Preparing for Incoming Disciplinary Regimes under the Reformed Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 (CSPA)

May 8, 2024 9:45am

Lauren Katz
Counsel
Ontario, Ministry of the Solicitor General

Larry Vieira
Counsel
Toronto Police Association

The Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act (2019) which came into effect April 2024, with updated rules for disciplinary hearings. Different types of disciplinary action can be imposed by the Chief of Police without first conducting a hearing. 

  • Status report on the timeline for implementation
  • How the disciplinary regime in the Act will affect professional standards, and internal disciplinary prospective?
  • Disciplinary hearings in the matter of termination and demotion
  • Deciphering when suspension without pay apply, under what conditions
  • When to go to adjudication