OTTAWA POLICE SERVICES BOARD COMMISSION DE SERVICES POLICIERS D’OTTAWA
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DATE                              22 April 2013

TO/DEST.                       Chair and Members, Ottawa Police Services Board

FROM/EXP.                   Executive Director, Ottawa Police Services Board

SUBJECT/OBJET         BOARD MONITORING REQUIREMENTS STATUS REPORT:  FIRST QUARTER 2013

RECOMMENDATION

That the Ottawa Police Services Board receive this report for information.

BACKGROUND

In December 2005 the Ottawa Police Services Board received a report from the City of Ottawa’s Auditor General on the Board’s governance practices.  One of the Auditor’s recommendations addressed the need for a calendar of monitoring requirements.  He recommended that the Board: 

            …exercise more aggressive oversight of reporting to the Board by ensuring that the Executive Director organize and maintain an annual calendar of monitoring and other reports to be received by the Board.  Furthermore, that the Board require reports to appear as an agenda item on the date they are scheduled to appear, and require OPS senior management to formally respond if a report is not going to meet a scheduled deadline.

Following input and review by the Board’s Policy & Governance Committee and OPS staff, the Police Services Board approved a Calendar of Monitoring Requirements in 2006 and has done so each year since then.   

Included in the 2013 Calendar attached as Annex A is a column indicating the reason why each report is required; in most cases they are required under the Police Services Act, the Province’s Adequacy and Effectiveness of Police Services Regulation, or the Board’s own policies. 

Also included is a “Status” column to record any delays in submitting a report, the reasons for the delay, and the new date on which the report will be submitted.  As recommended by the Board’s Policy & Governance Committee, the Board is notified of changes in report due dates through the submission of quarterly status reports to the Board.  This report constitutes the first quarter status report for 2013.  There have been two changes to the Calendar since it was approved in January:

1. An annual report on Workplace Accidents and Injuries has been added in the month of April. 

2. The annual report on Executive Succession Planning for 2012 has been moved from June to May and will be combined with the Non-Executive Succession Planning annual report for 2012. 

The following reports due in the first quarter were not received in the January to March timeframe for the reasons indicated:

Ø Employer of Choice Progress Report:  delayed from 2012 due to re-assessment of project and reporting approach.

Ø Positive Workplace 2012 Annual Report:  delayed from February.

Ø Use of Force 2012 Annual Report – delayed until April as it will be included in the 2012 OPS Annual Report.  This is a permanent change and will be reflected in future monitoring calendars.

Ø Ottawa Police Service 2012 Annual Report – delayed until April due to work on the 2013-2015 Business Plan taking precedence.

CONSULTATION

Consultation takes place on an ongoing basis with members of the Ottawa Police Service.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

There is no direct financial impact associated with this report.

CONCLUSION

The development of an annual Calendar of Monitoring Requirements sets clear expectations for OPS staff and the Board with regard to when reports of a monitoring nature are due.  It assists the Board in meeting its legislative obligations to monitor, on a regular basis, certain aspects of Police Service business such as the status of the budget, administration of the public complaints system, and the achievement of Business Plan objectives, as well as compliance monitoring required by several of the Ministry Policing Standards.  

(original signed by)

Wendy Fedec

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