National and International News Clippings & Press Releases Providing members with information on policing from across Canada & around the world April 17, 2014 Canadian Association of Police Governance 157 Gilmour Street, Suite 302 Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0N8 Tel: 613|235|2272 Fax: 613|235|2275 www.capg.ca BRITISH COLUMBIA ..................................................................................................... 4 B.C. privacy report urges tougher rules for employment checks ......................................................... 4 ALBERTA ..................................................................................................................... 6 SASKATCHEWAN ......................................................................................................... 6 Saskatoon police welcome national mental health training standards ............................................. 6 Saskatoon police welcome national mental health training standards ............................................. 7 MANITOBA ................................................................................................................. 8 Manitoba communities to get 10 new RCMP officers ................................................................................ 8 ONTARIO .................................................................................................................... 9 Councillor Eli El-Chantiry wants answers on SIU charges ...................................................................... 9 End costly police suspensions with pay online petition begs ............................................................. 10 Paul Pedersen, new Sudbury police chief, to tackle budget concerns ............................................. 12 'Eager' local support for federal Victims Bill of Rights .......................................................................... 13 Body Worn Cameras Could Stop Toronto Police from Being Racist................................................. 15 Security firms eye profits in push to privatize police services ........................................................... 16 Government of Canada and Ontario strengthen policing infrastructure in Eabametoong First Nation Funding for new police facility under First Nations Policing Program ............................ 19 Eabametoong First Nation to get new police detachment .................................................................... 22 Violent crime down in Durham again ........................................................................................................... 23 Woodstock police Chief Rod Freeman announces his retirement .................................................... 24 Windsor Police: Human Rights Project extended .................................................................................... 25 Toronto police board concerns over Chief Blair end in costly 'review of a review' .................. 26 Ottawa police chief wants prostitution laws to target johns ............................................................... 28 Mayoral candidate Ari Goldkind critical of $957-million Toronto police budget ....................... 30 London police board drops threat to appeal budget .............................................................................. 31 QUEBEC .................................................................................................................... 32 Minister Blaney and Senator Boisvenu Discuss the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights in Quebec City During National Victims of Crime Awareness Week ..................................................................... 32 NEW BRUNSWICK ..................................................................................................... 35 Saint John police ratify deal for 12 per cent raise over three years ................................................. 35 Police in Saint John, N.B., sign deal ................................................................................................................. 35 Saint John Police Commission, union reach agreement ........................................................................ 36 NOVA SCOTIA ........................................................................................................... 37 Human trafficking rare charge for Nova Scotia police ........................................................................... 37 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND .......................................................................................... 38 NEWFOUNDLAND ..................................................................................................... 38 RNC to issue stun guns to officers................................................................................................................... 38 NATIONAL ................................................................................................................ 40 PTSD Awareness Tour Set to begin May 5, 2014 ...................................................................................... 40 The Government of Canada's Response to the Standing Senate Committee Report on Harassment in the RCMP .................................................................................................................................... 41 Why the government’s new Digital Privacy Act puts your privacy at risk .................................... 42 Mental Health Community Committed to Repairing Damage Caused by Bill C-14, Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act ............................................................................................................... 44 Canadians' mental-health info routinely shared with FBI, U.S. customs ........................................ 46 Ministers Blaney and Anton Commend BC's Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons for Updated Online Training Program ................................................................................................................. 48 2 INTERNATIONAL NEWS ............................................................................................. 50 Police Oversight Commission called a 'mockery' ..................................................................................... 50 Sir Robert Peel’s Nine Principles of Policing .............................................................................................. 51 98% of English Police Not Trained to Fight Cybercrime ....................................................................... 52 City Councilors draft new legislation for police oversight ................................................................... 53 Privacy an issue with police body cameras ................................................................................................ 53 Open up complaint process, Police Review Board says ......................................................................... 56 How ‘Warrior Policing’ Fails the Homeless Mentally Ill ........................................................................ 57 Reform in Reverse: How Mayor Ed Murray Unraveled Two Years of Police Reform in Only Two Months ............................................................................................................................................................. 61 3 BRITISH COLUMBIA B.C. privacy report urges tougher rules for employment checks Dirk Meissner Canadian Press April 15, 2014 British Columbia leads the country when it comes to stepping on the privacy rights of people who need police information checks for employment, says a report released Tuesday by Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham. In what Denham is calling her most important report ever, she concluded too much mental health and so-called non-conviction information is being revealed to employers. Government and police boards should immediately stop providing mental health information as part of the documentation released in such checks, said Denham's report. She's also calling for legislation stopping the release of information where a conviction hasn't been obtained, unless the jobs involve working with children or other vulnerable people. "The time has come to find a new way forward in B.C. that meets the legitimate business interests of employers while respecting the fundamental rights of our citizens, including their statutory privacy rights," said Denham's 42-page report, Use of Police Information Checks in British Columbia. Her report said thousands of these police checks are used by employers and volunteer groups every year in the hiring process and the information, which often goes beyond criminal records, can have lasting and profound impacts on a person's privacy. "I've stated the system is broken," Denham said in an interview. "The release of non- conviction information is putting employers in an untenable position of contravention our privacy laws." She said some people have given up looking for work because of what is contained in their police information checks — information that is not related to criminal convictions. "We heard from hundreds of people," Denham said. "We heard from individuals who have been stigmatized because of the release of mental health information." The report includes several examples of people — identified only by first names — impacted by the police reports. The people were not convicted of crimes. 4 Shannon told the commissioner she was not hired for a job because she was once arrested for theft, but never charged. She said her employer saw the theft