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Ombudsman report : investigation into the Special Investigations Unit’s operational effectiveness and credibility : "oversight unseen" / André Marin.

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Oversight unseen
Investigation into the Special Investigations Unit’s operational effectiveness and credibility
Rapport de l’Ombudsman : enquête sur l’efficacité et la crédibilité des opérations de l’Unité des enquêtes spéciales : une surveillance imperceptible.

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1 online resource (121 pages)

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"September 2008."
Issued also in French under title: Rapport de l’Ombudsman : enquête sur l’efficacité et la crédibilité des opérations de l’Unité des enquêtes spéciales : une surveillance imperceptible.
The original document was published on the public website of the Government of Ontario. © Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2008. Reproduced with permission.

Summary

The citizens of Ontario are entitled to a Special Investigations Unit with the necessary resources and tools to be the best that it can be. With that in mind, I have made 46 recommendations in this report, addressed at improving the system. The first 25 recommendations focus on the SIU itself. I believe that there is much that the SIU can do on its own to enhance and inject more rigour into its investigative practices, and its response to challenges to its authority. I have also made recommendations to address the issues created by a lingering police culture within the SIU, and to achieve greater transparency. I have made six recommendations to the Ministry to address concerns about its failure to provide the SIU with the supports it needs, as well as the necessary distance to enable the SIU to properly function as an independent agency. Finally, I have made 15 recommendations to the government of Ontario, because I believe the system for police oversight requires additional structural support that can only be provided through legislative amendment.

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