcards
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What does OIPRD stand for?
Office of the Independent Police Review Director
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What does OIPRD do?
is responsible for receiving, managing and overseeing all public complainants about the police in Ontario in accordance with the Police Service’s Act.
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what are the 3 ways a complaint can be deat with?
- Conversation
- Local Complainant/Resolution
- Formal Complaint
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Conversations are not local resolutions. they do not require to be reported to the OIPRD
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Before accepting a complaint for a local resolution the complaint must be made to OIPRD.
As a supervisor you must provide the complainant with the information concerning OIPRD.
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OIPRD must refer policy and device complaints back to the police.
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Flow of Conduct Complaints to the OIPRD
- complainant about police
- Complete and file the complaint form to the OIPRD
- OIPRD staff log and review the complaint
- Screening Process
- Investigation
- Decision/Resolution
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A matter that falls within the category of a minor complaint, the OIPRD would contact the police service and determine if they would like to deal with the issue as a customer service issue
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Who can make a complaint?
A complainant is any member of the public who lodges a complaint about the policies or services of a police department or the conduct of a specific officer(s). You do not have to be a resident of Ontario to lodge a complaint.
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You can make a complaint about a police officer if you:
Have a concern or were offended by something a police officer(s) said or did to you
Were a witness to an incident involving a police officer(s) that concerned or offended you
Are concerned or distressed as a result of the way a relative or friend has been treated by a police officer(s)
Are acting on behalf of an individual listed above, for example a member of an organization, who has been given written permission to make a complaint on another’s behalf
Have a complaint that a police department has not provided proper service
Have a complaint about a policy of a police department.
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Some people are not allowed to file a complaint with the OIPRD. The following people cannot file a complaint with the OIPRD:
The Solicitor General (Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services)
An employee of the Office of the Independent Police Review Director
A member or employee of the Ontario Civilian Police Commission
A member or auxiliary (civilian) member of a police service cannot complain about their own service
An employee of the Ontario Provincial Police cannot complain about the OPP
A member or employee of a police services board cannot complain about their own service
A person selected by the council of a municipality to advise another municipality’s police services board cannot complain about that service
A delegate to an OPP community policing advisory committee cannot complain about the detachment they advise.
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Who can be the proper subject of a public complaint?
Only police officers as defined in Section 2 of the Police Services Act are subject to the Independent Police Review Act
Section 2 sets out that a police officer includes a Chief of Police, or any other sworn police officer, but does not include a special constable, a First Nations constable, by-law enforcement officer or an auxiliary (civilian) member of a police force
Police cadets are not considered police officers, and are not subject to the Independent Police Review Act.
Although you can file a complaint about the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of the OPP, the OIPRD does not investigate or oversee these complaints. The Solicitor General (Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services) has the sole responsibility for dealing with complaints about the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner.
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