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In this issue:
on the Economics of Policing – President’s Message ...... 1
Strengthening Canada’s Policing Welcome to our New Advantage, held in Ottawa on Board Members ...... 2 January 16/17, 2013. The Summit represented a significant step Joint Meeting ...... 4 forward in ensuring sustainable By-Law Changes ...... 8 public policing in Canada. For most of the participants, it was the Responses to Resolutions first time in our collective from Ministers ...... 10 memories that we had police representatives, from Boards, Conference Update ...... 14
Chiefs and senior ranks, and Advocacy Overview ...... 16 association representatives in one
room with officials from the three CAPB Advocacy ...... 17 Welcome to the levels of government all focused Appearances at on the same issue. That issue quite summer edition of Committee ...... 21 Board Connection! simply is: how do we ensure public policing remains sustainable and is It has been a busy winter, spring delivered to our communities in a way that is effective, efficient and and summer for the CAPB, with Extra! Extra! many exciting new changes affordable. We found the occurring within the organization. speakers and presenters to be In January 2013, the very relevant and thought Minister of Public Safety Over the past eight months, our provoking. Informed discussion hosted the Summit on the
By-law Transition Committee and has been one of the missing tracks Economics of Policing. The our legal counsel have been in CAPB’s efforts to deal with the Summit Report is now working diligently to update the economic aspect of the current available on the Public set of CAPB By-laws. A draft of the model of policing and we Safety website. The report proposed By-Law ammendments applaud the Minister for putting is a record of the proceedings, highlights, is available on our website this on the national agenda. and observations, and
The Department of Public Safety outlines the proposed framework for policing in organized a National Summit Canada.
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Once again March saw the CAPB board gather in Ottawa to advocate on behalf of our members. Copies of all the resolutions passed at the AGM in Victoria were circulated to the near 40 Senators, MPs and Cabinet Ministers we met with. We are developing a very effective program for our lobby days and are happy with the new and strengthened relationships we’ve developed.
March 22 nd saw the CACP/CAPB/CPA Joint Meeting, where key topics were dicussed, including the economics of community safety, the CACP Research Foundation, and other issues facing policing and police Above: Three Presidents Meet - CACP/CAPB/CPA Joint Meeting governance.
We also received responses from Ministers Finally, I would also like to welcome two of our newest to the latest CAPB Resolutions. These Board members, Charlie Clark and Doug Mclaughlin. responses provide us with answers and We are happy to have them as part of the Board and guidance regarding many important issues thank them for stepping up to serve. raised by the CAPB.
August 15th is fast approaching for the CAPB’s 24th Annual Conference, being held this year in Saskatoon, SK. Registration, info, and flight discounts are now available Alok Mukherjee, President on our website.
Welcome to our Newest Board Members!
Charlie Clark was elected to More recently, Charlie has City Council in 2006. Charlie has worked in Community a Bachelor of Education from Economic Development and the University of Toronto and a Housing, facilitating projects Master in Environmental Studies with the Core Neighbourhood from York University. Development Council, Quint Development Corporation, He began his career in Indigenous People's Program, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Oxfam Canada, and the practicing as a Mediator and a Saskatchewan Eco-Network. Charlie Clark Conflict Resolution Trainer in a Saskatoon Board of variety of government, business, Police Commissioners and community settings.
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As a City Councilor, Charlie serves on through his service on the boards of a variety of Boards, Commissions, CHEP (Child Hunger and Education
Committees, and Advisories Program) and the Affinity Credit including: Union.
Saskatoon Regional Economic As a husband, father, or neighbour Development Authority, Meewasin you might find Charlie building a Valley Authority, Marr Residence snow fort or a cardboard box Management, Planning and construction vehicle, playing squash,
Operations, Municipal Heritage, cycling, cross country skiing, Accessibility, Cycling Group, and the canoeing, or camping in the great Broadway Business Improvement Saskatchewan outdoors. District.
In this personal life, Charlie expands *** his engagement in our community
Doug McLaughlin has been involved in the financial services industry since 1974 as a commercial lender, banker, and financial planning consultant.
He has been on the Lethbridge Regional Police Commission since 2007 and has served as Chair of the Commission since 2008. Doug is also Past Chair of the Alberta Association of Police Governance, having served as chair for two years.
