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C.C.S.M. c. P94.5
The Police Services Act
(Assented to October 8, 2009)
WHEREAS police services play a critical role in protecting the safety and security of Manitobans;
AND WHEREAS co-operation between police services and the communities they serve will result in improved safety and security and better relations between police and citizens;
AND WHEREAS civilian governance and oversight of police services will improve transparency and accountability in the delivery of policing services;
AND WHEREAS it is desirable that policing services be provided in a manner that recognizes the pluralistic and multicultural character of Manitoba society, and in particular, First Nation, Metis and other aboriginal peoples;
AND WHEREAS it is recognized that public safety is enhanced as police services become more representative of the communities they serve;
AND WHEREAS it is important to recognize the rights of victims of crime and their needs in the delivery of policing services;
AND WHEREAS the importance of safeguarding the fundamental rights protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and The Human Rights Code is recognized by all;
THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:
INTERPRETATION
The following definitions apply in this Act.
"civilian director" means the person appointed as the civilian director of the independent investigation unit. (« directeur civil »)
"civilian monitor" means a person appointed under Part 7 to monitor investigations. (« observateur civil »)
"commission" means the Manitoba Police Commission established under section 6. (« Commission »)
"council" means the council of a municipality. (« conseil municipal »)
"department" means the department of government over which the minister presides and through which this Act is administered. (« ministère »)
"director" means the person appointed as the Director of Policing under section 3. (« directeur »)
"First Nation" means a band as defined in the Indian Act (Canada). (« Première nation »)
"First Nation police service" means a police service established under Part 5. (« service de police de Premières nations »)
"independent investigation unit" means the unit established under Part 7. (« unité d'enquête indépendante »)
"investigator" means a person selected to serve as an investigator with the independent investigation unit. (« enquêteur »)
"minister" means the minister appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council to administer this Act. (« ministre »)
"municipal police service" means a police service operated by a municipality under Part 4. (« service de police municipal »)
"police board" means the police board for a police service. (« conseil de police »)
"police chief" means the person appointed as the chief of a police service, and includes an acting chief of a police service. (« chef de police »)
"police officer" means a person appointed to serve as a police officer in a police service, and includes a police chief. (« agent de police »)
"police service" means a police service established or continued under this Act, but does not include the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. (« service de police »)
"prescribed" means prescribed by regulation.
"regional police service" means a police service established under Division 4 of Part 4. (« service de police régional »)
"special constable" means a special constable appointed under Part 8. (« agent de police spécial »)
"urban municipality" means a city, town, village or other urban municipality formed or continued under The Municipal Act, and includes the City of Winnipeg. (« municipalité urbaine »)
Reference to "Act" includes regulations
In this Act, a reference to "this Act" includes the regulations made under this Act.
ADMINISTRATION
The minister is responsible for ensuring that adequate and effective policing is provided throughout Manitoba.
A Director of Policing is to be appointed as provided in The Civil Service Act.
The director, under the general direction of the minister, is responsible for the following:
(a) the oversight and supervision of police services in Manitoba;
(b) the assessment of policing requirements in Manitoba;
(c) the co-ordination of policing in Manitoba.
The duties of the director include
(a) monitoring, inspecting and reporting to the minister on the quality and standard of police services in Manitoba;
(b) co-ordinating the delivery of policing in Manitoba;
(c) developing and promoting programs to enhance professional practices and standards for police services and police boards;
(d) consulting with and providing information to the minister, police chiefs, police boards and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on matters relating to law enforcement and policing;
(e) developing programs and statistical records respecting law enforcement and policing;
(f) establishing programs to promote cooperation between police services and the public; and
(g) performing any other duties assigned by the minister.
The director may delegate any power conferred or duty imposed on the director by this Act to an employee of the department.
The Manitoba Police Commission is hereby established.
The duties of the commission include
(a) providing advice to the minister on regulations dealing with the operation of police services and the conduct of police officers, including regulations prescribing standards for police services and police officers;
(b) consulting with the public on matters relating to law enforcement and policing, and providing the results of those consultations to the minister;
(c) developing a policy and procedures manual for police boards and a code of ethical conduct for members of police boards;
(d) arranging for training to be provided to members of police boards and civilian monitors; and
(e) performing any other duties assigned by the minister.
