Recommendation 6

Chiefs should ensure their POU manuals are maintained, up to date and reflect guidance from the Ministry of the Solicitor General

Chiefs of police services that have their own POU should continue maintaining a public order manual and making it available to all members of the POU. This manual should be specific to needs and procedures of individual police services that have a POU, with consideration to include common training provided by the Ontario Police College and other provincial initiatives. 

It is recommended that the content of the public order manual continue to reflect guidance from the Ministry of the Solicitor General’s PSM public order guidelines (PO-001), until such time that updated guidance may be provided.