Public Complaints and Oversight

You may choose to:

• Speak to the Officer in Charge of the station about it at 705-876-1122 on any day or time.
• Contact Professional Standards about it during regular business hours at 705-876-1122.
• Contact the Law Enforcement Complaints Agency (LECA) at 1-877-411-4773 or online at https://leca.ca

Formal complaints about a Police Officer can be filed with our Professional Standards office, with the Law Enforcement Complaints Agency (LECA), or at any police station/detachment in Ontario. The Law Enforcement Complaints Agency is a civilian arm’s-length agency of the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General with their decisions being independent from the Ontario government, the police, and the community.

Learn more about the public complaints system and how to make a complaint against police by visiting the LECA website or attend any police station to access pamphlets and forms.

You may choose to:

• Fill out the complaint form
• The information will go to the Staff Sergeant of Professional Standards as per the Chief of Police procedure.

You may choose to:

• Contact the Inspectorate of Policing at 1-888-333-5078 or through their website, http://www.iopontario.ca.

Police disciplinary hearings are held under the Community Safety and Policing Act, and are public proceedings held in accordance with the Statutory Powers and Procedure Act.

Police Services Act and Community Safety and Policing Act Hearings are open to the public unless a ruling has been made by the presiding Hearing Officer/Adjudicator, pursuant to exceptions provided for in the Statutory Powers Procedure Act section 9, including matters that are ruled to involve public security, intimate, financial or personal matters.

All other matters are considered public proceedings which are recorded verbatim, and generally any material or evidence presented becomes part of the public record.

The hearings may be in-person or through audio/ video conference call.

Upcoming Community Safety and Policing Act Hearings

The Peterborough Police Service is committed to ensuring the highest level of transparency, trust and confidence within the community. Police disciplinary hearings are held under the Community Safety and Policing Act, and are public proceedings held in accordance with the Statutory Powers and Procedure Act. It is important for the public to have a clearer understanding and appreciation of the ongoing disciplinary hearings that take place. The results of these disciplinary hearings will be accessible to the public for three months on this page.