What is the duty of a police officer to prepare a detailed and comprehensive notes after an investigation?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v Renaud, 2016 ONSC 4663 (CanLII):

I accept and hold that the officer had a duty to prepare “accurate, detailed and comprehensive notes as soon as practicable after an investigation”: see Wood v. Schaeffer, [2013] 3 S.C.R. at para. 67.

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