Good afternoon, Kirsten. I got to start over again. I
have to do that. Good afternoon, Kirsten. Can you please
confirm way of quorum. Through you, Chair, we do have
quorum. I will now call a meeting daughter. Our meetings,
our webcast live temporarily archived on the board's website presentations
and reports considered at today's meeting are available on our
website. And members of the public may contact the executive
director to acquire documents in an alternate format. A reminder
to everyone that electronic devices should be switched to the
non - audible function during our meetings. I would like
do the land acknowledgement now. Thank you, and three, you
chair. And I'm just going to share something that our
commitment does aboard to continuously learning on our path to
reconciliation. You know, today we're going to switch it up
and also share resource that has helped the land acknowledgement
today. So it was really great resources called NativeLand. ca.
And they have an actual, some directions on how can
we craft meaningful land acknowledgments. It starts with recognising our
position to this land acknowledging, right? The land that we're
on. But also a statement of our intentions, interactions. So
let's begin with that. So we recognise our position as
settlers on the land here. It's the City of Hamilton.
The traditional territories of the eerie here on Wendet initionabe
HudinesTene and Mississaugas of the new credit. This land is
covered by the dish with one spoon womp in agreement.
And agreement to peacefully share the lands and the resources
around the great lakes. This land is also covered by
between the lake purchases of 1792 between the crown and
the Mississaugas of the new credit. And our intentions of
recognising this land is how we foresee or how I
foresee. You know, one of the essential steps in towards
reconciliation, right? Is recognising the folks and the peoples and
the heritage of this land. And our intention that, you
know, in the actions that I like to take for
it is learning and meaningfully incorporating some of the lessons
from our indigenous colleagues and folks in this area. So
the one that is hitting home for me today is
the concept of mutuality, right? That, especially with the dishes
one spoon, womp and agreement that not only do we
share all the resources around this, these lands, um, because
it's the right thing to do. But because our, our,
our survival is interdependent. Um, it is, it is with
me challenging that we will, the only way for it
is mutuality, um, and so that I think given the
topics on the agenda today, um, bears residents with me.
Thank you. Thank you. At this time, I'd like everyone
to join me in a moment of silence as we
honour the memory of three fallen officers who dedicated their
lives to serving and protecting their communities. Ontario, police constable
Tyrone by Lee. Toronto police service constable Mark. Pinazato. And
Montreal police service constable Mohammed Benrandon lost their lives in
the line of duty. These offers officers answering a calling
that demanded courage commitments, sacrifice and remind us of the
risk of police officers face each day in performing their
duties. As we reflect, we hold their family, friends, and
colleagues in our thoughts. If you would please stand and
join me in a moment of silence.
Thank you. The last month's been a tough month to
be a police officer. And to recognise the sacrifices that
you people make for us every day. I know I
can speak for myself. I want to say thank you.
I know I watched the news coverage last night on
CH. And, uh, when I saw one of my former
players, Jay Penizato speaking about his brother. It brought me
to tears. So I get it. And you guys got
a tough job. And many are grateful. And today. Maybe
a bit more than every other day, but thank you
for what you do. 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. I've been lenient in speaking times in the
past moving forward will be adhering to our procedural bylaw.
For those not familiar with our bylaws, C section 198.
8 and 19. 10. No members shall speak more, more
than once on the same question or motion, below approval
of the board. And no members shall speak to the
same question or motion. Or in reply for more than
five minutes at a time. Recognising that sometimes the answers
could eat up moisture time and that'll certainly be taken
into consideration. That's all part and parcel of the deal.
Right. So. Um. Kirsten, is there any changes to the
agenda? Through you chair, there are two changes to the
agenda. We have, um, an amended recommendation item 9. 1.
That's the 2025 year - end report use of force.
There was an added appendix B. And then we have
revised recommendation item 9. 3, which is the 2025 annual
report, minor revisions were made to the final copy. Thank
you. Okay. Can I get a mover. Seconder.
Sorry. Remember Padulo. Any discussion on the matters. Yes. Thank
you for you, Chair. I'd like to move add a
statement of my resignation shorter than the land acknowledgement. I
just remarked on. So, you know, I've served at the
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 councillors. A
courageous attempt from our city to redefine its relationship between
the Hamilton police and the public it serves. And I
entered this role deeply aware that large segments of our
community harbour a profound mistrust of law enforcement. And I
hoped that I could bring both accountability and transparency to
this role to better address the hate in our city
and to work towards finding common ground, right? Building bridges
between the widening divides in our city. But that hope
has been extinguished. I've experienced persistent mistreatment from colleagues, including
ongoing commentary that is exclusionary patronizing and focused on my
identity. But my personal treatment is non - isolated issue.
Instead, it reflects how this governing body views and treats
marginalized communities in Hamilton. This board is actively presided over
a profound failure of institutional oversight, including a disregard of
the importance of violations of our charter rights. A denial
of our community realities and unaddressed systemic disparities. With visibility
that is afforded by this role comes responsibility to model
respectful, collaborative, transparent and accountable governance. And I have a
responsibility to maintain public trust not just in policing, but
in integrity of this board and the legitimacy of its
actions, I refuse to continue validating my continued mistreatment in
these failures of governance through my silence. And so today
nearly three years into, uh, my, my term on this
board, is it is with profound sadness and disappointment that
I must announce my resignation as a citizen appointee to
the Hamilton Police Services Board effective immediately. I'm grateful to
all of the community who has stood behind me and
supported me throughout that my time on this board. I
would not be here today if not for the community
that is back to me. And so, you know, I've
kept my comments brief in light of, uh, you know,
the board chairs, um, remarks. Um, but, you know, at
this point I, I welcome any members of the press
and any members of the community who stand behind me
to meet me outside for my full remarks. Thank you.
Is there any other discussion on the motion.
So we don't have, uh, quorum now. And this being
new to me, that means we can't proceed any further
until member Spadaforic. Comes. Or. Rece.
Probably a good plan. So I'm going to propose that
we recess for. 15 minutes. And then we'll come back.
Thank you. I'll move through the agenda as we'd started
it. And a member of St. Gene and moved second
member of Padulo second at the update in the agenda.
