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REQUEST FOR DECISION
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Bylaw 1/2025 Policing Committee Bylaw
Presented by: Marta Caufield, Director, Legal, Legislative & Records Services
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RECOMMENDED MOTION(S)
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1. That Bylaw 1/2025, being a bylaw to establish a Policing Committee, be read a first time.
2. That Bylaw 1/2025 be read a second time.
3. That unanimous consent be given for consideration of third reading of Bylaw 1/2025.
4. That Bylaw 1/2025 be read a third time.
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SUMMARY
* Amendments made by the province to the Police Act and associated regulations, which are scheduled to take effect on March 1, 2025, necessitate changes to the City's current Policing Committee Bylaw.
* A draft of Bylaw 1/2025 was presented to the Policing Committee on January 14, 2025. The Policing Committee is supportive of the changes proposed in Bylaw 1/2025.
* Bylaw 1/2025 is presented for Council's consideration and approval.
ALIGNMENT TO COUNCIL DIRECTION OR MANDATORY STATUTORY PROVISION
Effective March 1, 2025, section 28.03 of the Police Act states the following:
28.03(1) A municipality
(a) with a population that is greater than 15 000, and
(b) that has entered into an agreement with the Government of Canada for the employment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the provision of policing services to the municipality
shall establish a municipal policing committee in accordance with the regulations.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Bill 6 (the Police Amendment Act, 2022) made various amendments to the Police Act. The remaining changes made by Bill 6, as well as the requirements necessitated by the Police Governance (Ministerial) Regulation, are expected to take effect on March 1, 2025.
The following are the main changes being made by the province with respect to policing committees:
* Policing committees will be mandatory effective March 1, 2025 (previously, municipalities were not required to have Policing Committees, although St. Albert has had a vol...
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