By-law enforcement officers employed by a private security agency are not members of a police force.
The union applied for certification to represent by-law enforcement officers employed by the respondent security agency.
The respondent objected, arguing the officers were members of a police force under the Police Act and thus excluded from the Labour Relations Act.
The Board found that the officers were not appointed by a board of commissioners of police, were not subject to its government, and were not employed in a police force.
The Board concluded the officers were not members of a police force and granted the application for certification.
Retail Clerks Union, Local 409 v. Phillips Security Agency Inc., 1982 CanLII 1024
