Date:
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: HEMDCC Meeting Space, Main Floor Alderney Landing, 60 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth
Minutes: June 3, 2026 Board of Police Commissioners Draft Minutes (PDF)
Agenda
REVISED - June 2, 2026/9:10 a.m.
1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – May 6, 2026
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 Nova Scotia Moms for Compassionate and Collaborative Mental Health Care – Nancy Saunders [PDF]
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 COMMUNITY SAFETY UPDATE
10.3 STAFF
10.3.1 HRM Police Future Use of Force Reporting: Race-Based Data - Presentation [PDF]
10.3.3 Update on New Police Headquarters Presentation [PDF]
11. MOTIONS – NONE
12. ADDED ITEMS
13. 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:
13.1 PERSONNEL MATTER - Private and Confidential Report - Information Item Brought Forward from May 6, 2026
A matter pertaining to an identifiable individual or group.
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality convene to in camera to discuss the matter.
13.2 CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS - Private and Confidential Report
A matter pertaining to contract negotiations and legal advice.
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality:
1. Adopt the recommendations as outlined in the private and confidential report dated May 26, 2026; and
2. Direct that the private and confidential report dated May 26, 2026 be maintained private and confidential.
13.3 PERSONNEL MATTER - Private and Confidential Report
A matter pertaining to an identifiable individual or group.
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality convene to in camera to discuss the matter.
14. NOTICES OF MOTION
15. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – September 2, 2026
16. 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”