3.4 Complaints

A comprehensive accountability and complaint system is in place for police officers across British Columbia, including the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner (OPCC) and a Professional Standards Section at the Victoria Police Department. This chart shows the total number of complaints received, the total complaints deemed admissible by the OPCC, and of those, the total identified as substantiated.

Source: Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner of BC
NOTE: Dates are provincial government fiscal year (April 1 to March 31) i.e. “2020” indicates April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020.