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Test, test, test, test.

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Good afternoon, Kirsten.

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I guess start over again. We'll be here all day if I have to do that. Good afternoon, Kirsten. Can you please confirm we have quorum?

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Through you chair. We do have quorum.

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I will not call a meeting door to our meetings. Our webcast live temporarily archived on the Board's website.

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Presentations and reports considered at today's meeting are available on our website.

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And members of the public may contact the Executive Director to acquire documents in an alternate format.

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a reminder to everyone that electronic devices should be switched to the non-autable function during our meetings.

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I would like to do the land acknowledgement now.

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Thank you, and three you chair.

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And I'm just going to share something that, you know, our commitment as a board to continuously learning on our path to reconciliation.

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You know, today we're going to switch up and also share a resource that has helped with the land acknowledgement today.

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So there's really great resources called nativeland.ca and they have an actual, and some directions on how can we craft meaningful land

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acknowledgments, starts with recognizing our position to this land, acknowledging right the land that we're on.

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But also a statement to our intentions and our actions.

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So let's begin with that.

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So we recognize our position as settlers on the land here.

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Now it's the city of Hamilton.

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The traditional territories of the eerie here on Wendette,

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a Nishinaabe, Houdina Shone, and Mississaugas

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of the new credit.

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This land is covered by the dish with one spoon

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womp and agreement.

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And agreement to peacefully share the lands

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and the resources around the Great Lakes.

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This land is also covered by the between the Lake

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purchases of 1792 between the crown and the missisogas of the new credit.

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And our intentions of recognizing this land is how we perceive or how I perceive, you know,

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one of the central steps in towards reconciliation, right, is recognizing the folks and

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the people and the heritage of the land.

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And our intention is that, you know, and the actions that I like to take forward is learning

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and meaningfully incorporating some of the lessons

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from our indigenous colleagues and folks in this area.

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So the one that is hitting home for me today

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is the concept of neutrality, right?

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That, especially with the just one,

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it's been more onpening agreements

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that not only do we share all the resources around these lands,

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because it's the right thing to do,

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but because our survival is interdependent.

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It is, it is between eachality that we will, the only way for it is neutrality, and so that, I think, given the topics on the agenda today,

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bears residents with me. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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At this time, I'd like everyone to join me in a moment of silence, as we honor the memory of three fallen officers who dedicated their lives to serving and protecting their communities.

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Ontario Police Constable Tyrone By Lee, Toronto Police Service Constable Mark

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Pinazato and Montreal Police Service Constable Mojavad Ben Rendon lost their lives

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in the line of duty. These offers officers answering a calling that demanded courage,

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commitment, sacrifice, and remind us of the risk of police officers face each day in performing

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their duties.

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As we reflect, we hold their family, friends, and colleagues in our thoughts, if you would

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please stand and join me in a moment of silence.

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Thank you.

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This last month's been a tough month to be a police officer, and to recognize the sacrifices

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This is the youth people make for us every day.

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I know I can speak for myself.

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I want to say thank you.

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I know I watched the news coverage last night on CH.

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And when I saw one of my former players,

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Jay Penis Auto, speaking about his brother,

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it brought me to tears.

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So I get it, and you guys got a tough job,

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and many are grateful and today, maybe a bit more than every other day, but thank you for what you do.

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In order to keep our meetings running smoothly and to be fair to everyone, I'd like to remind the members that there is a five-minute speaking limit.

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I've been lenient in speaking time.

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We'll be adhering to our procedural of bylaw. For those not familiar with our bylaw, see section

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19, eight, only eight, and 19.10. No member shall speak more than once on the same question, or

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motion, below the approval of the board, and no member shall speak to the same question or motion, or

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in reply for more than five minutes at a time. Recognizing that sometimes the answers could

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up most of your time or that will be certainly be taken into consideration. It's all part and

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parcel of the deal right.

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So,

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Cursion is there any changes through the agenda?

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Through you chair, there are two changes to the agenda. We have an amended recommendation

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item 9.1. That's the 2025 year-end report use of force. There was an added appendix B. And

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then we have revised recommendation item 9.3, which is the 2025 annual report minor revisions

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to the final copy. Thank you.

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Okay, I'm going to get a mover.

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Robin.

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Seconder. Sorry. Remember Padilla.

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Any discussion on the matter? Yes.

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Thank you. Through you chair. I'd like to add a statement of my resignation.

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shorter than the land acknowledgement I just remarked on.

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So, you know, I've served with a citizen appointee on this board since November 2023, and I'm the first citizen appointee to be nominated by a groundbreaking collaborative committee of both diverse citizens and city counselors.

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It courageous attempt from our city to redefine its relationship between the Hamilton police and the public it serves.

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And I entered this role deeply aware that large segments of our community harbor a profound

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mistrust of law enforcement.

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And I hope that I could bring both accountability and transparency to this role to better

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address the hate in our city, and to work towards finding common ground, right, building bridges

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between the widening divides in our city.

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But that hope has been extinguished.

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I've experienced this persistent mistreatment from colleagues, including ongoing commentary

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that is exclusionary, patronizing, and focused on my identity.

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But my personal treatment is not an isolated issue, instead it reflects how this governing

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body views and treats marginalized communities in Hamilton.

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This fort is actively presided over a profound failure of institutional oversight, including

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a disregard of the importance of violations of our charter rights, a denial of our community

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realities and unaddressed systemic disparities with visibility that is afforded by this

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comes responsibility to model respectful, collaborative, transparent, and accountable governance.

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And I have a responsibility to maintain public trust and not just in policing, but an integrity

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of this board and the legitimacy of its actions.

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I refuse to continue validating my continued mistreatment in these failures of governance

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to my silence.

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And so today, nearly three years into my term on this board, is it is with profound sadness

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and disappointment that I must announce my resignation as a citizen appointee to the Hamilton police services board effective immediately.

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I'm grateful to all of the community who has stood behind me and supported me throughout that my time on this board.

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I would not be here today if it were not for the community that has backed me.

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And so, you know, I've kept my comments brief in light of, you know, the board chairs, you know, remarks, but, you know, at this point I reckon I, I, I, I welcome any members for the press and any members of the community who stands behind me to meet and outside for my full remarks.

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Thank you.

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Is there any other discussion on the motion?

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So,

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we don't have quorum now,

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and this being new to me, that means we can't proceed any further

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until member spot of forks comes or, probably

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a good plan.

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So, I'm going to propose that we recess for

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15 minutes and then we'll come back.

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Thank you.

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I'll move through the agenda as we've started it. And remember, St. Jean and moved second member of approval, seconded the update in the agenda. We had some discussion. Is there any further discussion? All favor?

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Proved.

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Are there any declaration conflict of interest by the members?

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Seeing none?

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Member of the month, I'll call on Chief Bergen to introduce the presenter for a member of the month.

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Thank you chair and through the chair I'd like to call upon Inspector Greg Doer to introduce the member of the month.

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Good afternoon, please service board chair, please service board members.

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Chief Bergen, Deputy Chief Diodati, Acting Deputy Chief Abbott.

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Senior officers, House of Police Service members and members of the public.

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My name is Greg Doer and I'm the chair of the House of Police Service Awards Committee.

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Today, I join you to share the member of the month award, which celebrates extraordinary

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acts by Hamilton Police Service members and is my honor and pleasure to announce the

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March member of the month, Acting Sergeant Mark Steeds.

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If you could join me down here, please mark.

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In February 26, Acting Sergeant Mark Steeds demonstrated outstanding professionalism, leadership,

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and life-saving skills during two separate medical emergencies, exemplifying the highest standards

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of Hamilton Police Service.

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On February 2, well, patrolling near the Salvation Army on York Boulevard, he and Cadet

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Miranda Anderson encountered an individual in medical crisis following suspected overdose.

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Despite numerous unsuccessful mercantile attempts acting sergeant seeds immediately took

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over chest compressions, while Cadet Anderson managed communications and seen control.

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He continued CPR until paramedics arrived and then assisted EMS as they prepare the

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for a defibrillation, ultimately helping restore a faint pulse

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before transport to hospital.

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Later that month on February 23, acting sergeant's

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feeds and cadet Owen Simpson responded to a collapse mail

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inside a Metro grocery store on Barton Street East.

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Acting sergeant's feeds provided ventilations

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with a bag and valve mass while cadet Simpson

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performed continuous chest compressions,

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maintaining coordinated CPR until paramedics delivered

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a defibrillator shock and assumed care.

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In both instance, acting sergeant seats remained calm, decisive and highly effective, demonstrating

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exceptional teamwork, medical proficiency and dedication to community safety.

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His actions directly contributed to giving both patients the best possible chance for survival.

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Acting sergeant marks seats, thank you for demonstrating how the police service values

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the professionalism and dedication.

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Your efforts made a difference.

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Thank you for all that you do and congratulations on being the March number of the month.

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Thank you.

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I'll give the chairs verbal updated this point in time from June 1st through 3rd members,

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Padurolo and Spada Fora and myself executive director Stevenson attended the police

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Governor and sub-antirio annual spring conference in Niagara Falls.

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Vice Chair Paul's attended the Interval House

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Drives for Lives Golf Tournament on June 3.

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Vice Chair Paul's also attended the Hammond Leadership

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Fair Breakfast on June 4.

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Vice Chair, Charles.

