Date:
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Location: HEMDCC Meeting Space, Main Floor Alderney Landing, 60 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth
Minutes: April 3, 2023 Board of Police Commissioners Minutes (PDF)
Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – March 9, 2023
4. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
Additions:
• Item 11.1 Briefing Note on Mass Casualty Commission Report
• Item 11.2 Canadian Association of Police Governance 2024 Annual Conference
• Item 13.3 PERSONNEL MATTER - Private and Confidential Report
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 The use of polygraphs by Halifax Regional Police – Matt Stickland [PDF]
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 Wortley Report Tracking Document Draft Template [PDF]
10.3 MEMBERS OF BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS – NONE
10.4 COMMISSIONER UPDATES
11. ADDED ITEMS
11.1 Briefing Note on Mass Casualty Commission Report [PDF]
• Handout [PDF]
Motion:
That the Chair of the Halifax Board of Police Commissioners request that the Chief Administrative Officer direct the Policy Advisor for the Halifax Board of Police Commissioners to prepare a briefing note on the final report of the Mass Casualty Commission (the “MCC Report”), published March 30, 2023, outlining:
a. The major factual findings of the MCC Report relevant to the Board’s statutory mandate;
b. The recommendations of the MCC Report that are within the Board’s statutory jurisdiction, either on its own or in tandem with other levels of government (i.e., municipal, provincial, federal, Indigenous); and
c. Any other information from the MCC Report that the Policy Advisor considers would be relevant to or helpful for the Board in fulfilling its statutory duties and functions.
11.2 Commissioner Kent – Canadian Association of Police Governance 2024 Annual Conference
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 CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS - Private and Confidential
A matter pertaining to contract negotiations and legal advice.
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners convene to in camera to discuss the matter.
13.2 CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS - Private and Confidential
A matter pertaining to contract negotiations and legal advice.
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners convene to in camera to discuss the matter.
13.3 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 – May 3, 2023
16. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS