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 Brian Carter
2. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – June 4, 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 Nova Scotia Citizens on Patrol Involvement with local Law Enforcement and Communities – Loring Day, President of NS Citizens on Patrol
8.3.2 Department of Justice Audit Reports - Accountability Tools for Governance Bodies
9. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD
9.1 Commissioner Mancini - Wortley Report Progress Update: Summary of recommendations – update [PDF]
10. REPORTS/DISCUSSION
10.1 HALIFAX REGIONAL POLICE / ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE HALIFAX REGIONAL DETACHMENT CHIEF UPDATES
10.2 STAFF
10.2.1 Formal Adoption of BoPC Policy on Policing Encampments [PDF]
Motion: That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality adopt the policy entitled Policing Encampments, for inclusion in the Board of Police Commissioners’ Policy Manual, as outlined in Attachment 1 of the staff report dated August 5, 2025.
10.2.2 2024 Point-In-Time Count Highlights - Presentation
10.2.3 Update on the HRM response to the Halifax Independent Civilian Review into August 18, 2021, Encampment Evictions [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality refer the staff report dated August 8, 2025 to Halifax Regional Council for information.
10.2.4 Governance Implication of Province of Nova Scotia Police Review [PDF]
Motion:
That the Commissioner of Public Safety for the Halifax Regional Municipality actively engage with the Nova Scotia Association of Police Governance and the Nova Scotia Department of Justice to share feedback and advance concerns regarding the Nova Scotia Police Review and report back to the Board on progress within 3 months.
10.2.5 Board of Police Commissioners Revised 2025 Meeting Schedule [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality approve the proposed revised meeting schedule for 2025 as outlined in Attachment 1 of the staff report dated July 16, 2025.
10.2.6 HRP and RCMP HRD Semi-Annual Crime and Traffic Statistics January – June 2025 Information Report [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners from the Halifax Regional Municipality receive the staff report dated August 18, 2025, and an accompanying staff presentation, as information.
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:
Private and Confidential Information Items
1. Private and Confidential In Camera (In Private) Information Report - re: Security Matter
13. NOTICES OF MOTION
14. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – To be determined upon Board approval of revised 2025 meeting schedule.
15. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
1. Memorandum from the Legislative Assistant dated August 26, 2025 re: Requests for Presentation to Board of Police Commissioners – NONE [PDF]
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”