The Inspectorate of Policing (IOP) is the first of its kind in Canada – and will stand as an example of how to improve performance and enhance the effective delivery of public safety services, modernize police governance, and ultimately, improve confidence in the public safety sector. We will work with you to ask the questions the public deserves to have answered, apply our expertise to the evidence, and, where necessary, use the tools in our toolbox to improve our public safety system. Public safety partners, including police services boards, play a crucial role in bringing the mandate of the IOP to life. We are all taking the first steps on this journey together.
Mandate: Support the delivery of the Inspector General’s arm’s length duties and authorities to:
- Assess and monitor public safety entities;
- Provide advice/support to public safety entities;
- Conduct inspections to ensure compliance with the CSPA and its regulations;
- Investigate complaints about the delivery of public safety services and the conduct of board members; and,
- Publicly report on the activities of the Inspector General.
Vision: The Inspector General and the supporting IOP will improve performance in public safety and make everyone in Ontario safer by:
- Examining performance through inspections, investigations, and research, data and analytics to drive evidence-based actions;
- Identifying effective performance and where improvements are needed, supporting the sector’s continuous development, and,
- Ensuring that the public safety sector is responsive to the diverse communities it serves.
Commitment:
- Partnership and collaboration to ensure the sector’s success.
- Taking a fair approach.
- Operating at arm’s-length.
- Prioritizing transparency, accountability and legitimacy in public safety.
- Using data and analytics and our expertise, to power insights and support the sector forward.
- Advancing our work based on a foundation that values diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and antiracism.
