Background – Legislative Requirements

• The Province has legislated all municipalities under the Police Services Act to prepare and adopt a Community Safety and Well-Being (CSWB) Plan.

• In consideration of COVID-19, on April 14, 2020, the Province passed the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Support and Protection Act, 2020 which allowed an extension to the submission deadline past January 1, 2021 to a date yet to be determined.

• Additional legislative requirements related to CSWB planning include:

  • Establishing a multi-sectoral advisory committee (must include 7 key sectors identified in the legislation);

  • Conducting consultations

• Contents of the plan must include:

  • Identifying priority risk factors;

  • Identifying strategies to reduce the prioritized risk factors (e.g. new services, changing or coordinating existing services);

  • Setting measurable outcomes