The minister may direct the commission to conduct a study on a specific issue relating to law enforcement or policing.
When the commission conducts a study at the request of the minister, it must provide the minister with a report setting out its findings and any recommendations it may have on the issue.
The commission is to consist of at least five but no more than nine persons appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
The commission must include at least one member of a First Nation and one Metis person.
In appointing persons to the commission, the Lieutenant Governor in Council must take into account the cultural and gender diversity of Manitoba.
Members of the commission are to be appointed for the term fixed in the order appointing them, which must not exceed four years, and no member may serve more than two successive terms.
A member of the commission whose term expires continues to hold office until he or she is reappointed, a successor is appointed or the appointment is revoked.
The Lieutenant Governor in Council must appoint one of the members of the commission as the chair of the commission and another as the vice-chair.
The vice-chair has the authority of the chair if the chair is absent or unable to act, or if authorized by the chair.
Any employees required to enable the commission to carry out its duties may be appointed in accordance with The Civil Service Act.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROVIDING POLICING IN MANITOBA
Policing in large urban municipalities
An urban municipality with a population over 5,000 must ensure that policing services are provided in the municipality by
(a) establishing its own police service;
(b) entering into an agreement with the Government of Canada to have the Royal Canadian Mounted Police provide policing services in the municipality;
(c) entering into an agreement with one or more municipalities to jointly operate a regional police service that will provide policing services in those municipalities; or
(d) entering into an agreement with another municipality to have that other municipality's police service provide policing services in the municipality.
Policing in mid-sized urban municipalities
An urban municipality with a population between 750 and 5,000 must ensure that policing services are provided in the municipality by
(a) establishing its own police service;
(b) entering into an agreement with the Government of Manitoba to have the Royal Canadian Mounted Police provide policing services in the municipality under an agreement entered into under section 18;
(c) entering into an agreement with one or more municipalities to jointly operate a regional police service that will provide policing services in those municipalities; or
(d) entering into an agreement with another municipality to have the police service for that other municipality provide policing services in the municipality.
Policing in other areas of Manitoba
Unless policing services are being provided in accordance with subsection (2), the minister must ensure that policing services are provided in
(a) an urban municipality with a population under 750;
(b) a rural municipality; and
(c) any part of Manitoba that is not in a municipality.
Policing options for rural and small urban municipalities
A municipality referred to in clause (1)(a) or (b) may arrange for policing services to be provided in the municipality by
(a) establishing its own police service;
(b) entering into an agreement with one or more municipalities to jointly operate a regional police service that will provide policing services in those municipalities; or
(c) entering into an agreement with another municipality to have that other municipality's police service provide policing services in the municipality.
Notice of intention to establish police service
A municipality that intends to establish its own police service or jointly establish a regional police service must advise the minister of its intention before establishing the service.
Approval to stop operating police service
A municipality that operates its own police service or jointly operates a regional police service must not discontinue the operation of the service unless the minister has approved the discontinuance.
A municipality that enters into an agreement
(a) under clause 13(1)(b) to have the Royal Canadian Mounted Police provide policing services in the municipality;
(b) to operate a regional police service; or
(c) to have the police service of another municipality provide policing services in the municipality;
must provide the director with a copy of the agreement.
Cost of municipal police service
A municipality that establishes its own police service must pay all costs of the service.
Costs of regional police service
A municipality that jointly operates a regional police service is responsible for the costs of the service in accordance with the terms of the agreement establishing the regional police service.
Costs when policing provided by agreement
A municipality that enters into an agreement
(a) under clause 13(1)(b) or 13(2)(b) to have the Royal Canadian Mounted Police provide policing services in the municipality; or
(b) to have the police service of another municipality provide policing services in the municipality;
is responsible for the costs of those policing services in accordance with the terms of the agreement.
Agreement for RCMP to provide policing
The Government of Manitoba may enter into one or more agreements with the Government of Canada to have the Royal Canadian Mounted Police act as a provincial police service and provide
(a) policing services in all or any portions of Manitoba that may be designated by the minister; and
(b) additional services set out in the agreements.
