Report into police oversight bodies in Ontario to be released April 6
Posted March 31, 2017 3:12 pm.
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A nearly year-long review of Ontario’s three police oversight bodies is set to be released next week.
Justice Michael Tulloch was asked last April to make recommendations to enhance the transparency and accountability of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) and the Ontario Civilian Police Commission (OCPC). His report will be publicly tabled on April 6.
The provincial review was ordered 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.
Back in February, an inquest into the death of Loku was ordered by the coroner’s office. It is scheduled to begin on June 5.
Part of Tulloch’s mandate was to come up with recommendations on how future SIU reports should be made public. He was also scheduled to address Whether or not the SIU should be collecting race-based data as well as look at the staffing model of the provincial agency, which is made up mostly of former police officers.
In over seven months, Tulloch held 17 public consultations, meeting with more than 1,500 individuals and conducting more than 130 private meetings throughout Ontario.
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