The Kenora Police Services Board is committed to keeping the community informed of policing issues and concerns in the City of Kenora through regular information to the local media and annual reporting to the public and Council. Priorities for the Board include strategic planning, community outreach and overall public safety.
Kenora Police Services Board Strategic Plan
The Kenora Police Services Board Strategic Plan 2023 - 2027 establishes a vision and mandate for the Kenora Police Services Board and identifies community priorities, objectives, and strategies for enhancing protective services, community safety and other police matters. The Plan guides the Board's ongoing commitment to community safety and policing excellence on a day-to-day and longer-term basis.
Vision
Through collaborative and progressive policing, Kenora strives to be a community where residents, visitors and stakeholders feel safe and secure.
Mission
To work with community, stakeholders, and the Kenora OPP detachment in identifying and addressing community safety priorities.
Focus areas
The Kenora Police Services Board Strategic Plan focuses on three areas:
Protection and crime prevention |
| Taking progressive protective and preventative measures to improve community safety. |
Engagement and community |
| Improving awareness and information sharing through modernized communications. |
Development of community partnerships |
| Building and leveraging partnerships to address complex and multi-faceted safety and safety and policing challenges. |
For a summary, you can view the Strategic Plan slideshow that was shared at the public launch on June 22, 2023.
Strategic plan survey
You helped to guide the strategic planning process by completing the 2022 KPSB Strategic Plan Survey. Kenora OPP Police Services survey was launched in August 2020 to gather feedback from the community on policing services in Kenora. There were 709 responses to the survey.
View the Kenora OPP policing services survey results report.
View the survey report card brochure.
Who we are
The Board consists of five members, including one Councillor, the Mayor, one member of the public (appointed by Council), and two provincial appointments. Meet the current members:
- Joel McGrath
- Sara Dias (Provincial Appointee)
- Dave Canfield (Provincial Appointee)
- Mayor Andrew Poirier
- Councillor Kelsie Van Belleghem
- Heather Pihulak, Board Secretary
Meetings
The Kenora Police Services Board meets the last Thursday of the month, City Hall Council Chambers at 9:00 a.m. with the exception of July, August, and December unless otherwise posted.
View the KPSB meeting agenda and minutes:
Report a crime
Use the OPP online reporting tool to report minor occurrences such as theft, mischief to property, lost property, and driving complaints.
Primary function
Police Services Board (PSB) determines priorities and objectives for police services within the community. This must be done in consultation with the Detachment Commander, but input should be received from Council, Municipal staff, and police officers assigned to the community, as well as the general public.
Governance and accountability
The City of Kenora is governed by Section 10 of the Police Services Act. The relationship between the Board and the Municipal Council is important. Council enters into the written contract with the OPP and is responsible for the financial commitment of our policing costs. The primary role of the Board is to establish, after consultation with the Detachment Commander, overall objectives and priorities for the provision of police services within the City of Kenora.
The Detachment Commander is responsible for administering the police service and overseeing its operation in accordance with the objectives and priorities established by the Board. Operational matters fall outside the Board's jurisdiction from general management to complaints regarding policing.
The Detachment Commander reports to the Board as a whole and is not accountable to any one or group of Board members. The Board has the authority to make recommendations to the Detachment Commander, but not to other members of the OPP Service. The Board shall not direct the Detachment Commander with respect to specific operational decisions or with respect to day-to-day operations of the Service.
Accessible formats
If you require an accessible format of a document or report, please contact the City Clerk. We will provide you with this within two business days of your request.
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