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

LIV LE-027 – Physical and Sexual Abuse of Children

REPORTING REQUIREMENT

 

LEGISLATION

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

Adequacy & Effectiveness of Police Services, Ontario Regulation 3/99, s. 12(1)(a).

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

  1. The Chief of Police will develop and maintain procedures on the processes for undertaking and managing investigations into the physical and sexual abuse of children;
  2. The Chief of Police will, in partnership with the local Crown Attorney, Children’s Aid Societies, municipalities, school boards and other appropriate service providers, including hospital staff, work to establish a committee to develop a local strategy to prevent, and respond to complaints of, child abuse and neglect;
  3. The Chief of Police will enter into a child abuse protocol with their local Children’s Aid Societies with respect to investigations into complaints of child abuse and neglect, and the sudden unexpected death of any child; and
  4. The Chief of Police will, if the alleged child abuse fits the definition of a major case, require officers to comply with the procedures set out in the Ministry’s designated Ontario Major Case Management Manual.