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CANADIAN POLICE COMMISSIONS
CANADIAN POLICE COMMISSIONS
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner
www.opcc.bc.ca
ALBERTA
Calgary Police Commission
http://www.calgary.ca/cweb/gateway/gateway.asp?GID=395&CID=0&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fcontent%2Ecalgary%2Eca%2FCCA%2FCity%2BHall%2FBoards%2Band%2BCommittees%2FCalgary%2BPolice%2BCommission%2FAbout%2BCalgary%2BPolice%2BCommission%2FAbout%2BCalgary%2BPolice%2BCommission%2Ehtm
Edmonton Police Commission
www.edmontonpolicecommission.com/
Law Enforcement Review Board (LERB)
http://www.solgen.gov.ab.ca/policing/lerb.aspx
SASKATCHEWAN
Saskatchewan Police Commission
www.saskjustice.gov.sk.ca/Police_Comm/default.shtml
Office of Saskatchewan Police Complaints Investigator
www.saskjustice.gov.sk.ca/Pol_Complaints/default.shtml
MANITOBA
Law Enforcement Review Agency (LERA)
www.gov.mb.ca/justice/lera
ONTARIO
Special Investigations Unit
www.siu.on.ca/home.asp
Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services (OCCOPS)
www.mpss.jus.gov.on.ca/english/police_serv/occps/occps.html
QUEBEC
Comité de déontologie policière (Police Ethics Committee)
http://www.deontologie-policiere.gouv.qc.ca/Index_en.asp
Commissaire à la déontologie policière (Police Ethics Commissioner)
http://www.deontologie-policiere.gouv.qc.ca/Index_en.asp
Sécurité publique Québec
http://www.msp.gouv.qc.ca/index_en.asp
NEW BRUNSWICK
New Brunswick Police Commission
http://app.infoaa.7700.gnb.ca/gnb/pub/DetailOrgEng1.asp?OrgID1=160&DeptID1=79
NEWFOUNDLAND
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Public Complaints Commission
http://www.gov.nf.ca/rncpcc
NOVA SCOTIA
Nova Scotia Police Commission
www.gov.ns.ca/govt/foi/Police.htm
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
No police oversight agency
MILITARY POLICE COMMISSIONS
Military Police Complaints Commission
www.mpcc-cppm.gc.ca
Canadian Forces Grievance Board
www.cfgb-cgfc.gc.ca
OFFICES OF THE OMBUDSMAN
British Columbia
http://www.ombud.gov.bc.ca/
Alberta
http://www.ombudsman.ab.ca/
Saskatchewan
http://www.legassembly.sk.ca/officers/ombuds.htm
Manitoba
http://www.ombudsman.mb.ca/
Ontario
http://www.ombudsman.on.ca/
Quebec (Le protecteur du citoyen du Québec)
http://www.ombuds.gouv.qc.ca/en/index.asp
New Brunswick
http://app.infoaa.7700.gnb.ca/gnb/pub/
DetailOrgEng1.asp?OrgID1=167&DeptID1=56
Newfoundland (Office of the Citizens' Representative)
http://www.gov.nf.ca/hoa/links/Citrep/citizen.html
Northwest Territories
Does not seem to have an Ombudsman
Nova Scotia
http://www.gov.ns.ca/ombu/
Prince Edward Island
Does not seem to have an Ombudsman
Yukon
http://www.ombudsman.yk.ca/
POLICE OVERSIGHT AGENCIES -- WORLDWIDE
Defensor Del Pueblo De La Republica
Buenos Aires, Argentina
http://www.defensor.gov.ar
Police Complaints Authority
South Australia
No web site
Independent Commission Against Corruption
New South Wales, Australia
www.icac.nsw.gov.au
Crime and Misconduct Commission
Queensland, Australia
www.cmc.qld.gov.au
Australian Institute of Criminology
Australia
www.aic.gov.au/
Police Integrity Commission
Australia
www.pic.nsw.gov.au/
Complaints Authority Against Police Officers of the Hong Kong Police Force
China
Independent Police Complaints Commission
England and Wales
www.ipcc.gov.uk
Garda Siochana Complaints Board
Dublin, Ireland
Office of the Oversight Commissioner
Northern Ireland
www.oversightcommissioner.org
Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
www.policeombudsman.org
Police Complaints Authority
Wellington, New Zealand
www.police.govt.nz/generalinfo/complaints.php
People's Law Enforcement Board
Manila, Philippines
http://www.cityofmanila.com.ph/pleb.htm
Deputy Crown Agent
Scotland
http://www.crownoffice.gov.uk/
National Public Protector
South Africa
http://www.safrica.info/ess_info/sa_glance/constitution/pubprotect.htm
