OPS will mull greater transparency around suspensions, chief says

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As police suspensions in Ontario come under increasing scrutiny, Ottawa's police chief says he's open to considering options for keeping the public better informed about them.Chief Eric Stubbs says he's amenable to considering changes to the way the Ottawa Police Service shares information about officers who have been suspended from the force.

"That seems to be what the public wants, and since the police are accountable to the public, then my take on the whole thing is give the public what they want," said Brown, an OPS member for 36 years who now conducts research and litigation consulting for law firms in Canada and the U.S. Former Ottawa police officer Greg Brown says he'd like to see a OPS publish and update a list of suspensions online, but doesn't believe it's always necessary to name suspended officers.

"Sometimes there's a name, sometimes there's no name. That's confusing for a public audience," he said.Regulations that came into effect in Ontario on April 1 allow police chiefs to suspend officers without pay, but only applies to those facing accusations of a serious, indictable offence committed while off duty.

 

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