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Members, about a four executive director, Stevenson, and I attended the Hammond Police Service Spring Badd's

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ceremony on June 4. On June 15, I attended a meeting in the Inspector General Holden, Toronto, along

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with board chairs and chiefs concerning the growth of anti-Semitism and hate-based incidents

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across Ontario. Vice chair Pauls, attended the Hammond Police, we tried to ease golf tournament

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on June 22nd. I attended the next mid-dinner on June 22nd.

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May I please have a mover and

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a second to receive the chair's report, moved by member St. Jeans, second by member

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Padurollo, any discussion? All in favor, posed, carried.

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I'll call on the chief to

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provide us update.

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Thank you chair and through the chair.

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On June 22nd, we opened the downtown

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substation at two King Street West in Jackson Square,

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creating a dedicated police presence in the heart

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of the city's downtown core.

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The new substation responds directly to its concerns,

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raised by downtown businesses,

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residents, service providers, and community partners

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about safety, visibility, and the need for stronger

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connections in the core.

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As this board is aware, Hamilton Police hosted the downtown safety summit, bringing together a broad cross section of downtown partners to discuss the challenges facing the area and identify practical steps to support a safer, more vibrant and welcoming downtown.

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One of the action items identified through that process was exploring the feasibility of a downtown police substation.

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3,500 and 4 square-foot substation will be staffed using current Hamilton police resources.

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As chief, I will not be coming to this board with a request for additional dollars.

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The city of Hamilton is leasing this face for $1 per year over the next two years from Jackson Square.

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Capital and operating costs are also being covered by the city.

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We heard clearly from businesses and residents that are stronger, please present downtown matters.

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The new sub-station will be open from Monday to Saturday, 8am-6pm, there will be one officer

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permanently stationed on site with two additional officers conducting patrols in the surrounding

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area.

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This deployment will be supported by core patrol, M-SERT, the social navigator, and cabin

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engagement team and youth engagement team.

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Members of the community are welcome to visit the sub-station and can buzz in through the front

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entrance.

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We're also committed to utilize this space for community meetings.

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The substation puts our officers closer to the people we serve, increases visibility, and

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strengthens our work with partners to keep downtown Hamilton's safe, vibrant, and a welcoming

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place for everyone.

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Also a product of the Community Safety Summit, we hosted a meeting last week with public

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prosecution service of Canada.

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The PPSC handles prosecution for federal statutes such as charges under the controlled drug and substance act, including trafficking in narcotics.

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We know many serious cases notably involving the trafficking of fentanyl have been stayed or withdrawn likely related to a billing cap imposed by the government on contract federal prosecutors.

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We will continue to advocate for a full-time prosecutor in Hamilton.

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Based on the tenure of this meeting, there is hope.

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There may be immediate assistance available in our collective delivery of the principles of Bill C5.

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The discussion was constructive and focused on solidifying our partnership to address our common concerns regarding the harmful impact of drug trafficking addictions within Hamilton.

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We recently received a letter from the solicitor General's office,

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commanding Hamilton Police on our use of E intake.

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E intake expedites the process for law enforcement officers to file criminal charges electronically,

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and streamlines the information shared between police,

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other enforcement agencies, and court in real time.

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It also allows the justice of the peace to enter there in their decisions,

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sign documents digitally and request additional information from law enforcement officers online.

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Hamilton Police Service achieved a 99% upload success rate for April of 2026 using the integrated

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court offense network or what we call icon.

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During April 2026, Hamilton submitted 584 charge packages containing 635 court information.

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of those submissions 626 information were successfully uploaded to the ICONS system.

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The court's record management system resulting in an exceptional 99% success rate.

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Charge packages that contain errors or deficiencies, such as an incorrect appearance details

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or innate detail, notice will automatically be unloaded to the ICON instead of require

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manual data entry by court host staff.

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As such, this result is a direct reflection of the care, accuracy and attention being applied during charge package preparation and review.

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As of May 31, 2026, Hamilton Police Service has transmitted, 2,517 charge packages containing 2,775 information.

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of those 2,600 and 79 information were successfully uploaded in the icon.

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This represents a 97% success rate.

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These results are particularly no worth and given the volume of charge packages being

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processed by Hamilton Police Service and reflect an exceptional level of accuracy and consistency

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in charge package preparation and transmission.

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To put this achievement into perspective, another niche agency with a comparable number

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of members, recorded a year-to-day icon, upload success rate of just 90% and an April as

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rate of 87%. I would like to read one quote directly from the Solicitor General's Office.

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Hamilton, please, service has established itself as a leader in the submission of high-quality

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charge packages. This is not only supports the efficient processing of matters by justices

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of a piece, but also reduces the need for manual data entry by court services division staff

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and the delays that can result when submissions fail to upload.

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A special thank you to staff sergeant Amanda Gill, staff sergeant Andrew Rochard and staff

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sergeant Michelle Wiley, who oversee the staff responsible for pairing and transmitting

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charge packages.

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There are case prep teams also deserve recognition for the professionalism and diligence that

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is contributed to these outstanding results.

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The solicitor general also recognized our MS administrator Heather McLean for all her work

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as Hamilton's police contact with the solicitor general's office.

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And in conclusion, congratulations to Inspector Ben Tibbito, who is one of 255 law enforcement

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officers who graduated from the FBI.

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In Quantico, Virginia. The 298th session of the National Academy consisted of men and women from 46 states and the district of Columbia.

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The class also included 29 international members of law enforcement agencies from 26 countries, 5 military organizations, and 4 federal civilian organizations.

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Internationally, respected and known for its academic excellence, the National Academy offers

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10 weeks of advanced communication, leadership, and fitness training.

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Participants must have proven records as professionals within their agencies to attend.

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The FBI Academy instructors, special agents, and other staff with advanced degrees provide

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the training.

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Many instructors are recognized internationally in their fields.

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A total of 57,196 graduates have completed the FBI National Academy since it began in

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1935, including Deputy Ryan Diodati.

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The National Academy is held at the FBI Training Academy in Quantico, the same facility

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where the FBI trains its new special agents and intelligence analysis.

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Thank you, Chair.

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Thank you for the update chief.

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I get a mover and a second to accept the chief's update.

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Move by member Padillo, second by member St. Jean.

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Any discussion?

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Seeing none, I'll call the vote all in favor.

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Opposed?

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Carried?

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Cursion, can you please provide your update?

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Through you chair.

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This past month I provided a presentation to municipal and

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P.P. Police Service boards across Ontario through the Police Governance Ontario Organization

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at the Virtual Administrator Summit on June 16. I attended a community safety and well

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being planned presentation to the service. This is tied into the board strategic planning

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review process. I'd have to say most of my time have been focused primarily on strategic

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planning and working alongside Consilium Public Sector Services on this initiative.

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The inspector to policing has invited me to participate in a small focus session group to review the 2026 police service board information data collection questions and proposed updates to the dashboard.

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And then finally, on June 9, Luchia, Jordan and myself, so the entire board staff took part in the walk a mile in their shoes event.

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Thanks to everyone who sponsored our team, and thanks to generous donors, we reached our goal of raising just over $1,000.

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I just like to mention that I am a survivor of gender-based violence.

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A lot has changed over the years but not enough.

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It's disturbing to realize that this is still a big problem.

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Having said that, the stigma has been reduced over the past years for people who finally speak up.

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I'd like to thank all of the officers, Victim Service Workers and Volunteers for all of their support and the work that you do.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Kirsten.

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Can I get it moving on to second or do we remember Paduolo?

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Second one.

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Number 17.

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Is there any any discussion on a matter?

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All in favor?

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Post.

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Kerry,

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can you please provide your update on the revision of the board's 27-30 strategic

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plan?

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Through you, Chair, I would like to let everybody know that the public survey that the

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board has out on their website.

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We've also advertised in all libraries and community centers across the city that the deadline

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has been extended to complete the public confidential survey until July 31, 2020.

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A media release will be sent out shortly to announce the extension and to remind the public where they may access the confidential public survey.

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Our recent focus for the past month or so has been on organizing stakeholder feedback.

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Based on the CSPA, the community safety and policing act,

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The strategic plan must provide an overview of the consultations that were conducted.

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So in preparing and revising our strategic plan, the police service board will be consulting

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with the Chief of Police, Municipal Council, BAN Councils of any First Nations of which

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we don't have any in our area.

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Groups representing diverse community in the board's area of policing, school boards, community

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organizations, businesses, and members of the public in the board's area of policing, and

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then any other prescribed persons, organizations, or groups.

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In the past month, we've identified key stakeholders.

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These groups were broken out into main categories, and then into further subgroups.

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We've got governance, and for example, that would include board members, board members, municipal

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council, MPs, and MPs.

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And this list is an exhaustive. I'll save you that. I'm just giving you a high level of the stakeholders we've identified.

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Education is another main group that includes post-secondary institutions, public Catholic French school boards, private schools,

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and also faith-based institutions.

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Social services, health and community organizations are our third group.

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Our fourth group is groups representing diverse communities.

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Again, not a Folsom list, but that includes indigenous racialized communities, faith communities,

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2 SNL, GPT, QIA, plus communities, people with disabilities, seniors, and people experiencing

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poverty and the unhoused.

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Youth is another large group.

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That's our fifth group, sixth group is business and economic communities.

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We've reached out to the Chamber of Commerce, business improvement areas in rural businesses.

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The Hamilton Wentworth Federation of Agriculture.

