Date:
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: HEMDCC Meeting Space, Main Floor Alderney Landing, 60 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth
Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
1.1 Swearing In of Commissioner Vincent Beswick-Escanlar
1.2 Election of Chair
2. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – March 3, 2025
4. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
5. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
6. CALL FOR DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
7. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS – NONE
8. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
8.1 Correspondence
8.2 Petitions
8.3 Presentations
8.3.1 Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland NS Presentation on Intimate Partner Violence
9. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE
10. REPORTS/DISCUSSION
10.1 HALIFAX REGIONAL POLICE / ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE HALIFAX REGIONAL DETACHMENT CHIEF UPDATES
10.2 STAFF
10.2.1 Community Safety Update on Public Safety Strategy and Crisis Response – Presentation
10.2.2 Halifax Regional Police Victim Services Unit on Intimate Partner Violence Initiatives – Presentation
10.2.3 Appointment to the Nova Scotia Association of Police Governance Board [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality appoint one member to serve on the Nova Scotia Association of Police Governance board.
11. ADDED ITEMS
12. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE)
The Board of Police Commissioners may rise and go into a private In Camera (In Private) session, in accordance with Section 51 of the Nova Scotia Police Act for the purposes of dealing with the following:
12.1 In Camera (In Private) Minutes – March 3, 2025
Motion:
That the In Camera (In Private) minutes of March 3, 2025 be approved as circulated.
13. NOTICES OF MOTION
14. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – June 4, 2025
15. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Andrea Lovasi-Wood, Legislative Assistant, at lovasia@halifax.ca or 902-240-7164.
To submit correspondence, email clerks@halifax.ca
More information: https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/boards-committees-commissions/a-c/board-police-commissioners/engagement-bopc, click on “Correspondence”