Bill 24 explained in plain English
Highway Memorials for Fallen Police Officers Amendment Act (In Memory of Officers Impacted by Traumatic Events), 2021
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Bill 24 amends the Highway Memorials for Fallen Police Officers Act to allow for highway memorials for police officers who have died by suicide due to their work.
This bill amends the Highway Memorials for Fallen Police Officers Act. It expands the scope of the Act to include police officers who have died by suicide as a consequence of their duties. The Legislative Assembly can now pass resolutions to name bridges and other structures on the King's Highway in memory of these officers, in addition to those who died in the line of duty.
- Amends the Highway Memorials for Fallen Police Officers Act.
- Adds a statement to the preamble recognizing the impact of line-of-duty work on police officers' mental health.
- Modifies Section 1 of the Act to include police officers who have taken their own lives as a consequence of being in the line of duty when naming bridges and other structures on the King's Highway.
- Specifies that the Legislative Assembly can name these memorials by resolution.
- Police officers
- The Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- Families of police officers
- The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has the power to name bridges and other structures on the King's Highway by resolution in memory of police officers who died in the line of duty or by suicide as a consequence of their duties.
- This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify the process or criteria the Legislative Assembly must follow to pass a resolution for naming a memorial.
- The bill does not detail what types of structures beyond bridges are included.
- The bill does not specify which body or ministry is responsible for the installation or maintenance of these memorials.
This Act is amended to allow for the naming of highway memorials for police officers who die by suicide as a result of their duties.
Source: Section 1 and Preamble
A new statement is added to the preamble recognizing that police officers' mental health can be negatively impacted by their line of duty.
Source: Section 1
The existing wording is replaced to permit the Legislative Assembly to name bridges and other structures on the King's Highway in memory of police officers who have died in the line of duty or have taken their own lives due to their duties.
Source: Section 2
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