Date:
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: HEMDCC Meeting Space, Main Floor Alderney Landing, 60 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth
Minutes: September 4, 2024 Board of Police Commissioners Minutes (PDF)
Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – August 7, 2024
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 – August 7, 2024
7.1 Off Duty and Extra Duty Employment Policy [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality:
1. Adopt in principle, subject to a period of public comment, the revised extra duty and off duty policies for inclusion in the Board of Police Commissioners’ Policy Manual, as outlined in Attachment 1 of the staff report dated July 18, 2024; and
2. Recommend that Regional Council request the Mayor to write a letter to the Minister of Justice to consider the appointment of trained municipal staff as Special Constables to provide traffic direction at special events.
8. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
8.1 Correspondence
8.2 Petitions
8.3 Presentations
8.3.1 Nancy Saunders, Caregivers for Collaborative Mental Health Care re: reducing mental illness and addictions distress in HRM [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 STAFF
10.2.1 Halifax Independent Civilian Review Into August 18, 2021 Encampment Evictions [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality:
1. Direct the Chief Administrative Officer to request the Halifax Regional Police (HRP) prepare a staff report to address the Halifax Independent Civilian Review’s recommendations pertaining to HRP;
2. Refer the Halifax Independent Civilian Review’s report to Regional Council and recommend that Regional Council request the CAO to prepare a staff report to review the Independent Civilian Review’s recommendations pertaining to Halifax Regional Municipality, develop an action plan and report back to Council; and
3. Create a working group comprised of three Board members, including the Chair, to review the Halifax Independent Civilian Review’s recommendations pertaining to the Board of Police Commissioners and to report back to the Board.
10.3 MEMBERS OF BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS
10.3.1 Commissioner Kent – Summary of 2024 Canadian Association of Police Governance Annual Conference
10.4 COMMITTEE UPDATES
10.4.1 Board of Police Commissioners Community Survey on Policing [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality request Regional Council to allocate $25,000 in the board’s 2025-2026 budget for the purpose of conducting a monthly independent community survey on policing.
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 – August 7, 2024
Motion:
That the In Camera (In Private) minutes of August 7, 2024 July 24, 2024 be approved as circulated.
12.2 PERSONNEL MATTER - Private and Confidential
A matter pertaining to an identifiable individual or group.
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners convene to in camera to discuss the matter.
13. NOTICES OF MOTION
14. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – October 2, 2024 (if required)
15. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Jamie D’Angelo, Legislative Assistant, at Jamie.dangelo@halifax.ca or 902-266-6071.
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”