Nova Scotia’s police watchdog agency is expanding to include oversight of police forces in New Brunswick.
A news release from the Nova Scotia Department of Justice says the two provinces have reached an agreement to share costs and resources critical incident response team Services.
The citizen-led oversight agency will have an office in New Brunswick, as well as a new assistant director, three investigators and an administrator, the release said.
Alonzo Wright, director of Nova Scotia’s Serious Incident Response Team, will remain responsible for managing the agency in both provinces, and will be the only member with the authority to lay charges.
The news comes after the provinces reached an agreement-in-principle for a common police oversight agency announced in September 2021.
The Serious Incident Response Team investigates the death, serious injury or sexual assault of police officers.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on February 8, 2023.