AREA OF FOCUS #3:

Organizational Excellence

1.  Succession Planning

• The Deputy Chief retired at the end of 2020, resulting in the movement of other officers into key roles with appropriate training and mentoring to both maintain and enhance required knowledge.

2.  Equipment

• Continue to ensure officers have access to modern equipment and vehicles. To date, these purchases have had no impact on the municipal assessment as financing has been provided through the PHPS screening reserve.

3.  Wellbeing of Employees and Officers

• Provide officers and staff with Peer to Peer Support via the Road to Mental Readiness Training.

• An in-house gym facility is provided to officers to enhance physical wellbeing.

• Morneau Shepell Employee Assistance Program will continue to be available for psychological assistance.

4.  Maintaining Specializations

• Maintain good standing of officers who are specialists in Breath Techs, Fraud Investigators, Sexual Assault Investigators, Drug Recognition Experts, among others.

5.  Skills Augmentation Program

• First Class Constables are given the opportunity to be seconded to the Criminal Investigations Bureau for a period of one year to supplement their skill set. This ensures that over time, most of the front-line staff have the opportunity to work on major criminal investigations.