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And then the seventh group is community safety partners in advocacy groups.

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So this would include the Women's Abuse Working Group, which is a 23 member coalition.

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Emergency service partners, EMS, Fire and Bala, and then Salt, which is the system advisory leadership table.

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Internal focus groups were also organized within the service and included individuals from all levels for the sworn and civilian, including special units from the strategic initiative unit, so EDI, community engagement groups etc.

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On behalf of the board, I would like to send a big thank you out to staff Sergeant Tammy Uart for all of our hard work facilitating the internal focus group sessions,

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and for her assistance in identifying and compiling key stakeholder group contacts.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Carson.

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This is a significant and a big addition to by the board at you and the chair on it.

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That's a good thing.

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Can I get a, may please get a mover in a second to receive the strategic plan verbal update

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and item 5.5.1 media release requesting to public input on revisions to this strategic plan.

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Can I get a mover?

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Next by 4A, welcome.

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Second by Member Pudule. Any discussion? Comment?

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All in favour?

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Opposed? Carried.

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Public minutes of May 21st. May please get a mover and a second to approve the minutes of May 21st,

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26 as presented, moved by member of St. Jean, second by member of Spadafore, are there any discussion

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on the matter?

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All in favor? Post? Carry. Correspondence. May I get a mover to seconder

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receive correspondence item seven one through seven seven point one through seven point eleven

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moved by member of St. Jean second by member spot of for a

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cheaper game would you like to speak to the correspondence items are there any correspondence items

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board would like to discuss will start with the chief. Thank you chair and I will stand down

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and waiting for board direction. Any correspondence items are boarded like to comment on

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Is there any other further discussion?

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All in favor?

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Polls, carried.

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Concern items may get a mover and a seconder

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to receive consent items 8.1 through 8.7.

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Moved by Member Cretch, second by Member Spadafora.

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Sheepurgin or any consent items you would like to speak to?

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Thank you, Chair and I'll stand down waiting for board direction.

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Remember if any consent items you'd like to speak to?

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Member correction?

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8.2 and 8.4.

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I'll start with 8.2.

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I attended the downtown safety summit meeting

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and reviewed the report.

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A couple of things I wanted to point out from my perspective

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as the downtown counselor and as some of the attended meeting.

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My understanding, before we got to the meeting, based on the emails I received, was that the

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meeting was going to be focused on dealing with ways to support youth.

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Those are the folks that were involved in the specific shoes that the meeting was called

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for the discuss, instead the meeting ended up being a sort of side town hall on another subject

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altogether.

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Which is finally really regrettable, because those youth who are looking for leadership, looking

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for support looking for ways to find resources and communities who are grieving from those incidents

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reach out to me and said they didn't get anything out of the meeting.

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And that was the purpose of the meeting.

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So that's regrettable from my perspective.

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I also think it's important to say that one of the things that is not talked about continually

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and we're talking about shootings in the city which I find personally fine bizarre is that

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more than 80% of the shootings do not occur in the area that is identified by downtown

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down town by the police. Something that meeting me had a map up on the board that showed down town.

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83% of shootings happen outside that area. Recently, the media contacting me to ask me questions

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about different things were happening down town and one of the questions they asked me was,

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well, Councillor, what do you think about this and the perception? I said, I think it's important

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for us to start actually having a conversation about the perception of these situations and how

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that perception is created in the first place. There were recently two shootings, four days apart

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in Ann Caster, Ward 14 type area.

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I didn't see the same level of press conferences,

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repeated press conferences, media releases,

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media attention about those two shootings.

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But when one of those shootings happens downtown,

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we are seeing multiple press conferences,

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press releases, availability, media attention on the subject.

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And so I think there's something to be said about

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how that perception gets created.

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If the majority of shootings aren't happening downtown,

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why aren't we having a conversation similar

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of the kinds of conversations we're having downtown, every single time they're shooting in

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our city. I don't get it. It's not a question, by the way. That's a rhetorical statement

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I'm asking for an answer from anybody. I'm just saying to you that for me it's deeply

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troubling that the majority, the vast majority of shootings happen outside downtown, but the

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only conversation we're seeing we're seeing what we have is the ones that are having downtown.

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We should be having a meeting like that. I mean we had here in every community with our shootings

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and there should be discussions about why they're happening there. Thank you.

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Are there any further discussions on any of the items?

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Eight point four, I was just waiting to see if anybody else had anything on eight point two or three.

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Thank you.

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I only question for eight point four.

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I didn't see this two questions I have.

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Question number one is with respect to the number of people in the traffic safety unit.

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So in the traffic safety unit was first built, it was going to be nineteen twenty people.

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And then there was a conversation about not being able to find enough people to staff the unit.

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So then there was eleven people that were in the unit and there was people that were off and other kinds of reasons.

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But I didn't see that information here. I may have missed it and that's my fault, but where are we at today?

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Thank you for the question, member Cretchen, through you chair. So currently the unit is at 18 people.

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We're currently staffed at 15 as three members are off on WSIB. So we're down three members at this time.

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So we're kind of up for from before. We're kind of in the middle at this point.

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In terms of people that are doing.

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We're up for members from the 11. We're kind of in the middle of the sort of 20.

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That's correct.

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There are transfer meeting last year.

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The staffing concern was brought to the chief and the chief reassign some resources throughout

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the organization to make sure that we are remaining with our commitment to TSU.

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Thanks.

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My second question about this is regarding targets.

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So I've seen all the tables here.

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They show changes.

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They show what things look like as a trend, but I don't see targets here.

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So how are we supposed to know how we're evaluating this information of whether we're

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doing a good job or not?

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I'm simply comparing information year over year,

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it gives us a sense of how we're doing year to year,

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but without sort of a really targeted program

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of this is how much we think we should be doing

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this is how much money we're coming in before

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and the purpose of the program was to increase that

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or the purpose of the program was to do something else.

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I don't see that overlay here

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and says, hardly understand what outcomes we're measuring.

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Yes, that's pretty good.

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So I guess I can start, I have some prepared comments,

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actually just I'll go through them first

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and then I'll attempt to if those don't answer your question that I can go further.

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So I'll begin by acknowledging that our recent traffic enforcement numbers have not been where

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we would like them to be as an organization. So they'll start there. That said, this was not

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a matter of priority. Traffic enforcement has remained a priority for the service, but ongoing

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staffing challenges over several years have significantly limited our officers ability to engage

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and proactive enforcement, quite simply our members were largely consumed by calls for service,

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leaving limited capacity for discretionary activities like traffic enforcement.

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January 2020.

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For the organization, the investments made by this board in staff and compliments, hiring approvals, and collective agreement changes are now allowing us to properly backfill those positions, including some of the members off on WSIB.

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Those changes have restored the proactive capacity that was missing. We're now seeing clear and sustained progress, so I'm happy to report that from January 1st until May 31st of this year, traffic enforcement activity is up approximately

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55% compared to the same period last year. During that same period, motor vehicle collisions

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are down 10% and impaired driving apprehensions are up 4%. We've also laid 217 stunt driving

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charges in just the first five months of this year and that compares to 273 during all of

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2025. The statistical loan demonstrates both the extent to the problem and the intensity of our

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enforcement efforts directed at the highest risk drivers in our community.

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The rallies that more people in our community will be impacted by serious or fatal motor

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01:38:37,760 --> 01:38:39,480
vehicle collisions than by violent crime.

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01:38:39,680 --> 01:38:41,780
Everyone in these collisions is preventable.

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While speed is often discussed as a contributing factor, speed alone is rarely the sole cause

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of fatal collisions.

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More often, you see a combination of factors that play.

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These include impairment by drugs, alcohol, destructive driving, excessive speed and failure

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to wear seatbelts. This is why our approach has evolved, not simply about increasing volume,

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it's about being more intentional, and I hope this begins to answer your question. We

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are focusing on the highest for strivers and behaviors. Not so much a set number, including

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impaired driving, distracted driving, excessive speed, seatbelt enforcement, and stunt driving.

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Our enforcement efforts are specifically designed to target these behaviors because they

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The combination of this targeted enforcement strategy along with the proactive efforts of our commercial motor vehicle unit is beginning to pay in dividends.

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We're seeing increase enforcement activity, fewer collisions overall, more impaired drivers being removed from our roadways and a stronger focus on those drivers who pose the greatest risk to public safety.

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So, based on the results we've seen the first five months of 2026, I'm confident that next year's report will look significantly different, and we'll better reflect the efforts of our members and the expectations we have set for ourselves as an organization.

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I want to thank the board for its continued support and investment. I'm confident that the positive results that we've seen so far in the first five months of this year will continue throughout the range of year.

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That said, we have two traffic campaigns set for July and August of this year.

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July will be running a program called Buckle up Phone Down to significant causes of fatal

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and serious motor vehicle collisions in the city.

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Clearly, we're going to be focusing on seat belt enforcement and distracted driving, and

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in August, mostly around complaints that we have been receiving from our residents and

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on behalf of citizens. We're going to be focusing on equipment violations, things like mufflers,

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tinted windows, plate covers, things like that. There are equipment violations that can

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contribute to safety concerns. So I hope I hope that answers your question, remember,

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CRECH, and if not, I'm happy to go a little bit deeper into the data if you need it.

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Thanks. It does answer in part in terms of the things that you're doing, but I'm trying to understand

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how we're evaluating these outcomes.

