PUBLIC AGENDA
SASKATOON BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS

Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 1:00 P.m. - 5:00 P.m.

Committee Room E, Ground Floor, City Hall

COMMISSIONERS:

• Commissioner S. Greyeyes, Chair
• Commissioner B. Penner, Vice-Chair
• Commissioner Mayor C. Clark
• Commissioner H. Gough
• Commissioner Z. Jeffries
• Commissioner J. Lagimodiere
• Commissioner J. Santos Ong

Submissions providing comments and/or requesting to speak will be accepted for public meetings using the online form on the Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners website. If your submission
includes a request to speak, you will be contacted by a representative from the City Clerk’s Office with further information.

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1.

MINUTES/DELEGATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

1.1

Call to Order

The Chair will call the meeting to order on Treaty 6 Territory and the Traditional Homeland of the Métis People and confirm roll call.

1.2

Confirmation of Agenda

• Recommendation

  That the agenda be confirmed as presented.

1.3

Declaration of Conflict of Interest

1.4

Adoption of Minutes

• Recommendation

  That the minutes of the public Board of Police Commissioners meeting held on May 16, 2024, be adopted.

1.5

Delegations

1.5.1

Randy Pshebylo, Riversdale Business Improvement District - Degradation of the 20th Street West Commercial Corridor

A request to speak from Randy Pshebylo, Executive Director, Riversdale Business Improvement District, dated May 8, 2024 is provided.

• Recommendation

  That the information be received.

1.5.2

Keith Moen, NSBA Saskatoon's Business Association - Recommendations regarding Crime and Safety

A letter from Keith Moen, Executive Director, NSBA Saskatoon's Business Association, dated May 10, 2024 is provided.

• Recommendation

  That the information be received.

1.6

Chair's Report

1.7

Chief's Report

1.8

Environmental Scan

2.

CORRESPONDENCE/CITY COUNCIL REFERRALS

3.

ROUTINE/STATISTICAL REPORTS

3.1

2023 Hate Crimes Unit Report

A report of the Chief of Police is provided.

• Recommendation

  That the information be received.

3.2

Intimate Partner Violence

A report of the Chief of Police is provided.

• Recommendation

  That the information be received.

4.

RESPONSES TO BOARD REFERRALS

4.1

Options for Community Based Procurement

At its meeting held on April 18, 2024, the Board of Police Commissioners resolved that the Saskatoon Police Service review the findings and consider opportunities for social procurement such as community-driven outcomes purchasing and report back to the Board.

In this regard, a report of the Chief of Police is provided.

• Recommendation

  That the information be received.

4.2

Saskatoon Police Service - Community Policing to Community Governance [GPC2024-0503]

At its meeting held on March 21, 2024, the Board of Police Commissioners resolved in part that the report of the Interim Chief of Police be forwarded to the appropriate committee of Saskatoon City Council for a response.

In this regard, an email from City Council's Governance and Priorities Committee, dated May 17, 2024 is provided. This item is on the agenda for the Board's information.

• Recommendation

  That the information be received.

5.

OTHER

5.1

Appointment of Vice-Chair

With the departure of the current vice-chair on June 30, 2024, the Board should consider electing a new vice-chair effective July 1, 2024. 

• Recommendation

  That the Board elect a vice-chair effective July 1, 2024.

6.

BOARD INQUIRIES/NOTICE OF MOTIONS

6.1

Notice of Motion - Commissioner Gough - Possession of Illicit Drugs

In accordance with Policy No. 12.8 of the Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners Governance Policy, TAKE NOTICE that Commissioner Gough will move:

"That the Saskatoon Police administration provide an update report in follow up to the April 2022 and December 2022 reports regarding:

• Decriminalization for Simple Possession of Illicit Drugs
• Diversion for Possession of Illicit Drug Charges and other Criminal Code Offences."

7.

IN CAMERA SESSION

• Recommendation

  That the Board move In Camera to consider matters exempt to the public under its Governance Policy No. 12.4, Section 10(2) of The Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners Bylaw No. 7531, Section 27(15) of The Police Act, 1990, and Section 16(1)(b) and (d), 21 and 28 of The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

8.

RISE AND REPORT

9.

ADJOURNMENT