Date:
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: HEMDCC Meeting Space, Main Floor Alderney Landing, 60 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth
Minutes: November 15, 2023 Board of Police Commissioners Minutes (PDF)
Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – October 4, 2023, October 18, 2023 and October 25, 2023
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 – None
9. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE
10. REPORTS/DISCUSSION
10.1 HALIFAX REGIONAL POLICE/ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE CHIEF UPDATES
10.2 STAFF
10.2.1 Halifax Regional Police 2024/25 Operating Budget Framework – Supplementary Information
- Report [PDF]
- Presentation [PDF]
10.2.2 Halifax District Royal Canadian Mounted Police 2024/2025 Funding Request
- Report [PDF]
- Presentation [PDF]
10.2.3 Board of Police Commissioners 2024/25 Proposed Governance Budget
- Presentation [PDF]
10.2.4 The Procedures of the Board of Police Commissioners Administrative Policy [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality recommend Regional Council adopt Administrative Policy One, The Procedures of The Board of Police Commissioners Administrative Policy, as set out in Attachment 1 of the staff report dated November 1, 2023.
10.2.5 Amendments to the Board of Police Commissioners Policy Manual [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality:
1. Approve the additions and amendments to the Board of Police Commissioners’ Policy Manual, as outlined in Attachment 1 of the staff report dated November 1, 2023.
2. Direct staff to review the Stakeholder Engagement and Community Survey to Measure Trust and Confidence policies contained in the Board of Police Commissioners’ Policy Manual and assess progress in meeting the objectives outlined in these policies.
10.3 MEMBERS OF BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS
10.3.1 Commissioner Critchley - Mental health and policing [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality:
1. Direct the Chair of the Board of Police Commissioners write a letter to the Provincial Ministers of Justice and Health requesting that regulations be drafted pursuant to section 83(1)(i) of the Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Act, SNS 2005, c 42 to define “other authorized individual” under section 16(2) of the Act, so as to permit someone other than a peace officer to remain at the place of a medical examination and retain custody of a person undergoing a medical examination until such examination is completed.
2. Direct the Chair of the Board of Police Commissioners write a letter to the Acting CEO of Nova Scotia Health requesting that funds be designated to hire additional clinicians for the Mental Health Mobile Crisis Team (MHMCT).
10.3 COMMISSIONER UPDATES
11. ADDED ITEMS
12. ITEMS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION
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 In Camera (In Private) Minutes – October 4, 2023
Motion:
That the In Camera (In Private) minutes of October 4, 2023 be approved as circulated.
13.2 SECURITY MATTER – Private and Confidential Report
A matter pertaining to security of police operations.
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners convene to in camera to discuss the matter.
14. NOTICES OF MOTION
15. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – November 22, 2023
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”