December 20, 1999
To: Policy and Finance Committee
From: City Clerk, Audit Committee
Subject: REVIEW OF INVESTIGATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS - TORONTO POLICE SERVICE
Committee Action:
The Audit Committee refers the issue of honoraria for the Implementation Advisory Committee, set out in
Recommendation No. 3 below, to the Policy and Finance Committee for report thereon directly to Council.
Background:
The Audit Committee, on December 13, 1999 had before it the report (October, 1999) from the City Auditor respecting
Review of Investigation of Sexual Assaults - Toronto Police Service.
The following persons appeared before the Audit Committee in connection with the foregoing matter:
- Ms. Jane Doe, Toronto, Ontario;
- Ms. Connie Guberman, Metrac, Co-ordinator Safety Initiatives;
- Ms. Punan Khosla, Civic Development Planner, Community Social Planning Council of Toronto;
- Ms. Ellen Anderson, Annex Women's Action Committee;
- Ms. Anna Willats, YWCA of Greater Toronto;
- Mr. Ted Hart, Toronto, Ontario;
- Mr. John S. Woods, Toronto, Ontario; and
- S/Insp. R. Pilkington, Toronto Police Service - Sexual Assault Squad.
The Audit Committee recommended to City Council, for its meeting to be held on February 1, 2000 (Audit Committee
Report No. 1, Clause 1) that :
(1) the recommendations contained in the report (October, 1999) from the City Auditor be adopted;
(2) City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to establish a Steering Committee, and that they consider
including a professional mediator, and at least three senior officers from the Toronto Police Service and an equal number
of women selected by the anti-violence community, and that the Steering Committee have appropriate resources allocated
to it in accordance with the Auditor's report; and
(3) the Audit Reference Group be re-established and renamed as an Implementation Advisory Committee to meet quarterly
to be a reference for the Steering Committee throughout 2000, and to report to Council through the appropriate Standing
Committee.
City Clerk,
Audit Committee
Frances M. Pritchard 392-7033
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Attachment
Copy sent to: City Auditor
Chair, Toronto Police Services Board
