Law Enforcement Complaints Agency (LECA) is responsible for receiving, managing and overseeing public complaints about misconduct of the following:
As an independent civilian oversight agency, LECA ensures all public complaints against the police are dealt with in a manner that is transparent, effective and fair.
Apr 2, 2024
TORONTO – On April 01, 2024, the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) became Law Enforcement Complaints Agency (LECA) under the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019. LECA operates in much the same way that the OIPRD did, continuing to receive, screen, and investigate public complaints concerning police conduct. However, the mandate now […]
Mar 28, 2024
Director’s Message 2023 – Following a two-year systemic review of the Thunder Bay Police Service (TBPS), the Office of the Independent Police Director (OIPRD) released a report in December 2018 with forty-four recommendations. At that time, the OIPRD committed to releasing annual public reports on the implementation of its recommendations in 2020 and 2021. The […]
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LECA continues to have the power to conduct systemic reviews. The purpose of a systemic review is to determine whether systemic failings have occurred and identify issues to be addressed in order to make recommendations for change, rather than assign individual fault. A systemic review will sometimes be done at the same time as a conduct investigation, although they involve separate procedures. In accordance with the CSPA, before commencing a review, the Complaints Director will notify the Inspector General.
Following a review, the Complaints Director may:
(a)make written recommendations to the Inspector General, the Minister, a chief of police, a police service board or any other person or body; and
(b) require in writing that a person or body to whom recommendations are made provide a written response, which must include a statement as to whether the recommendations have been accepted and, if not, the reasons why.
Archive of the OIPRD’s systemic reviews can be found here.
