Security infrastructure also includes exterior physical barriers such as fencing, gates, walls, bollards, and landscaping, or building architecture such as lighting, doors and turnstiles.

Again, responsibility and budget for security infrastructure is decentralized. Facilities is responsible for managing a large percentage, but there are exceptions. For example, Public Works (Environmental Services, Maintenance, Traffic Operations, and Pollution Control), Transit Windsor, and Windsor Public Library all fund and manage their own systems.

Policies and Procedures

Policies and procedures guiding the consistent installation and use of security infrastructure is lacking, however there are some corporate standards. With most of the systems requiring connection to the network, and computer hardware and software, the IT Department plays a significant role in supporting the installation and management of security systems. Human Resources is currently responsible for programming access cards, initiating them for new employees, making changes to access as required, and terminating access when employees leave the corporation.

A few examples of existing security related corporate policies and procedures include:

Discussion :

The purpose of this report is to seek Council’s direction on the creation of a corporate security division, and approval for capital and operating funding required to do so.

Legal Requirements

There is legislation that supports the need for a greater focus on security as it relates to preventing harm and keeping persons safe.

The Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) requires employers to provide their employees with working conditions that are free of known or potential dangers, and to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker. Bill 168 came into effect in 2010 and amended the OHSA to include violence and harassment in the workplace. Implementing security measures is one way to protect workers from harassment and the potential of physical force in a workplace that causes or could cause physical injury, as well as protect members of the public that visit City facilities.

Bill C-45 was federal legislation that amended the Canadian Criminal Code and established new legal duties for workplace health and safety, and imposed serious