Appendix A: Comparison of Legislative Requirements for Public Order Maintenance

 

Prescribed requirements under Police Services Act  vs Community Safety and Policing Act

 

Note: This is high level summary of requirements only – Please refer to legislation for detailed requirements

 

 

Police Services Act 

(Repealed)

 

Ontario Regulation 3/99 

 

 

Community Safety and Policing Act 

(In Force)

 

 Ontario Regulation 392/23 

 

 

Responsibilities of the Board

 

 

Shall have a POU or have an agreement with another board/OPP for the service

 

Shall have a POU or have an agreement with another board/OPP for the service

 

 

Shall establish a Policy

 

 

Shall establish a Policy

 

 

Responsibilities of the Chief of Police / OPP Commissioner

 

 

Shall have establish Procedure:

  • Circumstances for deployment
  • Labour disputes

 

 

Shall establish Procedure:

  • For functions and responsibilities
  • Deployment of POU
  • Debriefing following deployment
  • Labour disputes
  • Protests, demonstrations & occupations
  • Public Order Operator
  • Public Order Section Lead
  • Public Order Commander

 

Shall have Manual available for all members

 

Ensure POU members have the appropriate skills, knowledge and abilities 

 

 

Ensure training as per Ontario Regulation 87/24 and the Ontario Police College:

 

 

Must have skills development and learning plan for members of a POU

 

 

 

Must have a skills development and learning plan for members of a POU as per Ontario Regulation 399/23

 

 

Public Order Unit

 

 

Shall consist of a unit supervisor and at least four squads of seven officers, including the squad leader

 

At a minimum, a section of the unit consisting of at least 32 police officers, including a section leader, and a public order commander.

 

 

Must be able to be deployed in a reasonable time

 

Must be able to be deployed in a reasonable time, having regard to,

 

  1. the policing needs of the community,
  2. the geographic and socio-demographic characteristics of the police service’s area of policing responsibility,
  3. the total population and population density of the police service’s area of policing responsibility,
  4. the presence of critical infrastructure in the location where the POU is to be deployed,
  5. information about public order incidents in the police service’s area of policing responsibility within at least the previous three years, including information about the scope and severity of the incidents, and
  6. best practices in relation to response times for POU.