Date:
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: HEMDCC Meeting Space, Main Floor Alderney Landing, 60 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth
Minutes: June 4, 2025 Board of Police Commissioners Draft Minutes (PDF)
Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – May 21, 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 Restructuring Crisis Response Models Into Civilian-led Teams – Megan Rowe [PDF]
9. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE
10. REPORTS/DISCUSSION
10.1 HALIFAX REGIONAL POLICE / ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE HALIFAX REGIONAL DETACHMENT CHIEF UPDATES
10.2.2 RCMP Federal Policing Program Overview – Presentation [PDF]
10.2.3 Formal Adoption of BoPC Policy on Matters of Immediate Strategic Significance (Critical Point) [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality adopt the policy entitled Matters of Immediate Strategic Significance (Critical Point), for inclusion in the Board of Police Commissioners’ Policy Manual, as outlined in Attachment 1 of the staff report dated April 29, 2025.
10.2.4 Formal Adoption of BoPC Policy on Armoured Rescue Vehicle [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality adopt the policy entitled Armoured Rescue Vehicle, for inclusion in the Board of Police Commissioners’ Policy Manual, as outlined in Attachment 1 of the staff report dated May 29, 2025.
10.2.5 Board of Police Commissioners Policy on Policing Encampments [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality adopt in principle, subject to a period of public comment, the policy Policing Encampments for inclusion in the Board of Police Commissioners’ Policy Manual, as outlined in Attachment 1 of the staff report dated May 27, 2025.
10.3 MEMBERS OF BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS
10.3.1 Commissioner Hinch - Staff Report for Use of Emergency Alerts [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality direct the Chief Officer of the Halifax Regional Police and recommend that the Officer in Charge of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Halifax Regional Detachment prepare staff reports outlining their policies governing the use of Emergency Public Alerts, detailing the number and nature of incidents for which such alerts were issued in the past 24 months, and the number and general nature of incidents in the past 24 months where an alert could have been issued in keeping with the governing policies, but was not.
That the staff reports could be in camera if required to accommodate any operational security concerns.
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 – May 21, 2025
Motion:
That the In Camera (In Private) minutes of May 21, 2025 be approved as circulated.
13. NOTICES OF MOTION
14. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – September 3, 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”