Independent Complaints Directorate
South Africa
www.icd.gov.za
Police Complaints Authority
Trinidad & Tobago
www.pca.gov.tt
National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE )
United States
www.nacole.org
List of oversight agencies in the United States
www.nacole.org/Roster_Oversight.html
REPORTS FROM POLICE OVERSIGHT AGENCIES -- WORLDWIDE
Police Reform Act 2002 that establishes a new Independent Police Complaints Commission
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/prgpdfs/fprs124.pdf
English Home Office Document entitled "Complaints against the Police: Framework for a New System"
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/docs/pcfrmwk.html
Report for the English Home Office entitled "Feasibility of an Independent System for Investigating Complaints Against the Police"
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/prgpdfs/fprs124.pdf
Report on the New Zealand Police Complaint Authority entitled "Review of the Police Complaints Authority"
http://www.justice.govt.nz/pubs/reports/2001/police_complaints/index.html
Police Research Series Papers (English Home Office)
London, England
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/policerspubs1.html
OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN -- WORLDWIDE
List of International Ombusdman Offices
www.ombudsman.bc.ca/links/intl_ombuds/index.htm
National Ombudsman of Argentina
www.defensor.gov.ar
The Ombudsman Victoria, Australia
www.ombudsman.vic.gov.au
Ombudsman of Western Australia
www.ombudsman.wa.gov.au
Ombudsman of Northern Territory, Australia
www.nt.gov.au/omb_hcscc/ombudsman
Ombudsman, New South Wales, Australia
www.nswombudsman.nsw.gov.au/complaints/index.html
Commonwealth Ombudsman, for complaints against the Federal Police, Australia
www.comb.gov.au/complaints_investigations/
complaints_the_ombudsman.htm#AFP_complaints
Ombudsman Commission
Papua New Guinea, Asia Pacific
Office of the Ombudsman of Trinidad & Tobago
http://www.ombudsman.gov.tt/
The Office of the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland
www.policeombudsman.org
OTHER ORGANISATIONS
ASSOCIATIONS
B.C. Civil Liberties Association
www.bccla.org
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
www.ccla.org/
Canadian Association of Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (CACOLE)
www.cacole.ca
International Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (IACOLE)
Not yet available
Canadian Association of Police Boards
www.capb.ca
Canadian Professional Police Association
http://www.cpa-acp.ca/cppa/index-e.htm
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
www.infocom.gc.ca/menu-e.asp
Privacy Commissioner of Canada
www.privcom.gc.ca
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
www.psepc-sppcc.gc.ca
Canadian Human Rights Commission
www.chrc-ccdp.ca
Department of Justice
www.canada.justice.gc.ca
RCMP (general)
www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/index_e.htm
RCMP Web site
www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/index_e.htm
RCMP External Review Committee
www.erc-cee.gc.ca
RCMP (Learning and Development)
www.rcmp-learning.org
RCMP Divisions
http://www.rcmp.ca/html/generalcont_e.htm
CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS
Canadian Human Rights Commission
www.chrc-ccdp.ca
Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission
http://www.albertahumanrights.ab.ca/
British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal
http://www.bchrt.bc.ca/
Manitoba Human Rights Commission
http://www.gov.mb.ca/hrc/
New Brunswick Human Rights Commission
http://www.gnb.ca/hrc-cdp/e/
Newfoundland Human Rights Commission
http://www.gov.nf.ca/hrc/
Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission
http://www.gov.ns.ca/humanrights/default.htm
Ontario Human Rights Commission
http://www.ohrc.on.ca/
Prince Edward Island Human Rights Commission