We had some discussion, is there any further discussion. All
in favor. Proved. Are there any declaration and conflict of
interest by the members. Seeing none. Member of the month,
I'll call on Chief Bergen to introduce the presenter for
member of the month. Thank you, Chair, and through the
chair, I'd like to call upon Inspector Greg Dewar to
introduce the member of the month. Good afternoon, police service
board chair. Police service board members, Chief Bergen. Deputy Chief
Deodattie, acting deputy chief abbot. Senior officers, Hamilton Police Service
members and members of the public. My name is Greg
Dewar and I'm the chair of the Hamilton Police Service
Awards Committee. Today I joined you to share the member
of the month award which celebrates extraordinary acts by Hamilton
Police Service members and is my honour and pleasure. To
announce the March member of the month. Acting sergeant Mark
Steeds. If you could join me down here, please, Mark.
In February, 2026, Acting Sergeant Mark Steeds demonstrated outstanding professionalism,
leadership and life - saving skill during two separate medical
emergencies exemplifying the highest standards of the Hamilton Police Service.
On February 2nd, while petroleum near the Salvation Army on
York Boulevard, he and Cadet Miranda Anderson encountered an individual
in medical crisis following suspected overdose. Despite numerous unsuccessful NERCAN
attempts acting sergeant seeds, immediately took over chest compressions while
cadet Anderson managed Communications and Scene Control. He continued CPR
until paramedics arrived and then assisted EMS as they prepared
the patient for defibrillation. Ultimately, helping restore a faint pulse
before transport to hospital. Later that month on February 23rd,
acting sergeant seeds and cadet Owen Simpson responded to a
collapsed male inside a metro grocery store on Barton Street
East. Acting Sergeant Steeds provided ventilations with a bag involved
mask while Cadette Simpson performed continuous chest compressions, maintaining coordinated
CPR until paramedics delivered at defibrillator shock and assumed care.
In both instances, acting sergeant Steeds remained calm, decisive, and
highly effective demonstrating exceptional teamwork, medical proficiency and dedication to
community safety. His actions directly contributed to giving both patients
the best possible chance for survival. Acting Sergeant Mark's seats,
thank you for demonstrating the Hamilton Polic Service values of
professionalism and dedication. Your efforts made a difference. Thank you
for all that you do, and congratulations on being in
the march, member of the month.
Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very
much. They're. All good, you're there.
Thank. You for joining. Us. Thank you. Thanks Mark. Pretty
good. Thank you.
Thank you. We'll give the chair to verbal update at
this point in time. From June 1st through third members.
Padulo and Spadafora and myself executive director Stevenson attended the
police governance of Ontario Annual Spring Conference and Niagara Falls.
Vice Chair Paul's attended the interval house drives for lives
golf tournament on June 3rd, Vice Chair Paul's also attended
the Hamilton leadership. Prayer breakfast on June 4th, Vice President
Paul. She'd been busy. Member Spada for executive director Stevenson
and I attended the Hamilton Police Service Spring Bad Ceremony
on June 4th. On June 15th. I attended a meeting
the Inspector General Halton Toronto along with board chairs and
chiefs concerning the growth of anti - Semitism and hate
- based incidents across Ontario. Vice chair Paul's attended the
Hamilton. Police retirees golf tournament on June 22nd. I attended
the NEGBED dinner on June 22nd. May I please have
a mover and a second to receive the chair's report.
Moved by member St. Gene, seconded by member Padulo. Any
discussion. All in favor. Posed. Carried. I'll call on the
chief to provide his update. Thank you, Chair, and through
the chair. On June 22nd, we opened the downtown substation
at two King Street West in Jackson Square, creating a
dedicated police presence in the heart of the city's downtown
Corps. The new substation responds directly to its concerns raised
by downtown businesses, residents, service providers, and Community Partners about
safety. Visibility, and the need for stronger connections in the
core. 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 us safer, more vibrant
and welcoming downtown. One of the action items identified through
that process was exploring the feasibility of a downtown police
substation. 3, 504 square foot substation will be staffed using
current Hamilton Police resources. As chief, I will not be
coming to this board with a request for additional dollars.
The City at Hamilton is leasing this base for one
dollar per year over the next two years from Jackson
Square. Capital and operating costs are also being covered by
the city. We heard clearly from businesses and residents that
are stronger, police present downtown matters. The new substation will
be open from Monday to Saturday, 8 a. m. to
6 p. m. There'll be one officer permanently stationed on
- site with two additional officers conducting patrols in the
surrounding area. This deployment will be supported by Corps Patrol,
MSERT, the social navigator, encampment engagement team, and Youth Engagement
team. Members of the Community are welcome to visit the
substation and can buzz in through the front entrance. We're
also committed to utilise this space for community meetings. The
substation puts our officers closer to the people we serve
increases visibility and strengthens our work with partners to keep
downtown Hamilton safe. Vibrant, and a welcoming place for everyone.
Also a product of the Community Safety Summit. We hosted
a meeting last week with public prosecution service of Canada.
The PPSC handles prosecution for federal statutes such as charges
under the controlled drug and substance act, including trafficking in
narcotics. 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. We will continue to advocate for a full -
time prosecutor in Hamilton based on the tenure of this
meeting, there may be immediate assistance available in our collective
delivery of the principles of BillC5. 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. We recently received a letter from this lister General's
office commending Hamilton police on our use of ETE. EENTE
expedites the process for law enforcement officers to file criminal
charges electronically and streamlines the information shared between police, other
enforcement agencies, and court in real time. It also allows
the justice of the peace to enter there in their
decisions, sign documents, digitally, and request additional information from law
enforcement, officers online. Hamilton police service achieved in 99 percent
using the integrated court offence network or what we call
ICON. During April 2026, Hamilton submitted 584 charge packages containing
635 court information. Of those submissions, 626 informations were successfully
uploaded to the icon system. The court's record management system
resulting in an exceptional 99 percent success rate. Charge packages
that contain errors or deficiencies such as an incorrect appearance
details or nate detail notice will automatically be unload to
the icon instead of require manual data entry by courthouse
staff. As such, this result is a direct reflection of
the care, accuracy, and attention being applied during charge package,
preparation and review. As of May 31, 2026, Hamilton Police
Service has transmitted. 2, 517 charge packages containing 2, 775
information of those 2, 679 information were successfully uploaded in
the ICON. This representing 97 percent success rate. These results
are particularly noteworth and given the volume of charge packages
being processed by Hamilton Police Service and reflect an exceptional
level of accuracy and consistency in charge package preparation and
transmission. To put this achievement into perspective, another niche agency
with a comparable number of members recorded a year to
date icon upload success rate of just 90 percent and
in April rate of 87 percent. I would like to
read one quote directly from the Solicitor General's office. Hamilton
Police Service has established itself as a leader in the
submission of high quality charge packages. This is not only
supports the efficient processing of matters by justices of the
peace, but also reduces the need for manual data entry
by court services division staff and the delays that can
result when submissions fail to upload. A special thank you
to staff sergeant ManDEGIL, staff sergeant Andrea Richard and staff
sergeant Michelle Wiley, who oversee the staff responsible preparing and
transmitting charge packages. Their case PEP teams also deserve recognition
for the professionalism and diligence that is contributed to these
outstanding results. The solicitor general also recognised RMS administrator, Heather
McClay, for all her work has Hamilton's police contact with
the solicitor general's office. And in conclusion, congratulations to Inspector
Ben Thibodeau, who is one of 255 law enforcement officers
who graduated from the FBI National Academy and Quantico, Virginia.