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What I mean to say for instances,

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let's just say that we are aware that there are

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10-stunt driving locations in the lower city.

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If we were aware of there, 10-stunt driving locations

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in the lower city, then I would presume

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that we're trying to eliminate,

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start driving in those locations.

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Then I presume by the following year,

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we're able to say, okay, in three of those locations,

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we were able to eliminate, start driving,

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or in this many instances of sun driving,

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we're not measuring against something that I can see.

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So for me, the data kind of just floats here.

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And that's why I'm trying to get understanding of is your

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thing we're not trying to approach or come after outcomes,

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01:41:43,360 --> 01:41:46,580
but or specific numbers and targets, but they exist, right?

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01:41:47,040 --> 01:41:48,520
So why is that information not available?

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01:41:48,860 --> 01:41:50,680
And can we get a sense of how we're doing?

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Absolutely.

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01:41:52,420 --> 01:41:56,620
So we work very, very closely with my field over at the city.

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And data is shared between our organization.

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01:42:00,400 --> 01:42:02,560
So we have Dan here from the current information

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in the analysis unit, and we share information back and forth on what those locations are.

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01:42:08,360 --> 01:42:14,140
And then accordingly, we deploy our resources, so for example, the Red Hill Valley Parkway

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01:42:14,140 --> 01:42:17,540
is an area where we're constantly seeing people start driving.

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01:42:17,920 --> 01:42:22,180
So we're working with Mike Field on his team there and deploying resources around the

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01:42:22,180 --> 01:42:24,080
times that we see those offenses occurring.

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01:42:28,560 --> 01:42:31,940
Yeah, I think I'm not quite getting the answer I want, which is okay, I'm not going to

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01:42:31,940 --> 01:42:32,560
believe we're the point.

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01:42:32,660 --> 01:42:34,720
It's just that, yes, I understand that you're getting this information.

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01:42:34,720 --> 01:42:39,840
I think it's important to report it and we can see the outcomes and measure our success without having a number we're trying to get to

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01:42:40,340 --> 01:42:44,940
We have no way of knowing if we're being successful in doing this. We're doing it, but for my education

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01:42:44,940 --> 01:42:49,600
I'm looking at this thinking well, how many of these situations are there? Are we being successful in

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01:42:50,040 --> 01:42:55,000
Remitting the situation in more than half of them or less than half of them? What are the challenges that are presented in doing that?

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01:42:55,160 --> 01:42:59,140
What are we doing to address those challenges? That information is not here. So for me. I know we've understand them

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01:43:00,100 --> 01:43:01,480
Are being successful or not?

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01:43:01,480 --> 01:43:06,520
Yeah, what I'll add is probably what you want to go to the Chief of Peru, the Crime Prevention and Evans

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01:43:06,520 --> 01:43:11,240
based policing it. With that, we're looking at working with the city on the road, safety,

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01:43:11,340 --> 01:43:17,540
initiatives fund, Dan and his team are working with us to use an Evans based approach on the

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deployment of our resources and with that and through that project is our hope that we can report back

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01:43:23,560 --> 01:43:26,860
on those outcomes that you're seeking. But Dan, if you want to speak further to it, please.

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01:43:27,100 --> 01:43:31,120
Thank you, Sarah. In three years, you just to follow up on that. You're looking, the question you're

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01:43:31,120 --> 01:43:33,280
asking member crutches, we're doing enforcement.

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01:43:33,820 --> 01:43:35,200
We're producing numbers each year.

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01:43:35,440 --> 01:43:35,980
What is happening?

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What is the effect?

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01:43:37,800 --> 01:43:42,100
So to superintendent's point, the goal for our unit right now

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in the years to come is to understand, OK, where

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01:43:46,080 --> 01:43:47,820
are the issues occurring, for instance,

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01:43:47,880 --> 01:43:51,140
we have areas with high motor vehicle collisions,

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and we can report whether or not you

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01:43:52,820 --> 01:43:53,920
or be here this goes up or down.

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But we don't know whether or not our enforcement

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01:43:56,640 --> 01:43:58,120
is doing anything about it.

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So what we're doing in our unit is to give you

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example with respect to the RSIF funding and with respect to our

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01:44:04,860 --> 01:44:10,120
chat with deployment is okay if we are to provide a treatment area how does

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01:44:10,120 --> 01:44:16,440
that you know can we establish a control zone so with for instance our deployment

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01:44:16,440 --> 01:44:20,640
in this area no deployment in another comparable area however that area is

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01:44:20,640 --> 01:44:24,460
comparable is our enforcement having an effect and that's what we are doing

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01:44:24,460 --> 01:44:31,570
across the service and especially in the traffic safe unit in the future okay I

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01:44:31,570 --> 01:44:33,150
in the future. Thank you.

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01:44:36,660 --> 01:44:41,850
Are there any other questions on the consent? We have a mover

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in the second. Are you voting or asking the question?

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I got one.

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01:44:50,710 --> 01:44:52,190
All the favor?

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01:44:53,810 --> 01:44:54,430
Polls carried.

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01:45:00,180 --> 01:45:06,500
We'll call on Chief Bergen to introduce the presenters for the use of force 2025 via N report.

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01:45:07,920 --> 01:45:13,140
Thank you, Chair, and gives me pleasure to introduce Sergeant Mass Julianne, Sergeant James

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01:45:13,140 --> 01:45:20,400
to Princeton, Dr. Daniel Lucentif, to come to the podium to give us the 2025 year-end report used

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to force.

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Members, please, Services Board, Chief Bergen, Deputy Chief Diodati, Acting Deputy Chief

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01:46:19,340 --> 01:46:23,580
of it, senior officers, police service members, and members of the community.

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01:46:24,000 --> 01:46:24,280
Good afternoon.

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01:46:25,080 --> 01:46:28,480
My name is Massimo Giuliani, I'm one of the two sergeants in the use of force section

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of the training branch.

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Today's presentation will align some of the background information about use of force

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and proceed into a highlight of the statistics for the calendar year 2025.

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So just some background where use of force comes from.

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So the Criminal Code of Canada, section 25 and 26, dictate the majority of the force,

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the legal aspect of force.

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So, officers may use force during their duty,

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only permitted by law.

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Even if force is authorized by law,

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it's not unrestricted.

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It must be necessary, reasonable, and proportional.

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01:47:03,600 --> 01:47:06,700
There's a reasonable discretion on force being acquired

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in what degree of force is required.

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01:47:10,740 --> 01:47:11,920
The courts have also recognized

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that officers must act quickly in emergencies,

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so the standard is not perfection,

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but a reasonable under the circumstances.

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resources. Force must be lawful, reasonable, and necessary.

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So Section 25 gives us the authority to use force.

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And Section 26 is the limit on it.

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So it covers the excessive force section.

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Officers are criminally responsible for any excess force.

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01:47:36,660 --> 01:47:41,180
Any accusations of excess force can be investigated by any other following.

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01:47:41,800 --> 01:47:46,120
The Hamilton Police Professional Standards Branch, the Ontario Special Investigations Unit,

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01:47:46,120 --> 01:47:52,580
Leica, the law enforcement complaint agency, and now judges in trials are now reviewing

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01:47:52,580 --> 01:47:54,240
use for support string proceedings.

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01:47:59,410 --> 01:48:02,830
The Ontario Public Police Interactions Training Aid came into effect in 2023.

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01:48:05,550 --> 01:48:10,210
It is not a justification for an officer's force, but rather assist officers in articulating

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01:48:10,210 --> 01:48:13,670
events in all interactions, not just use of force incidents.

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01:48:14,370 --> 01:48:19,290
This also assists the public in understanding why and what manner officer may respond during

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01:48:19,290 --> 01:48:20,090
an interaction.

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01:48:20,090 --> 01:48:22,790
The conflict prevention and de-escalation

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involves the entire model.

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So when is the force report required?

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01:48:33,450 --> 01:48:36,250
An officer drives a handgun in the presence of the public.

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01:48:36,550 --> 01:48:38,890
So if a handgun is drawn, a report is required.

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01:48:40,430 --> 01:48:43,650
If any firearm by a police officer is pointed at a person,

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01:48:43,830 --> 01:48:45,730
I use the force report as required as well.

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01:48:47,250 --> 01:48:50,430
If an officer discharges firearm, a report is required,

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01:48:51,010 --> 01:48:56,510
If it also uses a weapon, any weapon on another person, that report is required.

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01:48:57,950 --> 01:49:04,030
If they draw and display a conducted energy weapon, so our tasers, if that is drawn with

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01:49:04,030 --> 01:49:07,010
the intention of achieving compliance, a report is required.

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01:49:07,990 --> 01:49:13,130
If they point a conducted energy weapon, or taser at a person, a report would be required,

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01:49:14,210 --> 01:49:16,990
if they discharge that conducted energy weapon.

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01:49:16,990 --> 01:49:23,710
If they use force on any other person or any person, that results in an injury required medical

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01:49:23,710 --> 01:49:28,590
attention through a physician, a nurse, or a paramedic, and the officers aware of that

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01:49:28,590 --> 01:49:32,470
before they leave for their shift, and their shift, then a report is required.

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01:49:37,760 --> 01:49:41,800
So reports are completed by officers before the end of their shift.

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So if you have any use of force interaction and a reports required, the officer's report's

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of electronic report.

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01:49:48,380 --> 01:49:51,860
This report has been in use for the last several years now.

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They're electronic reports.