Doug has always been active in his community through Kinsmen, charitable organizations such as the Canadian Cancer Society, his church, and Doug Mclaughlin, other municipal boards. Lethbridge Regional Police Commission
Doug is married to Peggy, with three children and five (soon to be seven) grandchildren.
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CACP/CAPB/CPA Joint Meeting - 22 March, 2013
Economics of Community Safety
The Economics Summit report has now been released. It includes a framework for moving forward, but does not contain recommendations beyond discussions/agreement.
The key message arising from the Summit is that significant pressures are anticipated in the upcoming months/years that will impact the ability to provide services at the local level. Implications for policing and public safety are numerous.
It is important to view economics of community holistically, examining not just
policing but the broader range of services provided to ensure community safety. Cost drivers and other factors that impact police activity must be carefully examined to ensure existing funds in the system generate maximum benefit. It is essential that police be able to demonstrate value for money. Further work must be done to define appropriate measures of success. It is
critical to develop a plan and progress towards achieving the goals set.
Participants reinforced the importance and value of the Coalition for Community Safety, and stressed that it should be continued. The release of the paper on the Summit will help to define its future role.
Recommendations:
1. Maintain the Coalition.
2. Identify a representative for Public Safety Advisory Committee.
3. Sustainability is an issue on both CACP and CAPB 2013 conference agendas. It is important to continue working collaboratively on this issue.
Government Relations
The purpose of this session was to identify issues of mutual concern. Tim Smith introduced Deputy Minister Francois Guimont. DM Guimont noted that he is committed to maintaining a good relationship with police. He highlighted the importance of demonstrating good value for tax dollars invested in policing services. He looks forward to working with the policing community on issues of concern.
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Joint issues of concern
1. Need to come to a common understanding of whether we are addressing the economics of policing or public safety.
2. Focus on criminal justice inefficiencies - e.g. streamlining processes. This may require changes to legislation.
3. Need to identify new mechanisms that can be used to effectively address firearms related issues - focus is on protecting citizens.
4. Time consuming, inefficient and unnecessary processes to access subscriber telecommunications information is negatively impacting police capacity.
5. First Nations Policing is underfunded.
CACP Research Foundation
Debra Frazer provided a progress report on the CACP Police Research
foundation activities. The Board of Directors has been established. Three additional persons are being sought to serve on the Board and advance research efforts - specifically a distinguished Canadian, a private sector leader, and an academic. Participants are requested to identify potential candidates.
The priority goals of the Foundation are to promote good decision making based on sound research, and to connect police research needs with the government, business, and academic communities by:
1. Developing a national police executive research agenda. A survey has been completed and is being analyzed.
2. Establishing a clearinghouse of police research, ensuring that research can be pushed to members based on their needs and interests, and that it is easily accessible.
3. Funding original research. This function will be limited.
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Burning Issues Issues Raised
1. Is the research
1. Additional tool to deal with possession of marijuana foundation intended to be a CACP initiative or
can/should it form the Note that this is not intended to decriminalize marijuana. Rather it foundation for a is a recommendation to leave laws intact, but give police an National Institute for additional tool to deal with offenders. The proposal gives police Research that includes officers the option of writing a ticket similar to other charges under policing partners like the the Contraventions Act. The proposal is being reviewed by the CAPB, CPA, and FCM? CACP Drug Abuse Committee. 2. Are these efforts to identify, share, and conduct research being 2. Anticipated escalation of protests over the summer duplicated in other
associations? Can Indications are that there will be a significant number of protests by collaborative efforts a variety of groups throughout the summer. Collaboration is reduce costs? essential, as are efforts to share information about protest-related 3. Does becoming a issues as they are occurring. partner require the Association(s) to come Recommendations: to the table with funds? How much? a. Bring the right people together to determine who needs
to be notified, and the technology that can and should 4. Should the Aboriginal be used to communicate. community be included in these discussions?
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b. CACP should continue coordinating teleconferences to Police Sector share information and ensure approaches employed are Council consistent across the country.
