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===Criminal charges=== | ===Criminal charges=== | ||
If you say that a police officer committed a crime or broke a law, the local police force will investigate. The result of the investigation may go to the Regional Crown Counsel – the senior prosecutor for the area – to decide whether to charge the officer with a crime. If the police don’t send a report to the prosecutor, or that person decides not to charge the officer, you can still go to a Justice of the Peace and ask that the officer be charged. For more information, check script 215, called “Charging Someone with a Criminal | If you say that a police officer committed a crime or broke a law, the local police force will investigate. The result of the investigation may go to the Regional Crown Counsel – the senior prosecutor for the area – to decide whether to charge the officer with a crime. If the police don’t send a report to the prosecutor, or that person decides not to charge the officer, you can still go to a Justice of the Peace and ask that the officer be charged. For more information, check script [[Charging Someone with a Criminal Offense (Script 215)|215]], called “Charging Someone with a Criminal Offense”. | ||
==Independent Investigation Office== | ==Independent Investigation Office== |