The provincial government is looking to change how police misconduct is investigated.

The bill will change the RNC Act and replace the Public Complaints Commission. Instead, under the new act all complaints of police misconduct will be reviewed by an independent commission.

If the commissioner deems the complaint to be of public interest, then he or she will conduct a further investigation and can discipline an officer if it is warranted.

If the matter is not believed to be of public interest, the RNC chief will investigate.

The commissioner will have the ability to initiate an investigation without a complaint, and de-identified summaries of investigations will be made public

Justice Minister Bernard Davis says the new act does not replace the role of the Serious Incident Response Team, and their investigations will continue as per normal.

He says an investigation by the commissioner can happen at the same time as a SIRT investigation.