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

XLVII LE-020 – Collection, Preservation and Control of Evidence and Property

REPORTING REQUIREMENT

Annual, on a three-year cycle (General Warehouse, Drug Repository and Firearms Storage Vault).

LEGISLATION

Police Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.15, as amended, ss. 31(1)(c), 132-134.

Adequacy & Effectiveness of Police Services, O. Reg. 3/99, ss. 13(1)(n),14(1)(b).

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

  1. The Chief of Police will ensure and report back on compliance by members of the Service with sections 132, 133 and 134 of the Police Services Act;
  2. The Chief of Police will establish procedures, consistent with the advice from the Centre of Forensic Sciences and its current version of the Laboratory Guide for the Investigator, for the safe and secure collection, preservation, control, handling and packaging of evidence;
  3. The Chief of Police will establish procedures for the secure collection, preservation and control of property;
  4. The Chief of Police will ensure that internal control checks of the property/evidence held by the Service are conducted by a member(s) not routinely or directly connected with the property/evidence control function, and report the results to the Board; and
  5. Where a member who has responsibility for a property/evidence storage area is transferred or replaced, the Chief of Police will ensure that internal controls are established to ensure the integrity of Property and Evidence Management Unit processes.