If you have been affected by the operational policies and procedures or conduct of a member of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary and wish to file a public complaint, please complete the Complaint Form provided, and return it to this office.
You may withdraw a complaint at any time by completing the Withdrawal Form and returning it to this office. At the conclusion of the investigation into your complaint, you will receive a determination of its outcome from the Chief of Police. If you are dissatisfied with the Chief’s findings, you may appeal this decision by printing and completing the Appeal Form. In order to comply with legislative requirements, this form must be received by this office within 15 days of receipt of the Chief’s decision. All forms must bear original signatures.
All forms below are fillable forms. You may type information directly into the form before printing.
Time Limit on Complaints
Pursuant to the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Act, 1992 1992 a complaint to the RNC PCC must be made within six months of the incident in question or six months after the last incidence in cases of continued misconduct. According to the Act:
(6) A complaint made under subsection (1) shall be made within 6 months after
(a) the alleged misconduct occurs; or
(b) the date the policy or procedure complained of affected the complainant.
(7) Notwithstanding subsection (6), where a complaint made under subsection (1)
a) concerns a case of continuing misconduct by an officer, a complaint shall be made within 6 months after the last incidence of the alleged misconduct; or
b) concerns a case where the policies or procedures of the constabulary are directly affecting the complainant in a continuous manner, a complaint shall be made within 6 months after the last date the policy or procedure complained of affected the complainant.
(8) Notwithstanding subsections (6) and (7), the 6 month time limit referred to in those subsections shall not begin to run against a complainant until he or she knows or, considering all circumstances of the matter, ought to know that he or she has a right of complaint concerning the conduct of a police officer or the policies or procedures of the constabulary and the burden of proving a postponement of the running time under this subsection is upon the complainant claiming the benefit of that postponement.
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