Community Safety and Policing Act (CSPA)
The Community Safety and Policing Act (CSPA) came into force on April 1, 2024, replacing the Ontario Police Services Act. The new legislation makes significant changes to the legislative structure of policing in Ontario, with the intention of modernizing the policing framework, strengthening police governance and oversight, and improving community safety. Board By-laws in accordance with the CSPA are as follows:
- Accessibility Standards - 431-2024
- Accessibility Standards for Customer Service - 432-2024
- Acoustic Hailing Devices - 464-2024
- Administration, Limitations and Guidelines of the Special Fund - 403-2024
- Administration of Disclosure of Secondary Activities - 433-2024
- Administration of Public Complaints System - Police Officers - 434-2024
- Appointment of Special Constables - Niagara Regional Police Service - 465-2024
- Appointment of Special Constables - Special Constable Employers - 466-2024
- Arrest - 435-2024
- Bail and Violent Crime - 436-2024
- Canine Units - 467-2024
- Chief of Police Performance Evaluation System - 405-2024
- Child Abuse and Neglect - 437-2024
- Child Pornography - 438-2024
- Citizen Rewards by the NRPS - 406-2024
- Code of Conduct, Complaints and Other Governance Responsibilities of Board Members - 407-2024
- Collection of Identifying Information in Certain Circumstances - Prohibitions and Duties - 468-2024
- Collection Preservation and Control of Evidence and Property - 469-2024
- Communicable Diseases - 470-2024
- Communications and Dispatch - 471-2024
- Community Based Crime Prevention - 467-2024
- Collision Reconstruction User Fees - 408-2024
- Communicable Diseases - 470-2024
- Community Patrol - 437-2024
- Court Security - 474-2024
- Crime Analysis - 439-2024
- Criminal Harassment - 440-2024
- Criminal Intelligence - 441-2024
- Criminal Investigation Management and Procedure - 442-2024
- Crisis Negotiation - 475-2024
- Disclosure of COVID-19 Status Information - Suspended By Law - 409-2024
- Drug Investigations - 443-2024
- Elder and Vulnerable Adult Abuse - 444-2024
- Electronic Monitoring of Employees Policy - 410-2024
- Emergency Planning - 476-2024
- Equal Opportunity and Workplace Harassment - 411-2024
- Equipment - Body Armour - 477-2024
- Explosives Forced Entry and Explosive Disposal - 478-2024
- Financial Reporting Control and Procurement of Goods and Services - 412-2024
- Firearms Training and Investigations - 479-2024
- Framework for Annual Reporting - 445-2024
- Framework for Strategic Planning - 413-2024
- Fraud and False Pretence Investigation - 446-2024
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act - 415-2024
- Fundraising of Service Related Organizations - 414-2024
- Hate Bias Motivated Crime and Hate Propaganda Offences - 447-2024
- Hostage Rescue - 480-2024
- Illegal Gaming - 448-2024
- Informants and Agents - 449-2024
- Internal Task Forces - 450-2024
- Interprovincial Policing Act - 451-2024
- Investigations Into Homicides - 481-2024
- Joint Forces Operations - 452-2024
- Legal Indemnification of Auxiliary Members of the Service - 416-2024
- Legal Indemnification of Board Members - 417-2024
- Major Incident Command - 482-2024
- Management and Disposition - Civil Actions Against Police - 418-2024
- Marine Unit - 483-2024
- Marked Patrol Vehicles - 484-2024
- Missing Persons - 485-2024
- Niagara Police Service Board Procedural By-Law - 404-2024
- Occupational Health and Safety - 419-2024
- Officer Note Taking - 486-2024
- Ontario Sex Offender Registry - 453-2024
- Parental and Non-Parental Abductions - 454-2024
- Persons in Custody - 455-2024
- Police Action at Labour Disputes - 487-2024
- Police Foundation Program - 420-2024
- Police Response to High Risk Individuals - 489-2024
- Police Response to Persons in Crisis - Mental Illness - Neurodevelopmental Disability - 456-2024
- Police Uniforms - 490-2024
- Policing First Nations Occupations and Protests - 491-2024
- Preliminary Perimeter Control and Containment - 492-2024
- Problem-Oriented Policing - 493-2024
- Proceeds of Crime - 494-2024
- Property Offences - 457-2024
- Protocols-Shared Service Agreements-Other Contracts with Police Service and Other Organizations - 421-2024
- Public Order Units - 495-2024
- Right to Disconnect from Work - 422-2024
- Robbery Investigations - 496-2024
- Safe Storage of Police Service Firearms - 497-2024
- Search and Seizure - 458-2024
- Secure Holsters - 498-2024
- Sexual Assault Investigations - 499-2024
- Skills Development and Learning Plan - 423-2024
- Solicitation and Acceptance of Public Donations Sponsorships Private Sector Funding - 424-2024
- Special Paid Duty Rates - 425-2024
- Speed Detection Devices - 500-2024
- Stolen or Smuggled Firearms - 459-2024
- Sudden Death and Found Human Remains - 501-2024
- Supervision - 502-2024
- Tactical Units - 503-2024
- Traffic Management Enforcement and Road Safety - 504-2024
- Underwater Search and Recovery Units - 505-2024
- Use of Auxiliaries and Volunteers - 426-2024
- Use of Board Issued Equipment and Technology - 427-2024
- Use of Police Services Board Resources during an Election Period - 428-2024
- User Fee Charges for Police Services - 429-2024
- Vehicle Theft - 460-2024
- Victims' Assistance - 461-2024
- Violence and Harassment Prevention in the Workplace - 430-2024
- Witness Protection and Security - 462-2024
- Youth Crime - 463-2024
Ontario Police Services Act (PSA) – Repealed and replaced with the CSPA
The Board By-laws listed below will be amended to ensure the Board meets its requirements under the CSPA. This will be completed in the near future.