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The officer then submits the report to their supervisor.

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It's either the sergeant of the staff sergeant.

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The staff sergeant then reviews if there's any relevant body

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worn camera or in-car camera.

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If the report's complete and the supervisor's satisfied

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01:50:09,120 --> 01:50:11,340
with the thoroughness of the report,

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it then goes to the divisional commander.

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The commander conducts their own review of the report

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and the circumstances. And again, if there's any body-worn camera or in-car camera, the commander

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has the option to review that. Once the commander is finished with that report, it then gets

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forwarded to the use of force section. And we then go through the report and then it's submitted

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01:50:33,120 --> 01:50:35,220
electronically to the Minister's solicitor in general.

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01:50:38,120 --> 01:50:40,180
If at any stage, there's concerns about

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force, allegations, or concerns about how force was applied, they didn't get flagged at any

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these steps, and definitely from the use force perspective, we will review it and we'll call

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01:50:52,460 --> 01:50:54,860
the officers and if there's any remedial training required.

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That is my component for now, we'll have Dr. Mostnuff continue.

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Okay, and just stand now, let's get this, as well.

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01:51:06,850 --> 01:51:07,730
Good afternoon everyone.

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So in terms of the trends, I'm going to take you through some of the trends coming out of

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01:51:11,670 --> 01:51:12,890
this year's use of force report.

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Owing to time, I won't be able to discuss every data point by happy to answer any questions

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01:51:17,550 --> 01:51:18,610
that you may have.

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01:51:18,610 --> 01:51:27,170
So, at a very high level, we find that in 2025 compared to 2024, we had 203 incidents involving

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01:51:27,170 --> 01:51:32,190
police use of force last year, which is the lowest in six years, so about 28 percent

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01:51:32,190 --> 01:51:39,910
below the 2024 number, and about 40 percent below our five-year average, nearly half of all

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01:51:39,910 --> 01:51:46,850
of these incidents fall into two categories, categories that are weapons related or categories

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01:51:46,850 --> 01:51:51,170
that are warped in nature, so officers conducting warne executions.

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01:51:51,750 --> 01:51:57,750
And related to that, a weapon was perceived by officers and about 75% of all of these incidents.

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01:51:58,050 --> 01:52:00,530
Okay, that's up from 65% in 2023.

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01:52:01,330 --> 01:52:08,170
So even as overall use of force is declining, we see that more of these situations are involving

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01:52:08,170 --> 01:52:09,590
perceived weapons.

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01:52:10,370 --> 01:52:13,510
This is just a visualization of the numbers for this year.

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on the blue graph or the blue line show is the number of incidents.

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01:52:18,470 --> 01:52:26,810
As we can see, 2025, but 28% reduction compared to last year, also use of four

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incidents can involve multiple-

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01:52:30,000 --> 01:52:35,560
Objects, as it says on the forum. So the right graph shows that overall reduction as well.

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01:52:36,640 --> 01:52:42,240
Whoops. Going a little bit too far. There are also, for 20 incidents that involved animals.

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01:52:42,940 --> 01:52:49,220
So predominantly humane destruction of animals or uncontrolled animals that had to be safely contained.

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01:52:49,460 --> 01:52:52,180
This figure here shows a number of individuals that were involved.

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01:52:53,240 --> 01:53:06,040
Okay, and Ontario and as I've learned is working here is that police use the force follows a structured approach based on levels of risk in a situation and as a result officers have a range of options available to them in terms of use of force.

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01:53:06,700 --> 01:53:15,580
So while use of force is declined compared to 2024 it's still important to see, okay, what do we mean by force? How are officers using force?

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We're going to ahead ourselves.

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01:53:18,040 --> 01:53:19,900
Beginning with the most severe end of the spectrum.

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So firearm discharges by officers.

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01:53:22,840 --> 01:53:23,940
These are very rare.

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01:53:24,740 --> 01:53:27,480
They have occurred on three occasions or fewer

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01:53:27,480 --> 01:53:29,340
between 2020 and 2025.

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01:53:29,880 --> 01:53:32,800
Last year we had one incident of involving officers

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01:53:32,800 --> 01:53:33,780
discharging firearm.

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01:53:34,660 --> 01:53:36,720
And again, between 2023 and 2025,

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we've had one incident per year.

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01:53:40,640 --> 01:53:44,360
Fire on pointing is the most common form

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01:53:44,360 --> 01:53:46,340
of lethal force in our data.

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01:53:47,180 --> 01:53:49,460
This also declines substantially in 2025.

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01:53:50,780 --> 01:53:54,980
Incidents fell to 107 involving 198 individuals.

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Again, both the lowest levels recorded from 2025

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in while below the five-year average.

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CW's conducted energy weapons, otherwise known as tasers.

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01:54:07,780 --> 01:54:09,800
These refer to, or these are commonly used

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01:54:09,800 --> 01:54:11,680
intermediate force option for officers.

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01:54:11,680 --> 01:54:22,660
They were used in 86 incidents last year, there were 86 tazer uses, that's about 42% of all of our use of force incidents.

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01:54:23,340 --> 01:54:27,900
However, this figure here doesn't define, okay, how is the tazer being used?

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This just means the tazer was used in some way.

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01:54:31,660 --> 01:54:38,000
Looking more closely, we can see that this very far right column here or bar is 2025.

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and how CEW's for use. So the highest observed level, we have incidents where tasers were drawn

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and only drawn in 17% of the time, points it only and about 45% of the time, and only discharge

680
01:54:54,060 --> 01:55:02,280
so being the highest level in 37% of our incidents. So what this means is that in approximately 63%

681
01:55:02,280 --> 01:55:09,660
of our use of CEWs, it was drawn or pointed without actually being discharged by our officers.

682
01:55:11,480 --> 01:55:14,680
And only the time I'm going to go through this next section a little bit quicker as well.

683
01:55:15,140 --> 01:55:19,200
But incident context, so the call source, the type, the context.

684
01:55:19,740 --> 01:55:22,960
This is all information that is captured in our use of force forms.

685
01:55:23,420 --> 01:55:28,860
So a common question that we get often from the community is, okay, but how do these interactions start?

686
01:55:28,860 --> 01:55:34,740
We know that most use of force incidents begin with a citizen generated call for service.

687
01:55:35,860 --> 01:55:42,080
We also have warns that account for between 14 in upwards of 18% each year.

688
01:55:42,680 --> 01:55:51,020
These are involved planned enforcement against known subjects, often with elevated weapon or violence risks.

689
01:55:51,680 --> 01:55:56,000
Officer initiated incidents are rare and they declined to five.

690
01:55:56,460 --> 01:56:01,780
Last year we had five and makes it about two and a half percent of our overall use of force incidents.

691
01:56:03,460 --> 01:56:09,700
In terms of the incident type, so officers can actually input what was the incident they were responding to on their use of force form.

692
01:56:10,380 --> 01:56:15,480
We see that weapons related incidents have increased in proportion in the last few years.

693
01:56:15,480 --> 01:56:22,580
Warrants while they have declined as far as the proportion of use of force, they still make up the second most proportion.

694
01:56:23,700 --> 01:56:30,520
And what we see this year, one thing that has, that has flex some, some consideration is IPv related incidents.

695
01:56:30,960 --> 01:56:36,500
We see that higher proportion of our use of force incidents are related to intimate partner violence.

696
01:56:37,600 --> 01:56:41,280
So these are disputes that have become more prominent in the last year.

697
01:56:41,900 --> 01:56:45,660
And the last data point that I'm going to end off with is perceived weapons.

698
01:56:45,980 --> 01:56:50,680
So right in the use of force form, officers can check off whether or not they perceived

699
01:56:50,680 --> 01:56:55,420
the individual to have a weapon, whether that is information that was received from the

700
01:56:55,420 --> 01:57:00,240
caller, from prior information about the individual, most of the time that.

701
01:57:01,020 --> 01:57:05,440
And this has increased to about 75% of our incidents in 2025.

702
01:57:05,440 --> 01:57:12,180
This suggests that even as overall use of force has declined, the remaining incidents are increasingly

703
01:57:12,180 --> 01:57:14,540
concentrated in high risk situations.

704
01:57:15,640 --> 01:57:21,600
To conclude everything here, use of force remains rare relative to police public contacts,

705
01:57:22,080 --> 01:57:27,040
but every incident carries a real potential for impact on the individuals, on the community.

706
01:57:27,820 --> 01:57:34,440
And so the goal of this report is to really provide the community with an understanding of the

707
01:57:34,440 --> 01:57:37,780
circumstances and some of the data that we're seeing.

708
01:57:38,600 --> 01:57:42,300
So again, we remain committed to this transparent reporting,

709
01:57:42,500 --> 01:57:43,740
accountability ongoing learning.

710
01:57:44,540 --> 01:57:47,480
This year we've included more data points compared to last year.

711
01:57:47,960 --> 01:57:49,440
That was based on community input.

712
01:57:50,100 --> 01:57:53,100
And we are happy to engage with this more to show this data.

713
01:57:53,460 --> 01:57:53,960
Thank you.

714
01:58:05,760 --> 01:58:07,600
I'm just resting my old feet.

715
01:58:09,160 --> 01:58:12,440
Is there done any, so let's do this in the proper.

716
01:58:13,020 --> 01:58:13,300
Do you're done?

717
01:58:13,540 --> 01:58:13,940
You're good?

