Acts and Regulations

P-9.2 - Police Act

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Suspension without pay
2005, c.21, s.15
26.9(1)Pending the outcome of proceedings taken under this Part and despite any other provision of this Act or the regulations, with regard to a police officer who pleads guilty or is found guilty of an offence under an Act of the Legislature or an Act of the Parliament of Canada,
(a) a chief of police may suspend without pay the police officer, even if the finding or sentence is under appeal, and
(b) if the police officer is suspended at the time of pleading guilty or being found guilty, the police officer shall remain suspended and shall not receive pay, even if the finding or sentence is under appeal.
26.9(2)Where a police officer is acquitted following an appeal, the police officer shall receive all of the pay, remuneration, benefits and seniority to which the police officer would have been entitled but for the suspension.
26.9(3)After the conclusion of proceedings taken under this Part, the police officer shall receive all the pay, remuneration, benefits and seniority to which the police officer would have been entitled but for the suspension less any pay, remuneration, benefits or seniority the police officer is not entitled to as a result of a corrective and disciplinary measure imposed by an arbitrator or agreed to by the parties to a settlement conference.
26.9(4)Subsection (3) does not apply if the police officer is dismissed.
2005, c.21, s.15; 2007, c.26, s.1; 2021, c.25, s.1
Suspension without pay
2005, c.21, s.15
26.9(1)Pending the outcome of proceedings taken under this Part and notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or the regulations, a chief of police may suspend without pay a police officer who is convicted of an offence under an Act of the Legislature or an Act of the Parliament of Canada even if the conviction or sentence is under appeal.
26.9(2)Where a police officer is acquitted following an appeal, the police officer shall receive all of the pay, remuneration, benefits and seniority to which the police officer would have been entitled but for the suspension.
26.9(3)After the conclusion of proceedings taken under this Part, the police officer shall receive all the pay, remuneration, benefits and seniority to which the police officer would have been entitled but for the suspension less any pay, remuneration, benefits or seniority the police officer is not entitled to as a result of a disciplinary or corrective measure imposed by an arbitrator or agreed to by the parties to a settlement conference.
26.9(4)Subsection (3) does not apply if the police officer is dismissed.
2005, c.21, s.15; 2007, c.26, s.1