Police Services Act of Ontario
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The Ontario Police Services Act is a provincial act governing the conduct of police officers in the Canadian province of Ontario.The Act is usually invoked in investigation or charges against police officers for direputable conduct.
The Act became law in 1990 to provide a legal means to define the role for all police forces in Ontario (excluding the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the introduction of the Special Investigations Unit. It replaced the earlier Police Act of Ontario, which was introduced in 1946 to define the role of all police forces in Ontario. [1]Before te Police Act there was two statutes governing the role of police in the province:
- Municipal Act of Ontario, 1944 - govering smaller police forces in villages, towns and cities; it also allowed the contracting of the OPP for local policing needs[2]
- Constables Act of Ontario, 1877 - governing the Ontario Provincial Police and county police services (with amendements in 1922)[3]; first introduced to allow the formation of constables whom provided law and order in the towns and cities of early years of Ontario (Upper Canada and Canada West).
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