718
01:58:14,480 --> 01:58:15,320
Okay,

719
01:58:19,820 --> 01:58:22,360
get a move on a second to receive the report of the presentation.

720
01:58:23,260 --> 01:58:26,140
Remember, do a little second by member or a spot of fora.

721
01:58:28,250 --> 01:58:28,790
Any discussion?

722
01:58:30,110 --> 01:58:30,730
On the matter.

723
01:58:31,550 --> 01:58:32,530
Members, spot of fora.

724
01:58:36,920 --> 01:58:37,520
Thanks, Chair.

725
01:58:38,240 --> 01:58:45,360
I don't have any questions more of comments for me.

726
01:58:45,520 --> 01:58:50,920
Early on there was a page that had some pretty, some pretty good stats when we

727
01:58:50,920 --> 01:58:58,000
talk about the decrease that we've been able to, not we, the service has been able to, to

728
01:58:58,000 --> 01:58:58,420
do.

729
01:58:58,840 --> 01:59:04,240
When you look at, I can't remember the slide, I'm trying to find it, but the reduction

730
01:59:04,240 --> 01:59:12,240
on there it is, 20% decline and reported use of force, I think, I think that's, you know,

731
01:59:12,420 --> 01:59:18,680
203 instances in 2025, the lowest in six years, I mean, these are numbers I think that we

732
01:59:18,680 --> 01:59:26,660
should be celebrating. He's our real big changes that come on the backs of the work that our officers

733
01:59:26,660 --> 01:59:34,300
do. Number one getting trained and just being able to do a better job. But the thing that's

734
01:59:34,300 --> 01:59:41,480
interesting with that is as those numbers decline incidents including a weapon have increased.

735
01:59:41,480 --> 01:59:50,240
So we're being able to reduce the amount of times we're taking our guns out or using force,

736
01:59:50,380 --> 01:59:55,020
because I know there's different ways to use the force, but we're doing that well.

737
01:59:55,240 --> 01:59:58,280
We're seeing an increase in terrible crime, like way.

738
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:29,880
Proceed weapon, and our numbers are declining. So for me, I don't have any questions, like I said, but I think this is great work by the service, right from the chief all the way down to anybody who's part of these statistics. This is great news. I'll definitely be sharing it and celebrating. I know there's people in this city that like to use it, look at our use of force numbers and talk about how we have a major issue. When I look at this slide at 2025 at a glance, I think it shows that we're doing a,

739
02:00:29,880 --> 02:00:35,660
really good job and I commend the chief and the entire service on that. That's it for me. Thanks.

740
02:00:36,740 --> 02:00:44,840
Thank you, Members. About a four. Well said and well put. I think we're good. I think just think

741
02:00:44,840 --> 02:00:51,120
a simple congratulations to the service on a job well done is in order based on the use of force

742
02:00:51,120 --> 02:00:56,520
stats this year. Thank you. It was a wonderful presentation and we're grateful. We're over the second

743
02:00:56,520 --> 02:00:58,660
all in favor. Okay,

744
02:01:03,190 --> 02:01:09,490
we'll call on Chief Bergen to introduce presenter for the next 2025 year and report

745
02:01:09,490 --> 02:01:18,470
race and identity based strategy update. Thank you, Chair, and through your position, again, Daniel,

746
02:01:19,210 --> 02:01:25,330
move some off his head to podium, and we'll go through our approach to race and identity based data.

747
02:01:25,630 --> 02:01:26,150
Yes, I

748
02:01:28,940 --> 02:01:30,780
guess that was the, they did that last month.

749
02:01:57,500 --> 02:01:59,720
Danny, you can't keep all those stats in your head.

750
02:01:59,800 --> 02:02:00,900
You got a lot of them up there.

751
02:02:01,060 --> 02:02:01,480
I'm just,

752
02:02:14,460 --> 02:02:17,440
remember, Spadafore, during the slight pause,

753
02:02:18,880 --> 02:02:21,820
at the start of the meeting, I remind it every one

754
02:02:21,820 --> 02:02:23,640
that there's a five-minute speaking order,

755
02:02:23,680 --> 02:02:26,140
and you can only speak the one item once and less

756
02:02:26,140 --> 02:02:27,180
the board approve it.

757
02:02:29,220 --> 02:02:32,120
Just, so you were a minute and forty-seven seconds,

758
02:02:32,240 --> 02:02:33,260
and it was very well done.

759
02:02:33,380 --> 02:02:34,260
Thank you.

760
02:02:37,620 --> 02:02:39,900
And like a soccer game, you can plot time back

761
02:02:39,900 --> 02:02:43,380
if the guy asked him to question, goes too long.

762
02:02:46,270 --> 02:02:48,510
It's all my, but there's enough exposure to it.

763
02:02:48,510 --> 02:02:49,490
We get it.

764
02:02:49,630 --> 02:02:51,250
We're just trying to kill time here.

765
02:03:33,740 --> 02:03:34,060
Wait a minute.

766
02:03:47,110 --> 02:03:51,070
I'm a poor singer, so we're gonna have to find

767
02:03:51,070 --> 02:03:52,490
some other way to kill time.

768
02:03:55,510 --> 02:03:56,030
Can you sing?

769
02:03:57,450 --> 02:03:57,710
Can you?

770
02:03:58,390 --> 02:03:58,670
Okay.

771
02:04:00,450 --> 02:04:04,630
Members, Batafore is gonna do a rendition of, are you ready?

772
02:04:05,110 --> 02:04:05,230
Yeah?

773
02:04:05,450 --> 02:04:05,770
We good?

774
02:04:11,150 --> 02:04:12,730
Yeah, Batafore is gonna sing.

775
02:04:12,730 --> 02:04:14,250
You can pick the number,

776
02:04:16,410 --> 02:04:18,270
I'm born in that way,

777
02:04:22,640 --> 02:04:23,840
you want to hold a five-minute break.

778
02:04:25,700 --> 02:04:26,240
Okay.

779
02:04:28,400 --> 02:04:29,620
Put the annual report.

780
02:04:35,340 --> 02:04:36,300
Change your plans.

781
02:04:36,800 --> 02:04:37,520
No, no singing.

782
02:04:40,360 --> 02:04:43,600
I have an employee service annual report.

783
02:04:43,600 --> 02:04:44,340
We

784
02:04:48,300 --> 02:04:56,140
get a mover in the seconder to approve the 25-end or report as presented by members

785
02:04:56,140 --> 02:04:56,920
batter for us.

786
02:04:57,080 --> 02:04:58,080
Seconded member Padulot.

787
02:04:58,940 --> 02:05:00,720
Are there any discussions on the matter?

788
02:05:02,200 --> 02:05:02,900
All in favor?

789
02:05:04,720 --> 02:05:05,200
Posts.

790
02:05:05,220 --> 02:05:05,340
Okay.

791
02:05:13,950 --> 02:05:18,430
I'll just keep going until you guys tell me you're ready to turn that operation around.

792
02:05:18,430 --> 02:05:22,690
The employment of Metroling Special Constables in the City of Hamilton.

793
02:05:24,010 --> 02:05:25,590
This is a 9-4 May.

794
02:05:25,590 --> 02:05:28,570
Please get a mover and a seconder to approve that.

795
02:05:29,290 --> 02:05:33,430
The Hamilton Police Service board entering into an agreement with her Majesty, the King,

796
02:05:34,710 --> 02:05:39,510
as represented by the solicitor general operating through Ontario Provincial Police

797
02:05:39,510 --> 02:05:46,750
to permit the OPP Special Constables employed by Metroling to act in the City of Hamilton and

798
02:05:47,470 --> 02:05:51,170
The chair be authorized to execute the amended agreement.

799
02:05:53,110 --> 02:05:54,390
Move by.

800
02:05:54,750 --> 02:05:57,170
Members by for a second by members saying,

801
02:05:57,470 --> 02:05:59,630
Gene, are there any discussions on this matter?

802
02:06:00,830 --> 02:06:01,710
All in favor?

803
02:06:03,210 --> 02:06:03,270
Okay.

804
02:06:07,960 --> 02:06:09,940
Single source approval.

805
02:06:11,220 --> 02:06:16,220
May I please get a mover and a seconder to approve the single source procurement of

806
02:06:16,220 --> 02:06:23,440
integrated virtual reality training solutions to street smart VR ink pursuant to procurement

807
02:06:23,440 --> 02:06:30,980
policy number 11, non-competitive procurement until May 10th, 2028, approval of procurement

808
02:06:30,980 --> 02:06:39,580
from street smart VR ink, a U.S. business per policy number 11, non-competitive procurement.

809
02:06:40,520 --> 02:06:43,700
moved by members in Gene's second and by members

810
02:06:43,700 --> 02:06:46,380
out of four of the rate discussions on the matter.

811
02:06:47,460 --> 02:06:49,500
Seeing none, I'll call the vote all in favor.

812
02:06:50,120 --> 02:06:51,260
Opposed, carried.

813
02:06:55,340 --> 02:06:56,600
DJI's drones standardization.

814
02:06:57,700 --> 02:07:02,940
May I please get a mover to seconder to approve that standardization of day

815
02:07:03,980 --> 02:07:07,600
DJI drones and accessories pursuant a policy number 14.

816
02:07:08,900 --> 02:07:12,560
standardization until December 30th, 1331.

817
02:07:14,440 --> 02:07:17,480
Moop, 2031, Moop.

