Policing Responsibility Overview

Specific geographic areas for which different police entities (municipal boards, First Nation boards, and the Commissioner) are designated to provide policing services.

Area boundaries for municipal police boards are determined by Part IV.

Specific regions of policing responsibility for First Nation Police boards are defined in regulations linked to section 32.

The Commissioner is responsible for policing areas outside of municipal board territories.

Municipal boards or the Commissioner ensure policing in any First Nation reserve within their area of responsibility, adhering to subsection (1).

A set of policing functions provided according to regulations, Charter of Rights & Freedoms, and Human Rights Code, excluding municipal/First Nation by-laws enforcement and court security.

An entity authorized by regulations to provide specialized policing functions that are not traditional constable duties.

If a police service board/Commissioner hands over investigation, pursuit, or other tasks to another police service, the appropriate party bears responsibility.

Agreements allow police service boards/Commissioner to partner with another service or a specialized entity to provide policing functions for a specific area.

The Minister's permission is needed for certain agreements made under specific sections about alternative provision of policing functions.

A document that outlines a police service's objectives, functions, and how it will provide adequate and effective services, prepared at least every three years.

Quantifiable and qualitative goals that measure a police service's effectiveness in various areas, including crime prevention, community satisfaction, and emergency response.

The process of gathering input from stakeholders like municipal council, school boards, and the public to shape the business plan.

To analyze the crime, calls for service, and public disorder trends in a community.

Evaluates the police service's performance and service delivery outcomes, considering factors such as existing resources and capacity.

Outlines the police service's information technology needs, including sharing information with other agencies and reducing administrative burdens.

Ensures the police service maintains adequate facilities accessible to the public, compliant with building codes, and equipped with appropriate security measures.

A strategy that uses a methodology (automated or manual) to allocate resources based on the business plan and service demands.

These assessments evaluate service delivery in areas such as crime prevention, law enforcement, victim assistance, public order, and emergency response.

To effectively communicate the business plan to police service members and the public.

These procedures cover information technology and security, including electronic file management and security systems.

To ensure the appropriate use, security, and maintenance of police facilities.

A plan that outlines the police service's goals for skills development and learning.

This plan includes a program to coach or mentor new officers, providing guidance and support.

Ensures the development and maintenance of the knowledge, skills, and abilities of police officers, including specialized areas like criminal investigations and emergency response.

It emphasizes the importance of ongoing learning and improvement within the police service as a whole.

The Act emphasizes the need to ensure police services are representative of the communities they serve and are sensitive to diversity.

To provide accommodation for employees with disabilities, unless it creates undue hardship.

Engaging in unwelcome, vexatious comments or conduct.

Race, ancestry, place of origin, color, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, age, record of offenses, marital status, same-sex partnership status, family status, or handicap.

Unwelcome sexual remarks or physical contact, including unsolicited advances or solicitations where the person making them knows or ought to know it's unwelcome.

These procedures ensure merit-based hiring, promotion, and other employment practices, and identify essential job qualifications.

These procedures outline how to recruit internally and externally, including strategies to reach all segments of the community.

This process involves screening applicants based on essential qualifications, providing accommodation where necessary, and ensuring standardized rating schemes are fair and consistent.

This process requires screening applicants based on essential qualifications, communicating selection criteria upfront, and ensuring accommodation and fair assessments.

These procedures outline how to handle complaints, protect the privacy of those involved, ensure inquiries/complaints are treated respectfully, and address mechanisms for seeking advice.

These procedures address accommodation for persons with disabilities, employees with family responsibilities, employees with religious needs, and pregnant women, ensuring their needs are assessed and met.

It sets out responsibilities for employers, supervisors, and workers regarding workplace safety, including safe handling of biological agents.

Ensures the police service has procedures consistent with Ministry of Health guidelines, designates and trains Communicable Disease Coordinators, and works with local medical officials on post-exposure plans.

The coordinator receives exposure reports, assesses the risk, liaises with local health officials, and provides advice to the affected officer.

It provides comprehensive information and guidance for designated officers to help them understand and manage occupational exposures to communicable diseases.

This plan outlines steps to take after potential exposure to a communicable disease, including roles and responsibilities, reporting protocols, medical evaluations, and access to treatments.

These procedures are designed to address all aspects of communicable disease control, including handling contaminated evidence, custody of prisoners, sharps handling, and post-exposure management.

Officers and civilians should receive training on communicable diseases, including bloodborne and airborne infections, covering prevention methods, risk assessment, identification, and post-exposure management.

To regularly review and assess the effectiveness of procedures and make adjustments to ensure they remain current and effective.

Officers who are at risk of exposure to communicable diseases should have access to designated personal protective equipment outlined in the Ministry's equipment list.