Date:
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: HEMDCC Meeting Space, Main Floor Alderney Landing, 60 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth
Agenda
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1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – January 30, 2025, February 3, 2025 and February 13, 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 – None
9. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD
9.1 Commissioner Mancini – Halifax Regional Police Bi-Annual Crime Statistics Report (July – December, 2023-24) [PDF]
10. REPORTS/DISCUSSION
10.1 HALIFAX REGIONAL POLICE / ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE HALIFAX REGIONAL DETACHMENT CHIEF UPDATES
10.2 STAFF
10.2.1 Board of Police Commissioners’ 2025-2026 Work Plan [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality review the proposed workplan, as presented in Attachment 1 of the staff report dated February 20, 2025, and provide direction for the addition, deletion or amendment of workplan items and that a revised workplan be brought forward at a future meeting.
11. ADDED ITEMS
Additions:
11.1 Commissioner Mancini - Violence Occurring on Halifax Transit Buses and Terminals [PDF]
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners request an information report identifying:
a. The number of Halifax Transit reported violence events in 2022, 2023 and 2024;
b. The number of violent events in each of the three years involving attacks on Halifax Transit operators;
c. The number of times in each of the three years that Halifax Regional Police responded to issues of transit violence on buses, ferries and
d. Whether any consideration of periodically placing of Halifax Regional Police sworn officers on Halifax Transit bus routes with the highest ridership.
12. 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:
12.1 In Camera (In Private) Minutes – January 30, 2025, February 3, 2025 and February 13, 2025
Motion:
That the In Camera (In Private) minutes of January 30, 2025, February 3, 2025 and February 13, 2025 be approved as circulated.
12.2 PERSONNEL MATTER - Private and Confidential
A matter pertaining to an identifiable individual or group.
Motion:
That the Board of Police Commissioners for the Halifax Regional Municipality convene to in camera to discuss the matter.
13. NOTICES OF MOTION
14. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – April 2, 2025
15. 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”