Geoff Gruson provided c. Continue promoting the need for 700 MHz bands for an overview of activities emergency communications. the Police Sector
Council undertook in its 3. Next Generation 911 (NG911) - are we ready? 8 years of operations. Products developed will
Making 911 systems capable of accepting text and video has long continue to be term budgetary implications. Projections are that a 30% increase will accessible to all - they be required in staff and technology to accommodate these are housed on the enhancements. Saskatchewan has enacted legislation to charge a Police Sector Council fee on phone lines for 911 services. website. CACP
President, Jim Chu
thanked Geoff for his 4. Peace Officer Exemplary Service Medal dedication to
developing and delivering human Municipal members are not eligible for the Peace Officer Exemplary resource management Service Medal. A review is underway. Participants are encouraged tools that can be used to forward letters of support to Minister Baird to change regulations by policing across to enable municipal members to receive this medal. Canada.
5. Order of merit
Participants are encouraged to nominate police personnel - sworn and civilian - for the Order of Merit. The CACP website has complete guidelines and nomination information.
Deadline for submissions is September 15, 2013.
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Main By-law Changes & Rationale for the Changes
Over the past eight months, the CAPB By- 3. law Transition Committee and our legal counsel have been working diligently to update the set of CAPB By-laws. The The new By-law is much more specific about the voting process at meetings [see Sections following is a lists of proposed changes, as 4.11 to 4.14] and allows for electronic, mailed in well as the rationale for the change. and proxy votes. Also Quorum rules have been tightened up [Section 4.10]. 1.
Under the new By-law [Section 3.1] there will be 4. just one class of membership, instead of the current three (Full Members, Associate Members For very practical reasons, the new By-law takes and Honorary Members, with only Full Members a broader approach to the composition and having the power to vote). The reasons for this size of the Board of Directors, specifying [in change are very practical and pragmatic since Section 5.2] that “the Board shall be comprised under the new CNCA legislation there are of representatives of the geographic regions of circumstances where even “non-voting” Canada represented by its Members” but members get the right to vote as a class, and leaving it up to Board, and ultimately the this could potentially result in a deadlock Membership, to establish Operating Policies between classes of voters, which would regarding both the number of directors on the paralyze the organization. Far better to have Board and the geographical representation of just one class of members, all of whom will have the Board [Section 5.1]. This is different from our a vote, and to develop clear Operating Policies current By-law, which not only limits the size of which determine things such as how many the Board at 13 but also specifically sets out “non-police board” members will be admitted how many directors each province shall have. to the organization. We will also need to find another way of recognizing “Honorary Members” for their service to the organization 5. since that class of “members” will be eliminated. To amplify on the last point: under the CNCA, once a By-law is in place it becomes a complex and costly process to make revisions which may 2. become necessary due to changing organizational needs. Therefore it is vitally Each Member (that is, each organization that important to balance the amount of detail has been admitted to membership) will get just written into the By-law itself with what is written one vote at meetings [Section 4.14]. Our current into Operating Policies which can be changed practice has been to allow every member of a by the Board without going to the cost of member police board to vote, which means revising the By-law itself. For instance, we know that larger police boards that can afford to our organization is dynamic and growing -- we send more of their members to meetings are in will add members this year from Manitoba and fact given greater voting power. Prince Edward Island, and may want representation on the Board of Directors as a result. And it is more than likely our organization will continue to expand its footprint in the years
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ahead. Therefore in the Articles of Continuance, but not in the By-law itself, the maximum number of directors on the Board is set at 21. However it is left up to the Board (and the Membership), on a year-to-year basis, to LOOKING AHEAD: MEMBER FEEDBACK ON decide on how many directors are actually BY-LAW CHANGES elected to the Board. The Board of Directors and By-law 6. Transition Committee will be considering member suggestions The new By-law gives a much more explicit role that were submitted in July. Our to the Nominations Committee [Section 5.9] in goal is to present the final its selection of nominees for the Board of documents for a vote by all Directors prior to each AGM, with the members at the AGM in Saskatoon requirement that the committee “carry out its duties in accordance with any applicable on August 16, 2013, so that we can requirements of the By-laws and Operating start the formal process of moving Policies of the Corporation”. Note also [Section our organization over to the new 5.3] that only appointees of Police Boards are eligible to become directors. CNCA this fall.
