HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEW NUNTCTPAL POLICE UNIT AGREEMENTS

GENERAL COMMENT:

The Provincial/Territorial/Municipal negotiating team began the
negotiations with a long list of items believed to be necess sary
contractual improvements for continuation of a shared
federal/provincial/municipal police force. The federal team
refused to acknowledge existing federal benefit inherent in
contract policing and insisted on full cost recovery for delivery
of a service package.

The negotiated agreements include, in one form or another, most
of the contractual improvements sought by the contracting
jurisdictions. In particular, the cost-share percentages did nbt
change and will not change for the 20-year duration of the
agreements. There are some elements of the cast base which
increase and there are some new items in the cost base, however,
the increases are controlled.

There are provisions for improved accountability of the Force to
the respective contracting jurisdictions. These include
responsiveness to local objectives, priorities and goals and
requirements for ongoing consultation with respect to policing.
There is emphasis on coordinated budget planning and fiscal
accountability, with provision for consultation, recognition of
respective resource requirements and supplementary information
from the Force on request.

Most of the changes are evident in the Agreement, however some
are highlighted here for ease of reference. This document is
arranged in order of presentation of Articles in the Agreement.
The Supplementary Guide and Expanded Index follows the same
format.

DEFINITIONS :

There are approximately ten new definitions added to the
Interpretation article to make interpretation of the document
easier and more accurate. A number of the previous definitions
were amended for purposes of increased clarity.

Major improvements include:

o Clear definition of "Emergency" and "Special Event" to
ensure specific exclusion of the mere common Special Events
from application of emergency provisions to withdraw
resources for federal interests.

o An expanded definition of "Furnished" with respect to
supplied municipal accommodation, to eliminate confusion as
to who is to supply such items as minicomputers and

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