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Adequacy Standards
Skills Development And Learning

Policy No: 02/00-60
Effective Date: July 26, 2000


Legislative/Regulatory Requirements

Section 33 of the Adequacy Standards Regulation requires a police service to have a skills development and learning plan that addresses:

  • the plan’s objectives;

  • the implementation of a program to coach or mentor new officers; and

  • the development and maintenance of the knowledge, skills and abilities of members of the police service, including:

    • the police service’s criminal investigators;

    • members of the police service who provide investigative supports functions, if any;

    • members of a public order unit, if any; and

    • members of the police service who provide emergency response services. 

Board Policy

It is the policy of the Regional Municipality of York Police Services Board with respect to skills development and learning that the Chief of Police will:

  1. prepare, at least once every three years, a skills development and learning plan that:

    1. provides an overview of the police service’s existing and anticipated future needs in relation to skills development and learning;

    2. identifies the police service’s skills development and learning objectives;

    3. promotes cost-effective and innovative delivery of skills development and learning, including potential partnerships with other service providers;

    4. supports coaching or mentoring of new officers;

    5. ensures the development and maintenance of the knowledge, skills and abilities of members of the police service consistent with the Adequacy Standards Regulation;

    6. emphasizes the importance of organizational learning; and

    7. addresses the responsibility of members for career development and skills development and learning.

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Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.

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