818
02:07:17,480 --> 02:07:20,440
Moop by members, about a 4th, a 2nd by member,

819
02:07:22,460 --> 02:07:24,840
Padurolo, letting you discussion on a matter.

820
02:07:26,540 --> 02:07:27,020
All in favor.

821
02:07:32,030 --> 02:07:47,020
Okay, I'm going to have a conversation about this now. It's not on, I've got it here. So I wanted to discuss and we did discuss this a little over email.

822
02:07:48,260 --> 02:07:59,340
Through the fact that the municipal election is taking place on Monday, October 26th, our October board meeting is on October 22nd and we will likely not have quorum.

823
02:07:59,340 --> 02:08:05,420
We have no meeting in August, I'm unable to chair our September meeting.

824
02:08:05,620 --> 02:08:06,520
I'll be out of the country.

825
02:08:07,840 --> 02:08:13,340
I'd like to propose that we move our Thursday, September the 24th meeting to Thursday, September the 10th.

826
02:08:14,020 --> 02:08:18,320
This will allow the opportunity to decide if you wish to plan an early October meeting

827
02:08:18,320 --> 02:08:22,120
and still provide the service of myself and find a pair of reports

828
02:08:22,120 --> 02:08:26,220
between the proposed September 10th meeting and the early October meeting.

829
02:08:28,560 --> 02:08:34,760
October meeting is currently October 22nd, proposed would be the first, but what we should

830
02:08:34,760 --> 02:08:42,620
decide on today is, it's the board's pleasure to move the September 24th meeting to the

831
02:08:42,620 --> 02:08:43,540
10th.

832
02:08:45,200 --> 02:08:51,840
Members, by default, are moves at the next board meeting, which of September 24th be moved

833
02:08:51,840 --> 02:08:53,800
September 10th

834
02:08:59,850 --> 02:09:04,530
probably now. So is that a conditional

835
02:09:04,530 --> 02:09:10,110
seconder or are y'all in? Okay. Are there are there any

836
02:09:10,110 --> 02:09:15,770
discussions? I think I just got it in deeper. All in favor.

837
02:09:17,350 --> 02:09:17,370
Okay.

838
02:09:22,240 --> 02:09:23,680
How are we making up

839
02:09:29,020 --> 02:09:29,940
what we're going to do? You want to

840
02:09:29,940 --> 02:09:35,500
decide that now too? All right. The executive director is

841
02:09:35,500 --> 02:09:42,020
the question that we entertain changing the October meeting now and probably benefit the service.

842
02:09:44,080 --> 02:09:50,700
So, from move our October 22nd meeting to October 1st, I think that just makes some sense.

843
02:09:50,980 --> 02:09:53,860
Move by members by the for a second by member.

844
02:09:54,120 --> 02:09:55,880
Pudulo, any discussion?

845
02:09:57,420 --> 02:09:58,620
All in favor?

846
02:10:00,360 --> 02:10:01,580
I'm both carried.

847
02:10:03,520 --> 02:10:04,560
That's done.

848
02:10:07,060 --> 02:10:09,360
Now I'm out of juice here. I got nothing left.

849
02:10:11,960 --> 02:10:13,820
Remember it's about a four year going to have to sing.

850
02:10:25,080 --> 02:10:27,680
Okay, we're going to resize for five minutes

851
02:20:18,720 --> 02:20:28,000
I'll take a quick technical break. I'll call and see if we're going to introduce the presenter for the 2025 year in report, race, and

852
02:20:28,000 --> 02:20:30,320
identity-based data strategy update.

853
02:20:31,260 --> 02:20:36,940
Thank you, Chair, and again, Dr. Daniel Messenough. We'll give us race and identity-based data strategy update,

854
02:20:37,120 --> 02:20:44,380
and it's an opportunity. Also to thank Daniel Samantha, the team, Jim calendar, Carolyn Rashford,

855
02:20:44,380 --> 02:20:49,940
all the work that they have done and where you have taken our organization to have a better understanding

856
02:20:49,940 --> 02:20:51,940
of what an interaction looks like.

857
02:20:52,220 --> 02:20:52,920
Thank you.

858
02:20:57,270 --> 02:21:00,750
The implementation implementation update under our IBD strategy.

859
02:21:01,750 --> 02:21:06,590
More importantly, it responds directly to some of the questions in some of the recommendations

860
02:21:06,590 --> 02:21:09,450
that were developed by our community advisory panel.

861
02:21:09,470 --> 02:21:12,170
Some of you heard from them just last month.

862
02:21:13,070 --> 02:21:18,430
The beauty of this work and really where this work comes from is working with our community

863
02:21:18,430 --> 02:21:24,250
advisory panel. So they have played a central role in the development of the strategy over a two-year

864
02:21:24,250 --> 02:21:29,790
period, bringing lived experience, bringing professional expertise, community knowledge, and

865
02:21:29,790 --> 02:21:37,210
critical perspectives to our strategy. So really, without them, the strategy this work is really

866
02:21:37,210 --> 02:21:43,310
non-existent. We've met more than 50 times for multiple hours over the last couple of years.

867
02:21:44,130 --> 02:21:49,910
We see the recommendations from the community advisory panel as ongoing guidance.

868
02:21:50,210 --> 02:21:54,310
We don't just see this as something that we're looking to check off over the next year

869
02:21:54,310 --> 02:21:55,290
and we're done with it.

870
02:21:55,330 --> 02:21:59,750
This work continues to develop and it continues to develop with our community.

871
02:22:00,870 --> 02:22:05,870
The community advisory panel last month, they provided us with a number of recommendations.

872
02:22:06,810 --> 02:22:09,970
They can be understood in two sort of connected areas.

873
02:22:09,970 --> 02:22:16,510
On one hand is evidence itself, how are we collecting and race and identity-based information?

874
02:22:16,970 --> 02:22:18,010
How are we connecting it?

875
02:22:18,010 --> 02:22:21,910
How are we validating it and more importantly, how are we analyzing it?

876
02:22:23,910 --> 02:22:28,290
The second part of this is concerned with how evidence is interpreted, how we are engaged.

877
02:22:30,620 --> 02:22:41,880
And these two things cannot be separated, right? More sophisticated analysis. You know, has a very limited value. If the findings are not understandable, if they're not connected to the community who's asking the questions.

878
02:22:42,480 --> 02:22:52,880
So together, the recommendation provide ongoing guidance for us. So this report for today, this update, it shouldn't be seen as the final answer to all of these recommendations.

879
02:22:52,880 --> 02:22:56,580
It represents an early and concrete implementation step.

880
02:22:57,360 --> 02:23:04,600
Several recommendations are already reflected in how this analysis and a report was done

881
02:23:04,600 --> 02:23:06,660
with respect to benchmarking.

882
02:23:06,660 --> 02:23:09,920
Really considering how do we measure racial disparities?

883
02:23:10,180 --> 02:23:11,980
Really being serious about that.

884
02:23:12,560 --> 02:23:16,820
Advanced analytics and more importantly, some plain language explanations for our community.

885
02:23:17,660 --> 02:23:31,600
The other recommendations that have not been implemented yet, they will require not just one report but over time investments in our analytics and work with our community on the engagement front.

886
02:23:32,820 --> 02:23:42,800
So putting the recommendations into practice as we know use a force was selected as the first priority area because it's one of the most consequential forms of police public interactions.

887
02:23:42,800 --> 02:23:51,140
Although use of force is rare and as we discussed that today, each incident can still have significant impacts on our community.

888
02:23:52,060 --> 02:23:57,080
So the questions examined so far did not emerge just from data or just from the police service itself.

889
02:23:57,480 --> 02:24:01,320
They were developed through structured discussions with our advisory panel.

890
02:24:02,800 --> 02:24:10,780
So questions surrounding, you know, not whether just racial disparities appeared, but wanting to understand where disparities arise.

891
02:24:10,780 --> 02:24:14,840
whether people experience similar outcomes in similar circumstances.

892
02:24:15,460 --> 02:24:20,040
What happens before forces applied and what information is still missing from this whole discussion.

893
02:24:21,240 --> 02:24:26,780
So very early on, there is some discussion within the support in terms of how do we measure racial disparity.

894
02:24:27,700 --> 02:24:31,860
Our community advisory panel has pushed us in terms of how do we measure it.

895
02:24:32,040 --> 02:24:40,760
Not just relying solely on simple descriptive basic statistics such as

896
02:24:40,760 --> 02:24:42,660
compared to how many there may be in Hamilton.

897
02:24:43,780 --> 02:24:46,240
But really, when we are interacting with members

898
02:24:46,240 --> 02:24:49,600
of the public, are these incidents

899
02:24:49,600 --> 02:24:52,620
are individuals being treated equal once they enter police

900
02:24:52,620 --> 02:24:53,020
contact?

901
02:24:53,040 --> 02:24:55,980
So that is what is coming out of this report specifically.

902
02:24:56,840 --> 02:24:58,080
So there are a number of findings

903
02:24:58,080 --> 02:25:00,220
that are found in this interim report,

904
02:25:00,260 --> 02:25:01,680
and this report will be made public.

905
02:25:01,860 --> 02:25:04,340
The data will be made public on our ABD website.

906
02:25:04,520 --> 02:25:07,000
So this is not just the B. All in Endo.