7. Canadian Association of Police There has been, in recent years, some discussion at both the Board and Membership Boards levels that the name of our organization, the Canadian Association of Police Boards (CAPB), 157 Gilmour Street, Suite 302 is not truly descriptive of our mandate. Therefore, current directors on the Board are of Ottawa, Ontario the opinion that the transition to the new CNCA presents an opportunity to change our name. K2P 0N8 Hence on the new draft By-law, the name of our organization has been changed to the Canadian Association of Police Governance. We would like your feedback on this idea. Phone: 613-235-CAPB (2272)
Fax: 613-235-2275 8. Email: [email protected]
The Articles of Continuance draft document, which is the document that will go to Industry Canada to transfer our organization to the CNCA, provides the details of what has been set out in the new By-law in regard to the new name, the minimum and maximum number of Directors, the establishment of just one class of membership, & finally a detailed Statement of the Purpose of the Corporation in Schedule A.
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Responses to Resolutions from Ministers
NPS programs that seek to make better use of technologies and to adopt new and more effective business models. Lastly, Public Safety Canada officials are working collaboratively with provincial and territorial governments to implement a strategy that would fairly address financial pressures placed on the RCMP to deliver NPS.
2. Delta Police Department
Federal Funding for Independent 1. Saskatoon Board of Police Municipal Police Departments Commissioners Funding for National Police Services (NPS) Minister Jonathan Denis from Alberta believes that the cost-share percentage paid by the
Federal Government is in recognition of the Minister Jonathan Denis from Alberta expresses following benefits to Canada: nationally the importance in providing consistent integrated police service, shared costs of standards nation-wide in critical areas on the infrastructure, rapid availability of contract resolution of the Saskatoon Board of Police policing members to provide support in Commissioners funding for National Police municipal, provincial and national emergency Services. Alberta confirms that they, along with situations, savings from economies of scale other Provinces and Territories are engaged in and enhancing integration services. discussions with the Federal Government on Specifically Minister Denis expresses the the sustainability of the National Police benefits surrounding the Alberta Municipal Service. Police Services and the independent Services from provincially funded integrated policing Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews expresses and enforcement initiatives. the team’s commitment to ensuring the continued delivery of sustainable, reliable, and Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews believes that timely services to law enforcement and the current Municipal Police Services criminal justice agencies across the country. Agreements, where there is a cost share on Minister Toews’ team is actively implementing policing services between the federal efficiencies through continuous improvement government and municipalities, provide strategies that maximize the efficiency of all important benefits to the federal government
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which include: being able to use contract Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews believes that policing RCMP members for federal the responsibility of amending the firearm emergencies and federal priorities, the sharing classification legislation and regulations fall of technical and communications under the purview of the Honourable Rob infrastructure, and enforcing federal laws Nicholson, Minister of Justice and Attorney which would otherwise be assigned to federal General of Canada, and has forwarded a units of the RCMP. copy of the CAPB 2012 Resolution and response to Minister Rob Nicholson for his consideration.
3. Police Commission Record all Firearm Transfers 5. Theft of Electricity
Minister Jonathan Denis from Alberta voices the support of the province with regards Minister Jonathan Denis from to tougher legislation dealing with those who Alberta anticipates that targeted stakeholder commit crimes using firearms. Minister Denis consultations with Albertans will be held in 2013 expresses that a screening process for those to identify the best practice and recommend purchasing firearms, rigorous gun safety testing further actions related to issues surrounding for legal firearm owners, proper record marijuana growing operations which lead to keeping of licenses, and ensuring firearms are the following problems: health and safety, sold to valid license owners are vital in remediation, cost recovery, disclosure of utility overseeing the safety and security surrounding information including theft of electricity. firearm sales, businesses, and licenses.
Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews is firmly Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews believes that committed to combatting the issue of theft of the resolution regarding the recording of non- electricity by organized crime for illegal drug restricted firearms at the point of sale or production and trafficking. Minister Toews has transfer, as well as at the point of entry into acquired three action plans: Canada would be contrary to Bill C-19, passed by parliament, and therefore has no intention of amending these Regulations. 1. the Prevention Action Plan, which aims to prevent illicit drug use;
2. the Treatment Action Plan, which aims 4. Reclassifying Firearms to treat those with drug dependencies; and
Minister Jonathan Denis from Alberta makes 3. the Enforcement Action Plan, which the point that the classification of firearms is a aims to combat the production and Federal matter and that it should be distribution of illicit drugs. coordinated between the Firearms Act and Part III of the Criminal Code of Canada.
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Minister Toews draws attention to the new initiative taken by the RCMP which brings together community, industry, and government groups to share best practices on increasing public awareness about the societal hazards related to marijuana grow operations and labs, and advocate for a national approach aimed at helping prevent, detect, and deter such criminal operations.
