BC Policing and Community Safety Plan - Ministry of Justice ...

•¡Reform initiatives underway or recently completedThese include the renewed 2012 policing Agreements that provide enhanced accountability of the RCMP to theprovincial government; collaboration with the policing community to promote integration and consolidationof services; renewal and the expansion of the functionality of the shared police records management systemknown as PRIME-BC; the setting of binding provincial policing standards for all B.C. police agencies; significantenhancements to training related to dealing with domestic violence cases; and standardization and restructuringof police training to enhance efficiency, effectiveness and accountability.•¡Current drivers of reformThe Plan meets the Premier’s commitment to develop a long-term, strategic plan for policing, per the FamiliesFirst Agenda for Change. Other drivers of reform include the Province of British Columbia’s overall justice reforminitiative, the recommendations of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry and concern at all levels ofgovernment about the rising cost and sustainability of policing.•¡Engagement activitiesA unique feature of the Plan is the community consultation and stakeholder engagement involved in itsdevelopment. The Plan details the five engagement activities undertaken.PART II – British Columbia Policing and Community Safety PlanThe Plan will guide the evolution of a modern policing and law enforcement framework for B.C. over the nextdecade. The Plan includes a vision and values for policing, and is organized around five themes and, withinthem, 16 action items.•¡VisionPolicing in British Columbia will be globally connected and community focused. Innovative, effectivelygoverned and efficiently managed, it will operate seamlessly and collaboratively across a spectrum of lawenforcement and security responses to public safety. Policing will be accountable, performance-based andevidence-led, and will work in an integrated manner with justice, social sector and community partners.¡ • ValuesThe provincial government is committed to integrity, fiscal responsibility, accountability, respect and choice.More specifically, eight values underlying the development of the Plan are included. They relate to theindependence and accountability of police, funding responsibilities, bias-free policing, relationships betweenpolice and First Nations, service delivery and governance, the importance of local input and support toany police reform initiatives, and the importance of ensuring reform initiatives are research- and performance-basedand have measurable outcomes.4BRITISH COLUMBIA POLICING AND COMMUNITY SAFETY PLAN