Guelph Police Services Board OPEN MEETING AGENDA THURSDAY
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Guelph Police Services Board PO Box 31038, Willow West Postal Outlet, Guelph, Ontario N1H 8K1 Telephone: (519) 824-1212 #7213 TTY (519)824-1466 Email: [email protected] OPEN MEETING AGENDA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2020 2:30 p.m. LOCATION: Electronic Meeting Call In: +1 647-749-9252 (Toll) Conference ID Number: 321 837 565# Closed Session: 1:00 p.m. Open Session: 2:30 p.m. ITEM ACTION 1. Welcome and Introductions 2. Meeting Called to Order, Territorial Acknowledgment 3. Declaration of Conflict or Pecuniary Interest 4. Closed Session Resolutions (if any) Decision 5. Presentations/Delegations 5.1 Delegation – Kim Cusimano, Executive Director, People and Information Information Network (PIN) 5.2 Presentation - University of Guelph Campus Community Information Police Annual Report – Mr. David Lee 6. Approval of Minutes of the Open Meeting, September 17, 2020 Decision 7. Approval of Agenda Decision PART 1 - CONSENT Decision If the Board wishes to address a specific report in the Consent Agenda, please identify the item. It will be extracted and dealt with separately as part of the Reports for Discussion. 7.1 Headquarters Renovation & Expansion Report Information 7.2 Human Resources Report – Member Appointments Decision 7.3 Special Constable Appointments Report Decision 7.4 Community Account Quarterly Report Information 7.5 Board Correspondence Report Information 7.6 Professional Standards Quarterly Report Information Open Meeting Agenda Thursday, October 15, 2020 Page 2 ITEM ACTION 7.7 Missing Persons Act, 2018 Annual Report Information 7.8 Seniors Crime Report Information 7.9 Finance Committee Terms of Reference Amendment Decision PART 2 - DISCUSSION 7.10 People & Information Network (PIN) and Guelph Police Decision Service Report 7.11 Priority 9 and 9-1-1 Hang-Up Calls Information 7.12 2021 Operating Budget Approval Decision 7.13 Policy Review Committee Report Decision 7.14 Chief’s Monthly Report (verbal) Information 7.15 New Business 8. Information Items Information Next Open Meeting: Thursday, November 19, 2020, 2:30 p.m. Canadian Association of Police Governance Virtual Conference and Annual Meeting – Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2020 Law of Policing Virtual Conference – Nov. 4-5, 2020 Ontario Association of Police Services Boards Fall Labour Conference – Nov. 12-13, 2020 Zone 5 Meeting – hosted by the Guelph Police Services Board and the Guelph Police Service – December 8, 2020 Ontario Association of Police Services Boards Spring Conference – May 26-29, 2021 9. Adjournment Decision Page 3 Police Records Checks for Volunteers Page 4 The Community Benefit Sector - Canada 86,000 registered charities and 85,000 non-profit organizations engage in public benefit activities that touch almost every aspect of Canadian life. The sector is also a significant economic driver, generating more than 7% of Canada’s gross domestic product and employing more than 2 million people. - The Senate Special Committee on the Charitable Sector 2019 report https://sencanada.ca/content/sen/committee/421/CSSB/Reports/CSS B_Report_Final_e.pdf Page 5 The Community Benefit Sector - Ontario Over 55,000 organizations which together generate some $67 billion in revenues and serve multiple missions that contribute to communities across Ontario. Volunteering is a common thread: Health. Sports. Faith. Community. Children. Youth. Seniors. https://www.ontario.ca/page/2013-state-sector-profile-ontarios-not- profits-and-charitable-organizations-executive-summary Page 6 What is the Value? 12.7 million volunteers, 44% of the population Estimated to have added over two billion hours to Canada’s work effort in 2017. This volunteer contribution is valued at $55.9 billion in 2017— equivalent to 2.6 per cent of GDP. If volunteering were an industry, it would employ nearly as many people as those currently working in education. - Conference Board of Canada 2018 https://volunteer.ca/vdemo/Campaigns_DOCS/Value%20of%20Volunt eering%20in%20Canada%20Conf%20Board%20Final%20Report%20E N.pdf Page 7 Why Screen Volunteers? “Organizations have moral, legal and ethical responsibilities to the people they reach, including members, clients, employees and volunteers. Screening is especially important for organizations that work with vulnerable people. Vulnerable people may include children, youth, people with disabilities and senior adults.” – Volunteer Canada https://volunteer.ca/index.php?MenuItemID=368 Page 8 Screening Practices Screening practices are currently inconsistent among, private, public, and non-profit service-providers, across provincial/territorial jurisdictions, and between regulated industries and professionals. Discrepancy in process, cost, wait and information provided. - National Dialogue on Screening