Minister of Justice from Saskatchewan Gordon should promote greater clarity in the use of Wyant expresses the regions excellent Section 810.1 or Section 810.2, as well as which relationship with SaskPower, the Crown jurisdiction will be responsible for the same. Corporation that provides electricity services in the province. Minister Wyant is aware that Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews suggests communications can always be improved and that this issue relates to whether the receiving has therefore reached out to officials to raise or releasing jurisdiction takes responsibility for this matter with SaskPower to ensure this the offender on release with regards to follow- relationship remains positive. up. The draft proposed protocol continues to be reviewed by senior Federal, Provincial, and Territorial justice officials, and Minister Toews remains hopeful that an agreement can be 6. National Protocol for the reached soon so that the protocol can be Management of Inter-Jurisdictional shared more broadly and implemented across Offenders the country.
As outlined by Minister Jonathan Denis, the province of Alberta has been working with the 7. Legislative Amendment to Address National Joint Committee to establish a Banning the Re-activation of Stole national protocol and consensus of roles and Cellular Phones responsibilities to provide clarity on this issue.
The province of Alberta has successfully established a High-Risk Offender Committee, Minister Jonathan Denis of which has generated a number of best Alberta acknowledges the fact that stolen practices and has been adopted across the cellular phones are implicated in crime and in province. However, it is Minister Denis’ position turn impact victims, and for this reason Alberta that the Canadian Association of Chiefs of is in support of measures that would reduce Police should ratify a national protocol the use of stolen cellular phones. Alberta intended to set out a uniform process to believes that further information and research coordinate an inter-jurisdictional response, and is needed in this area to determine legislative
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options, while considering the impact the 9. Interception and divulgence of options may have on Albertans. radio communications Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews states that he believes this resolution to fall under the purview of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Director Philip Fleming from Industry Canada Minister of Industry Canada, and has sent him believes that the CAPB 2012 Resolution to a copy of the CAPB 2012 Resolution for his extend the provision under section 9(1.1) of the consideration. Radiocommunication Act may not minimize the negative impacts as any enforcement of Minister of Justice Gordon Wyant supports the provision could only be applied after the measures relating to legislative amendments incident has occurred. Director Fleming’s addressing the banning of reactivation of conclusion is encouraging radio stolen cellular phones. Minister Wyant believes communication users who wish to increase that supporting the amendments would in turn their privacy to examine the use of encryption reduce the motivation of crimes that may lead techniques. to gang involvement. Minister Wyant makes note that room may be available in the code dealing with the clarity and content of contracts with consumers to require wireless service providers to conduct themselves in the manner proposed in the CAPB 2012 Resolution.
8. Penalization of the activities of utility companies who enable organized crime through inaction
Minister Vic Toews believes that the proposed
resolution requires changes to the Criminal Code and therefore suggests that his officials will continue to confer with the Department of Justice on the proposed recommendation.
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The 24th Annual CAPB Conference 2013
Here is a sneak peek at some of this year’s The Canadian Association of Police Boards is excited to host guest speakers….. our 24th Annual Conference. Our location and new conference format will provide Pre-Conference Workshop – August 14 for efficient travel and convenience for all delegates and companions.
Eli Mina, M.Sc., P.R.P., is a Vancouver-based Board Effectiveness Consultant and Registered We are proud to bring to you Parliamentarian. Since 1984, Eli has advised his our theme of "Bridging the clients on chairing contentious meetings, Gap: Policing and Mental preventing and dealing with disputes and Health". Join us as we explore dysfunctions, achieving quality decisions, demystifying the rules the relationship and balance of order, and minute taking standards. Eli’s clients come from between police forces and municipal government, school boards, first nations, credit individuals who suffer from unions, regulatory bodies, and the non-profit sector. mental illness. Discussions will focus on strategies to achieve this balance, and effective Louise Bradley, originally from Eastern Canada, ways in which law enforcement Louise became a Registered Nurse in officers can effectively respond Newfoundland. She also studied at Dalhousie to people suffering from mental University and later obtained a Master of health challenges. Panel Science with a specialization in Mental Health discussions will host numerous from Northeastern University, Boston. Her career experience is distinguished guests with wide and varied, ranging from Community Mental Health to experience in the field of Forensic & Corrections Health Care. She first joined the Mental mental health, law Health Commission of Canada as an Advisory Committee enforcement as well as member and later became its Chief Operating Officer. In April governance. 2010, she became the organization’s President and CEO.
