Useful Links

The field of police oversight in Canada is continuously expanding. Below is a list of police oversight agencies in Ontario, Canada and internationally. Please visit the individual websites for more information about each of these organizations.

Ontario

Special Investigations Unit
https://www.siu.on.ca

Law Enforcement Complaints Agency (LECA)
https://leca.ca/

Inspectorate of Policing
https://www.iopontario.ca/en

Rest of Canada

Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT)
https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-serious-incident-response-team

Edmonton Police Commission
http://www.edmontonpolicecommission.com/

Calgary Police Commission
http://www.calgarypolicecommission.ca/

Alberta Law Enforcement Review Board (LERB)
https://www.alberta.ca/law-enforcement-review-board

Independent Investigations Office of BC
http://iiobc.ca/

Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner (British Columbia)
https://www.opcc.bc.ca/

Independent Investigations Unit (Manitoba)
http://www.iiumanitoba.ca/

Law Enforcement Review Agency (LERA), Manitoba
http://www.gov.mb.ca/justice/lera/

New Brunswick Police Commission
http://www.nbpolicecommission.ca/

Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Public Complaints Commission
http://www.justice.gov.nl.ca/rncpcc/

Serious Incident Response Team (Nova Scotia)
http://sirt.novascotia.ca/

Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner (Nova Scotia)
http://novascotia.ca/opcc/

Serious Incident Response Team of Newfoundland and Labrador (SIRT-NL)
https://www.sirtnl.ca/

Office of the Police Commissioner (Prince Edward Island)
http://www.policecommissioner.pe.ca/

Commissaire à la déontologie policière (Quebec)
https://deontologie-policiere.gouv.qc.ca/en/le-commissaire/notre-organisation/mandate-powers-and-attributions.html

Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (Quebec)
https://www.bei.gouv.qc.ca/home.html

Public Complaints Commission (Saskatchewan)
http://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/government-structure/boards-commissions-and-agencies/saskatchewan-public-complaints-commission

Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team
https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/government-structure/boards-commissions-and-agencies/saskatch

Canadian Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement
http://www.cacole.ca/home-accueil-eng.shtml

Military Police Complaints Commission
https://www.mpcc-cppm.gc.ca/index-eng.aspx

Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (CRCC)
http://www.crcc-ccetp.gc.ca/

United States of America

National Association of Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement
http://www.nacole.org/

Citizens’ Police Review Board (Albany, NY)
https://www.albanycprb.org/

Independent Review Office of the Police Oversight (Albuquerque, NM)
http://www.cabq.gov/cpoa

Citizen Review Board (Atlanta, GA)
http://acrbgov.org/

Office of Police Oversight (Austin, TX)
https://www.austintexas.gov/department/office-police-oversight

Police Accountability Board and the Office of the Director of Police Accountability (Berkeley, CA)
https://berkeleyca.gov/safety-health/police-accountability

Civilian Office of Police Accountability (Chicago, IL)
https://www.chicagocopa.org/

Independent Police Auditor (Eugene, OR)
https://www.eugene-or.gov/1039/Police-Auditor

Civilian Review Board (Eugene, OR)
https://www.eugene-or.gov/88/Civilian-Review-Board

Los Angeles Police Commission
https://www.oig.lacity.org/police-commission

Office of the Inspector General (Los Angeles, CA)
https://www.oig.lacity.org/

Office of the Independent Police Monitor (New Orleans, LA)
http://www.nolaipm.gov/

Civilian Complaint Review Board (New York, NY)
http://www1.nyc.gov/site/ccrb/index.page

Independent Police Review (Portland, OR)
https://www.portland.gov/ipr

Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board (San Diego, CA)
http://www.sandiegocounty.gov/clerb/index.html

Department of Police Accountability (San Francisco, CA)
http://sfgov.org/dpa/

Europe

Independent Office for Police Conduct (England and Wales)
https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/

Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Scotland)
http://pirc.scotland.gov.uk/

Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
https://policeombudsman.org/

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Ireland)
https://www.gardaombudsman.ie/

Oceania

Independent Police Conduct Authority (New Zealand)
http://www.ipca.govt.nz/

Commonwealth Ombudsman (Australia)
https://www.ombudsman.gov.au/How-we-can-help/australian-federal-police

Independent Commission Against Corruption (NSW, Australia)
http://www.icac.nsw.gov.au/

Crime and Misconduct Commission (Queensland, Australia)
http://www.ccc.qld.gov.au/

Asia

Complaints Authority Against Police Officers of the Hong Kong Police Force
http://www.icac.org.hk/en/home/index.html