Status, duties and powers of RCMP members
When providing policing services under an agreement entered into under subsection (1), members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
(a) have all the powers, duties, privileges and protections of a peace officer and constable at common law or under any enactment or applicable by-law;
(b) have, with respect to the areas where policing services are being provided, the duties set out in clauses 25(a) to (g) (duties of municipal police officers), subject to any necessary changes; and
(c) have authority to act throughout Manitoba in order to carry out their duties.
The commanding officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Manitoba is accountable to the minister for policing services provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police under an agreement entered into under subsection (1).
If the minister determines that an emergency situation exists in an area of Manitoba, he or she may, by written notice, direct the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to provide policing in the area for a specified period.
Provision of policing in emergencies
On receiving notice from the minister, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police must provide the requested policing services for the period directed by the minister.
Ministerial assignment of investigation
Despite any other provision in this Act, if the minister considers it to be in the interests of the administration of justice, he or she may assign the conduct of an investigation into an alleged offence that would normally be conducted by a police service or the independent investigation unit to members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or members of another police service in Manitoba or another Canadian province.
MUNICIPAL POLICE SERVICES
DIVISION 1
POLICE CHIEF AND OFFICERS
POLICE CHIEF
A municipality's police board must appoint a person with prescribed qualifications to serve as the chief of the municipal police service.
Responsibilities of police chief
The chief of a municipal police service is responsible for the following:
(a) the enforcement of law, the prevention of crime and the preservation of the public peace in the municipality;
(b) the management, administration and operation of the police service;
(c) the maintenance of discipline in the police service;
(d) ensuring that the police service meets all requirements imposed by this Act and that its police officers carry out their duties in accordance with this Act;
(e) implementing policies established by the police board respecting the police service.
Police chief accountable to police board
The police chief is accountable to the police board for
(a) carrying out the responsibilities set out in subsection (1); and
(b) managing, administering and operating the police service in accordance with the priorities, objectives and policies established by the police board under subsection 28(1).
POLICE OFFICERS
The police board may appoint eligible persons to serve as police officers in the police service, or it may delegate that power to the police chief.
To be eligible for appointment as a police officer, a person must have the prescribed qualifications.
A police officer has all the powers, duties, privileges and protections of a peace officer and constable at common law or under any enactment.
Jurisdiction of police officers
A police officer has authority to act throughout Manitoba in order to carry out his or her duties, subject to any restrictions or conditions established by regulation or set out in his or her appointment.
The duties of a police officer include
(a) preserving the public peace;
(b) preventing crime and offences against the laws in force in the municipality;
(c) assisting victims of crime;
(d) apprehending criminals and others who may lawfully be taken into custody;
(e) executing warrants that are to be executed by peace officers, and performing related duties;
(f) laying charges and participating in prosecutions;
(g) enforcing municipal by-laws; and
(h) performing other duties assigned by the police chief.
DIVISION 2
POLICE BOARDS
Every municipality that operates a police service must establish and maintain a police board in accordance with this Division.
Police board responsible for police service
A municipal police service must operate under the general direction and supervision of the municipality's police board in accordance with this Part.
The purpose of a police board is to provide
(a) civilian governance respecting the enforcement of law, the maintenance of the public peace and the prevention of crime in the municipality; and
(b) the administrative direction and organization required to provide an adequate and effective police service in the municipality.
General duties of police board
The police board must
(a) after consulting with the police chief, establish priorities and objectives for the police service;
(b) establish policies for the effective management of the police service;
(c) direct the police chief and monitor his or her performance; and
(d) perform any other prescribed duties.
Specific duties of police board
Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the police board must
(a) ensure that the police chief establishes programs and strategies to implement the priorities and objectives established by the board for the police service;
(b) ensure that community needs and values are reflected in the policing priorities, objectives, programs and strategies;
(c) ensure that police services are delivered in a manner consistent with community needs, values and expectations; and
(d) act as a liaison between the community and the police service.
Restriction on police board activities
The police board may give orders and directions to the police chief, but not to other police officers. No individual member of the board may give an order or direction to any police officer.
The police board must not give orders or directions on specific operational decisions, individual investigations or the day-to-day operation of the police service.
With the exception of the police chief, the police board has no role with respect to the discipline or personal conduct of any police officer.
No right to sensitive information
The police board is not entitled to any information about individual investigations or intelligence files.
