The ''Comité de déontologie policière'' (, ''Quebec Police Ethics Committee'') is an organization of members appointed by the
Government of Quebec
The Government of Quebec (, ) is the body responsible for the administration of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. The term is typically used to refer to the executive of the day (i.e. Minister of the Crown, mini ...
to review ethics charges against police officers and other public officials subject to the provincial code of police ethics.
The committee is one of two institutions created on September 1, 1990, by the ''Loi sur l'Organisation policière'', along with the ''
Commissaire à la déontologie policière'', which conducts initial investigations into ethics complaints. If the commissaire decides the ethics code was violated, the official(s) involved will be summoned to appear before the committee for a case review. It can impose sanctions if it determines an ethics violation has occurred.
Before this two-tier review system was introduced, the Quebec Police Commission heard complaints but could not punish offenders.
The committee was initially divided into three divisions, for the
Montreal Urban Community
The Montreal Urban Community (MUC) (, , CUM) was a regional government in Quebec, Canada, that covered all municipalities located on the Island of Montreal and the islands of L'Île-Dorval and Île Bizard from January 1970 (when it was created ...
, ''
Sûreté du Québec
The (SQ; , ) is the State police, provincial police service for the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. There is no official English name, though the agency's name is sometimes translated as Quebec Provincial Police ...
'', and remaining municipal police boards.
[James Mennie, "Police watchdog doesn't like to bite; Conciliation is often best, ethics commissioner's office says," ''Montreal Gazette'', 10 February 1992, A6.]
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Comité de déontologie policière(in French)
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Quebec government departments and agencies
Government oversight and watchdog organizations
Provincial law enforcement agencies of Canada
Ethics organizations