Other Item Considered by the Committee

(City Council on October 28, 29 and 30, 1998, deferred consideration of this Clause to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on November 25, 1998.)

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(Clause No. 2 of Report No. 10 of the Emergency and Protective Services Committee)

(City Council on October 1 and 2, 1998, deferred consideration of Item 5 of this Clause to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on October 28, 1998.)

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(Clause No. 5(m) of Report No. 9 of the Emergency and Protective Services Committee)

(m)Toronto Police Service - Air Service Business Case.

The Emergency and Protective Services Committee reports having:

(1)recommended to the Budget Committee that the recommendations of the Toronto Police Services Board with regard to the establishment of an Air Service be endorsed;

(2)requested the Chair of the Toronto Police Services Board to report back to the Emergency and Protective Services Committee with a review of the Air Service Business Case submitted by the Chief of Police in sufficient time to include this initiative in the 1999 Operating Budget and that the Committee's Toronto Police Services Board Budget Working Group be directed to work with the Chair of the Toronto Police Services Board and the Board's Review Committee in considering the acquisition of an Air Service as part of the budget process; and

(3)requested the Fire Chief and the Acting General Manager, Toronto Ambulance, to consult with the Toronto Police Service to establish a resource sharing agreement to achieve some of the protocols related to the shared use of the Air Service as discussed by the Chief of Police at the meeting.

(i)a report (August 5, 1998) from Councillor Norman Gardner, Chairman, Toronto Police Services Board, advising that the Toronto Police Services Board on July 16, 1998:

(1)received a report (June 30, 1998) from the Chief of Police recommending that:

(a)the Board approve in principle the establishment of an Air Service; and

(b)the Board approve $1.5 million in the 1999 Services Operating Budget for the establishment of an Air Service;

(2)approved, in principle, the establishment of an Air Service;

(3)established a committee to review the business case submitted by the Chief and:

(a)to explore innovative opportunities for joint corporate sponsorship; and

(b)to consider, as an alternative to the full Air Service program recommended by the Chief, the feasibility of establishing a pilot project utilizing one or two helicopters;

(4)structured the Review Committee as follows: Chairman Gardner as the Committee Chairman, two additional Board members, Deputy Chief Reesor and other appropriate Service staff selected by Deputy Chief Reesor, and

(5)directed that a copy of this report be forwarded to the Emergency and Protective Services Committee for information.

(ii)Communication (June 29, 1998) from Councillor Norman Gardner, Chairman, Toronto Police Services Board, forwarding a report (November 20, 1998) prepared by Dr. Kathryn Asbury, Research Management Consultants Inc. for the Toronto Police Services Board identifying key strategic issues for members of the Toronto Police Services Board and Command officers to assess the potential contribution of helicopters in municipal law enforcement;

(iii)Joint Report (September 1, 1998) from the Fire Chief and the Acting General Manager, Toronto Ambulance, advising the Committee and City Council of the options which may exist with respect to expanding the role of a police helicopter so that it might serve multi-emergency service functions; and

(iv)(July 16, 1998) Brief submitted by the Toronto Police Service entitled "Air Service Business Case" and a video on police helicopters in Toronto.

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The following persons appeared before the Emergency and Protective Services Committee on behalf of the Toronto Police Services Board and gave an audio/visual presentation to the Committee in connection with the foregoing matter:

-Chief of Police David J. Boothby;

-Deputy Chief of Police Steven Reesor;

-Detective Sergeant Brian Raybould; and

-Councillor Norman Gardner, Chairman, Toronto Police Services Board.

Councillor Chris Korwin-Kuczynski, High Park, also appeared before the Emergency and Protective Services Committee in connection with the foregoing matter.