Information from board to develop budget
To assist the council in developing the municipal budget, the police board must provide the council with
(a) an estimate of the costs required to operate the police service in the next fiscal year; and
(b) any additional information that the council considers necessary to enable it to assess the financial requirements of the police service.
Council has final responsibility for budget
The council is responsible for establishing the total budget of the police service.
Police board to allocate funds
The police board is responsible for allocating the funds that are provided to the police service under the municipal budget.
The council of a municipality must establish the size of its police board by by-law. The police board must
(a) consist of at least three members, in the case of a municipality with a population of 5,000 or less;
(b) consist of at least five members, in the case of a municipality with a population over 5,000; or
(c) consist of at least seven members, in the case of the City of Winnipeg.
Appointing members to police board
Subject to subsection (3), one member of a police board is to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, and the other members are to be appointed by the council.
Police board for City of Winnipeg
In the case of the City of Winnipeg, two members of the police board are to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, and the other members are to be appointed by the council.
Number of council members and employees
No more than half the members of the police board may be council members or employees of the municipality.
The term of a council member on the police board ends when the person is no longer a member of the council.
Term of member appointed by council
The term of a person appointed to the police board by council who is not a council member must be fixed in his or her appointment, but must not extend past the term of office of the council that made the appointment.
Term of member appointed by L.G. in C.
The term of a person appointed to the police board by the Lieutenant Governor in Council must be fixed in the order appointing the person, but must not exceed four years.
A person appointed to the police board who is not a council member
(a) may continue to serve on the board after the expiry of his or her term until the appointment of his or her successor; and
(b) is eligible for reappointment, as long as the reappointment does not result in more than eight consecutive years of service on the board.
Council to designate chair and vice-chair
The council must designate one member of the police board as chair and another member as vice-chair.
The vice-chair has the authority of the chair when the chair is absent or unable to act, or when authorized by the chair.
Subject to the requirements of this Act, a police board may determine its own practice and procedures.
The police board must hold a meeting at least once every three months.
Subject to subsection (3), meetings of the police board must be open to the public and the board must give public notice of its meetings in the prescribed manner.
The police board may exclude the public from all or part of a meeting in order to consider matters involving public security or sensitive financial or personal information.
The police board must operate in accordance with the policy and procedures manual developed by the commission for police boards.
Every member of the police board must comply with the code of ethical conduct developed by the commission for police board members.
Every member of the police board must undergo training arranged by the commission.
The council may provide for reasonable remuneration to members of the police board who are not members of the council.
The police board may delegate to two or more of its members any duty imposed or power conferred on it by this Act.
DIVISION 3
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RE MUNICIPAL POLICE SERVICES
A municipality that operates a police service is deemed to be the employer of the police chief and other police officers in the service.
Pay and other benefits set by council
A council is responsible for setting the pay and other benefits of the police chief and other police officers in the service.
Municipality liable for torts of officers
A municipality that operates a police service is jointly and severally liable for a tort committed by a police officer in the performance of his or her duties.
Municipality to indemnify officer
A municipality that operates a police service must pay the following:
(a) any damages or costs awarded in an action or proceeding against one of its police officers as the result of a tort committed by the officer in the performance of his or her duties;
(b) any costs incurred and not recovered by the officer in the action or proceeding;
(c) any sum required to settle the action or proceeding against the officer.
Municipality may defend officer
A municipality that may be liable under this section has the right to defend — in the name and on behalf of the police officer — an action or proceeding that may be brought against the officer.
A police officer whose conduct is the subject of an action or proceeding must cooperate with the municipality in the settlement or defence of the action or proceeding.
DIVISION 4
REGIONAL POLICE SERVICES
Agreement re regional police service
The councils of two or more municipalities may enter into an agreement to jointly establish and operate a regional police service to provide policing services in those municipalities.
An agreement to establish and operate a regional police service must
(a) set out the manner in which the costs of operating the police service are to be divided between the municipalities that operate the service;
(b) in the case of an amalgamation of existing municipal police services, set out the process by which the police services are to be amalgamated; and
(c) address any other matter that the minister considers necessary.
The municipalities that operate a regional police service must establish and maintain a police board for the police service.
