Police Board to hold Hybrid Meeting on December 12, 2024
TORONTO: The next scheduled meeting of the Toronto Police Service Board will take place on December 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 1PM.
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 December 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/duQ31iLI9O4?feature=share
Items of Interest at this Board meeting include:
2025 Budget Requests – Board and Service
The Board will hear a presentation and consider a number of reports regarding the Service’s 2025 budget requests. These include the 2025 Toronto Police Service Operating Budget Request, the 2025-2034 Toronto Police Service Capital Program Request, and the 2024 Parking Enforcement Unit Operating Budget Request. The Board will also consider a report regarding the Board’s 2025 Operating Budget Request.
In the report regarding the Service’s 2025 Operating Budget request, it is recommended that the Board approve the Service’s 2025 net operating budget request of $1,220.1 Million (M), a $46.2M or 3.9% increase over the 2024 approved budget. As the Chief’s report notes, the budget aims to strike “a balance between affordability and the critical need for the Service to maintain adequate and effective policing services for the City of Toronto. After over a decade of diligent fiscal management, cost containment, and transformation, the Service faces the pressing challenge of maintaining service levels that aligns with the City’s growth and rising demands.”
POLICE REFORM RECOMMENDATIONS – AUDIT
The Board will consider a report from Dubi Kanengisser, Executive Director, regarding the 2023 implementation of police reform recommendations. The purpose of this report is to provide the Board with the 2023 Review of Implemented Recommendations – Police Reform, prepared by the Toronto Police Service’s Audit & Quality Assurance unit. It is noted that the findings of this report represent a high risk to the Service.
RECOMMENDATIONS ARISING FROM THE INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF SAMMY YATIM
The Board will consider a report from Dubi Kanengisser, Executor Director, regarding the Board’s response to the jury recommendations from the Coroner’s Inquest into the death of Sammy Yatim. It should be noted that the Board’s response has been prepared in consultation with the Board’s Mental Health and Addictions Advisory Panel (M.H.A.A.P.).
The Board will also consider a report from Chief Demkiw regarding the inquest recommendations. As the report notes, a Coroner’s inquest into the death of Sammy Yatim was conducted in the City of Toronto during the period of January 12, 2024, to February 1, 2024. As a result of the inquest, the jury made 63 recommendations, dealing with a variety of issues, such as officer training, monitoring, and accountability, peer intervention, and the availability of mental health supports for both police officers, and family members of those killed or seriously injured by police.
Two of the recommendations were directed to the Board, and 43 were directed to the Service. Four (4) recommendations were directed exclusively to the Toronto Police Service, 11 were directed to all police services in Ontario and 28 of the recommendations were directed jointly to a combination of police services, police service boards, the Ministry of the Solicitor General and various other agencies.
The two reports detail the Service and Board’s responses to the recommendations directed at them by the jury.
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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