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Adequacy Standards
Criminal Investigation Management and Procedures

Policy No: LE/006
Effective Date: July 26, 2000
Amended:  March 29, 2006
Amended: June 25, 2014


Legislative/Regulatory Requirements

Ontario Adequacy Standards Regulation 3/99, sections 5(1)(d), 9, 11(1), 11(2), 11(3), 11(4), 12(1), 14(1), 14(3), 14(4) and 29.

Preamble

The objective of Criminal Investigations Management and Procedures is to ensure that
investigations into criminal acts:

  • are effectively and efficiently investigated by qualified investigators and investigative supervisors;

  • respect the individual rights of victims, persons of interest, suspects and witnesses alike; and

  • are capable of supporting a successful prosecution of the person(s) for the criminal acts in question.

Board Policy

It is the policy of the Regional Municipality of York Police Services Board with respect to general criminal investigation that:

  1. The Chief of Police will:

    1. periodically review and report back to the board on the occurrences which can be investigated by members of the police service based on their knowledge, skills and abilities, and which occurrences require the services of another police service;

    2. prepare a criminal investigation management plan that meets the requirements of the Adequacy Standards Regulation, including identifying the type of occurrences which should be investigated by another police service or through a combined, regional or cooperative service delivery method;

    3. develop and maintain procedures on and processes for undertaking and managing criminal investigations;

    4. establish a selection process for criminal investigators, including ensuring that members who provide this service meet the requirements of the Adequacy Standards Regulation;

    5. ensure that the police service has one or more members who are criminal investigators; 

    6. require supervisors to ensure that the member assigned an occurrence listed in the criminal investigation management plan has the knowledge, skills and abilities to investigate that type of occurrence;

    7. ensure that persons providing scenes of crime analysis and forensic identification investigative supports meet the requirements of the Adequacy Standards Regulation; and

    8. ensure that persons who provide other investigative supports identified in (b) have the knowledge, skills and abilities to provide that support.

  2. scenes of crime analysis, forensic identification, canine tracking, physical surveillance, electronic interception, video and photographic surveillance and polygraph investigative supports will be provided by its own members. Behavioural science support will be provided by OPP (Orillia), which is mandated to provide the service as required.

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