City Council will now decide if they accept the budget or if they’ll send it to arbitration.
SIU Investigative Report into Hamilton Arrest Leaves Many Questions Unanswered
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SIU Director’s Report skips over key questions in concluding use of force justified. No wonder report after report finds Ontario wanting for better police oversight.
Hamilton Police Board Promises Change Without Changing
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During a video conference meeting, members of the Board voted unanimously to “accept” the findings. They promise they will implement the 38 recommendations, but their words reveal a resistance to change, and a serious lack of understanding of the need for reform revealed in the report.
Police Forensics Building Moving Forward Despite Urban Design Concerns
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The project was not well received by the City’s Design Review Panel in July due to the conflict between the buildings secure nature – and uninviting design – and its location in the Downtown Core.
Hamilton Police Services Board for July 2015
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Full recording of the Hamilton Police Service Board meeting for July 2015.
Hamilton Police Services Board for June 2015
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The Hamilton Police Services Board meets for their June 2015 with accountabilitiy and transparency being a primary theme of the meeting. The meeting will beginning with a significant delegation by the group Black, Brown, Red Lives Matter to the Police Board on the issue of carding. Replay Video
Hamilton Police Services Board Governance Committee for June 25, 2015
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The Hamilton Police Services Board’s Governance Committee meets this morning to discuss a new media relations policy which is the centre of debate between Councillor Terry Whitehead and Chair of the PSB Councillor Lloyd Ferguson. Ferguson supports including gag provisions in the policy that will ban Board members from speaking to the media and public about Board members, Whitehead favours allowing individuals members to speak on matters so long as they make clear they are expressing a personal opinion and not speaking for the Board as a whole. The meeting starts at 10:30am. The City of Hamilton is refusing to disclose which room the meeting is in, citing “privacy concerns” with revealing the room. (This will delay live video)
Hamilton Police Launch Online Crime Mapping of Selected Crime Types
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Hamilton Police are providing selected crime data exclusively to US-based RAIDS Analytics, but not as open data to the local community.
Hamilton Police Services Board for November 2014
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The Hamilton Police Services Board holds it’s monthly meeting for November 2014, starting at 4pm today.
Highlights on the agenda include: Online Crime Mapping, The Annual Social Navigator Project Report, Body-Worn Camera Study Report, and the location of the Concession Street crime prevention office.
Live video starts at 4pm