Halifax Board Of Police Commissioners

• Halifax Regional Police chief Dan Kinsella says he’s retiring next week

  Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella will be retiring as of next week, after four years on the job and amid controversy around his leadership. 

  Canada

  Sep 6, 2023
  
• Proposed $2 million increase to Halifax Regional Police budget turned down

  In the end, council decided a proposed lesser increase of about $1.4 million will go back to the Halifax Board of Police Commissioners for further discussion.

  Canada

  Feb 25, 2022
  
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• Calls to reject $2M proposed increase to Halifax Regional Police budget continue

  Despite pushback, HRP Chief Dan Kinsella says the increasing complexity of police calls and operational stress injuries are some of the reasons behind the budget request.

  Politics

  Feb 22, 2022
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• Report on defunding Halifax police lists reforms, includes no specific budget cuts

  The report for the city's Board of Police Commissioners includes 36 recommendations on police practices, oversight and accountability.

  Canada

  Jan 17, 2022
• Citizen’s complaint filed over Halifax police’s use of force, sprays during protest

  A private citizen has launched a formal complaint on the police tactics used as they clashed with protesters during the destruction of a small shelter for the homeless this summer.

  Canada

  Oct 18, 2021
• Committee looking into what ‘defunding police’ in Halifax actually means gets terms of references

  The commissioners discussed the terms of references, which included budget, committee's role, membership and the final report.

  Politics

  Mar 8, 2021
• Halifax police launch investigation after audit finds failure to disclose IT information

  'We have initiated an investigation and are looking to determine exactly what happened,' police officials told Global News on Thursday.

  Politics

  Feb 11, 2021
• Councillor Lindell Smith appointed as Halifax Board of Police Commissioners’ new chair

  District 8 Councillor Lindell Smith will be taking over from Commissioner Natalie Borden, who is stepping down.

  Canada

  Jan 21, 2021
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• Furey won’t investigate N.S. RCMP’s purchase of tool that can ‘unlock’ private friends lists

  Nova Scotia RCMP confirms it used the Web Identity Search Tool software between 2017 and 2018, but says it did not use it to search privatized friends lists.

  Crime

  Dec 14, 2020
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• El Jones proposes committee to address defunding police to Halifax police board

  El Jones was appointed to present to the board a proposal on creating a committee that would 'recommend a definition of defunding the police.'

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2020