b'procedures may necessarily be considered serious andassessing which functions they may be providing and/or should be disclosed pursuant to McNeil guidance. It isreceiving from an external service to ensure compliance expected that further guidance regarding the assessmentwith the requirements of the Act. of seriousness and relevance for McNeil will be forthcom- WHAT REMAINS TO BE SEENing soon from the Ministry of the Attorney General. In the meantime, chiefs are encouraged to continue identifyingIn many ways, the work in understanding the effects of cases as serious/less seriousregardless of whether theythe CSPA is just beginning. There are a number of areas go to a hearingand continue to ensure disclosure ofthat will take years to see the actual results of the chan-serious matters. ges. We are just starting to see matters coming into the Finally, the Alternative Provision of Policing has pre- new formal disciplinary framework, but it will take some sented significant operational challenges to services. Thetime for the matters to run the full course of proceedings Inspector General has communicated that boards mustat the newly established Ontario Police Arbitration and have agreements under s. 14 where a policing functionAdjudication Commission. Similarly, we continue to await is to be provided on a regular basis; on an ad hoc basis,confirmationofnewtrainingrequirementsandcourse where one police service does not have the capacity tomaterials,whicharesubjecttotransitionperiodsand provide that function for itself; or, from time to time, byhave not yet been confirmed and/or released. And finally, members of another police service even where the otherof course, we continue to await the answer to the greatest service generally has capacity to provide that function.question of all will the special constables have purple or This, of course, is an incredibly broad interpretation ofgrey stripes on their pants?the provision that covers virtually all instances of external assistance requests.It is expected that the Ministry will be producing tem- Sharon Wilmot (2278C@peelpolice.ca) and Jason Fraser plate agreements to assist chiefs and boards to satisfy this(5609@YRP.CA) serve as Co-chairs of the OACPs Police requirement. In the meantime, police services should beLegal Advisors Committee.APPLY NOW!Some ponder, others just do.Thats ncLIFE. The Official Publication of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police13'