Item - 2018.EX36.2

The Executive Committee received the report (July 3, 2018) from the Interim City Manager for information.

On November 7, 2017, City Council adopted the report entitled, "Toronto Police Transformational Task Force Report and Impacts on City Divisions", approving the transfer of the school crossing guard program and the beach lifeguard program from the Toronto Police Service (TPS) to the City. The Report also requested the City Manager to provide an update to Executive Committee in the second quarter of 2018 on the impacts of the implementation of other Transformational Task Force ("Task Force") recommendations on City divisions.

The Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB) formed the Task Force with a mandate to determine how best to modernize the structure and service delivery of the Toronto Police Service to enable more effective and efficient policing services. The Task Force's final report, Action Plan: The Way Forward (the "Action Plan") contains 32 recommendations. The Action Plan notes that these recommendations provide an innovative, sustainable and affordable manner to modernize the policing model for the City of Toronto. Further, an additional recommendation to establish a Neighbourhood Officer Program was added to the Action Plan to advance the Task Force's goal of building safe communities and neighbourhoods.

The Action Plan aligns with the City's Strategic Directions and supports several City strategies including the Toronto Strong Neighbourhoods Strategy 2020, the Vision Zero Road Safety Plan (2017-2021) and the City-Wide Real Estate Strategy.

The City and the Toronto Police Service jointly reviewed all of the recommendations and determined that the majority are focused on the internal operations of the Toronto Police Service and have no impact on the City. To date, City and Toronto Police Service staff have identified nine recommendations that will have or may have an impact on City divisions and/or there is an opportunity for the City to support the Toronto Police Service as it implements these recommendations.

This report provides an overview of the nine Task Force recommendations where the City is engaged and an update on the activities to date. Currently, the recommendations are in various stages of implementation. City staff will monitor on an ongoing basis the status of all of the recommendations to ensure any additional impacts to the City and its divisions are identified.

City divisions impacted by the implementation of the Task Force recommendations will report to the appropriate Committee and Council as required.