October 4, 2023 Board of Police Commissioners

Date:

Time: 4:00 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 – September 6, 2023 and September 20, 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 and Halifax District Royal Canadian Mounted Police Response to Mental Health Calls Data 
(i) Halifax Regional Police Report [PDF]
(ii) Halifax District Royal Canadian Mounted Police Report [PDF]

10.2.2 Follow Up Update on Options for the Implementation of the Violence Against Women Advocate Case Review Model [PDF]

10.3 MEMBERS OF BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS
10.3.1
Commissioner Akindoju - Canadian Association of Police Governance Board of Director Strategic Session [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners approve Commissioner Yemi Akindoju to attend the Canadian Association of Police Governance (CAPG) Board of Directors Strategic Session to be held in-person in Vancouver from November 18-21, 2023, as the Board’s CAPG representative, and that the Board of Police Commissioners assume all travel related costs associated with attending this strategic session.

10.4 COMMISSIONER UPDATES
10.4.1
Commissioner Akindoju - Canadian Association of Police Governance Annual Conference 

10.4.2 Commissioner Blackburn - Nova Scotia Association of Police Governance Annual Conference [PDF]

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 – September 6, 2023 and September 20, 2023
Motion: 
That the In Camera (In Private) minutes of September 6, 2023 and September 20, 2023 be approved as circulated.

13.2 PERSONNEL MATTER - Private and Confidential Report 
A matter pertaining to an identifiable individual or group.
Motion: 
That the Board of Police Commissioners convene to in camera to discuss the matter.

14. NOTICES OF MOTION

15. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – October 18, 2023

16. ADJOURNMENT    


INFORMATION ITEMS 

1. Public Safety Strategy 2023-2026 [PDF]
2. Memorandum from the Legislative Assistant dated September 27, 2023 re: Requests to Present to the Board of Police Commissioners [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”