CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
- Minutes of 25 March 96 issued separately
That the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police Services Board confirm the Minutes of the 25 March 1996 meeting.
INQUIRIES
ITEMS OF BUSINESS
1. PENSION SUPPLEMENTATION PROGRAM
(deferred from the 25 March 96 meeting)
- Chief's report dated 15 Feb 96 01
That the Ottawa-Carleton Police Services Board approve that the Pension Supplementation Program for the former Ottawa Police Service be amended in the same manner as the City of Ottawa Supplementation Program, which was updated effective January 1, 1996.
2. PUBLIC COMPLAINTS REPORT (MARCH 1996)
- Chief's report dated 15 Apr 96 07
That the Ottawa-Carleton Police Services Board receive this report for information.
3. CONVERSION OF
REFRIGERANT CFC-11 TO HCFC-123, DIVISION 23/24
- Chief's report dated 15 Apr 96 25
That the Ottawa-Carleton Police Services Board award a contract for the conversion of the refrigerant in the centrifugal chiller at Division 23/24 Police Station to Digel Trane Service, Ottawa, in the amount of $85,600, including GST.
4. ADOPTION OF REGIONAL POLICE SERVICE CREST AND BADGE
- Regional Solicitor's report dated 11 Apr 96 28
That the Ottawa-Carleton Police Services Board formally adopt the crest and heraldic badge attached as Appendix A and B respectively, as official marks of the Ottawa-Carleton Police Services Board.
5. SERVICES PROVIDED ON CANADA DAY
- verbal report from the Regional Chair
For discussion.
6. UPDATE ON ALARM POLICY
-verbal report from the Chief
That the Ottawa-Carleton Police Services Board receive this report for information.
7. PARTNERS IN COMMUNITY SAFETY:
COMMUNITY POLICING/ENFORCEMENT GRANT - 1995 REPORT
- Chief's report dated 15 Apr 96 32
That the Ottawa-Carleton Police Services Board receive this report for information.
8. INFORMATION REPORT:
NOTICE OF RATIFICATION OF COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE OTTAWA-CARLETON POLICE SERVICES BOARD
AND OTTAWA-CARLETON POLICE SENIOR OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION
- Director General's report dated 15 Apr 96 36
That the Ottawa-Carleton Police Services Board receive this report for information.
9. REGULAR REPORT FROM THE CHIEF AND OPP INSPECTOR
- verbal report from Chief B. Ford and Inspector V. Burns
That the Ottawa-Carleton Police Services Board receive this report for information.
10. CANCELLATION OF AUGUST MEETING
- Board Secretary's report dated 10 Apr 96 38
That the Ottawa-Carleton Police Services Board approve the cancellation of the regular meeting scheduled for 26 August 1996.
MOTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION
11. MOTION RE: IMPAIRED DRIVING
- documentation submitted by Councillor D. Pratt 39
WHEREAS, drinking and driving is the largest criminal cause of death and injury in Canada;
AND WHEREAS, every forty-five minutes in Ontario a driver is involved in an alcohol-related crash;
AND WHEREAS, most alcohol related accidents are caused by repeat offenders;
AND WHEREAS, lengthy license suspensions for impaired driving have been shown to greatly reduce repeat offences;
AND WHEREAS, the victims of impaired drivers often pay with their lives, while only 22% of convicted impaired drivers go to jail, and even then, only for an average of 21 days;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Ottawa-Carleton Police Services Board urges the Provincial Government to enact measures similar to those contained in a private members bill sponsored by Mississauga South M.P.P. Margaret Marland which would stiffen the penalties for impaired driving in Ontario.
12. MOTION RE: NON-RETURNABLE WARRANTS
- documentation submitted by Councillor D. Pratt 46
WHEREAS, the justice system provides for the release of the vast majority of individuals accused of criminal offenses before disposition of their cases before the courts;
AND WHEREAS, some of these accused fail to appear for trial with the result that a bench warrant for their arrest is issued by the presiding judge;
AND WHEREAS, the exercise of these warrants can vary from being Canada-wide in the case of serious offenses where the authorities will pay to have an accused returned from anywhere in the country to province-wide for minor offenses to an even smaller radii under some circumstances;
AND WHEREAS, there is concern that some jurisdictions apply radii for the execution of warrants that is so small that it is perceived by law enforcement officials as being an informal system of banishment;
AND WHEREAS, some of the accused who evade justice by leaving a particular jurisdiction have been charged with serious crimes such as rape, indecent assault, drug trafficking and other violent crimes;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Ottawa-Carleton Police Services Board calls upon the federal Minister of Justice and the Attorney General for Ontario to initiate discussions with their provincial counterparts with a view to establishing a uniform warrant radius policy with reasonable return distances (perhaps kept at a minimum level of province-wide for all but the most trivial offenses), that information on return limitations not be divulged to the accused and that regular monitoring of the system take place to enhance respect for this aspect of the criminal justice system.
OTHER BUSINESS
ADJOURNMENT