Police Board to hold Hybrid Meeting on Tuesday November 12, 2024

Police Board to hold Hybrid Meeting on Tuesday November 12, 2024

TORONTO:  The next scheduled meeting of the Toronto Police Service Board will take place on Tuesday November 12, 2024 at 9:00AM. It should be noted that the Board will commence in public at 9AM before moving in camera for its confidential meeting, which will now take place prior to attending to the held public agenda items.  It is estimated that the regular public meeting will resume at 12PM.

The agenda is available on the Board’s website at: https://www.tpsb.ca/meetings.

Members of the public who wish to make a deputation on an item included in the agenda may register using the regular process, at https://www.tpsb.ca/meetings/making-a-deputation.  The request must be received no later than 12:00PM on Monday November 11, 2024. 

The Board’s meeting will proceed as a hybrid meeting. 

Sign-up to make a deputation 

If you wish to sign up to make a deputation on an item, please use our Making a Deputation sign-up form: https://www.tpsb.ca/meetings/making-a-deputation.  Registered deputants will have the option of making their deputation in-person or virtually. Virtual deputations would be available either by video via WebEx, or audio-only by phone. Please note deputations on items not appearing on the agenda will not be accepted.

In addition, members of the public and media are welcome and encouraged to attend the meeting as an observer through our livestream at: https://youtube.com/live/XRsmH4If2sc

Items of Interest at this Board meeting include:

ANALYTICS PRESENTATION WITH A FOCUS ON INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE

The Board will hear an Analytics presentation from Ian Williams, Director, Information Management, Inspector Susan Gomes and Detective Shane Miller, with a focus on Intimate Partner Violence (I.P.V.). As the presentation notes, the Toronto Police Service recognizes that I.P.V. is a serious social problem, and is not limited or restricted by marital status, sexual orientation, occupation, vulnerability, age or gender.  Among its commitments in this area, the Service is committed to reducing the number of incidents of I.P.V. and related homicides in the community, through education and enforcement, thoroughly investigating these incidents and bringing offenders to justice, and enhancing the safety of victims through prompt action, including referral to community partners.   The presentation will also include a statistical breakdown of I.P.V. rates by Division, and the identification of hot spots throughout the city.

2023 BODY-WORN CAMERA AUDIT

The Board will consider a report from Dubi Kanengisser, Executive Director which provides the Toronto Board with the 2023 Body Worn Camera Audit report, prepared by the Toronto Police Service’s Audit & Quality Assurance unit.  As the report notes, in May 2022, the Toronto Police Service (the Service) completed its roll-out of body-worn cameras. The purpose of this audit is to fulfill the requirements outlined in the Board’s Body-Worn Camera Policy which outlines several categories of recordings against which predefined tests must be applied. The scope of this audit included Body-Worn Camera activity from April 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022. Overall, the findings in this report represent a moderate risk to the Service. The report contains eight recommendations and seven compliance issues.

2023 USE OF FORCE REPORT

The Board will consider a report from Chief Demkiw which provides an overview of use of force training, updates to governance, and a five year statistical comparison and trend analysis in regards to all levels of reported use of force incidents involving Toronto Police Service Members.  As the report notes, in 2023, there were 1,322 use of force incidents representing 0.32% of all calls for service attended. In absolute terms, use of force incidents decreased by 4.7% (1,387) compared to 2022, and by 12% (1,495) compared to 2019. This decline is notable when considering that the demands for policing have been increasing and there are a greater number of officers deployed.  The report also states that although the Service has doubled the number of Conducted Energy Weapons (C.E.W.) licensed officers since expanding its use to frontline police constables, the rate of C.E.W. deployments has been steadily declining over the last five years with 2023 having the lowest rate of use at 18.4% or 642 deployments.

As with all meetings, a recording of this meeting will be posted and archived to the Toronto Police Service YouTube account at https://www.youtube.com/TorontoPolice for members of the public to access later at their convenience.

 
Contact:          Sandy Murray
                        sandy.murray@tpsb.ca 
                        416-808-8090


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