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Pictured from left to right: Board Administrator Matthew Gatien, Member Paul Lefebvre, Chair Al Sizer, Member Krista Fortier, Member Shawn Poland and Vice Chair Gerry Lougheed
The Greater Sudbury Police Service Board is made up of five Civilian members -- two Provincial appointees, two Municipal Council appointees, and one member of the community as appointed by Council.
The Board provides direction and guidance to the Chief of Police while ensuring that adequate and effective police services are provided to our community.
As community members who represent the public's interests, the Police Service Board is committed to a high quality of community-based policing and excellence in police governance. The Board recognizes the challenges to law enforcement created by a changing environment, demographic shifts, emerging technologies, and evolving crime trends and patterns.
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Section 37(1) of the Community Safety and Policing Act states that a Police Service Board shall: (a) ensure that adequate and effective policing is provided in the area for which it has policing responsibility as required by section 10; (b) employ members of the police service; (c) appoint members of the police service as police officers; (d) recruit and appoint the chief of police and any deputy chief of police and determine their remuneration and working conditions, taking their submissions into account; (e) prepare and adopt a diversity plan to ensure that the members of the police service reflect the diversity of the area for which the board has policing responsibility; (f) monitor the chief of police’s performance; (g) conduct a review of the chief of police’s performance at least annually in accordance with the regulations made by the Minister, if any; (h) monitor the chief of police’s decisions regarding the restrictions on secondary activities set out in section 89 and review the reports from the chief of police on those decisions; (i) monitor the chief of police’s handling of discipline within the police service; (j) ensure that any police facilities, including police lock-ups, used by the board comply with the prescribed standards, if any; and (k) perform such other duties as are assigned to it by or under this or any other Act, including any prescribed duties. |
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The Greater Sudbury Police Service Board is composed of five members who are appointed using the process identified in the Community Safety and Policing Act. For information regarding appointment by resolution of Council contact: The City of Greater Sudbury
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For information regarding appointment by the Lieutenant Governor in Council contact: The Ministry of the Solicitor General |
Chair Lougheed was appointed to the Police Service Board as a citizen representative by City Council on January 30, 2023. He served as Vice Chair from 2023-2024 and was elected Chair of the Board in January 2025. He previously served on the Board from 2011-2017 as a provincial appointee, serving as Chair fro 2014-2015.
Vice Chair Poland was appointed on May 25, 2023, by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario for a three-year term. Shawn is currently Vice President External Partnerships and Strategic Enrolment at Cambrian College where he oversees recruitment, marketing, communications, career services, alumni, development, and government relations activities. Shawn has worked in marketing, communications, and economic development.
Member Sizer was appointed on June 9, 2020, by City Council to serve as a member of the Police Service Board to replace Councillor René Lapierre. Prior to his time as a City Councillor Chair Sizer was a long-time employee of the City of Greater Sudbury, ending his career as manager of Cemetery Services.
Mayor Paul Lefebvre was appointed to the Board on November 29, 2022, in his capacity as head of City Council. Along with his duties on the Board and City Council, Mayor Lefebvre also serves on the Greater Sudbury Development Corporation.
Member Fortier was appointed on May 11, 2023, by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario for a three-year term. Ms. Fortier holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University and obtained her law degree from the University of Windsor. She was born and raised in Sudbury and practices law with her father and brother at Fortier Law Firm. Her practice consists of Real Estate, Family Law, and Wills and Estates. Krista is also a panel lawyer for the Office of the Children’s Lawyer and the Family Responsibility Office, and prosecutor for both the Ministry of Transportation, and represents various First Nations communities. Away from the office Krista is an active board member and volunteer for many non-profit organizations which serve Northern Ontario.| Make a Complaint to the Board |
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Complaint about the Chief or Deputy Chief The CSPA introduced new legislation for Boards to receive complaints about the Chief of Police and the Deputy Chief of Police. If you would like to submit a complaint about either of these positions to the Board, please email psb@gsps.ca.
Complaint about the Police Service Board or General Police Organization Performance The Inspector General of Policing is a new policing oversight body under Ontario’s Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 (CSPA). The Inspector General is responsible for ensuring policing is delivered adequately and effectively across Ontario and that police board members are complying with the Code of Conduct. The Inspector General exercises independent compliance oversight focused on ensuring police services, police service boards and board members, and special constable employers are complying with requirements under the CSPA for policing and police governance. The Inspector General of Policing is supported by the Inspectorate of Policing, a new organization comprised of professionals that are dedicated to driving improved performance in Ontario policing and police governance. Members of the public can file complaints with the Inspector General concerning adequate and effective police service delivery, or allegations of police board member misconduct through their website: www.iopontario.ca. |
| Make a Deputation to the Board |
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Pursuant to Section 13 of the Board's Governance By-Law, members of the public may make deputations to the Board at any public meeting. Citizens wishing to appear before the Board must advise the Board Administrator in writing providing an outline of the nature of the deputation at least seven (7) days prior to the commencement of the meeting. All deputants at the meeting shall only be heard upon the consent of the Board. The matter raised by the deputant must be in respect to any matter relating to policing under consideration by the Board or being raised for the Board’s consideration by such person. Deputants shall be limited to a total of fifteen (15) minutes to address the Board, of which ten (10) minutes will be allotted to make a presentation to the Board, and the remaining five (5) minutes will be allotted to a question period. If there is a group of people wishing to address the Board with respect to a particular position on a particular issue, then the Board may determine that the group shall be represented by one (1) person or that the time limit shall be other than as stated above. Members of the public who constitute the audience in the Boardroom during a meeting will maintain order and quiet and may not address the Board without the permission of the Chair. The Chair may expel or exclude from any meeting any person who has engaged in improper conduct at the meeting. In the case of electronic meetings/attendance, such person shall have access to the meeting terminated at the discretion of Board staff and without warning to such person. |
Contact the Board:
Email: psb@gsps.ca
Phone: 705-675-9171 ext. 6136
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