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P-9.2 - Police Act

Section 3.1
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Responsibility of civic authority and chief of police
3.1(1)Repealed: 2005, c.21, s.4
3.1(2)A civic authority
(a) shall, in consultation with the chief of police, establish the priorities and objectives of the police force,
(b) shall establish policies for the police force in accordance with this Act and the regulations,
(c) shall issue instructions as necessary to the chief of police but not to any other member of the police force and the instructions issued shall not be in respect to specific operational decisions or not in respect of the day-to-day operations of the police force, and
(d) shall ensure that the chief of police carries out the duties of the chief of police in accordance with this Act and the regulations and with the priorities, objectives and policies established by the civic authority under this Act.
3.1(3)A chief of police
(a) shall lead the police force and oversee the operation of the police force in accordance with this Act and the regulations and the priorities, objectives and policies established by the civic authority under this Act,
(b) shall have all of the powers necessary to manage and direct the police force so as to fulfill the responsibility of the civic authority to provide and maintain an adequate police force in the municipality or the region, as the case may be, in accordance with this Act and the regulations,
(c) shall apply professional police procedures in the day-to-day operations of the police force,
(d) shall ensure that the members of the police force carry out their duties in accordance with this Act and the regulations,
(e) shall report directly to the civic authority in respect of the operation of the police force and the manner in which the chief of police carries out the responsibilities of the chief of police under this Act and the regulations, and
(f) shall obey the lawful instructions of the civic authority.
1997, c.55, s.2; 2005, c.21, s.4; 2021, c.25, s.1
Responsibility of civic authority and chief of police
3.1(1)Repealed: 2005, c.21, s.4
3.1(2)A civic authority
(a) shall, in consultation with the chief of police, establish the priorities and objectives of the police force,
(b) shall establish policies for the police force in accordance with this Act and the regulations,
(c) shall issue instructions as necessary to the chief of police but not to any other member of the police force and the instructions issued shall not be in respect to specific operational decisions or not in respect of the day-to-day operations of the police force, and
(d) shall ensure that the chief of police carries out his or her duties in accordance with this Act and the regulations and with the priorities, objectives and policies established by the civic authority under this Act.
3.1(3)A chief of police
(a) shall lead the police force and oversee the operation of the police force in accordance with this Act and the regulations and the priorities, objectives and policies established by the civic authority under this Act,
(b) shall have all of the powers necessary to manage and direct the police force so as to fulfill the responsibility of the civic authority to provide and maintain an adequate police force in the municipality or the region, as the case may be, in accordance with this Act and the regulations,
(c) shall apply professional police procedures in the day-to-day operations of the police force,
(d) shall ensure that the members of the police force carry out their duties in accordance with this Act and the regulations,
(e) shall report directly to the civic authority in respect of the operation of the police force and the manner in which the chief of police carries out his or her responsibilities under this Act and the regulations, and
(f) shall obey the lawful instructions of the civic authority.
1997, c.55, s.2; 2005, c.21, s.4
Responsibility of civic authority and chief of police
3.1(1)In this section
“civic authority” means
(a) a council, where a board of police commissioners has not been established under subsection 7(1) or where a joint board of police commissioners has not been established under section 17.1,
(b) a board of police commissioners established under subsection 7(1), or
(c) a joint board of police commissioners established under section 17.1.
3.1(2)A civic authority
(a) shall, in consultation with the chief of police, establish the priorities and objectives of the police force,
(b) shall establish policies for the police force in accordance with this Act and the regulations,
(c) shall issue instructions as necessary to the chief of police but not to any other member of the police force and the instructions issued shall not be in respect to specific operational decisions or not in respect of the day-to-day operations of the police force, and
(d) shall ensure that the chief of police carries out his or her duties in accordance with this Act and the regulations and with the priorities, objectives and policies established by the civic authority under this Act.
3.1(3)A chief of police
(a) shall lead the police force and oversee the operation of the police force in accordance with this Act and the regulations and the priorities, objectives and policies established by the civic authority under this Act,
(b) shall have all of the powers necessary to manage and direct the police force so as to fulfill the responsibility of the civic authority to provide and maintain an adequate police force in the municipality or the region, as the case may be, in accordance with this Act and the regulations,
(c) shall apply professional police procedures in the day-to-day operations of the police force,
(d) shall ensure that the members of the police force carry out their duties in accordance with this Act and the regulations,
(e) shall report directly to the civic authority in respect of the operation of the police force and the manner in which the chief of police carries out his or her responsibilities under this Act and the regulations, and
(f) shall obey the lawful instructions of the civic authority.
1997, c.55, s.2