The 298th session of the National Academy consisted of men
and women from 46 states and the district of Columbia.
The class also included 29 international members of law enforcement
agencies from 26 countries. Five military organisations and four federal
civilian organisations. Internationally respected and known for its academic excellence,
the National Academy offers 10 weeks of advanced communication, leadership,
and fitness training. Participants must have proven records as professionals
within their agencies to attend. The FBI Academy instructors, special
agents and other staff with advanced degrees provide the training.
Many instructors are recognised internationally in their fields. A total
of 57, 196 graduates have completed the FBI National Academy
since it began in 1935, including Deputy Ryan Diodati. The
National Academy has held at the FBI training academy in
quantico, the same facility where the FBI trains, its new
special agents and intelligence analysis. Thank you, Chair. Thank you
for the update, Chief. Can I get a mover in
a seconder to accept the Chiefs update, move by member
Padulo, second by member St. Gene, any discussion. Seeing not
all calls vote all in favor. Opposed. Carried. Kirsten, can
you please provide your update. Through you chair. This past
month, I provided a presentation to municipal in OPP Police
Service Boards across Ontario through the police governance Ontario organisation
at the virtual administrator summit on June 16th. I attended
a community safety and well - being planned presentation to
the service. This is tied into the board strategic planning
review process. I'd have to say most of my time's
been focused primarily on strategic planning and working alongside concilium
public sector services on this initiative. The inspectorate of 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. And then
finally on June 9th, Lucia Giordano myself, so the entire
board staff took part in the Wacomile in their shoes
event. Thanks to everyone who sponsored our team and thanks
to generous donors, we reached our goal of raising just
over 1, 000 dollars. I just like to mention that
I am a survivor of gender - based violence. A
lot has changed over the years, but not enough. It's
disturbing to realise that this is still a big problem.
Having said that, the stigma has been reduced over the
past years for people who finally speak up. 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. Thank you. Thank you, Kirsten. Can I get
it mover in a second or do member Padulo, second
my member St. Jean. Is there any discussion on the
matter. All in favor. Posed. Carried.
Kirsten, can you please provide your update on the revision
of the board's 27 to 30 strategic plan. It's through
you, Chair. I would like to let everybody know that
the public survey that the board has out on their
website. We've also advertised an all libraries and community centres
across the city that the deadline has been extended to
complete the public confidential survey until July 31st, 2026. 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. Our recent focus for the past
month or so has been on organising stakeholder feedback. Based
on the CSPA, the Community Safety and Policing Act. The
strategic plan must provide an overview of the consultations that
were conducted. So in preparing and revising our strategic plan,
the police service board will be consulting with the chief
of police, municipal council. Band councils of any First Nations,
of which we don't have any in our area. Groups
representing diverse community and the board's area of policing school
boards, community organisations, businesses, and members of the public in
the board's area of policing, and then any other prescribed
persons, organisations, or groups. In the past month, we've identified
key stakeholders. These groups were broken out into main categories
and then into further subgroups. We've got governance. And for
example, that would include board members, municipal council, MPs, and
MPPs. Um, this list is an exhaustive. I'll save you
that. I'm just giving you a high level of, um,
the stakeholders we've identified. Education is another main group. That
includes post - secondary institutions. Public Catholic French school boards,
private schools, and also faith - based institutions. Social services,
health, and community organisations are our third group. Our fourth
group is groups representing diverse communities. Um, again, not a
fulsom list, but that includes indigenous, racialized communities, faith communities,
TOSNL GBTQIA plus communities, people with disabilities, seniors, and people
experiencing poverty and the unhoused. Youth is another large group.
That's our fifth group, sixth group is business and Economic
Communities. We've reached out to the Chamber of Commerce, business
improvement areas, uh, in rural businesses. Um, the Hamilton went
with Federation of Agriculture. And then the seventh group is
Community Safety Partners and Advocacy Groups. So this would include
the women's abuse working group, which is a 23 -
member coalition, Emergency Service Partners, EMS, Fire and Bylaw, and
then SAT, which is the system advisory leadership table. Internal
focus groups were also organised within the service and included
individuals from all levels, both sworn and civilian, including specialty
units from the strategic initiative unit. So EDI, community engagement
groups, et cetera. On behalf of the board, I would
like to send a big thank you out to staff
sergeant Tammy Ewert for all of our hard work facilitating
the internal focus group sessions. And for her assistance in
identifying and compiling key stakeholder group contacts. Thank you. Thank
you, curse. And this is a significant and a big
addition or by the board and you and the chair
on it. And that's, uh, that's a good thing. Can
I get a, may please get a mover in a
second and receive the strategic plan verbal update and item
5. 5. 1 media release requesting to public's input on
revisions through the strategic plan. Can I get a mover.
Member Spadafora, welcome. By member Pudulo. Any discussion. Comment.
All in favor.
Public minutes of May 21st. May please get a mover
in a second or to approve the minutes of May
21st, 2026 as presented. Moved by memory St. Gene, second
of my member Spadafora. Are there any discussion on the
matter. All in favor. Posed. Carried. Correspondence
may get a mover in a second order to receive
correspondence item 7 - 1 through 7. 1 through 7.
11. Moved by member St. Gene, second by members by
the 4. Would you like to speak to any of
the correspondent items? Are there any correspondent items aboard? Would
like to discuss. We'll start with the chief. Thank you,
Chair, and I will stand down waiting for board direction.
And any correspondent items aboard like the comment on. Any
further discussion. All in favor. Poles carried.
Consent items. May get a mover in a seconder to
receive consent items 8. 1 through 8. 7. Move by
member Kretsch. 2nd by member Spadafora. Chief Bergener, thanks and
send items you would like to speak to. Thank you,
Chair and I'll stand down waiting for board direction. Okay.
