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submitted 1 year ago by sbv@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Quebec police are refusing to answer questions from the oversight body investigating civilian deaths and serious injuries during police interventions. This is after

[Police] unions also challenged the obligation for officers to meet with ... investigators. They argued that those rules infringed on their members’ constitutional rights to stay silent and not incriminate themselves.

It's part of a national trend:

in British Columbia, police officers rarely co-operate with the Independent Investigations Office ..., while they often only partly co-operate with independent oversight bodies in other provinces.

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[-] xthexder@l.sw0.com 10 points 1 year ago

I'm pleasantly surprised to learn that an independent investigation committee even exists. Hopefully they can push enough to actually get some accountability.

As much as things are broken here in Canada, this is refreshing after reading so much US politics.

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I believe all provinces have separate independent investigation bodies, but they don't have a good track record of holding police to to account.

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