Police Service Board
In Ontario a police service board is a "local board" pursuant to the Municipal Act, but it receives its authority from the Community Safety and Policing Act (CSPA), which directs that every municipality maintaining a police force must have a police service board to ensure that adequate and effective policing is provided within the City of Kingston.
The board is composed of seven (7) members:
- Mayor Bryan Paterson, Vice-Chair, head of council
- Jamshed (Jimmy) Hassan, member of municipal council
- Adam Koven, provincial appointee
- Christian Leuprecht, provincial appointee
- Gail MacAllister, community appointee
- Gregory Ridge, member of municipal council
- Vacant, provincial appointee
Police service board legislated responsibilities
Pursuant to the Community Safety and Policing Act (CSPA), the police service board duties are set out in Section 37 which include:
- ensuring the provision of adequate and effective policing
- employing members of the police service
- appointing members of the police service as police officers
- recruiting and appointing the Chief of Police and any Deputy Chief of Police and determining their remuneration and working conditions, taking their submissions into account
- monitoring the Chief's performance
- conducting a review of the chief of police's performance at least annually in accordance with the regulations made by the Minister, if any
- monitoring the chief of police's decisions regarding the restrictions on secondary activities set out in Section 89 and reviewing the reports from the chief of police on those decisions
- monitoring the chief of police's handling of discipline within the police service
- ensuring that any police facilities used by the Board comply with any prescribed standards
- preparing and adopting a diversity plan
- preparing and adopting a strategic plan
Board members are subject to the provisions of the Community Safety and Policing Act and related regulations, including O.Reg. 408/23, Code of Conduct for Police Service Board Members.
If you would like more information about the Police Service Board, you may:
Email or call the Kingston Police Service Board Administrator, Lorie Sargeant, at 613-549-4660 ext. 2291.