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 Annual Election of Chair
1.2 Annual Election of Vice Chair
2. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – December 3, 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 Halifax Regional Police Chaplaincy Services
9. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD
9.1 Annual report on HRM police services targeted recruitment strategies for underrepresented groups [PDF]
10. REPORTS/DISCUSSION
10.1 HALIFAX REGIONAL POLICE / ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE HALIFAX REGIONAL DETACHMENT CHIEF UPDATES
10.2 COMMUNITY SAFETY UPDATE
10.3 STAFF
10.3.1 Board of Police Commissioners Policy on Code of Conduct Complaints [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality adopt in principle, subject to any comments from the public which are incorporated into the policy after the normal period of public review, the policy entitled Code of Conduct Complaints Regarding a Member of the Board of Police Commissioners for inclusion in the Board of Police Commissioners Policy Manual, as outlined in Attachment 1 of the staff report dated January 7, 2026.
10.3.2 Board of Police Commissioners 2026-27 Work Plan Discussion
11. MOTIONS – NONE
12. ADDED ITEMS
13. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE) – NONE
14. NOTICES OF MOTION
15. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – February 2, 2026
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”