Date:
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: Halifax Hall, Main Floor City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street, Halifax
Minutes: January 20, 2020 Board of Police Commissioners Minutes (PDF)
Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mi’kmaq Land Acknowledgment
ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR
2. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – December 16, 2019 & January 9, 2020 (Special)
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
8. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
8.1 Correspondence
8.2 Petitions
8.3 Presentations
8.3.1 El Jones – Police Budget [PDF]
- Presentation (to be posted when available)
8.3.2 Harry Critchley, Vice-Chair, East Coast Prison Justice Society and Chair, Advocacy Committee, Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia – Sobering Centres [PDF]
- Presentation [PDF]
8.3.3 Dr. Leah Genge, Mobile Outreach Street Health (MOSH) – North End Community Health Centre, Direction 180, Spryfield Medical Centre – Managed Alcohol Programs [PDF]
- Presentation [PDF]
9. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE
10. REPORTS/DISCUSSION
10.1 STAFF
10.1.1 HRM Wortley Report Recommendations – Update
• Community Engagement
• Data Collection
• Street Check Ban
10.1.2 Diversity Officers – Presentations from HRP & RCMP
(i) Role of HRP’s Equity Diversity Officer [PDF]
(ii) “H” Division RCMP Diversity Policing [PDF]
10.1.3 Employee and Volunteer Support Processes – Presentations from HRP & RCMP
(i) HRP’s Employee & Volunteer Support Processes for Critical Incidents [PDF]
(ii) RCMP Wellness Programs [PDF]
10.1.4 Crime Statistics
(i) RCMP HRM Statistical Overview [PDF]
(ii) RCMP Policing Services – 2018/19 Second Half Comparison [PDF]
(iii) HRP HRM Statistical Overview [PDF]
10.1.5 Changes to Police Regulations under the Police Act [PDF]
10.1.6 Draft Budget – Update
10.2 MEMBERS OF BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS
10.3 COMMISSIONER UPDATES
10.3.1 Management Employee Relations Committee – Update
10.3.2 Nova Scotia Association of Police Governance Board – Update [PDF]
10.3.3 Canadian Association of Police Governance Board – Update [PDF]
10.4 HRP/RCMP CHIEF UPDATES
11. ADDED ITEMS
12. ITEMS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION
13. IN CAMERA (In Private)
Private and Confidential Information Item
1. Private and Confidential In Camera (In Private) Information Report - re: Public Security Matter
14. NOTICES OF MOTION
15. DATE OF NEXT MEETINGS
• February 10, 2020 (a week early due to Heritage Day)
• March 9, 2020 (a week early due to March Break)
16. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
1. RCMP Halifax District Public Complaints – December 10, 2019 [PDF]
2. BOPC Letter from the Deputy Minister of the Department of Justice dated December 11, 2019 [PDF]
3. BOPC Letter to the Deputy Minister of the Department of Justice dated January 2, 2020 [PDF]
4. Policing Resource Review dated January 8, 2020 [PDF]