(Image: New Brunswick RCMP/submitted)
Proposed changes to the province’s
Police Act are making their way through the New Brunswick legislature.
Bill 53, which is more than 50 pages in length, was brought before MLAs earlier this month and passed first and second reading.
Among the changes is a 180-day cap on paid suspensions for officers facing a complaint under the act.
Currently, officers can only be suspended without pay if convicted of a provincial or federal offence.
But few complaints should make it to the 180-day point, according to the association representing front-line police officers.
That is because changes are also proposed to the overall time limits for processing and arbitrating complaints.
Long-awaited changes to the Police Act have been tabled in the New Brunswick legislature. The changes include a proposed model related to suspending o.
Proposed N.B. Police Act changes set 6-month limit to suspension with pay
The New Brunswick government has tabled amendments to the Police Act that would see police officers who are suspended with pay cut off after six months.
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Justice and Public Safety Minister Ted Flemming said the amendments address the need for increased transparency in police governance, and would help maintain public confidence in the ability to deal with police disciplinary matters.(Jacques Poitras/CBC)
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