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A. Edward Aust is a lawyer in a private practice and a In addition to exceptional consultant. He was Senior Advisor to the plenary sessions and Commissioner and to the Senior Executive interactive workshops, the Committee of the RCMP (civilian member) conference offers a unique from 1998-2000. Mr. Aust headed a review of vacation opportunity for you the process for determining compensation in and your family. The host hotel the RCMP in 1992, the recommendations of rests in the heart of downtown which were the basis for what is now adopted and formed Saskatoon, with breathtaking today as the RCMP Pay Council. views of the South Saskatchewan River Valley and City Centre. It is steps away from Midtown Plaza and a Thomas Laporte Aust practices corporate and commercial variety of points of interest for law. He is the co-author of the Le contrat those looking to discover this d’emploi, which was published by Editions Yvon beautiful city. Blais Thomson Reuters this year. The book deals with the obligations of good faith in pre- *** contractual and contractual negotiations, incentive compensation plans for key employees, including, namely stock option plans and earn-outs, as well as non-competition provisions. Visit the CAPB site for
pre-conference workshop registration,
Karyn McCluskey is the Director of the golf registration, your Violence Reduction Unit with the Strathclyde Police Force in the UK, which she joined in 2002. discount code for She has over 15 years of experience working in airfare and intelligence analysis for police forces across the accommodation UK. Ms. McCluskley holds a BSc and MSc in information. psychology and has published on violence reduction and the social structure of teams committing armed robbery. www.capb.ca
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ADVOCACY REVIEW – The Issues and the MENTAL HEALTH STRATEGY CAPB’s Recommendations CAPB’S Recommendations
1. Standardize training for law enforcement officers and ECONOMICS OF POLICING & FIRST NATIONS POLICING other front-line police PUBLIC SAFETY personnel to assist them in CAPB Recommendations identifying signs of mental illness and to provide CAPB’s Recommendations 1. The federal government alternative strategies for continue meeting with First response. Nations Policing leadership 1. Establish a working group of all stakeholders, including to determine a fair level of funding to ensure an 2. Accelerate implementation other partner agencies to of the "Mental Health identify new models of effective and efficient level of policing service delivery. Strategy for Corrections policing. Canada." For example, Federal and provincial 2. Consider ways to enhance 2. The federal government authorities should act the efficiency of the justice draft legislation to immediately to institute system. recognize and fund First more appropriate
Nations Policing as an treatment models in 3. Develop performance essential service and not a correctional facilities across measures to objectively program. The wages, the country. gauge the delivery of pensions and benefits parity service against the cost. must be developed for Self-
Administered First Nations 3. The federal Government 4. Work with police sector Policing Services/First needs to consider stakeholders to undertake a Nations Officers that is enhancing the funding of comprehensive analysis of comparable to all police the National Crime the economics of policing. services/agencies across Prevention Council.
Canada. 5. Develop a cost analysis tool
to determine the economic 4. Courts must become more impact of legislation on 3. The federal government educated on the issues and policing services. the solutions for persons with should release the “Comprehensive Review of mental illness and ensure First Nations Policing”, post-release support.
completed by the Aboriginal Policing Directorate of Public Safety 5. The Courts and Correctional Canada. Service Canada must be willing to take a different outlook and position on implementing the ten recommendations outlined by Correctional For more information on the CAPB, please contact Investigator, Howard [email protected], or visit us at www.capb.ca Sapers.
