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Administration
The following make up the Excutive of the Peterborough Lakefied Community Police Service:
Chief of Police Murray Rodd
Deputy Chief of Police Steve Streeter
Inspector Rob Hawthorne Sergeant Marilyn Gandy
Executive Assistant Patricia Thomas
Inspector Robert Hawthorne is responsible for the administration and management of Planning, Professional Standards and Adequacy Standards.
Professional Standards Branch was created to address legislative changes to Part V of the Police Services Act with complaints about the conduct of, or policies or services provided by the police. The Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services, reporting to the Solicitor General of Ontario, monitors this process. In 2006, a total of thirtythree (33) complaints were investigated, including twelve (12) internal matters, compared to twenty-five (25) complaints received in 2005. All of the public complaints were deemed to have been officer conduct complaints. There were no complaints received over policy. The complaints for 2006 consist of seventeen classified as neglect of duty and seventeen as discreditable conduct. The dispositions of these complaints include four withdrawals, seven required no further action, four unsubstantiated, seven informal disciplines, two informal resolutions and five files are pending. The Service is dealing with Police Service Act hearings involving three internal complaints and one public complaint. In 2006, two complainants appealed the decisions of the Chief of Police to the Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services. The decisions have been upheld in both cases.
Planning is an integral part of policing today, particularly as it relates to the new requirements of the Adequacy Standards, which incorporate a business-planning mind set into the routine functions of the Service. This planning function becomes the means by which we carry out our daily activities and prepare emergency management plans. In 2006 the Influenza Pandemic Plan for the Service was developed. The Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service is a member of the Ontario Association of Law Enforcement Planners.
Adequacy Standards are the result of amendments to the Ontario Police Services Act, which now requires all Police Service Boards, and Police Services in the Province develop and implement comprehensive and prescriptive policies to direct and guide the Police Services. The Service is committed to developing and updating Service Orders in a timely fashion to insure compliance with Adequacy Standard legislation.
Sergeant Marilyn Gandy is responsible for the administration and management of Quality Assurance and Adequacy Standard compliance.
Quality Assurance and Adequacy Standard Compliance (Audits) primarily addresses the audit function within the Police Service and incorporates both internal and external processes which ensure the continued success of the business plan, as well as compliance with Adequacy Standards. The requirements for a review process are built into the Standards. This review is viewed by the Peterborough Lakefield community Police Service as a mechanism to further enhance the delivery of service and to identify best practices. Changes, usually minor in nature, to existing policy and service delivery models are constantly recommended to achieve this end. |
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