Volunteers Co-hosted by Volunteer Canada, Deloitte Page 9 Appropriate Screening Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN) advocates for the Ontario nonprofit sector to use police record checks appropriately in the context of an overall employee and volunteer screening approach. ONN advocates for an accessible, digitized police record check processing system that provides free police record checks for volunteers and affordable checks for nonprofit employees with standardized processing times across Ontario. - ONN Policy Priorities 2019-2020 Page 10 Screening Costs “That the Government of Canada, though the Public Safety Minister, work with provincial and territorial counterparts and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police to seek ways to alleviate a financial burden on low-budget organizations for needed police checks on volunteers.” - Recommendation 3, 2019 Senate Report https://sencanada.ca/content/sen/committee/421/CSSB/Reports/CSS B_Report_Final_e.pdf Page 11 Comparative Analysis Guelph Oshawa Kingston Chatham-Kent Cambridge Barrie Cost Employment Employment Employment Employment Employment Employment $40 $55 $35 $35 $40 $32 (student - $52 adult) Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer $35 $20 $35 $15 $15 Volunteer $20 (2021) $12 BestMatch $20 in person Participant $0 Process Online Online Online Online Online Online In-Person In-Person In-person In-person In-Person In-Person Page 12 Community Dialogue Guelph Police Service proposed eliminating free PRC for 2020 but maintained the program in its final budget. PIN organized Community Dialogue Session held in February 2020. 62 organizations attended. Key stakeholder roles and perspectives were presented: • Guelph Police Service - Scott Grover, Inspector, Administrative Support Services • Guelph Police Services - Sandra Odorico, Manager, Data Services • City of Guelph – Alex Goss, Manager of Community Investment • PIN – Christine Oldfield, Executive Director Participants explored the topic of Police Records Checks for volunteers and the potential impact of changes in how those checks are paid for. Page 13 What We Heard Fewer volunteers = less impact. Less service is the impact Barriers to increase volunteering Significant impact on attracting volunteers ‘We literally cannot operate without our volunteers’ “Removing this program would become a barrier to individuals being able to volunteer in the community e.g. people who volunteer as a way to build employment skills, references for a lot of people who volunteer. For community connection: Sense of belonging” – Community Dialogue Participant Page 14 Kim Cusimano Executive Director [email protected] (519) 822-0912 ext. 229 We provide connections and leadership in Guelph and Wellington County to support the development of individuals and organizations. We help people navigate essential community services, provide a hub for volunteer opportunities and engagement, and enable best practices and continuous learning for professionals in the non-profit sector. PINnetwork.ca Page 15 May 2019 - April 2020 University of Guelph Campus Community Police Annual Report David Lee, Director, University of Guelph, Campus Community Police, Fire Safety and Emergency Services Page 16 Mission Statement – University of Guelph Campus Police Our mission is to serve and support the academic and campus community and provide a safe campus environment for our students, faculty, staff and visitors. We accomplish this through working in partnership with the campus community in seeking and developing solutions to build on and enhance all the services we provide, while respecting the dignity and individuality of each person we interact with. 2 Page 17 Message from the Director I invite you to review the 2019-20 Campus Community Police Annual Report. The existence of systemic racism in all levels of policing and community safety has been made very clear through tragic events across North America. I continue focus on training for the Special Constables and have also engaged an external consult- ant to deliver anti-oppression training to our entire staff throughout 2020 and into 2021. In the areas of mental health response, we are partnered with Student Health Services and exter- nal mental health professionals so that we can provide the best care possible to those in need. In partnership with the UofG Diversity and Human Rights office, we are developing training that will help to improve our response capacity to reflect the needs of our diverse community and in- stitutional values. This year was dominated by the Covid-19 Pandemic as it affected every aspect of our operations while we continued to offer a professional level of service with the goal of keeping this campus safe. Many changes occurred in the Winter 2020 semester and will most likely continue into the Fall as we try to mitigate the spread