907
02:25:07,540 --> 02:25:09,660
But the findings that we're seeing

908
02:25:09,660 --> 02:25:15,020
is that there are two. Number one is that use of force is declining over time, as we have discussed

909
02:25:15,020 --> 02:25:22,080
today. Second, we see disproportionalities and disproportionality remains, but it depends on the

910
02:25:22,080 --> 02:25:27,480
benchmark that we are using. The panel has recommended that we consider an interaction benchmark.

911
02:25:28,200 --> 02:25:35,100
So arrests, for example, are individuals that we're stopping. When we use a benchmark like this,

912
02:25:35,100 --> 02:25:40,160
over-representation is less consistent, which is a good finding for our service.

913
02:25:41,440 --> 02:25:47,840
And one larger finding that's in this report is when we use analysis that can control

914
02:25:47,840 --> 02:25:53,440
for the multiple different factors that are involved in a use of force incident, such as

915
02:25:54,040 --> 02:25:58,160
the perception of a weapon, such as the incident type, the number of officers.

916
02:25:58,160 --> 02:26:05,220
Once we control for that, we see no significant differences in, for instance, the severity

917
02:26:05,220 --> 02:26:09,460
of force for certain racialized groups compared to non-racialized individuals.

918
02:26:10,280 --> 02:26:14,800
So from this analysis, this is just saying that contextual factors, situational factors

919
02:26:14,800 --> 02:26:18,700
are really amplifying the likelihood of a higher severity of force.

920
02:26:18,880 --> 02:26:22,600
But that's just one question, and that's just three years of data, essentially.

921
02:26:23,100 --> 02:26:27,220
So that is found in this report, and the data is also going to be made public.

922
02:26:27,220 --> 02:26:33,020
So, again, getting back to how do we measure racial disparities in use of force?

923
02:26:33,300 --> 02:26:38,040
What data is available to us and how can we control for the complexity that's involved?

924
02:26:40,360 --> 02:26:43,720
So, I'm just going to skip a little bit down to the last couple of slides.

925
02:26:44,180 --> 02:26:51,640
So, a community member may have a serious or deeply negative experience that does not appear in our patterns, in our trends.

926
02:26:51,980 --> 02:26:54,080
That experience remains real and important.

927
02:26:54,080 --> 02:26:57,820
So, statistical analysis works across many incidents at once.

928
02:26:58,240 --> 02:27:00,940
We can test relationships, we can see if there is evidence.

929
02:27:01,640 --> 02:27:04,560
But it can't decide what happened in any individual encounter.

930
02:27:05,240 --> 02:27:07,000
So, what we are trying to do with this strategy

931
02:27:07,000 --> 02:27:09,460
and we're going to continue to do over time

932
02:27:09,460 --> 02:27:12,340
is to bring different forms of evidence together

933
02:27:12,340 --> 02:27:14,940
where we don't have administrative data,

934
02:27:15,120 --> 02:27:16,700
considering body-worn camera analysis,

935
02:27:16,920 --> 02:27:18,420
which is a recommendation from our cap

936
02:27:18,420 --> 02:27:20,120
in which we have started to implement

937
02:27:20,120 --> 02:27:21,860
in our analysis work so far.

938
02:27:21,860 --> 02:27:26,420
community experience continuing to engage with the community advisory panel.

939
02:27:27,680 --> 02:27:34,380
Again, trying to strengthen our understanding and this is where community interpretation is critical.

940
02:27:35,680 --> 02:27:39,300
So, where this work is going next, we want to continue to build our evidence base.

941
02:27:39,380 --> 02:27:41,200
This is what this report has suggested.

942
02:27:42,400 --> 02:27:48,540
And then, secondarily, but actually equally, is the recommendations with respect to community engagement.

943
02:27:48,540 --> 02:27:51,800
So this is found in this report as well.

944
02:27:52,120 --> 02:27:54,660
One partnership that we're especially proud of,

945
02:27:54,680 --> 02:27:57,080
and I'm going to leave on this on the last couple of notes.

946
02:27:58,400 --> 02:28:01,920
The next stage of our work is going to be supported by a federal research grant.

947
02:28:02,640 --> 02:28:06,640
So we partnered with Dr. Clifton Vanderland in the McMaster University

948
02:28:06,640 --> 02:28:10,920
and Dr. Quasie O'Waffu-Bemfa from the University of Toronto,

949
02:28:11,260 --> 02:28:13,640
who has done a lot of work in this space.

950
02:28:14,160 --> 02:28:17,220
And we received a Social Science and Humanities Research Council

951
02:28:17,220 --> 02:28:20,040
partnership in gauge grant worth $25,000.

952
02:28:21,140 --> 02:28:27,780
So that funding not only is it important, you know, it's first to continue doing rigorous analysis.

953
02:28:28,340 --> 02:28:31,280
It also shows that this work is necessary.

954
02:28:31,840 --> 02:28:39,080
It's been vetted by an external body, such as Shirk, and we also placed in the top three

955
02:28:39,080 --> 02:28:41,260
in this competition that we have many of many different projects.

956
02:28:41,340 --> 02:28:43,340
So this is one thing that we're really happy for.

957
02:28:43,600 --> 02:28:44,380
Happy with.

958
02:28:44,380 --> 02:28:46,300
I mean, when I continue this, I'm going,

959
02:28:46,320 --> 02:28:48,220
these types of partnerships into the future.

960
02:28:49,200 --> 02:28:51,360
So to conclude everything with this report,

961
02:28:51,960 --> 02:28:54,520
the panel's recommendations provide really strong

962
02:28:54,520 --> 02:28:57,100
ongoing guidance in a long-term roadmap.

963
02:28:57,560 --> 02:28:59,500
The report shows the work moving beyond,

964
02:28:59,580 --> 02:29:02,040
commitment, moving beyond data collection

965
02:29:02,040 --> 02:29:05,100
towards rigorous analysis, interpretation,

966
02:29:05,740 --> 02:29:06,260
and implementation.

967
02:29:07,120 --> 02:29:09,160
There is still considerable work ahead,

968
02:29:09,780 --> 02:29:12,740
improving our evidence, monitoring patterns over time,

969
02:29:12,740 --> 02:29:17,760
And keeping involving communities in how the findings are interpreted, right?

970
02:29:18,560 --> 02:29:26,020
And report on these things publicly over time with open data, with dashboards online, and etc.

971
02:29:26,860 --> 02:29:32,260
Most importantly, we must use what is learned to inform practical improvements for policy,

972
02:29:32,480 --> 02:29:36,680
for training how we collect our data, and engagement overall.

973
02:29:36,680 --> 02:29:49,680
So the goal is not simply to produce another report, it is to establish a sustained process of accountability of learning and continue to contribute to more equitable policing in public trust.

974
02:29:50,240 --> 02:29:50,920
Thank you.

975
02:29:57,460 --> 02:29:58,100
Move by members.

976
02:30:00,000 --> 02:30:05,620
Thank you for my members, by default. Can you just wait down and assume that we have any questions?

977
02:30:06,220 --> 02:30:07,480
Are there any discussions on the matter?

978
02:30:10,070 --> 02:30:14,530
We're good. Thank you for your presentation. All in favor?

979
02:30:15,870 --> 02:30:16,510
Opposed, carried.

980
02:30:21,800 --> 02:30:22,000
Good afternoon.

981
02:30:22,360 --> 02:30:22,920
Good afternoon.

982
02:30:26,950 --> 02:30:35,970
Can I get a motion for the board to move into closed section and accordance with section 441 and 2 of the community

983
02:30:35,970 --> 02:30:41,150
safety, and policing act as the board will be considering personal matters about a

984
02:30:41,150 --> 02:30:45,810
identifiable individual, including members of the police service, or any other

985
02:30:45,810 --> 02:30:52,050
employee of the employees of the board, a proposed or pending acquisition, or disposition

986
02:30:52,050 --> 02:30:58,630
to land by the board, labor relations, or employee negotiations, litigation, a potential

987
02:30:58,630 --> 02:31:03,710
litigation affecting the board, including matters before the administrative tribunals.

988
02:31:03,710 --> 02:31:10,190
move by. Members, by or for a second, by member Padurolo, is there any discussion on a matter?

989
02:31:11,190 --> 02:31:18,910
All in favor, carried. Anyone not required to remain in closed session, please exit the

990
02:31:18,910 --> 02:31:24,490
Council chambers after the board has completed its close section. We will rise and report

991
02:31:24,490 --> 02:31:29,550
in a public session. The board will take a 10-minute recess prior to commencing its closing session.

992
03:21:13,330 --> 03:21:24,170
During close session today, the Board approved its close minutes of May 22, 2020, 6th, though with confidential items of fall under the section 441 and 2 of the community safety.

993
03:21:24,710 --> 03:21:32,150
A policing act may please get a mover and a seconder to receive the chair's report back, moved by members, by a second by members, Saint Jean.

994
03:21:32,730 --> 03:21:35,730
Is there any discussion? Seeing none all in favor?

995
03:21:37,490 --> 03:21:47,130
The next regular meeting of the board will take place on Thursday, July 23rd, 2026 in the council chambers at City Hall.

996
03:21:47,730 --> 03:21:49,950
If there's no further business, kind of get a motion.

997
03:21:51,570 --> 03:21:55,790
Remember, a pedulo, any discussion, all in favor?

998
03:21:57,310 --> 03:21:59,970
Carried, meeting adjourn, thank you for your attention.