Back to SearchDATE: August 4, 2023
MEMORANDUM TO: All Chiefs of Police and Commissioner Thomas Carrique, Chairs, Police Services Boards
FROM: Ken Weatherill, Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Safety Division
SUBJECT: Posting of Proposed Regulations under the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019
The Ministry of the Solicitor General continues to work with our policing and community partners to bring the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 (CSPA) into force. This work includes developing the regulations required to operationalize the CSPA.
Your advice and guidance, including the feedback provided on proposals previously posted to Ontario’s Regulatory Registry (ORR), has greatly supported the regulatory development process.
Currently, the following regulations or regulation descriptions are available on the ORR for your comment and feedback:
- Adequate and Effective Policing (General);
- Major Incident Response Plan [document incorporated by reference in theAdequate and Effective Policing (General) regulation];
- Response to Active Attacker Incidents (regulation description); and
- Amount Payable by Municipalities for Policing from Ontario Provincial Police.
Further regulations or regulation descriptions will be posted on the ORR throughout the summer. Please regularly review the ORR over the coming months for these updates.
The ministry is working towards a CSPA in-force date of April 1, 2024. The police sector should continue familiarizing itself with the CSPA to ensure timely compliance, preparedness, and operational readiness for this date. The ministry expects to have the majority of regulations finalized and filed by mid-late Fall 2023.
Please note that draft regulations and regulation descriptions posted on the Registry are subject to change.
Thank you, as always, for your continued support.
Sincerely,
K. Weatherill
Ken Weatherill
Assistant Deputy Minister Public
Safety Division
c: Mario Di Tommaso, O.O.M., Deputy Solicitor General, Community Safety
Creed Atkinson, Chief of Staff, Ministry of the Solicitor General
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