Members, any consigned items you'd like to speak to. Member
Kretsch. 8. 2 and 8. 4. I'll start with 8.
2. I attended the downtown safety summit meeting. And reviewed
the report. And a couple things I wanted to point
out from my perspective as the downtown Councillor and as
someone who attended the meeting. My understanding, before we got
to the meeting based on all the emails I received,
was that the mean was going to be focused on
dealing with ways to support youth. Those are the folks
that were involved in the specific shootings that were the
meeting was called for to discuss. Instead, the meeting ended
up being a sort of side town hall on another
subject altogether. Should it find really regrettable because those youth
who are looking for leadership looking for support looking for
ways to find resources, um, and communities who are grieving
from those incidents. Reach out to me and said they
didn't get anything out of the meeting. And that was
the purpose of the meeting. So that's regrettable from my
perspective. I also think it's important to say that one
of the things that is not talked about continually, we're
talking about shooting in the city, which I find personally
fine bizarre is that more than 80 percent of the
shootings do not occur in the area that's identified by
as downtown by the police. So in that meeting, we
had a map up on the board, it showed downtown.
Recently the media contacted me to ask me questions about
different things were happening downtown. And one of the questions
they asked me was, well, Councillor, what do you think
about this and the perception? I said, I think it's
important for us to start actually having a conversation about
the perception. Of these situations and how that perception is
created in the first place. There were recently two shootings,
four days apart in Ancaster World 14 type area. I
didn't see the same level of press conferences, repeated press
conferences, media releases, media attention about those two shootings. But
when one of those shootings happens downtown, we're seeing multiple
press conferences, press releases availabilities, media attention on the subject.
And so I think there's something to be said about
how that perception gets created. If the majority of shootings
aren't happening downtown, why aren't we having a conversation similar
to the kinds of conversations we're having downtown every single
time they're just shooting in our city. I don't get
it. And it's not a question, by the way. That's
a rhetorical statement. I'm asking for an answer from anybody.
I'm just saying to you that for me, it's deeply
troubling that the majority, the vast majority of shootings happen
outside downtown. But the only conversation receiving willing to be
have is the ones that are having downtown. We should
be having a mean like that, meaning we had here
in every community where they're shooting. And there should be
discussions about why they're happening there. Thank you. Are there
any further discussions on, um, any of the items. 8.
4. I was just waiting to see if anybody else
had anything on 8. 2 or 3. Thank you. My
only question for 8. 4 is I didn't see this.
Two questions I have. Question number one is with respect
to the number of people in the traffic safety unit.
So when the traffic safe unit was first built, it
was going to be 1920 people. And then there was
a conversation about not being able to find enough people
to staff the unit. So then there was 11 people
that were in the unit and there was people that
were off and other kinds of reasons. But I didn't
see that information here. I may have missed it. And
that's my fault. But where are we at today. Thank
you for the question. Member Kretsch and through you chair.
Uh, so currently the unit is at 18 people, uh,
were currently staffed at 15 as three members are off
on WSIB. So we're down three members at this time.
So we're kind of up four from before. We're kind
of in the middle at this point. In terms of
people that are doing. We're up four members from the
11. We're kind of in the middle of the sort
of 20. That's correct. Out of transfer meeting last year,
the staffing, um, concern was brought to the chief and
the chief reassigned some resources from throughout the organisation to
make sure that we, um, our remaining with our commitment
to TSU. Thanks. My second question about this is regarding
targets. So I've seen all the tables here. They show
changes. They show what things look like as a trend.
But I don't see targets here. So how are we
supposed to know how we're evaluating this information and whether
we're doing a good job or not, simply comparing information
year over year gives us a sense of how we're
doing year to year. But without sort of a really
targeted program of this is how much we think we
should be doing. This is how much money we're coming
in before. And the purpose of the program was to
increase that or the purpose of the program was to
do something else. I don't see that overlay here. And
so it's hard for me to understand what outcomes we're
measuring. Against speak to it. So, um, I guess I
can start, I have some prepared comments actually. Just I'll
go through them first. And then, uh, I'll attempt to,
if those don't answer your question, then I can go
further. So I'll begin by acknowledging that our recent traffic
enforcement numbers have not been where we would like them
to be as an organisation. So they'll start there. Uh,
that said, this was not a matter of priority. Traffic
enforcement has remained a priority for this service, but ongoing
staffing challenges over several years have significantly limited our officer's
ability to engage in proactive enforcement. Quite simply our members
were largely consumed by calls for service, leaving limited capacity.
For discretionary activities like traffic enforcement. January 2026, however, represented
the turning point for the organisation. The investments made by
this board and staffing compliments hiring approvals and collective agreement
changes are now allowing us to properly backfill those positions,
including some of the members off on WSAB. 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 55 percent compared to
the same period last year. During that same period motor
vehicle collisions are down 10 percent. Driving apprehensions are up
four percent. You've also laid 217 stunt driving charges in
just the first five months of this year. And that
compares to 273 during all of 2025. The statistical loan
demonstrates both the extent of the problem and the intensity
of our enforcement efforts directed at the highest risk drivers
in our community. The realities that more people in our
community will be impacted by serious or fatal motor vehicle
collisions than by violent crime. Every one of these collisions
is preventable. While speed is often discussed as a contributing
factor, speed alone is rarely the sole cause of fatal
collisions. More often, you see a combination of factors at
play. These include impairment by drugs, alcohol, distracted driving, excessive
speed and failure to where seat belts. This is why
our approach has evolved, not simply about increasing volume. It's
about being more intentional. And I hope this begins to
answer your question. We are focusing on the highest risk
drivers and behaviours. Not so much a set number, including
impaired driving, distracted driving, excessive speed, seatbelt enforcement, and stunt
driving. Our enforcement efforts are specifically designed to target these
behaviours because they are the primary contributors to serious injury
and fatal collisions. The combination of this target enforcement strategy,
along with the proactive efforts of our commercial motor vehicle
unit is beginning to pay in dividends. We're seeing increase
in 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. 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 will better reflect the efforts of our
members and the expectations we have set for ourselves as
an organisation. 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 the
year. That said, we have two traffic campaigns set for
July and August of this year. July will be running
a program. Called Buckle Up Phone Down to significant causes
of fatal and serious motor vehicle and collisions in the
city. Clearly we're going to be focusing on seatbelt enforcement
and distracted driving. And then in August, mostly around complaints
that we have been receiving from, um, our residents and
councillors on behalf of citizens. We're going to be focusing
on equipment violations. Things like mufflers, um, uh, tinted windows
plate covers, things like that. Other equipment violations that can
contribute to safety concerns. So I hope that answers your
question, member Kretsch. And if I'm happy to go a
little bit deeper in the data if you need it.