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Overall, there was a tremendous amount of CAPB Advocacy support on both the topic of mental health and economics of policing. The Snow and cold weather Minister of Justice, but perspective on First Nations didn't dampen the scheduling conflicts did not Policing varied depending enthusiasm of the teams of allow for it. Armed with a on which party the individual CAPB directors and brief that focused on the represented. committee members when three main issues of they arrived in Ottawa in Economics of Policing, Mike Wallace, Chair of March to take part in CAPB Mental Health, and First Justice Committee, gave the Days on Parliament team some advice on Hill. how to best influence the process and get Over two days, CAPB involved in issues before sent teams to they are at the decision meetings with making stage. A key members of the indicator for the Standing Committee direction the Ministry is on Public Safety & taking can usually be National Security found in the Minister’s (SECU), Commons speeches, as he will Committees on often bring up issues Aboriginal Affairs & that the Government is Northern about to take action on Development, or before they introduce Standing Committee legislation. on Justice & Human Rights (JUST), Senate The Hon. Hedy Fry was Committee on Legal & very receptive to all the Constitutional Affairs, CAPB issues and she was the Senate Committee pleased that CAPB on Aboriginal Peoples, supported her private senior bureaucrats members bill on Cyber within Justice and bullying. Former Public Safety, the Nations Policing, the group Attorney General, the Minister of Public Safety, and participated in close to 40 Hon Wayne Easter, was once the Acting Chair of the meetings over the two days. again very supportive of all Commission for Public The immediate feedback the issues as presented. Complaints Against the was quite positive and CAPB was encouraged to RCMP. Attempts were made reinforced the sense that we meet with a member of the to meet with RCMP are moving in the right Priorities and Planning Commissioner Bob Paulson direction. and The Hon. Rob Nicholson, Committee. The Hon. Ron
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Cannon was pleased to Commission for Public The team’s shortest meeting meet with us and was Complaints Against RCMP, was with Joy Smith. They somewhat engaged in the Hon. Vic Toews, MP had a brief but meaningful issues. He is a member of the (Conservative, Manitoba conversation with her about P&P Committee, but his work and Minister of Public health issues such as PTSD focuses on the government Safety), Joy Smith, MP affecting police officers. She administration side. (Conservative, Manitoba expressed her interest in and Member of Standing putting this issue on the The team that met with Committee on Health), Daryl agenda of the Parliament’s Senator Vern White found Kramp, MP (Conservative, Standing Committee on him very knowledgeable, Ontario and Member of Health, of which she is a and he prides himself on Police Caucus), Trina member. The team being part of the new police Morisette, Director of Policy, members offered the CAPB’s thinking. As a former Chief and Dominic Deblois from assistance in doing this. The of police in Ottawa, Senator the Office of the Minister of meeting with Daryl Kramp White was aware of our Justice, Senator Asha Seth was also quite focused. Mr. issues and concerns. He Conservative, Ontario), Kramp is a knowledgeable spoke of being proud of the Thomas Mulcair, MP (NDP, member of the government Conservative ‘Police Quebec and Leader of the caucus and knows CAPB Caucus’, an informal group Opposition), Rosane Dore, well as we had met him in of 8 or 9 ex -police officers MP (NDP, Quebec), and our prior year’s advocacy and police chiefs who Hon. Irwin Cotler, MP (Liberal, events. He received the regularly meet with the Quebec and Member of briefs and was particularly Minister and have the ear of Standing Committee on interested in the issue of the Prime Minister on public Justice and Human Rights). economics of policing. Mr. safety issues. Two other Kramp agreed to enhance members of this ‘police Mr. McPhail was interest in policing issues and caucus’ include Dave accompanied by his key undertook to discuss them MacKenzie, Senator Jean- senior staff and engaged both in the government Guy Dagenais and our with in a frank and wide caucus and with Minister meetings with them were ranging conversation on Toews directly. positive, as they are certainly issues of mutual concern. more familiar with the issues. The team did not have a The meeting with Ms. Senator Dagenais was specific “ask”; but wanted to Morisette, Director of Policy unable to provide establish a relationship to Justice Minister Nicholson, commentary on civilian resulting in cooperation and focused on the need for oversight of police in collaboration in the future. justice reforms to reduce Quebec but he did They believe they some of the administrative comment on the influence succeeded in that objective. load on police organizations of the ex-police on making Mr. McPhail was very and officers. The team policy. complementary towards the made the point that this work of CAPB and undertook would be a concrete way in Another team held a to establish a working which the federal number of productive relationship. government could assist us in meetings with Ian McPhail,
