NBPS Board
The North Bay Police Service Board (NBPSB) is made up of five members: two Provincial appointees, two City of North Bay Council appointees, and one member of the community who is appointed by City Council.
Voting Members
Richard Stivrins, Chair, Provincial Appointee
Patricia Cliche, Vice Chair, Provincial Appointee
Peter Chirico, Mayor, City of North Bay
Maggie Horsfield, Deputy Mayor & Councillor, City of North Bay
Bill Hagborg, Municipal Appointee
Vacant - Executive Assistant to the Board
Open Session Meetings
Members of the public and the media are welcome to attend NBPSB open session meetings, which are announced on this website.
The next open session meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 17th, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. in the Colin Vezina Boardroom at North Bay Police Service headquarters at 135 Princess Street West, North Bay.
Duties of the Board
The Board provides direction and guidance to the North Bay Police Service while ensuring that adequate and effective police services are delivered in accordance with legislative requirements and the needs of the communities we serve.
As civilian community members who represent the public's interests, the Police Service Board is committed to a high quality of community-based policing and excellence in police governance. The Board recognizes the challenges to law enforcement created by a changing environment, demographic shifts, emerging technologies, and evolving crime trends and patterns.
With the ongoing support of the citizens of North Bay, and the continued dedication and professionalism of our members, the Police Service Board is confident that we will successfully take on the many new challenges and opportunities that lay ahead.
The responsibilities of the Police Service Board are outlined section 37 of the Community Safety and Policing Act, which reads:
(a) Ensure that adequate and effective policing is provided in the area for which it has policing responsibility as required by section 10;
(b) Employ members of the police service;
(c) Appoint members of the police service as police officers;
(d) Recruit and appoint the chief of police and any deputy chief of police and determine their remuneration and working conditions, taking their submissions into account;
(e) Prepare and adopt a diversity plan to ensure that the members of the police service reflect the diversity of the area for which the board has policing responsibility;
(f) Monitor the chief of police’s performance;
(g) Conduct a review of the chief of police’s performance at least annually in accordance with the regulations made by the Minister, if any;
(h) Monitor the chief of police’s decisions regarding the restrictions on secondary activities set out in section 89 and review the reports from the chief of police on those decisions;
(i) Monitor the chief of police’s handling of discipline within the police service;
(j) Ensure that any police facilities, including police lock-ups, used by the board comply with the prescribed standards, if any; and
(k) Perform such other duties as are assigned to it by or under this or any other Act, including any prescribed duties. 2019, c. 1, Sched. 1, s. 37 (1).
Board Fees
The North Bay Police Service Board recognizes the need to establish a schedule of fees to provide equitable services and allow for cost recovery. Click on the link below to view the fee schedule:
Contact
For more information of the North Bay Police Service Board, please contact:
North Bay Police Service Board
c/o Executive Assistant
P.O. Box 717
North Bay, Ontario P1B 8J8
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 705-497-5555, extension 511
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