Item - 2017.LS22.4

Tracking Status

This item was considered by Licensing and Standards Committee on October 20, 2017 and was adopted with amendments.

LS22.4 - Cameras in Private Transportation Company (PTC) Vehicles

Decision Type:: ACTION

Status:: Amended

Wards:: All

Committee Decision

The Licensing and Standards Committee:

1. Requested the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to report to the Licensing and Standards Committee in the second quarter of 2018 on the issue of installation of mandatory cameras in Private Transportation Company (PTC) Vehicles, and update on the status on other outstanding directives.

Origin

(October 20, 2017) Letter from Councillor Jim Karygiannis, Ward 39, Scarborough-Agincourt

Summary

It has been over a year since the by-law for Private Transportation Company (PTC) was enacted and it is time to have it reviewed. I would formally request that we request a report back in the first quarter of 2018 from the Executive Director of Licensing and Standards on the issue of installation of mandatory cameras in PTC Vehicles.

When we finalized the PTC vehicle regulations it was stated that in one year we would have a report back of findings. Since then there have been a few incidents of sexual harassment incidents in PTC vehicles. It is time we look at this closer and thus get a report back from the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, in the first quarter of 2018 on making it mandatory for the installation of cameras in PTC vehicles.

Background Information

(October 20, 2017) Letter from Councillor Jim Karygiannis on Cameras in Private Transportation Company (PTC) Vehicles
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ls/bgrd/backgroundfile-108120.pdf

Motions

1 - Motion to Add New Business at Committee moved by Councillor Jim Karygiannis (Carried)

2 - Motion to Defer Item moved by Councillor Jim Karygiannis (Lost)

That consideration of the item be deferred until the Licensing and Standards Committee's meeting on November 16, 2017.

3 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Cesar Palacio (Carried)

That the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, report to the Licensing and Standards Committee in the second quarter of 2018 on the issue of installation of mandatory cameras in Private Transportation Company (PTC) Vehicles, and update on the status on other outstanding directives.