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dealing with the cost of The meeting with Senator ADM Shaun Tupper, Acting policing. Asha Seth turned out to be a ADM Mark Potter, Director pleasant surprise. One of the General, and his political The Leader of the newest appointees to the staff. Opposition, Mr. Mulcair, was Senate and a medical The Minister was very accompanied by his party’s doctor by profession, Public Safety Critic, Randall Senator Seth was focused gracious and expressed his appreciation to CAPB for our Garrison, who had already and keen to explore with us support for the National held a separate meeting a proposal that she could Summit on the Economics of with one of our delegations. bring to the Senate. She was Both were very familiar with accompanied by two of her Policing. The Minister also acknowledged that police the issues raised, agreed with staff members who discussed boards and commissions are the CAPB positions and a number of possible faced with the very real committed their party’s options. It also turned out support in pushing for them that Senator Seth’s office is issues highlighted at the National Summit. We had a in the House and next door to Senator Vern very positive interaction with appropriate standing White’s and the two have a him, and took the committees. NDP MP good working relationship. Rosanne Dore was keen, opportunity to review with curious and enthusiastic. A team, comprised of CAPB him our issues of concern. She asked many questions President Alok Mukherjee, and took great interest in Vice President Cathy Palmer, The Minister mentioned their learning about our issues and Director Charlie Clark, and interest in developing recommendations. Executive Director Jennifer national performance Malloy participated in a measures for policing and Of note, as well, was the satisfying meeting with the research that was meeting with Hon. Irwin Minister of Public Safety, the undertaken with police Cotler, a former Justice Hon. Vic Toews. Minister boards and commissions by Minister and one of the most Toews was accompanied by the Department. CAPB had highly respected Members of Parliament. Mr. Cotler, too, was very well conversant with the issues in the briefs and our work as an organization. He discussed some of the ways in which he could bring these issues to the Parliament’s Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights of which he is a member. The team gave a few suggestions and offered the continuing assistance of CAPB.
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cooperated with Public they have more positive CAPB asked about the Safety and the researchers outcomes. This is also an comprehensive review of the and the results of the study issue that is on the FPT First Nations Policing program were recently circulated to agenda. that has not been released our members. and the Minister Mr. Tupper spoke about First acknowledged that this On the topic Mental Health, Nations policing and that the information was used to the Minister worried about recent renewal of funding for prepare the current funding not having a common the next five years. This announcement but he training standard for police represents a 1.5% annual would not comment on and correctional officers to increase that is in line with when this document would deal with incidences and what the RCMP is getting. be made public. when something goes wrong He is not worried about the it has a huge impact both in continuity of the program We believe that a good terms of reputation and and having multi-year foundation has been laid for resources. funding allows you to plan. a cooperative working Obviously there are relationship with the Ministry The senior officials of the communities that require and we look forward to Ministry who were in different funding, for continuing our future ‘Days attendance were example fly-in communities on the Hill’. forthcoming with responses have a greater need than to our questions. Shaun those with road access but Tupper spoke about Public they are reviewing Safety’s work on Mental everything with a focus on Health, how they are what will be the best law exploring different models enforcement outcome. and systems to use so that
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Appearances at Committee
CAPB was invited to testify at both Senate and House of Commons Committees a number of times this year. In light of the limited resources available and sometimes an impossible turnaround time, we were able to attend and make five appearances.
Copies of the briefs will be uploaded to the CAPB website.
October: We were invited to appear before accountability of technological service the Standing Committee on Public Safety and providers for ongoing abuses of their systems. National Security (SECU) on Bill C-42, While this legislation did not survive we still Enhancing the RCMP Accountability Act and believe it is an important issue to pursue further. CAPB President, Dr. Alok Mukherjee presented a brief and provided testimony. March: Policing & Justice Committee member Micki Ruth, Chair of the Halifax Police January: Dr. Mukherjee was again invited to Commission gave testimony before the SECU appear before the SECU Committee on the Committee on Bill C51 Witness Protection. Her issue of the Economics of Policing. A very testimony was interrupted by an important detailed brief was shared with members of the vote in the House of Commons and Dr. Committee and the information was very Mukherjee subsequently finished the testimony much appreciated. on March 19 while he was in Ottawa for the CAPB Advocacy Days. February: CAPB Vice-President, Cathy Palmer, was invited to appear before the Standing April: The Senate Standing Committee on Committee on Justice and Human Rights on Bill Justice and Human Rights invited CAPB to C273, the private members bill on appear on Bill C51 Witness Protection and due Cyberbullying. In 2009 at the CAPB AGM in to time constraints, we choose to provide the Sydney, Nova Scotia, a resolution was Committee with a copy of the brief presented approved by the members that asked the at Commons Committee. government to increase and strengthen current Criminal Code provisions to criminalize cyber-bullying behaviours and to increase the
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