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
2. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 2, 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 – April 2, 2025
7.1 Community Safety Update on Public Safety Strategy and Crisis Response - Presentation
8. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
8.1 Correspondence
8.2 Petitions
8.3 Presentations – None
9. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD
9.1 Commissioner Mancini - The Police Response to Hate Crimes & Hate Incidents in Halifax [PDF]
10. REPORTS/DISCUSSION
10.1 HALIFAX REGIONAL POLICE / ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE HALIFAX REGIONAL DETACHMENT CHIEF UPDATES
10.2 STAFF
10.2.1 Board of Police Commissioners 2024-2025 Annual Report and Work Plan [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality forward the staff report dated April 24, 2025 to Regional Council for information.
10.2.2 Amendment to Board of Police Commissioners Policy on Extra Duty Employment [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality adopt the amendment to clause 6.3 in the Extra Duty Employment policy, as outlined in the staff report dated April 29, 2025.
10.2.3 Matters of Immediate Strategic Significance (Critical Point) [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 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 Armoured Rescue Vehicle Policy [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 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 1, 2025.
10.3 MEMBERS OF BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS
10.3.1 Commissioner Mancini - Review of Halifax Regional Police Use of RCMP H Division (Nova Scotia) Sexual Assault Investigations Review Committee (SAIRC) Process [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 report from the Halifax Regional Police evaluating the performance of and findings to date from the use of the RCMP H Division (Nova Scotia) Sexual Assault Investigations Review Committee (SAIRC) process in the review of sexual assault cases which did not lead to arrest.
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 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.
13. NOTICES OF MOTION
14. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – June 4, 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”