Item - 2016.EX15.21

City Council on June 7, 8 and 9, 2016, adopted the following:

1. City Council request the Premier, the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, and the Ontario Civilian Police Commission to review the mandate, procedures and outcomes of the Special Investigations Unit with respect to the treatment of cases that involve individuals who are living with mental illness or experiencing a mental health crisis and those who live with communication differences and all other forms of disabilities under the Human Rights Code including:

a. any degree of physical disability, infirmity, malformation or disfigurement that is caused by bodily injury, birth defect or illness and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, a brain injury, any degree of paralysis, amputation, lack of physical co-ordination, blindness or visual impediment, deafness or hearing impediment, muteness or speech impediment, or physical reliance on a guide dog or other animal or on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or device;

b.  a condition of mental impairment or a developmental disability;

c.  a learning disability, or a dysfunction in one or more of the processes involved in understanding or using symbols or spoken language;

d. a mental disorder; or

e. an injury or disability for which benefits were claimed or received under the insurance plan established under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997.

2. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to request the Chief of Police to give a presentation to the Disability, Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee on how the police are trained to interact with persons with disabilities.