Bill 14 - Act to amend various provisions relating to public security and to enact the Act to assist in locating missing persons came into effect on October 5, 2023, on the day it was assented to. As a result, certain provisions affecting the police ethics process are now in effect, while others will be in force from October 5, 2024.

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Transparency plays an essential role in establishing and maintaining trust.This is why the Commissaire à la déontologie policière is proud to present his 2022-2023 annual management report reporting (in French) on all the activities carried out in terms of complaint processing and prevention. You can also read (in English) the highlights of this report by following this link or read (in English) the excerpts from annual report relating to First Nations Inuit communities.

Cet outil de référence en sécurité publique autochtone au Québec est destiné à parfaire les connaissances de la population et à faciliter les communications avec les membres des Premières nations et Inuit du Québec. Il est le fruit d'un partenariat entre le Commissaire à la déontologie policière et l'Association des Directeurs de Police des Premières Nations et Inuit du Québec (ADDPNIQ). Bien que l'outil porte principalement sur des aspects de sécurité publique, il présente également des informations utiles pour quiconque collabore de près ou de loin avec des membres de Premières Nations et Inuit.

Le ministre de la Sécurité publique, M. François Bonnardel, a fait l'annonce d'une nouvelle offre de formation sur le profilage racial et social offerte aux policiers et policières du Québec. Celle-ci est issue d'un partenariat avec le ministère de la Sécurité publique, la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse, l'École nationale de police du Québec et notre organisme.

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On April 5, the Police Ethics Commissioner was invited to a public consultation in the context of the tabling of Bill 14 - An Act to amend various provisions relating to public security and to enact the Act to assist in locating missing persons - in order to comment on the provisions that more specifically concern police ethics.

Both in her opening address and in the brief submitted to the Commission des institutions, the Commissioner reiterated the importance of developing and deploying a preventive approach to ethical breaches while insisting on the need to increase accessibility to the ethics recourse and to offer personalized support to their more vulnerable clientele.

She also emphasized that additional resources would be a prerequisite for the implementation of the proposed new measures if they were adopted at the end of the parliamentary proceedings.

In conclusion, the Commissioner thanked her team for the colossal work done during the pandemic and their stakeholders for their contribution to the improvement of the police ethics process.

View the vidéo (In French) 

Read the opening statement (In French)

Read the Commissaire à la déontologie policière's brief (In French)

The 2021-2022 Annual management report of the Commissaire à la déontologie policière (In French only) was tabled in the National Assembly on December 9.

It presents, among other things, the results of the organization in terms of human, financial and informational resources used as well as those related to the processing of complaints in matters of police ethics and the declaration of services to citizens.

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Please see this introductory article (French only) in the INSPIRATION series for managers and supervisors of personnel subject to the Quebec Police Code of Ethics.