Can you question the police about their service or conduct?
- No, police conduct cannot be questioned
- Only if you are a lawyer
- Only through a Member of Parliament
- Yes, almost all police forces have a process to bring your concerns and seek action
Answer: Yes, almost all police forces have a process to bring your concerns and seek action
Yes. If you feel you need to, you can question the police about their service or conduct. Almost all police forces in Canada have a process for bringing your concerns to them and seeking action. The law in Canada applies to everyone, including the police.
Learn more: Police services
- Role of the police: to keep people safe and to enforce the law.
- Ask the police for help after an accident, a theft or an assault, if you see a crime, or if someone has gone missing.
- The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) enforce federal laws throughout Canada.
- The RCMP also serve as the provincial police in all provinces and territories except Ontario and Quebec, and in some municipalities.
- Ontario and Quebec have provincial police forces.
- Municipal police departments exist in all provinces.
- You can question the police about their service or conduct. Almost all police forces have a process to raise concerns and seek action.