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The report on policing during the G20 summit in Toronto 2010 is released by Ontario’s independent police watchdog Wednesday. The report is likely to criticize and crystallize the poor communication among the police agencies during the summit.
The report is released by the Office of the Independent Police Review Director and is also predicted to analyze the stopgap prison in which Toronto police detained hundreds of people after their arrests. The report is parallel to the recent report released by RCMP complaints commissioner.
Although the report found RCMP’s actions fair and justified, it also indicated that the police lacked co-ordination among several units, thus the historic summit is remember for its vandalism and mass arrests.
“As you can appreciate, with thousands of members of the RCMP and other police services coming into Toronto for this event, that co-ordination is vital,” said Ian McPhail, interim commission chairman. “While we found that on balance it was well done, we certainly found that there was room for improvement.”
The Office of the Independent Police Review Director is running under the watch of Gerry McNeilly. Its basic responsibility is to work on and supervise the investigation of public complaints against police on provincial level.
"It's important because it's the only full review and accounting of what happened that weekend in June 2010, from both a policing perspective and a perspective of citizens," McNeilly said.
According to McNeilly, the inquiry could be geared up by combining 275 complaints related to the G20 and carrying out a systemic review of municipal, regional and Ontario Provincial Police involvement. The complaints included unlawful searches and arrests, improper detention, and issues related to the temporary holding facility set up to house detainees.
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