Tag: Freedom of Information

GUELPH POLITICAST #475 – Know Your Policy: Flags and Information Access

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The City of Guelph is a system, a system that’s built on rules. Or policies, procedures and protocol to be more precise. Some of those systems dictate how city council functions, some of them lay out how local government should engage with the community, and some of them tell you what flags you can fly and when they should be lowered to half-mast. It’s time again to play roulette with the policy wheel and get smarter in the process. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #475 – Know Your Policy: Flags and Information Access” →

RECAP: Cobey Tells Police Board They’re Building to Meet New Challenges

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This month’s meeting of the Guelph Police Services Board seemed a bit reactionary to recent events. You probably saw the news last week that police made a $5 million drug bust that also involved some illegal firearms, and it’s that second part that’s becoming more of a concern, and you will read why in the recap. In terms of good news, Chief Gord Cobey thinks that Guelph Police are rising to the occasion. Check out the recap for more below… Continue reading “RECAP: Cobey Tells Police Board They’re Building to Meet New Challenges” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for March 21, 2024

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Get ready for an info dump at this month’s Guelph Police Services Board meeting. In the aftermath of what turned out to be a not-very busy St. Patrick’s Day weekend despite all the pre-planning, Royal City’s finest will talk to their civilian oversight board about all the records accessed and uploaded in the last year, some reporting to other agencies, and the Chief’s monthly verbal report. Let’s dive into the agenda! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for March 21, 2024” →

RECAP: Police Board Endorses Motion to Promote Bail Reform

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This month’s Guelph Police Services Board meeting was brief, but still relatively consequential. The board marked the sad news in policing today coming out of Edmonton, added their voice to the call for bail reform, and appointed a committee to secure a new member of the board. In other news, the board may be going back to in-person meetings after the next meeting in April. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Police Board Endorses Motion to Promote Bail Reform” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for March 16, 2023

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This month’s Guelph Police Board meeting will have a lot of information for you, which is something that was promised back in that first meeting of the year, but unless someone on the board wants to discuss things further this may be the only way you learn more about it without actually reading the agenda. For the meeting itself though, we will hear from the Chief as usual and the board will talk about endorsing national bail reform. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for March 16, 2023” →

City Increase Online Access to Information Services

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As we’ve so often heard, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed almost every aspect of our daily lives, and doing business at Guelph City Hall is one of those aspects. Even as we look forward to emerging from the second wave, the City of Guelph is looking to make it easier to access their services online, whether you want public information or whether you want to rent a picnic shelter. Continue reading “City Increase Online Access to Information Services” →