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

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.

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

Concerned citizens in Nova Scotia continue to advocate for public hearings into police policy reforms.

The meeting is set to begin at 12:30 p.m., and can be streamed online through the municipality's website.

A newly formed working group in Nova Scotia aims to present policy changes that will lead to police reforms.

The vice-chair of the East Coast Prison Justice Society says sobering centres reduce contact with police and unnecessary visits to emergency departments by employing health-care providers.

Chief of Halifax police Dan Kinsella called the violent arrest at the Mumford Road Walmart an unfortunate incident

Halifax police Chief Dan Kinsella has committed to personally investigating the incident and will be at the Board of Police Commissioners meeting on Monday.

"Certainly this was not only a speaking exercise for me, but certainly a listening exercise," Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella told reporters.