114_2025 — Municipal Police Board Member Training Compliance Regulation

s. 1 — Definitions

In this regulation:

s. 1 — Act

Act means the Police Act;

s. 1 — chair

chair means a member elected by a municipal police board as chair or acting as chair of a municipal police board in accordance with section 25 [election of chair and vice chair of municipal police board] of the Act;

s. 1 — vice chair

vice chair means a member elected by a municipal police board as vice chair in accordance with section 25 of the Act.

s. 2 — Application

This regulation applies to

s. 2(a)

a member of a municipal police board, and

s. 2(b)

a member of the amalgamated board continued under the Victoria and Esquimalt Municipal Policing Reorganization Regulation, B.C. Reg. 205/2024, as if the member were a member of a municipal police board.

s. 3 — Discipline — LGiC appointees

s. 3(1)

This section applies to a member of a municipal police board appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

s. 3(2)

If the director considers that a member failed to complete training approved by the director under section 68.2 (1) [duty of board members to complete training] of the Act, the director may do one or both of the following:

s. 3(2)(a)

provide a verbal warning to the member;

s. 3(2)(b)

provide a written warning to the member.

s. 3(3)

If, on the recommendation of the director and the minister, the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers that a member failed to complete training approved by the director under section 68.2 (1) of the Act, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may do one or more of the following:

s. 3(3)(a)

impose one or more of the following terms and conditions respecting the member's membership:

s. 3(3)(a)(i)

the member must complete a specified training program within a specified period;

s. 3(3)(a)(ii)

the member is restricted from holding the office of chair or vice chair;

s. 3(3)(a)(iii)

any other term or condition that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers appropriate;

s. 3(3)(b)

suspend the member's membership for a specified period of time or until specified terms and conditions are met;

s. 3(3)(c)

rescind the member's appointment.

s. 3(4)

A member must comply with the terms and conditions imposed, under subsection (3) (a), on the member's membership.

s. 4 — Discipline — other appointees

s. 4(1)

This section applies to a member of a municipal police board not appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

s. 4(2)

If the director considers that a member failed to complete training approved by the director under section 68.2 (1) [duty of board members to complete training] of the Act, the director may do one or both of the following:

s. 4(2)(a)

provide a verbal warning to the member;

s. 4(2)(b)

provide a written warning to the member.

s. 4(3)

If, on the recommendation of the director, the minister considers that a member failed to complete training approved by the director under section 68.2 (1) of the Act, the minister may do one or more of the following:

s. 4(3)(a)

impose one or more of the following terms and conditions respecting the member's membership:

s. 4(3)(a)(i)

the member must complete a specified training program within a specified period;

s. 4(3)(a)(ii)

the member is restricted from holding the office of chair or vice chair;

s. 4(3)(a)(iii)

any other term or condition that the minister considers appropriate;

s. 4(3)(b)

suspend the member's membership for a specified period of time or until specified terms and conditions are met;

s. 4(3)(c)

remove the member.

s. 4(4)

A member must comply with the terms and conditions imposed, under subsection (3) (a), on the member's membership on a municipal police board.

s. 5 — Reappointment of disciplined members

s. 5(1)

A person must not be appointed to any police board for a period of 4 years if

s. 5(1)(a)

the person's appointment to a municipal police board was rescinded in accordance with section 3, or

s. 5(1)(b)

the person was removed from a municipal police board in accordance with section 4.

s. 5(2)

If an appointment is made contrary to subsection (1), that appointment is invalid.

s. 6 — Prohibited conduct while suspended

s. 6(1)

For the purposes of this regulation, a member of a municipal police board who is suspended must not do any of the following:

s. 6(1)(a)

attend meetings of the board;

s. 6(1)(b)

publicly represent oneself as an active regular member of a municipal police board.

s. 6(2)

A member of a municipal police board must not provide to a suspended member of the board any information or records received as a member of the board, unless the information or records are publicly accessible.