Thanks. It does answer in part in terms of the
things that you're doing, but I'm trying to understand how
we're evaluating these outcomes. What I mean to say, for
instance, is let's just say that we are aware that
there are 10 stunt driving locations in the lower city.
Yeah. If we were aware, 10 stunt driving locations in
the lower city, then I would presume that we're trying
to eliminate strunt driving those locations. Then I presume by
the following year, we're able to say, okay, in three
of those locations we were able to eliminate stunt driving
or in this many instances of sun driving, we were
like, we're not measuring a gain something that I can
see. So for me, the data kind of just floats
here. And that's what I'm trying to get understanding of
is you're saying we're not trying to approach or come
after outcomes, but or specific numbers and targets. But they
exist, right? So why is that information not available? And
can we get a sense of how we're doing. Absolutely.
So there's, um, we work very, very closely with Mike
Field over at the city. And, um, data is shared
between our organisation. So we have Dan here from the
information and analysis unit. And we share information back and
forth on what those locations are. And then accordingly, we
deploy our resources. So there, so for example, the red
hill valley parkway is an area where we're constantly seeing
people stunt driving. So we're working with Mike Field and
this team there. And deploying resources around the times that
we see those offences occurring. Yeah. I think I'm not
quite getting the answer I want, which is okay. I'm
not going to belabor the point. It's just that yes,
I understand that you're gaining this information. I think it's
important. It's reported. And we can see the outcomes and
metro our success without having a number we're trying to
get to. We have no, we have knowing if we're
being successful and doing this. We're doing it. But for
my education, I'm looking at this thinking, well, how many
of these situations are there? Are we being successful in
remedying the situation in more than half of them or
less than a half of them? What are the challenges
that are presented in doing that? Lord, are we doing
to address those challenges? That information's not here. So for
me, I've known we've understanding or being successful or not.
Yeah. What I'll add is, uh, probably about two months
ago the chief approve, the crime prevention and Evan Space
policing unit. With that, we're looking at working with the
city on the road safety initiatives fund. Dan and his
team are working with us to use an evidence -
based approach on the deployment of our, uh, resources. And
with that and through that project, it is our hope
that we can report back on those outcomes that you're
seeking. But Dan, if you want to speak proto to
it, please. Thank you, sir. And through you, Chair, just
to follow up on that, you're looking, the question you're
asking member crutch is we're doing enforcement. We're producing numbers
each year. What is happening? What is the effect? Right.
So to, to superintendent's point, you know, the goal for
our unit right now in the years to come, um,
is to understand, okay, where are the issues occurring? For
instance, we have, um, areas with high motor vehicle collisions.
And we can report whether or not year over year
this goes up or down. But we don't know what
our enforcement is doing anything about it. So what we're
doing in our unit is to give you an example,
uh, with respect to the RSIF funding and with respect
to our chafford deployment is, okay, if we are to
provide a treatment area, how does that, you know, can
we establish a control zone? So with, for instance, our
deployment in this area, no deployment and another comparable area.
However, that area is comparable. Is our enforcement having an
effect? And that's what we are doing across the service
and especially, uh, in the traffic safety unit, uh, in
the future. Okay. I think I have the answer, which
is in the future. Thank you. Are there any other
questions. On the consent? We have a mover in a
second. Are you voting or asking a question? I got
one. Um. All in favor.
I'll call in chief burgund introduce the presenters for the
use of forest 2025 year end report. Thank you, Chair.
It gives me, um, pleasure to introduce Sergeant Mas Giuliani.
Sergeant James to Prince and Dr. Daniel Musanith to come
to the podium to give us the 2025 year end
report use of force.
Members of police services board. Chief Bergen, Deputy Chief Deodatti.
Acting deputy chief Abbott, senior officers. Police service members and
members of the community. Good afternoon. My name is Masmo
Giuliani. I'm one of the two sergeants in the UC4
section of the training branch. Um, today's presentation will align
some of the background information about use of force in
proceed into highlight of the statistics for the county year
2025. So just some background where use of force comes
from. So the criminal code of Canada, section 25 and
26 dictate the majority of the force, the legal aspect
of force. So officers may use force during their duty
only permitted by law. Even if forces authorized by law,
it's not unrestricted. It must be necessary, reasonable, and proportional.
There's a reasonable discretion on force being required in what
degree of force is required. Um, the courts have also
recognised that officers must act quickly in emergency. So the
standard is not perfection, but a reasonable under the circumstances.
Force must be lawful, reasonable, and necessary. So section 25
gives us the authority to use force. In section 26,
uh, is the limit on it. So it covers the
excessive force section. Officers are criminally responsible for any excess
force. Any accusations of excessive force can be investigated by
any of the following. The Hamilton Police Professional Standards branch,
the Ontario Special Investigations Unit. LICA, the law enforcement complaints
agency. And now, uh, judges in trials are now reviewing
use force reports during proceedings. The Ontario Public Police Interactions
TrainingE came into effect in 2023. It is not a
justification for an officer's force, but rather assists officers in
articulating events in all interactions. Not just use of force
incidents. This also assists the public in understanding why and
what manner officer may respond during an interaction. Conflict prevention
and de - escalation envelopes the entire model. So when
is a force report required. An officer drops a handgun
in the presence of the public. So if a handgun
is drawn, a report is required. If any firearm by
a police officer is pointed at a person, a use
of force report is required as well. If an officer
discharges firearm, a report is required. If an officer uses
a weapon, any weapon on another person that report is
required. If they draw and display a conducted energy weapon,
so our tasers. If that is drawn, uh, with the
intention of achieving compliance, a report is required. If they
point a conducted energy weapon, or taser out a person,
our report would be required. Um, if they discharge that
conducted energy weapon, if they use force on any other
person or any person that results in an injury required
medical attention through a physician, a nurse or a paramedic.
In the officers aware of that before they leave for
their shift and a shift, then a report is required.
So reports are completed by officers before the end of
their shift. So if you have any use force interaction
and a reports required, the officers report submit electronic report.
