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How many complaints does the Commissaire à la déontologie policière receive per year?
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Do you have police officers among your employees?
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In what year was the Commissaire à la déontologie policière created?
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Is the Commissaire à la déontologie policière part of a police organization?
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What does the Commissaire à la déontologie policière do?
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What can I do if I am not satisfied with the service I received from the Commissaire à la déontologie policière?
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What is the difference between the Commissaire à la déontologie policière and the Comité de déontologie policière?
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Who can file a police ethics complaint?
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How should a complaint be filed?
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Does it cost money to file a complaint with the Commissaire à la déontologie policière?
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What do I do if I cannot identify the police officers or peace officers that I am complaining about?
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How and where can I file a police ethics complaint?
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Can I get help to file a complaint?
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Do I have a time limit to file my complaint?
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I have a disability. Is the police ethics complaint process accessible to me?
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Can I meet with a staff member of the Commissaire à la déontologie policière to file my complaint?
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Can I file a police ethics complaint if I live outside Quebec?
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Am I obliged to provide my personal details when filing a complaint?
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Can I file a complaint anonymously?
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Can I file a police ethics complaint against an RCMP officer?
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Can I complain to the Commissioner about poor service by a police service or bad internal policy?
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I want to complain about a civilian employee of a police organization. What can I do?
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Do you only accept complaints against Quebec police officers and peace officers?
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Which police organizations are under the jurisdiction of the Commissaire à la déontologie policière?
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Which categories of peace officers are under the jurisdiction of the Commissaire à la déontologie policière?
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The police did not thoroughly investigate a criminal act or they refused to take my complaint. What can the Commissaire à la déontologie policière do?
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I have been the victim of racial or social profiling by police officers or I was discriminated against. What can I do?
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I witnessed an incident involving a police officer interacting with a citizen. Can I report this situation?
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I read in the newspaper an incident involving police officers interacting with a citizen. Can I report this situation?
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Must a complaint be filed for the Commissaire à la déontologie policière to look at a police intervention?
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Will you provide my name or personal information to the police?
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Will you release my name or my personal information in the media?
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What happens after I file my complaint?
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If I file a complaint with the Commissaire à la déontologie policière, will the person I'm complaining about see my complaint?
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If I file a complaint with the Commissaire à la déontologie policière, will the employer of the police officer or peace officer see my complaint?
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If I file a complaint with a police organization, will it go to the Commissaire à la déontologie policière?
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What makes a complaint admissible or not admissible?
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What can I do if I disagree with the Commissioner's decision to deny my complaint?
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I have not heard from you after filing my complaint. Is this normal?
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What is preliminary analysis?
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How can I check the status of my complaint?
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Should I retain the services of a lawyer?
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Can the Commissaire à la déontologie policière order a police officer or a peace officer to apologize?
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Can I file a complaint to have a ticket or charges against me dropped?
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Can the Commissaire à la déontologie policière offer me financial compensation or award damages in connection with my complaint ?
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Can the Commissaire à la déontologie policière impose sanctions?
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Can the Commissaire à la déontologie policière order a criminal investigation?
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What is conciliation?
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What are the advantages of the conciliation meeting?
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What happens during a conciliation meeting?
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What can I do if I do not agree with your decision to send my complaint to conciliation?
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What can I do if I disagree with the Commissioner's decision to reject my complaint after I refused to participate in a conciliation meeting or after the conciliation meeting failed?
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What are the powers of the investigators of the Commissaire à la déontologie policière?
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If an investigator from the Commissaire à la déontologie policière wants to meet me for an interview, how should I prepare?
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How long do investigations by the Commissaire à la déontologie policière generally last?
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What happens if the Commissioner decides after investigation that the evidence is insufficient to cite the persons targeted by my complaint before the Comité de déontologie policière?
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Are all complaints automatically investigated?
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What are the possible outcomes if my complaint is investigated?
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What happens if the Commissioner decides after investigation that the police officer must be cited before the Comité de déontologie policière?
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When they plead my complaint before the Comité de déontologie policière, does the Commissaire à la déontologie policière become my lawyer?
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Can a witness be compensated for the expenses incurred to testify at a hearing of the Comité de déontologie policière?
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How can I have a decision from the Commissaire à la déontologie policière reviewed?
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What happens if I disagree with the decision following my review request?
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Can I appeal the decision of the Comité de déontologie policière rendered in relation to my complaint?
