Liability of municipality for torts of police officer
17(1)A municipality is liable in respect of a tort committed by a member of the police force in the performance or purported performance of the member’s duties under section 12 in the same manner as an employer is liable in respect of a tort committed by the employer’s employee in the course of employment if
(a)
a municipality is maintaining a police force,
(b)
a municipality is contracting under paragraph 4(
c) for the services of a municipal police force, and
(c)
a municipality has established a board under section 7.
17(2)In the cases and to the extent that it sees fit, a municipality may pay
(a)
damages or costs awarded against a member of a police force in a civil proceeding in respect of a tort committed by the member in the performance or purported performance of the member’s duties under section 12,
(b)
costs incurred and not recovered by the member in such proceedings, and
(c)
any sum required in connection with the settlement of a claim that has or might have given rise to such proceedings.
17(3)This section does not apply in respect of an act of a member of a police force occurring before this section comes into force.
1981, c.59, s.13; 1997, c.55, s.9; 2021, c.25, s.1