This report has been in use for the last several
years now. Uh, their electronic reports. The officer then submits
the report to their supervisor. It's either the sergeant or
the staff sergeant. The staff sergeant then reviews if the
relevant body worn camera or in - car camera. If
the report's complete and the supervisor satisfied with the, um,
thoroughness of the report, it then goes to the divisional
commander. The commander conducts their own review of the report
and the circumstances. And again, if there's any body -
worn camera or in - car camera, the commander has
the option to review that. Once the commander is finished
with that report, it then gets forwarded to the use
of force section. And, uh, we then go through the
report and then it's submitted electronically to the minister of
solicitor in general. If at any stage, the concerns about
force, uh, allegations, uh, concerns about how force was applied,
uh, they get flagged at any of these steps. And
definitely from the use force perspective, we will review it
and we'll call the officers in if the remedial training
required. That is my component for now. We'll have Dr.
Moskf continue. Okay. In just Daniel is good as well.
It's a good afternoon everyone. So in terms of the
trends, I'm going to take you through some of the
trends coming out of this year's use of force report,
owing to time. I won't be able to discuss every
data point, but happy to answer any questions that you
may have. Uh, so at a very high level, we
find that in 2025 compared to 2024, um, we had
203 incidents involving police use of force last year, which
is the lowest in six years. Uh, it's about 28
percent below the 2024 number in about 40 percent below
our five year average of all of these incidents fall
into two categories. Categories that are weapons related, uh, categories
that are warmth in nature. So officers conducting warrant executions.
Uh, in related to that, a weapon was perceived by
officers in about 75 percent of all of these incidents
That's up from 65 percent in 2023. So even as
overall use of force is declining, um, we see that
more of these situations are involving perceived weapons. This is
just a visualization of the numbers for this year. On
the blue, uh, the blue, uh, graph or the blue
line shows the number of incidents. As we can see,
2025, um, it's about 28 percent reduction compared to last
year. Also use of force incidents can involve multiple individuals
or multiple subjects as it says in the form. Um,
so the right graph shows that overall reduction as well.
Um, whoops. Going a little bit too far. Um, there
are also 20 incidents that involved animals. So predominantly humane
destruction, uh, of animals. Um, or uncontrolled animals that had
to be safely contained. This figure here shows the number
of individuals that were involved. Okay. In Ontario and as
I've learned as working here is that police use of
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. So while use of force is declined, um,
compared to 2024, it's still important to see, okay, what
do we mean by force? How are officers using force?
Oh, we're going to head over ourselves. Uh, beginning with
the most severe end of the spectrum. So firearm discharges
by officers. These are very rare. Um, they have occurred
on three occasions or fewer, uh, between 2020 and 2025.
Last year we had one incident involving officers discharging firearm.
Uh, and again, between 2023 and 2025, um, we've had
one incident per year. Okay. Firearm pointing, um, is the
most common form, uh, lethal force in our data. Uh,
this also declines substantially in 2025. Um, incidents fell to
107 involving 198 individuals. Again, both the lowest levels recorded,
uh, from 2020 to 2025. And well below the five
year average. Uh, CWs conducted energy weapons. Otherwise known as
tasers. These refer to, or these are our commonly used
intermediate force option for officers. They were used in 86
incidents last year. There were 86 taser uses. Um, it's
about 42 percent of all of our use of force
incidents However, this figure here doesn't define, okay, how is
the taser being used? This just means the taser was
used in some way. Looking more closely, we can see
that this very far right column here or bar is
2025. And how CEWs were used. So the highest observed
level, um, we have incidents where tasers were drawn and
only drawn, uh, in 17 percent of the time. So
being the highest level, um, in 37 percent of our
incident So what this means is that in approximately 63
percent of our use of CEWs It was drawn or
pointed without actually being discharged by our officers. And owing
to time, I'm going to go through this next section
a little bit quicker as well. Uh, but incident context.
So the call source, the type, the context. Um, this
is all information that is captured in our use of
force forms. So a common question that we get often
from the community is, okay, but how do these interactions
start? Uh, we know that most use of force incidents
begin with a citizen generated call for service. Um, we
also have warrants, uh, that account for between 14 in
upwards of 18 percent each year. These are involved planned
enforcement against known subjects, um, often with elevated, um, weapon
or violence risks. Officer initiated incidents are rare. Uh, and
they declined to five, uh, last year we had five.
It makes them a boat two and a half percent
of our overall use of force incidents. Uh, 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? We see that weapons related incidents have
increased in proportion in the last few years. Warrants, while
they have declined as far as the proportion of use
of force, they still make up the second most proportion.
Uh, and what we see this year, one thing, um,
that has flagged some consideration is IPV related incidents. We
see that, uh, higher proportion of our use of force
incidents are related to intimate partner violence. Um, so these
are disputes that have become more prominent in the last
year. Uh, in the last data point that I'm going
to end off with is perceived weapons. So right in
the use of force form officers can check off whether
or not they perceived in the individual to have a
weapon. Whether that is information that was received from the
caller, um, from prior information about the individual, uh, most
of the time that. Um, and this has increased to
about 75 percent of our incident in 2025. This suggests
that even as overall use of force as declined, the
remaining incidents are increasingly concentrated in high risk situations. Okay.
To conclude everything here, um, use of force, it remains
rare relative to police public contacts. But every incident carries
real potential for impact on the individuals, on the community,
uh, and so the goal of this report is to
really provide the community with an understanding, um, of, of
the circumstances, um, and some of the data that we're
seeing. So again, we remain committed to this transparent reporting
accountability ongoing learning. Um, this year, we've included more data
points compared to last year. Um, that was based on
community input. And we are happy to engage with this
more, um, to show this data. Thank you.
I'm just resting my old feet. Is you're done any,
uh, so let's do this in a proper. You're done.
You're good. Yes. Okay. Um. Going to move her in
a second to receive the report of the presentation. Remember
Padulo second by member Spadafora. Any discussion. On the matter.
Member Spadafora. Thanks chair. Uh, I don't have any
questions. More of comments for me. Early on, there was
a page that had some pretty, some pretty good stats
when we talk about the decrease that we've been able
to, um, not we. The service has been able to,
to do, uh, when you look at, I can't remember
the slide I'm trying to find it, but, uh, the
reduction. Oh, there it is. Like I think, I think
that's, you know, 203 instances in 2025, the lowest in
six years. I mean, these are numbers, I think that,
that we should be celebrating. These are, these are real
big changes that come on the backs of, of the
work that, you know, our officers do, uh, number one,
getting trained and just being able to, um, to do
a better job. But the thing that's interesting with that
is as those numbers decline incidents, including a weapon, have
increased. So we're, we're being able to reduce. The amount
of times we're taken our guns out or using force,
because I know the different ways to use the force.
