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Minutes To December 3rd 2009 Meeting
Minutes To December 3rd 2009 Meeting
9:50 - Opening of Meeting –Vice-Chair Deb Bently of the Ontario Police Health
and Safety Association welcomes members to the OPHSA December meeting at
the Hamilton Police Association Building.
Chair Darwin Trojan advised he has a report on the ‘reusability of N95 Masks’ –
contact Darwin if you wish the report 5262@yrp.ca
10:35 - Gary Goegen advised how Hamilton set uop ther program of respiratory
protection – block training – half mask – N95 and full mask system - a great
morale builder for members seeing what management is doing for the
membership for health safety. Self screening prior to fit testing. Confidentiality an
issue? Like a PARQ for fitness testing and medical info that may further come is
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Darwin Trojan, Chair
C/O York Regional Police Service
17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket Ontario L3Y 4W5
5262@yrp.ca Telephone # (905)895-1221 Ext. 7908
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only related to wearing a hood and having bitrex pumped into it. Shaving? The
only exception was religious issues – therefore not deployed to a scene where
that officer needs a mask.
11:10 - Review of Meeting Minutes from Ottawa Police Service – September 29th
2009 – comments – questions – concerns
Peel Regional Police wished to clarify and further explain page 5 of the Round
Table Discussion
“The Peel Regional Police Service has purchased a new model of the Smith and
Wesson 40 Calibre Handgun. They are being issued as ‘new issue only’ and are
not issued en masse to replace all existing handguns. The magazines for these
are not interchangeable with the ‘old’ model still in circulation thus causing a
safety concern where officers on scene may have different weapons for which
magazines are not interchangeable. The issue is being studied by the service
and the JOHSC.”
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Darwin Trojan, Chair
C/O York Regional Police Service
17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket Ontario L3Y 4W5
5262@yrp.ca Telephone # (905)895-1221 Ext. 7908
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Enter PAO and Unity for user name and password located under the left side tab
‘OHS Notes and Advisories’.
PIER Program - Program was initiated by WSIB - “Program for Exposure
Incident Reporting” (PEIR) – no medical attention – no claim – a statistic
collector.
The Fatal Distraction Poster is coming out – an All Chiefs Bulletin will be
coming out in January – the Number One cause of On-Duty Police Deaths in
Ontario are Motor Vehicle Collisions – a discussion was held and it was believed
71% of Police Deaths was due to Motor Vehicle Collisions – the Canadian Police
Memorial Pavilion records cause a death for Police Officer deaths in the line of
duty.
Toronto Police Service had 25% of injuries occur due to training. Bill 168
requires stats on critical and minor injuries as well as ‘close calls’.
York Regional Police were issued a Ministry of Labour Order to record
more detail on injuries.
Radiation in Radar Units is being examined.
If there is a Provincial Issue that applies to all Services, Section 21 will
bring it to the MOL who will do the research.
Round Table
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Darwin Trojan, Chair
C/O York Regional Police Service
17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket Ontario L3Y 4W5
5262@yrp.ca Telephone # (905)895-1221 Ext. 7908
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Aurora’s lead in the range – MHSAO looked at outdoor ranges – report will
be available next meeting – 16 outdoor ranges at this time.
OPP Ad Ferrao – Bomb Squad – was asked whether there was a Health
and Safety team at the G8 Summit this summer – he advised there was not –
there was discussion surrounding other events within Ontario and Canada where
a Health and Safety Committee is routinely not formed – the question of liability
for hosting Police Services by failing to provide a Health and Safety Committee
was discussed by OPHSA.
A Moly-Vest was the last vest order by Waterloo Regional Police – they decided
to crest the ‘Waterloo’ name to the vest – sewn on the front and back – to identify
Waterloo Officers when a joint forces operation is underway and an officer needs
to be located quickly – Velcro was not considered as exiting a vehicle without it
was a concern.
The new radio system has been pushed to December before it is up and
running.
A Multi-site set up must have a MOL letter and approval for a joint health
and safety committee (Central Committee to look after service)
360º Police Patches? None at this Committee have them.
New Communications Center was discussed – dimmable lights –
ventilation etc.
A safety file of the Police Service has to go to the Occupational Health and
Safety Committee – such as Pistols, Vests etc – reports need to be on file with
the OHSC and reviewed.
