Part 5: Law Enforcement

Title: Adequacy Standards Compliance Policy
XXVIII LE-001 – Community Patrol
XXIX LE-002 – Communications Centre
XXX LE-003 – Crime, Call and Public Disorder Analysis
XXXI LE-004 – Criminal Intelligence
XXXII LE-005 – Arrests
XXXIII LE-006 – Criminal Investigation Management
XXXIV LE-007 – Hate or Bias Motivated Crime
XXXV LE-008 – Hate Propaganda
XXXVI LE-009 – Joint Forces Operations
XXXVII LE-010 – Internal Task Forces
XXXVIII LE-011 – Search of Premises
XXXIX LE-012 – Search of Persons
XL LE-013 – Police Response to Persons in Crisis
XLI LE-014 – Court Security
XLII LE-015 – Confidential Sources
XLIII LE-016 – Prisoner Care and Control
XLIV LE-017 – Traffic Management, Traffic Law Enforcement and Road Safety
XLV LE-018 – Witness Protection and Security
XLVI LE-019 – Stolen or Smuggled Firearms
XLVII LE-020 – Collection, Preservation and Control of Evidence and Property
XLVIII LE-021 – Abuse of Older Persons and Vulnerable Adult Abuse
XLIX LE-022 – Officer Note Taking
L LE-023 – Bail and Violent Crime
LI LE-024 – Intimate Partner Violence Occurrences
LII LE-025 – Supervision
LIII LE-026 – Missing Persons
LIV LE-027 – Physical and Sexual Abuse of Children
LV LE-028 – Criminal Harassment
LVI LE-029 – Offences Involving Firearms
LVII LE-030 – Property Offences Including Break and Enter
LVIII LE-031 – Drug-Related Offences Other Than Simple Possession
LIX LE-032 – Illegal Gaming
LX LE-033 – Prisoner Transportation
LXI LE-034 – Sexual Assault Investigations
LXII LE-035 – Waterways Policing
LXIII LE-036 – Child Pornography – Internet Child Exploitation Investigations
LXIV LE-037 – Sudden Death and Found Human Remains
LXV LE-038 – Fraud and False Pretence Investigations
LXVI LE-039 – Homicide and Attempted Homicide Investigations
LXVII LE-040 – Parental and Non-Parental Abduction Investigations
LXVIII LE-041 – Proceeds of Crime
LXIX LE-042 – Robbery Investigations
LXX LE-043 – Vehicle Theft Investigations
LXXI LE-044 – Youth Crime
LXXII LE-045 – Suspect Apprehension Pursuits
LXXIII LE-046 – Sex Offender Registry
LXXIV LE-047 – Police Response to High-Risk Individuals

XXIX LE-002 – Communications Centre

REPORTING REQUIREMENT

 

LEGISLATION

Police Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.15, as amended, s. 31(1)(c).

Adequacy & Effectiveness of Police Services, O. Reg. 3/99, ss. 5(1)(a), 5(2), 5(6) and 6(1)(a)(b), 6(3)(a)(b).

It is the policy of the Toronto Police Services Board that:

  1. The Chief of Police will ensure that the Service will have a communications centre which will provide communications and dispatch services by using Service members;
  2. The Chief of Police will ensure that the communications centre will operate 24 hours a day with a sufficient number of communications operator(s) to answer reasonably anticipated volumes of emergency calls for service and maintain constant two-way voice communication capability with police officers who are on patrol and/or responding to emergency calls;
  3. The Chief of Police will ensure that a Service member is available 24 hours a day to supervise police communications and dispatch services;
  4. The Chief of Police will provide police officers on patrol with portable two-way voice communication capability that allows police officers to be in contact with the communications centre when away from their vehicle or on foot patrol;
  5. The Chief of Police will establish procedures on communications and dispatch services;
  6. The Chief of Police will establish procedures for when more than one officer must respond to an occurrence or call for service; and
  7. The Chief of Police will ensure that communication operators and dispatchers and those supervising them have successfully completed the required training accredited by the Ministry of The Solicitor General (“Ministry”) or have equivalent qualifications or skills as approved by the Ministry.