Advocacy

• BILL 68, SCHEDULE 1: COMMUNITY SAFETY AND POLICING ACT, 2019
• Remarks to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy regarding Bill 68, Schedule 1, Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019

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