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Caption title.
Document preceded by page bearing statement: "Manitoba will be making changes to the provincial police act in 2009. The province invites Manitobans to provide their comments to help shape the new law. Consultation papers have been prepared to help obtain the views of Manitobans on the major elements of the new act."
"Police Act consultations background and issues".
Issued also in French under title: Document d’information : Organisme chargé des enquêtes sur l’application de la loi (OCEAL).
© Province of Manitoba, 2009, reproduced with permission; http://www.gov.mb.ca/justice/safe/policeact/pdf/lera.pdf.
Summary
"The Law Enforcement Review Agency (LERA) is an
independent, non-police agency, established under The
Law Enforcement Review Act in 1985. It investigates
public complaints about non-criminal police conduct.
This backgrounder provides an overview of what LERA
does, how it works and how it deals with cases that are
not within its mandate, such as criminal investigations,
police service investigations or police policies."--introduction.