Renfrew Police Services OPP Detachment Board

OPP Detachment Boards

In terms of the roles and responsibilities of board members, the role of OPP detachment boards will include additional responsibilities not required for section 10 boards under the PSA (1990) such as:

• considering any community safety and well-being plan adopted by a municipality that receives policing from the detachment;
• establishing local policies, in consultation with the detachment commander, with respect to policing in the area receiving policing from the detachment;
• ensuring local action plans prepared by the detachment commander address the objectives and priorities determined by the Board
  O. Reg. 135/24: O.P.P. DETACHMENT BOARDS

Joint Community Safety & Well-Being Plan
Upper Ottawa Valley

(City of Pembroke, Town of Deep River, North Algona Wilberforce Township, Township of Head Clara & Maria, Town of Petawawa, Township of Whitewater Region, Township of Laurentian Valley, Town of Laurentian Hills & Township of Admaston/ Bromley)

Community safety & well-being planning is about identifying risk factors that are negatively impacting the safety and well-being of individuals or groups, within a community. Once risks are identified and prioritized, collaborative intervention strategies are developed and implemented by a myriad of community programs, services, organizations, groups and clubs. A key tenet of the planning process is that we all must work together in order to achieve the best results. This is a whole of community approach as opposed to relying on a few emergency response agencies to pick up the pieces after they are broken. Those most effected must be involved in the development of these intervention strategies, consistent with the mantra, “nothing about me, without me”. Whenever possible the point of intervention should be upstream of the potential harm. The goal is to divert predictable negative outcomes from happening in the first place. Traditionally, communities have focused on emergency response, responding only after the crisis has occurred. That’s a bit like trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube. Community safety & well-being planning is a collaborative effort to remove barriers and improve access to the social determinants of health and well-being so that every community member can realize their unique talents and potential in a safe, inclusive and nurturing environment.