Essex County OPP Detachment Board-North

That the Supplementary Agenda for the Police Services Board Meeting, dated Thursday, October 10, 2019, as duplicated and delivered to the members thereof, be accepted.

That the Regular Minutes of the September 12, 2019 Police Services Board Meeting, as duplicated and delivered to the members thereof, be adopted.

That the OPP Report for the month of the August 2019 and the OPP Police Services Board Monthly Overview for the month of August 2019, be received.

That the Chair's Report on the Joint Essex County Police Services Board Meeting held on August 29, 2019, in Leamington, ON be received.

That correspondence detailed as Item 1, Communications for Information, be received.

That the proposed 2020 budget for Policing of $3,404,787, reflecting a 3.61% increase, and for the Police Services Board of $42,767, reflecting a 0.59% decrease, be approved by the Tecumseh Police Services Board, and be recommended for consideration and approval by Town Council.

Whereas the calls for service for 911 Misdials have risen dramatically in recent years, correlated with the rise in cell phone use; and Whereas 911 Misdials must be responded to as if they were legitimate emergency calls; and Whereas each 911 call is responded to with two OPP officers at an average time per call of 1.2 hours; and Whereas each 911 call is a billable call to the municipality; and Whereas in 2019 alone to date, 911 Misdials in Tecumseh number 1,082 calls, which is 28.8% of all billable calls for service to date; and Whereas 911 Misdials are not unique to Tecumseh and in fact are common across the Province at an estimated cost of millions of dollars; Now Therefore Be It Resolved That the Tecumseh Police Services Board request Town Council to approach the Federal and Provincial governments and associations, including but not limited to, the Ontario Association of Police Services Boards (OAPSB), the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP), the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), to lobby the telecommunications industry to develop a solution to 911 Misdials.

That there being no further business to discuss, the Thursday, October 10, 2019 meeting of the Tecumseh Police Services Board adjourn at 6:02 pm.