27.3(1)If the Commission characterizes a complaint as a complaint concerning the conduct of a police officer or reviews the decision of a chief of police or civic authority on characterization and determines that the complaint concerns the conduct of a police officer, the Commission shall immediately refer the conduct complaint to the appropriate chief of police to process the complaint.

27.3(2)Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Commission shall refer a conduct complaint to a civic authority to process the complaint if the complaint concerns the conduct of a deputy chief of police.

27.3(3)The provisions under Subdivision c apply, with the necessary modifications, to a complaint referred to the civic authority under subsection (2).