A regional police service must operate under the general direction and supervision of the police board in accordance with this Part.
Makeup of regional police board
The police board for a regional police service is to consist of
(a) two members appointed by the council of every municipality that operates the police service, unless an agreement has been reached under subsection (4) to alter the number of board members from each municipality; and
(b) one member appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
Agreement on number of board members
The councils of the municipalities that operate a regional police service may enter into an agreement to alter the number of police board members appointed by the council of each municipality. However, each municipality must appoint at least one member of the police board.
The provisions of Divisions 1, 2 and 3 of this Part apply, with necessary changes, to a regional police service and its police chief, police officers and police board.
Unless the agreement under section 41 provides otherwise, the municipalities that operate a regional police service are deemed to jointly employ the police officers in the service.
Actions against regional police officers
Section 40 (municipality liable for torts of officers) applies, with necessary changes, to an action or proceeding involving a police officer in a regional police service. Each municipality that operates a regional police service is
(a) jointly and severally liable for the torts of a police officer in the regional police service that are committed in the performance of the officer's duties; and
(b) jointly and severally liable for the payments set out in subsection 40(2).
FIRST NATION POLICE SERVICES
The Government of Manitoba, the Government of Canada and one or more First Nations, or an entity representing a group of First Nations, may enter into an agreement to establish a police service to provide policing services to a First Nation community or group of First Nation communities.
An agreement referred to in subsection (1) must provide for the establishment of a police board for the First Nation police service.
Jurisdiction of First Nation police service
A First Nation police service may act as the police service only in the areas specified in the agreement referred to in subsection 45(1), or any additional areas specified in amendments to that agreement made by the parties set out in that subsection.
All of the provisions of this Act apply, with necessary changes, to a First Nation police service and its police chief, police officers and police board. If there is a conflict between this Act and the agreement establishing a First Nation police service, the provision in the agreement prevails.
POLICING STANDARDS
Regulations re policing standards
To ensure that police services provide adequate and effective policing, the minister may make regulations respecting the operation of police services, including the conduct of police officers.
Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the minister may make regulations
(a) prescribing the minimum number of police officers in a police service, based on the population of the area policed, the size of the area policed, or a combination of those factors;
(b) prescribing training for new police officers, and ongoing training requirements for current police officers or any category of police officers;
(c) establishing standards for the following facilities, items and equipment used by a police service:
(i) offices,
(ii) detention facilities,
(iii) motor vehicles,
(iv) computers and communications equipment,
(v) firearms, and
(vi) other prescribed items and equipment;
(d) governing the use of firearms and other prescribed equipment by police officers;
(e) prohibiting or governing the use of physical force by police officers, including prescribing training in the use of physical force in emergency response situations, pursuits and forcible entries, and as a means of restraining an individual;
(f) respecting joint operations conducted by two or more police services or by one or more police services and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police;
(g) requiring the sharing of certain information between police services and between police services and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police;
(h) establishing standards of dress for police officers on duty, and prescribing requirements for police uniforms;
(i) prescribing the records, returns, books and accounts to be made and kept by police officers and police services;
(j) prescribing the method of accounting for fees, costs, money and other property received by police officers and police services.
Directives, guidelines and standard operating procedures
The director may
(a) issue a directive, guideline or standard operating procedure to one or more police services on a specific matter relating to law enforcement and policing; or
(b) by written notice, require a police service to develop and issue a directive, guideline or standard operating procedure on a specific matter relating to law enforcement and policing.
The chief of a police service must ensure that police officers comply with a directive, guideline or procedure issued under subsection (1).
The director, in consultation with the commission, may prepare a model code of conduct for police officers for adoption by police services.
Providing information to director
On request from the director, the chief of a police service must provide the director with the following:
(a) forms used and records maintained by the police service;
(b) information about the police service, its police officers and its operations;
(c) statistical information about crime or policing in the area where the police service has jurisdiction.
The director may conduct inspections of police services.
The chief of a police service must ensure that all police officers co-operate with the director during an inspection.
If the minister determines that a police service has failed to provide adequate and effective policing services or that the operation of the police service has failed to meet the requirements of this Act, the minister may notify the police board responsible for the police service and the chief of the police service of that determination.
