Call inquests whenever police kill someone through use of force, Ontario review urges
TORONTO — Coroner’s inquests should be mandatory whenever police kill someone by gunning them down or through other use of force, a wide-ranging review of police oversight in Ontario recommended on Thursday.
In addition, the Independent Police Oversight Review called for the Special Investigations Unit, one of the province’s police oversight agencies, to report publicly on all its investigations and include detailed accounts in cases where no charges are laid against an officer.
The measures are among 129 recommendations Appeal Court Justice Michael Tulloch, who headed the review, makes in his 263-page report.
“Police oversight, the police, and the communities they serve are inextricably intertwined,” Tulloch states. “Modern policing, after all, is founded on public trust.”