EPC Recommends Members to Winnipeg Police Board

Released: March 7, 2013 at 2:07 p.m.

Winnipeg, MB - The Executive Policy Committee (EPC) is recommending to City Council that the following appointments be made to the Winnipeg Police Board:

  • As Chair - Scott Fielding, City Councillor (St James - Brooklands) and Chair of the Standing Policy Committee on Protection and Community Services
  • Thomas Steen, City Councillor (Elmwood - East Kildonan) and Councillor responsible for Youth and Recreational Opportunities
  • As Vice-Chair - Paul Edwards, partner in the Winnipeg law firm of Duboff Edwards Haight & Schachter, practicing in the areas of Labour and Employment, Civil Litigation, Environmental, Government Relations Law and Negotiations
  • Glenn Karr, President, Superblinds and Draperies, past member of numerous community boards, and student of law at University of Manitoba
  • Mary Jane Loustel, National Aboriginal Program Executive for IBM Canada, Chair of Economic Development Winnipeg, and Board Director and Chair of Finance Committee with the Aboriginal Human Resources Council

These appointments will be made in compliance with provincial legislation (The Police Services Act) and will be subject to Council approval.The inaugural board will be made up of City Councillors, citizen members and provincial appointees.

City appointees were selected based on a balance of skills including experience in one or more of the following areas: financial acumen, community crime prevention, understanding of the urban Aboriginal context, familiarity with the City’s LiveSAFE Crime Prevention Partnership, governance, policy making and strategy.

Citizens appointed to the board will serve for a term not to exceed the lessor of three years or the term of the Council that made the appointment. Councillors appointed to the board may serve for a one-year term, and may be a board member only so long as they remain a Councillor.

The Province of Manitoba has named Leslie Spillett as one of two provincial representatives to serve on the board for a four year term. The second provincial rep is yet to be determined.

The mandate of the board, which was established in a by-law on November 28, 2012, is to provide civilian governance regarding law enforcement, give administrative direction to support effective policing in our city, and act as a liaison between the community and the Winnipeg Police Service.

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