Year
2011
Number
B137
Sponsor(s)
Kelowna
WHEREAS Canadians should have the confidence in their national police force and the RCMP strongly supports transparency and accountability in order to maintain and strengthen public confidence and trust; AND WHEREAS half of the national contingent of RCMP officers are located in British Columbia with local governments throughout British Columbia, as partners in policing, impacted when their citizens have a serious complaint against the RCMP: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Province create an independent British Columbia Police Civilian Investigative Committee with a mandate to review citizen complaints of a serious nature against the police in the Province of BC.
Convention Decision
No Action Required