The notice under subsection (1) must be in writing and must
(a) identify the failures;
(b) specify how the failures are to be corrected or the steps that are to be taken to prevent future failures; and
(c) specify the deadline for taking the action required under clause (b).
The notice under subsection (1) must also be sent
(a) in the case of a municipal police service, to the council of the municipality;
(b) in the case of a regional police service, to the council of each municipality that receives policing services from the police service; and
(c) in the case of a First Nation police service, to the council for each First Nation that receives policing services from the police service.
If the minister determines that the required corrections or preventative steps have not been made or taken by the deadline specified in the notice, the minister may do one or more of the following:
(a) suspend, in whole or in part, the operation of the police service;
(b) arrange for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or another police service to provide policing services in the area in question;
(c) appoint an administrator to perform specified functions respecting the police service for a specified period;
(d) remove the police chief from office, and appoint a replacement;
(e) remove one or more members of the police board from office and appoint interim members to the board;
(f) take any other steps that the minister considers necessary to provide adequate and effective policing services in the area in question.
Immediate intervention by minister
The minister may take one or more of the actions set out in subsection 53(4) without giving notice under section 53 if the minister determines that
(a) the police service has failed to provide adequate and effective policing services; and
(b) it is in the public interest for the minister to immediately take those actions.
The minister must certify the costs of actions taken under subsection 53(4) or section 54. Unless the minister directs otherwise, the costs
(a) in the case of a municipal police service, must be paid by the municipality;
(b) in the case of a regional police service, are the joint and several responsibility of every municipality that operates the regional police service; or
(c) in the case of a First Nation police service, must be paid by the operator of the police service specified in the agreement establishing the police service.
INVESTIGATIONS INTO POLICE OFFICER CONDUCT
Not yet proclaimed.
SPECIAL CONSTABLES
The director may appoint an individual or class of individuals as special constables, subject to any terms or conditions that the director considers appropriate.
An individual may be appointed as a special constable only if he or she has the prescribed qualifications.
Except in exigent circumstances, an application for the appointment of a special constable must be made in writing to the director on a form approved by the director.
The appointment of a special constable must be made in writing and must set out
(a) the duties and responsibilities of the special constable;
(b) the territorial jurisdiction of the special constable;
(c) the term of the appointment; and
(d) any terms or conditions imposed on the appointment.
The director may revoke the appointment of a special constable.
Not yet proclaimed.
Responsibility for special constables
The employer of a special constable is responsible for ensuring that a special constable carries out the duties and responsibilities set out in his or her appointment in a proper manner.
Liability for special constable
The employer of a special constable is liable for the actions of the special constable while he or she is carrying out the duties or responsibilities set out in his or her appointment.
The minister may make regulations respecting special constables, including regulations respecting
(a) the training of special constables;
(b) the performance of duties and responsibilities by special constables; and
(c) information and documents to be provided to the director by the employer of a special constable.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Community safety cadet program
The minister or a police service may establish a program to hire members of the community and provide them with training on crime prevention, public safety and other related matters.
Members may assist police officers
Members of the community safety cadet program may work with police officers to prevent crime and enhance public safety in the community.
Support to become police recruits
The minister or a police service may make arrangements to provide members of the community safety cadet program with additional training and any educational upgrades necessary to enable them to meet the eligibility requirements to become police officers.
When the Royal Canadian Mounted Police provides policing services in a municipality under an agreement entered into under section 18 or clause 13(1)(b), the council for the municipality may establish an advisory committee consisting of at least three but no more than seven persons appointed by the council.
The advisory committee is responsible for
(a) working with the officer in charge of the detachment that provides policing services in the municipality
(i) to establish priorities and objectives for policing in the municipality, and
(ii) to ensure that policing services are delivered in a manner consistent with community values, needs and expectations; and
(b) serving as a liaison between the community and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Before assuming his or her duties, a police officer or special constable must take an oath or affirmation approved by the minister.
For the purposes of this Act, the population of a municipality or other area is to be determined using the latest census for which Statistics Canada has issued its final report under the Statistics Act (Canada).
Despite the definition of "employee" in The Labour Relations Act, if at least 50% of the senior officers in a police service belong to an association composed only of senior officers, the senior officers in that police service may bargain separately with their employer through that association.