But we're doing that well. We're seeing an increase in
terrible crime. Like way more people with a weapon or
at least a perceived weapon. Um, 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, uh, anybody who's, who's part of these statistics. This
is great news. I'll definitely be sharing it and celebrating.
I know the people in this city, um, that like
to 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 really good job. And
I commend the chief in the entire service on that.
That's it for me. Thanks. Thank you, member Spadafora. Well
said and well put. I think we're good. Um, I
think just think a simple congratulations to the service on
a job well done is in order. Based on the
use of course, uh, stats this year. Thank you. It
was a wonderful presentation and we're grateful. Mover and second
are all in favor. Carried. I'll call on Chief Bergen
to introduce a presenter for the next 2025 year end
report raised an identity based strategy. Update. Thank you, Chair.
And through your position, uh, again, Daniel moves to notice
at this podium. And, uh, we'll go through our approach
to race in a denno - based data. This is
the cal presentation. Of my present. Yeah. So that was
the love. They did that last month. It's. Okay.
Tanny, you can't keep all those stats in your head.
You got a lot of them up there. I'm just.
Going to.
Splatforder For during this slight pause. At the start of
the meeting. I reminded everyone that there's a five minute
speaking order. And you can only speak to one item
once unless the board approve it. And just so you
were a minute and 47 seconds and it was very
well done. Thank you. And like a soccer game, you
can claw time back if the guy asked him the
question. Goes too long. It's all my, but the enough
exposure to it. We get it. He's just trying to
kill time here.
Hi. More years.
Yes. Then you. Got the sun. Wait. A minute.
I'm a poor singer. So. We're going to have to
find some other way to kill time. Can you sing.
It. Okay. Members battle four is going to do a
remnation of, um, are you ready? We good. Yeah. Member
Spadafor is going to sing. You can pick the number.
That way. Do you want to have a five minute
break. Okay. But they're the annual report. Okay.
Change of plans, no singing. Hamilton police service. Annual report.
May get a mover in a seconder to approve the,
um, 25 annual report as presented moved by members Spadafora.
Second member Padulo. Are there any discussions on the matter.
All in favor. Post. Carried.
I'll just keep going until you guys tell me you're
ready to turn that operation around. Um, deployment of Metrolink
Special Constables in the City of Hamilton. Make, this is
nine four, may please get a mover in a second
or to approve that. The Hamilton Police Service Board enter
into an agreement with her Majesty, the king as represented
by the solicitor general or operating through Ontario Provincial Police
to permit the OPP special constables employed by Metro links.
To act in the City of Hamilton and. The chair
be authorized, execute the amended agreement. Move by. Member Spada
Forest, second by member St. Gene. Are there any discussions
on this matter. All in favor. Carried. Single.
Source approval. Um, may I please go to move her
in a seconder to approve the single source procurement of
integrated virtual reality training solutions. To street smart VRNC pursuant
to procurement policy number 11, non - competitive procurement until
May 10th, 2028. Approval of procurement from street smarts VR
ink, a U S business per policy number 11 non
- competitor procurement. Move by member St. Gene's second by
member Spadafora. The rating discussions on the matter. Seeing none,
I'll call the vote all in favor. Opposed carried. Uh,
TJ, I drones standardization. May, please going to move her
in a seconder. To approve that standardization of DJI drones
and accessories pursuant to policy number 14. Standardization until December
30, first 30, 31. 2031. Member Spatter for a second
by member Padulo. There's any discussion on the matter. All
in favor. Carried. Okay.
We're going to have a conversation about this now. It's
not on, I've got it here. So I want to
discuss and we, and we did discuss this a little
over email. Uh, due to the fact that the municipal
election is taking place on Monday, October the 26th. Or
October board meeting is on October. 22nd. And we will
likely not have quorum. We have no meeting in August.
I'm unable to chair our September meeting. I'll be out
of the country. I'd like to propose that we move
our Thursday, September the 24th meeting to Thursday, September the
10th. This will allow the opportunity to cite if you
wish to plan a nearly October meeting and still provide
this service of myself and find repair reports. Between the
proposed September 10th meeting and the early October meeting. October
meeting is currently October 22nd. Proposed would be the first.
But what we should decide on today is, uh, if
it's at the board's pleasure to move the September 24th
meeting to the 10th. Member Spadar For our moves at
the, uh, next board meeting, which of September 24th, we
moved to September 10th. Probable now.
So is that a conditional seconder? Are you all in?
Okay. Are there any discussions. I think I just got
in deeper. All in favor. Carried. How we make a
note. What are we going to do? Do you want
to decide that now too? All right. Uh, the executive
director pose the question that we entertain changing the October
meeting now and are probably benefit the service. Um, so
from move where October 22nd meeting to October 1st. I
think that just makes some sense. Move by member Spadafora
second by member. Padulo. Andy discussion. All in favor. S
carried. Okay, that's done. My mother juice here. I got
nothing left. Member Spada for you're going to have to
sing.
Okay. We're going to resize for five minutes.
We'll reintroduce, okay? Took a quick technical break. I'll call
in cheap burgund introduce the presenter for the 2025 year
in report race and identity base data strategy update. Thank
you, Chair. And again, Dr. Daniel Messnuff will give us
race and identity - based data strategy update. And it's
an opportunity also to thank Daniel Samantha, the team, Jim
Calendar, Carolyn Rashford, all the work that they have done
and where you have taken our organisation to have a
better understanding of what an interaction looks like. Thank you.
Clementation update under our RIBD strategy. More importantly, it responds
directly to some of the questions and some of the
recommendations that were developed by our Community Advisory panel. Some
of you heard from them just last month. The beauty
of this work and really where this work comes from
is working with our community advisory panel. So they have
played a central role in the development of this strategy
over a two year period, bringing lived experience, bringing professional
expertise, Community Knowledge, and critical perspectives to our strategy. So
really without them, the strategy, this work is really non
- existent. We've met more than 50 times for multiple
hours over the last couple of years. We see the
recommendations from the Community Advisory Panel as ongoing guidance. We
don't just see this as something that we're looking to
check off over the next year, and we're done with
it. This work continues to develop, and it continues to
develop with our community. So the Community Advisory panel last
month, they provided us with a number of recommendations. They
can be understood in two sort of connected areas. On
one hand is evidence itself. How are we collecting in
race and identity - based information? How are we connecting
it? How are we validating it? And most importantly, how
are we analysing it? The second part of this is
concern with how evidence is interpreted, how we are engaging
with our community. And these two things cannot be separated,
right? More sophisticated analysis has very limited value. If the
findings are not understandable, if they're not connected to the
community who's asking the questions. So together, the recommendations 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. It represents an early and concrete
implementation step. Several recommendations are already reflected in how this
analysis and a report was done with respect to benchmarking,
really considering how do we measure racial disparities, really being
serious about that. Advanced analytics, and more importantly, some plain
language explanations for our community. 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. So putting the
recommendations into practice, as we know use of force, was
selected as the first priority area, because it's one of
the most consequential forms of police public interactions. Although use
of force is rare, and as we've discussed that today,
each incident can still have significant impact on our community.
