Members of the Moose Jaw Board of Police Commissioners will have the opportunity this November to participate in training to help them better understand their roles, responsibilities and governance issues.
The Saskatchewan Police Commission (SPC) will provide this training in Saskatoon on Wednesday, Nov. 17 and in Regina on Tuesday, Nov. 23. The last training sessions were held in those cities in 2019.
All board members — including new members and those who have already received training — will be required to attend this mandatory training as stipulated in The Police Act, 1990. The Saskatchewan Police College has offered this type of training in the past.
At each seminar, the target audience will likely be composed of boards of police commissioner members, municipal administrators, executive members of the Saskatchewan Federation of Police Officers, and police chiefs from across Saskatchewan.
Rick Bourassa, police chief for the Moose Jaw Police Service, presented the seminar invitations to the Board of Police Commissioners during its recent meeting.
Commissioner Mary Lee Booth asked Bourassa to remind the SPC that the board’s one-year term ends one month after the training occurs, and some members might move on. She thought the training was invaluable — especially for new members — but thought the board might have to change its bylaws to allow for longer terms and the training to be worthwhile in the long-term.
“I have relayed that message before,” said Bourassa. “There is a new executive director of the Saskatchewan Police Commission … and I will relay that message to him.”
The next Moose Jaw Board of Police Commissioners meeting is Tuesday, Aug. 10.
