Police Folk Allegedly Behaving Badly

[lenaitch]

Learn something new everyday- super interesting. Thanks man.

About Us - Town of Annapolis Royal

The Annapolis Royal Police has a long history of serving the Town of Annapolis Royal.Our first documented officer was Rose Fortune. ( Circa 1825 )She began working as a baggage carrier, transporting luggage and provisions from ships, which she would deliver in her wheelbarrow. Later, she...

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Police commission- 5 members.

Police force? 1 chief, 2 cops, 1 part timer lol

Weird huh? A buddy used to be Chair of their Board. Their chief came from the UK to somewhere out west to AR.

I couldn't find the list that I know is out there but as far as I can recall, Deep River is the smallest remaining municipal PS in Ontario at 9.

The legislation governing policing in Ontario lays out how a municipality can provide policing (stand-alone, joint, contract to another municipality, contract to the OPP) and what services they have to provide themselves or can have an agreement for another service to provide and what are considered 'provincial services' provided free by the OPP. For example, if you have/pay for a PS, you have to provide uniformed patrol, but you can farm out things like communications, canine and diving. There are also 'shared services agreements'. Where I am, the city police has free access to the OPP canine unit and the OPP has use of the city's tactical team (the closest OPP team is about 2 1/2 hours away).

Whether a police provides 'adequate and effective' policing has historically been up to the council and taxpayers. There has always been the authority of the Sol-Gen to intervene but since costs were driven down to the municipality in the '90s the government has been quite happy to stay out of it. It will be interesting now with the new Inspectorate of Policing whether service delivery becomes auditable. Smaller services that recognize their lanes and call in assistance at the first sign of need would probably fare okay, but there are some out there that have convinced their councils and boards that they are an all-singin'-all dancin' service and can get in way over their head (or simply out of hatred of the OPP). Thankfully, most of the worst offender have disbanded.

 

[brihard]

Weird huh? A buddy used to be Chair of their Board. Their chief came from the UK to somewhere out west to AR.

I couldn't find the list that I know is out there but as far as I can recall, Deep River is the smallest remaining municipal PS in Ontario at 9.

The legislation governing policing in Ontario lays out how a municipality can provide policing (stand-alone, joint, contract to another municipality, contract to the OPP) and what services they have to provide themselves or can have an agreement for another service to provide and what are considered 'provincial services' provided free by the OPP. For example, if you have/pay for a PS, you have to provide uniformed patrol, but you can farm out things like communications, canine and diving. There are also 'shared services agreements'. Where I am, the city police has free access to the OPP canine unit and the OPP has use of the city's tactical team (the closest OPP team is about 2 1/2 hours away).

Whether a police provides 'adequate and effective' policing has historically been up to the council and taxpayers. There has always been the authority of the Sol-Gen to intervene but since costs were driven down to the municipality in the '90s the government has been quite happy to stay out of it. It will be interesting now with the new Inspectorate of Policing whether service delivery becomes auditable. Smaller services that recognize their lanes and call in assistance at the first sign of need would probably fare okay, but there are some out there that have convinced their councils and boards that they are an all-singin'-all dancin' service and can get in way over their head (or simply out of hatred of the OPP). Thankfully, most of the worst offender have disbanded.

Quebec’s provincial law around policing defines specific levels of service and the types of investigations and response to be provided very well and cleanly. Section 69 and 70 of their act are a great ‘cheat sheet’ when trying to draw up a list of what type of cop work their is for level of service comparisons.

https://www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/document/lc/P-13.1?langCont=en#se:69

 

[lenaitch]

Quebec’s provincial law around policing defines specific levels of service and the types of investigations and response to be provided very well and cleanly. Section 69 and 70 of their act are a great ‘cheat sheet’ when trying to draw up a list of what type of cop work their is for level of service comparisons.

https://www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/document/lc/P-13.1?langCont=en#se:69

From what little I know of it, the prescriptive Quebec model has much merit. It defines both what municipalities can and cannot have a police service and, if they do, what it can do.

 

[brihard]

From what little I know of it, the prescriptive Quebec model has much merit. It defines both what municipalities can and cannot have a police service and, if they do, what it can do.

And it leaves room for a municipality to apply to the ministry for approval to develop a capability above their prescribed level of service, so there’s flexibility with control and oversight.