September 6, 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 – August 2, 2023

4. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS

Additions:
• Item 11.1 Halifax Regional Police Staff Update

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 – August 2, 2023
9.1 Commissioner Critchley - Update on police-specific implementation of Dr. Timothy Bryan’s Report on development of a framework for race-based police data collection in Nova Scotia [PDF]

9.2 Commissioner Critchley - Response to NS Police Review Board decision regarding Halifax Regional Police’s Prisoner Care Facility procedures [PDF]

9.3 Commissioner Critchley - Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner Review Report of July 14, 2022 [PDF]

10. REPORTS/DISCUSSION
10.1 HALIFAX REGIONAL POLICE/ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE CHIEF UPDATES

10.2 STAFF
10.2.1
Board of Police Commissioners 2022-2023 Annual Report [PDF]
Motion: 
That the Board of Police Commissioners:

1. Forward the report dated August 23, 2023 to Regional Council for information; and 

2. Form a working group to finalize action items and timeframes associated with strategic priorities.

10.3 MEMBERS OF BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS 
10.3.1
Commissioner Blackburn - Nova Scotia Association of Police Governance Conference [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commission approve Commissioner Blackburn’s registration at the Nova Scotia Association of Police Governance Conference to be held in-person in Bridgewater from September 13-15, 2023. Commissioner Blackburn will attend the conference in their role as the Board of Police Commissioners’ representative to the Nova Scotia Association of Police Governance. 

10.4 COMMISSIONER UPDATES – NONE 

11. ADDED ITEMS
11.1 Halifax Regional Police Staff Update

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 – June 14, 2023, July 10, 2023 and July 12, 2023
Motion: 
That the In Camera (In Private) minutes of June 14, 2023, July 10, 2023 and July 12, 2023 be approved as circulated.

13.2 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.

14. NOTICES OF MOTION

15. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – September 20, 2023

16. ADJOURNMENT    

INFORMATION ITEMS 

1. Memorandum from the Legislative Assistant dated August 30, 2023 re: Requests to Present to the Board of Police Commissioners [PDF]