The following definitions apply in this section.
"association" means an association that has as its objectives the improvement of conditions of service and remuneration of its members. (« association »)
"senior officer" means
(a) a police officer with the rank of inspector or higher, but does not include the police chief or a deputy police chief; and
(b) a civilian employed with the police service in a supervisory or confidential capacity. (« cadre supérieur »)
No action or proceeding may be brought against the minister, the director, a member of the commission, a member of a police board, the civilian director, an investigator, a civilian monitor or any other person acting under authority of this Act for anything done or omitted to be done, in good faith, in the exercise or intended exercise of a power or duty under this Act.
Delegating minister's duties and powers
The minister may delegate to the director or any other employee of the department any duty or power conferred or imposed on the minister under this Act, other than the power to make regulations.
Not yet proclaimed.
The minister may make regulations
(a) respecting police boards, including the qualifications of board members and the dismissal of board members;
(b) establishing restrictions or conditions on the ability of police officers to act throughout Manitoba;
(c) respecting regional police services or First Nation police services;
(d) respecting the inspection of police services;
(e) not yet proclaimed;
(f) not yet proclaimed;
(g) respecting appeals of internal discipline by police officers who are not subject to a collective agreement that addresses such appeals, including prescribing the person or body that is to hear an appeal, and appeal procedure;
(h) defining any word or expression used but not defined in this Act;
(i) prescribing any matter required or authorized by this Act to be prescribed by regulation;
(j) respecting any matter necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes of this Act.
A regulation made under this Act may be general or specific in its application and may apply to one or more police services.
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS, TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS, REPEAL, CITATION AND COMING INTO FORCE
NOTE: These sections contained consequential amendments to other Acts which are now included in those Acts.
NOTE: This section contained a consequential amendment that is now included in S.M. 2008, c. 7.
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
Continuation of municipal police services
The following municipal police services are continued under this Act:
(a) the Winnipeg Police Service established under The City of Winnipeg Charter;
(b) a police service that was established by a municipality under The Municipal Act and was operating immediately before the coming into force of this section.
A municipality that operated a police service immediately before the coming into force of this section must establish a police board within six months after this section comes into force.
Until its police board is established, the municipality may continue to operate its police service in accordance with the procedures it had in place immediately before the coming into force of this section.
Continuation of Dakota Ojibway Police Service
The Dakota Ojibway Police Service, established under an agreement between the Government of Manitoba, the Government of Canada and the Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council Inc., is continued under this Act as a First Nation Police Service.
The Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council Police Commission established under the agreement referred to in subsection (1) is continued and, for the purposes of this Act, is deemed to be the police board for the Dakota Ojibway Police Service.
Continuation of appointment of police chief
The appointment of a police chief that was in force immediately before the coming into force of this section is continued. The appointment is deemed to be an appointment made under this Act and may be dealt with as if it were made under this Act.
Employment contracts unchanged
The terms of any employment contract for a police chief entered into before the coming into force of this section continue to apply.
The appointment of a police officer or special constable that was in force immediately before the coming into force of this section is continued. The appointment is deemed to be an appointment made under this Act and may be dealt with as if it were made under this Act.
Continuation of policing agreements
An agreement that was made under the former Act or The Municipal Act respecting the provision of policing services by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and that was in effect immediately before the coming into force of this section is continued.
In subsection (1), "former Act" means The Provincial Police Act, R.S.M. 1987, c. P150, as it read immediately before the coming into force of this section.
REPEAL, CITATION AND COMING INTO FORCE
The Provincial Police Act, R.S.M. 1987, c. P150, is repealed.
This Act may be referred to as chapter P94.5 of the Continuing Consolidation of the Statutes of Manitoba.
This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation.
NOTE: Sections 6 to 12 and 111 of S.M. 2009, c. 32, were proclaimed in force November 15, 2010.
NOTE: Sections 1 to 5, 13 to 55, 78, 79 and 81 to 89, clauses 91(1)(a) to (d) and (g) to (j), subsection 91(2) and sections 92 to 103 and 105 to 110 of S.M. 2009, c. 32, were proclaimed in force on June 1, 2012.
Section 94 was never proclaimed into force and was repealed by S.M. 2010, c. 11, s. 11.