Advocacy

Advocacy Positions

OAPSB advocates on behalf of its members for changes in public safety legislation, regulation and funding.

• Key Issues Regarding 2018 PSA

• Key passages of 2018 PSA

• Review of OAPSB submissions and positions – 2016 to present

• Police Board Education & Training – The Need

Bill 175 – Click here

2018: 

• 2018 Budget – Community Safety Highlights

• Ontario Association of Police Services Boards – Submissions on Bill 175

• Queens Park OAPSB Presentation at the Standing Committee on Justice Policy 
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2017:

• Queen’s Park Roundtable Presentation (April 2017)
• OAPSB Survey Results (February 6, 2017)

• Independent Police Oversight Review Report response:

  Response IPORR 2017

  IPORR Response to Chapter 9

  OASPB Response to Justice Tulloch

• Independent Police Oversight Review Report response (May 20, 2017)

2016:

• Proposed Legislative Language
  Regarding Police Board responsibilities in the revised Police Service Act. (March 14, 2016)
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  Adopted by OAPSB Board of Directors February 4, 2016
• Police Governance Reform – The Age of Enlightenment

2015:

Safe Ontario is the emerging province-wide strategy for community safety and well-being, with particular attention to crime prevention.

• Minister Naqvi’s Speech on Strategy for a Safer Ontario – August 19th 2015 AMO Conference
• Ontario Crime Prevention Strategy – Framework for Action
• Community Safety and Well-Being in Ontario: Booklet 2 – A Snapshot of Local Voices

A discussion paper outlining the seven key areas the government will publically consult on as it develops the Strategy for a Safer Ontario; the province’s new community-based policing strategy.

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2014:

• Independent Citizen Governance of Police – Reasons and Principles
  Paper prepared by OAPSB President Ken East and Executive Director Fred Kaustinen (October 17, 2014)
• Advocacy – OAPSB Election Statement (June 2014)

2011:

• Provincial Offences Act – Unpaid Fines A $Billion Problem, White Paper 

  Prepared by: Sarbjit Kaur & Fred Kaustinen