http://www.gov.pe.ca/humanrights/
Quebec - Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse
http://www.cdpdj.qc.ca/en/home.asp?noeud1=0&noeud2=0&cle=0
Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission
http://www.gov.sk.ca/shrc/
Yukon Human Rights Commission
http://www.yhrc.yk.ca/
ATTORNEY GENERALS OF CANADA
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
www.canada.justice.gc.ca/en/index.html
Attorney General of Ontario
www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca
Attorney General of Manitoba
http://www.gov.mb.ca/justice/welcome/welcome.html
Attorney General of Alberta
http://www.gov.ab.ca/home/index.cfm?page=55
Attorney General of Newfoundland
www.gov.nf.ca/just
Attorney General of Nova Scotia
http://198.166.215.5/just/
Attorney General of Northwest Territories
www.justice.gov.nt.ca/
Procureur général du Québec
www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/accueil.asp
Attorney General of Yukon
www.justice.gov.yk.ca/index.html
Attorney General of Saskatchewan
www.saskjustice.gov.sk.ca/overview/default.shtml
Attorney General of British Columbia
www.gov.bc.ca/ag/default.asp
Attorney General of New Brunswick
www.gnb.ca/0062/index.htm
Attorney General of Prince Edward Island
www.gov.pe.ca/oag/
Premier of Nunavut, Minister of Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of Justice
www.gov.nu.ca/Nunavut/
UNIVERSITIES IN CANADA - FACULTY OF LAW
University of Alberta
http://www.law.ualberta.ca/
University of British Columbia
http://www.law.ubc.ca/
University of Calgary
http://www.law.ucalgary.ca/
Carleton University
http://www.carleton.ca/law/index.html
Dalhousie Law School
http://as01.ucis.dal.ca/law/index.cfm
Université de Laval
http://www.ulaval.ca/fd/
Laurentian University
http://laurentian.ca/justice/english/INDEX.HTML or www.laurentian.ca
University of Manitoba
http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/law/
McGill University
http://www.law.mcgill.ca
University de Moncton
http://www3.umoncton.ca
Université de Montréal
http://www.droit.umontreal.ca
University of New Brunswick
http://law.unb.ca
Osgood Hall Law School, York University
http://www.osgoode.yorku.ca
University of Ottawa
http://www.commonlaw.uottawa.ca
Université du Québec à Montréal
http://www.juris.uqam.ca
Queen's University
http://qsilver.queensu.ca/law/
University of Saskatchewan
http://www.usask.ca/law/
Université de Sherbrooke
http://www.usherbrooke.ca/droit/
University of Toronto
http://www.law.utoronto.ca
University of Victoria
http://www.law.uvic.ca
University of Western Ontario
http://www.law.uwo.ca/mainSite/
University of Windsor
http://athena.uwindsor.ca/law
COURTS
Supreme Court of Canada
www.scc-csc.gc.ca/
Federal Court of Canada
www.fct-cf.gc.ca
LEGAL AID
British Columbia - Legal Services Society
http://www.lss.bc.ca/default/Default.asp
Alberta - Legal Aid Society of Alberta
http://www.legalaid.ab.ca
Saskatchewan - Saskatchewan Legal Aid Commission
http://www.saskjustice.gov.sk.ca/legal_aid/default.shtml
Manitoba - Legal Aid Manitoba
http://www.legalaid.mb.ca/
Ontario - Legal Aid Ontario
http://www.legalaid.on.ca/
Quebec - Commission des services juridiques - Aide juridique (Legal Aid)
http://www.csj.qc.ca/francais/commission/index.asp
Quebec (Le protecteur du citoyen du Québec)
Commission des services juridiques - Legal Aid
http://www.csj.qc.ca/
New Brunswick - Legal Aid New Brunswick
http://www.sjfn.nb.ca/community_hall/L/lega6030.html
Newfoundland - The Legal Aid Commission
http://www.gov.nf.ca/just/other/otherx/legalaid.htm
Nova Scotia - Legal Aid Commission
http://www.gov.ns.ca/govt/foi/legal.htm
Northwest Territories - Legal Services Board
http://www.justice.gov.nt.ca/legalaid/legalaid.htm
Prince Edward Island - Legal Aid
http://www.gov.pe.ca/oag/lajs-info/index.php3
Yukon - Legal Services Society
http://www.legalaid.yk.net/
Nunavut
not yet available