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Darwin Trojan, Chair
C/O York Regional Police Service
17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket Ontario L3Y 4W5
5262@yrp.ca Telephone # (905)895-1221 Ext. 7908
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Sunscreen is now supplied and stations have a ‘best before’ label affixed.
A clip light is now found on epaulets to free hands for Officers.
Earpieces are available for full deployment.
Vaccination clinics were scheduled for all members but had to cancel
dates as no vaccine was available – no Peel Vaccination as per the MOL.
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Darwin Trojan, Chair
C/O York Regional Police Service
17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket Ontario L3Y 4W5
5262@yrp.ca Telephone # (905)895-1221 Ext. 7908
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December – in London
The Next Meeting of the Ontario Police Health and Safety Asociation will be
hosted by London Police Service on Wednesday March 31st 2010.
330 William Street
London, Ontario
June - in Peel
Thursday June the 3rd in Peel – the Peel Association Banquet Hall
10675 Mississauga Road - 2 kilometres north of Bovaird Drive
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Darwin Trojan, Chair
C/O York Regional Police Service
17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket Ontario L3Y 4W5
5262@yrp.ca Telephone # (905)895-1221 Ext. 7908
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Members in Attendance
Mark Ballantine
Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service
mballantine@peterborough.ca
Bonnie Gwilliams
Halton Regional Police Service
Bonnie.gwilliams@haltonpolice.ca
Lori Taylor
Halton Regional Police Service
Lori.taylor@hrps.on.ca
Deb Bentley
Stratford Police Service
dbentley@stratfordpolice.com
Frank Bauer
Windsor Police Service
Frbauer515@hotmail.com
Nick Dzudz
Windsor Police Services Board
ndzudz@cogeco.ca
Natalie Hiltz
Peel Regional Police Service
Natalie.hiltz@peelpolice.on.ca
Chris Wills
Hamilton Police Association
cwills@quickclic.net
Gary Haitzer
Toronto Police Service
Gary.haitzer@torontopolice.on.ca
Paul Prno
Toronto Police Service
Paul.prno@torontopolice.on.ca
Peter Penlington
Waterloo Regional Police Service
Peter.Penlington@wrps.on.ca
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Darwin Trojan, Chair
C/O York Regional Police Service
17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket Ontario L3Y 4W5
5262@yrp.ca Telephone # (905)895-1221 Ext. 7908
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Scott Hanton
Cornwall Police Service
Hanton.s@cornwallpolice.com
Vince DeMascio
Hamilton Police Service
vdemascio@hamiltonpolice.on.ca
Dan Bowman
Hamilton Police Service
dbowman@hamiltonpolice.on.ca
Rick Gordon
Niagara Regional Police Association
3467@nrps.on.ca
Chris Fisher
Niagara Regional Police Service
3054@nrps.on.ca
Scott McLean
Niagara Police Service
5580@nrps.on.ca
Doug Allan
PAO
d.allan@pao.on.ca
Bob Baltin
Peel Regional Police Service
bbaltin@peelpa.on.ca
Mark Traichevich
St. Thomas Police Service
mtraichevich@stps.on.ca
Dan Ainsworth
St. Thomas Police Service
dainsworth@stps.on.ca
Ad Ferrao
OPP – G8 Summit
Aderito.ferrao@ontario.ca
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Darwin Trojan, Chair
C/O York Regional Police Service
17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket Ontario L3Y 4W5
5262@yrp.ca Telephone # (905)895-1221 Ext. 7908
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George Borbely
Ontario Provincial Police
George.borbely@Ontario.ca
Phil Shrewsbury-Gee
York Regional Police Service
527@yrp.ca
Darwin Trojan
York Regional Police Service
52620@yrp.ca
Brian Morrison
York Regional Police service
107@yrp.ca
Jacqueline Long
South Simcoe Police Service
Jacqueline.long@southsimcoepolice.ca
Gary Goguen
Hamilton Police Service
ggoguen@hamiltonpolice.on.ca
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Darwin Trojan, Chair
C/O York Regional Police Service
17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket Ontario L3Y 4W5
5262@yrp.ca Telephone # (905)895-1221 Ext. 7908