Item - 2021.CC31.1

City Council on April 7 and 8, 2021, adopted the following:

1. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board, and as appropriate, the Toronto Police Service, to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with Ombudsman Toronto to independently conduct policy and program reviews and such Memorandum of Understanding to:

a. include ongoing engagement with external stakeholders and a scheduled review period and process;

b. provide the Ombudsman with a broad legal mandate to review the implementation of Toronto Police Services Board policies and Toronto Police Services Board procedures for the purpose of assessing the "fair process, fair outcome and fair treatment" impacts of those policies and procedures, with the understanding that in exercising this legal mandate the Ombudsman will endeavour not to duplicate existing governance and oversight;

c. ensure that the Ombudsman has sufficient legal authority to access the necessary information and documents to effectively carry out their mandate;

d. maintain the full independence of the Ombudsman; and

e. include fulsome public reporting of audit outcomes and recommendations, as well as general activities.

2. City Council increase the Approved 2021 Operating Budget for Ombudsman Toronto by $200,000 gross and net and increase the 2021 Approved Complement for Ombudsman Toronto by 3.0 Full Time Equivalent positions, as described in the Ombudsman's recommendation in Attachment 1 to the report (March 30, 2021) from the City Manager, with the cost to be fully funded by the Innovation Reserve Fund (XR1713).