So the questions examined so far did not emerge just
from data or just from the police service itself. They
were developed through structured discussions with our advisory panel. So
questions surrounding, you know, not whether just racial disparities appeared.
But wanting to understand where disparities arise, whether people experience
similar outcomes in similar circumstances. What happens before forces applied?
And what information is still missing from this whole discussion?
So very early on, there are some discussion within the
support in terms of how do we measure racial disparity.
Our Community Advisory panel has pushed us in terms of
how do we measure it, not just relying solely on
simple descriptive basic statistics such as comparing how many individuals
are involved in a use of force incident compared to
how many there may be in Hamilton. But really, when
we are interacting with members of the public, are these
incidents, our individuals being treated equal once they enter police
contact. So that is what is coming out of this
report specifically. So there are a number of findings that
are found in this interim report, and this report will
be made public, the data will be made public on
our RABD website. So this is not just the be
- all and end - all. But the findings that
we're seeing is that there are two. Number one is
that use of force is declining over time, as we
have discussed today. Second, we see disproportionalities and disproportionality remains,
but it depends on the benchmark that we are using.
The panel has recommended that we consider an interaction benchmark.
So arrests, for example, or individuals that were stopping. When
we use a benchmark like this overrepresentation is less consistent,
which is a good finding for our service. And one
larger finding that's in this report is, you know, when
we use analysis that can control for the multiple different
factors that are involved in a use of force incident,
such as the perception of a weapon, such as the
incident type, the number of officers. Once we control for
that, we see no significant differences in, for instance, the
severity of force for certain racialized groups compared to non
- racialized individuals. So from this analysis, it's suggesting that
contextual factors, situational factors, a really amplifying the likelihood of
a higher severity of force. But that's just one question,
and that's just three years of data, essentially. So that
is found in this report in the data is also
going to be made public. Um, so again, getting back
to how do we measure racial disparities and use of
force? What data is available to us? And how can
we control for the complexity that's involved? So I'm just
going to skip a little bit down to the last
couple of slides. So a community member may have a
serious or deeply negative experience that does not appear in
our patterns, in our trends. That experiencer means real and
important. So statistical analysis works across MIDI incidents at once.
We can test relationships. We can see if there is
evidence. But it can't decide what happened in any individual
encounter. So what we are trying to do with this
strategy, and we're going to continue to do over time,
uh, is to bring different forms of evidence together, um,
where we don't have administrative data considering body warrant camera
analysis, which is a recommendation from our CAP in which
we have started to implement in our analysis work so
far. Community experience continuing to engage with the community advisory
panel. Again, trying to strengthen our understanding, um, and this
is where Community interpretation is critical. So, uh, where this
work is going next. We want to continue to build
our evidence base. This is what this report has suggested.
And then the secondarily, but actually equally is the recommendations
with respect to Community Engagement. So this is found in
this report as well. Um, one partnership that we're especially
proud of, and I'm going to leave on this on
the last couple of notes. The next stage of our
work is going to be supported by a federal research
grant. Um, so we partnered with Dr. Clifton Vanderlinden of
McMaster University, uh, and Dr. Kwasi Owafu Bempa from the
University of Toronto, who is done a lot of work
in this space. Uh, and we received a social science
and humanity's research council, partnership engage grant, uh, So that
funding, uh, is it importance, um, you know, for us
to continue doing rigorous analysis. It also shows that this
work, um, is necessary. It's been vetted by an external
body, such as shirk. Um, and we also placed in
the top three in this competition of many different projects.
So this is one thing that we're really happy for,
happy with. I mean, when I continue this, I'm going,
these types of partnerships into the future. So to conclude
everything with this report, the panels recommendations provide really strong
ongoing guidance in a long - term roadmap. The report
shows the work moving beyond commitment moving beyond data collection
towards rigorous analysis, interpretation, and implementation. There is still considerable
work ahead. Improving our evidence, monitoring patterns over time, uh,
and keeping involving communities and how the findings are interpreted.
And report on these things publicly over time, uh, with
open data, uh, with dashboards online, uh, and et cetera.
Most importantly, we must use what is learned to inform
practical improvements. Um, for policy, for training, how we collect
our data, um, and engagement overall. So the goal is
not simply to produce another report. It is to establish
a sustained process of accountability, of learning, um, and continue
to, uh, contribute to more equitable policing in public trust.
Thank you. Moved by member Spada
or Padula second by member spot of four. Can you
just wait down the super heavily questions. Are there any
discussions on the matter. We're good. Thank you for your
presentation. All in favor. Posed carried. Did Dan will
reporter, right? And I'm just going in close. H. Going
into close. Can I get a motion for the board
to move into closed section and accordance with section 441
and two of the community safety and policing act as
the board will be considering personal matters about identifiable individuals,
including members of the police service. Or any other employee
of the employees of the board, a proposed or pending
acquisition or disposition to land by the board, labour relations
are employee negotiations or potential litigation affecting the board, including
matters before administrative tribunals moved by member Spadafora. Second by
member Padulo. His reign discussion on the matter. All in
favor. Carried. Anyone not required required remain in closed session.
Please exit the Council Chambers after the board has completed
its closed section. We will rise and report in a
public session. The board will take a 10 minute recess
prior to commencing its closing session.
During closed session, today the board approved its closed minutes
of May 22, 2026, though with confidential items that fall
under the Section 441 and two of the Community Safety.
And placing Act may please go to mover into Secondar
to receive the chair's report back, move by members, Spadafora,
second by member St. Gene. Is there any discussion. Seeing
none all in favor. Carried. The next regular meeting of
the board will take place on Thursday, July the 23rd,
2026 in the Council Chambers at City Hall. If there's
no further business, can I get a motion to adjourn.
Any discussion, all in favor. Carried.