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Application — attempts to collect
 1. (1) This Regulation applies with respect to an attempt by a police officer to collect identifying information about an individual from the individual, if that attempt is done for the purpose of, (a)  inquiring into offences that have been or might be committed; (b)  inquiring into suspicious activities to detect offences; or (c)  gathering information for intelligence purposes. (2) Despite subsection (1), this Regulation does not apply with respect to an attempted collection made by a police officer for the purpose of investigating an offence the officer reasonably suspects has been or will be committed. (3) Despite subsection (1), this Regulation does not apply with respect to an attempt by a police officer to collect identifying information from an individual if, (a)  the individual is legally required to provide the information to a police officer; (b)  the individual is under arrest or is being detained; (c)  the officer is engaged in a covert operation; (d)  the officer is executing a warrant, acting pursuant to a court order or performing related duties; or (e)  the individual from whom the officer attempts to collect information is employed in the administration of justice or is carrying out duties or providing services that are otherwise relevant to the carrying out of the officer’s duties.
Application — information collected
 2. (1) This Regulation applies with respect to identifying information collected on or after January 1, 2017 as a result of an attempt to collect to which this Regulation applies. (2) This Regulation applies with respect to identifying information that was collected before January 1, 2017 only as provided under paragraph 5 of subsection 12 (1) and under subsection 13 (1) in relation to that paragraph.
Non-application — person appointed under the Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009
 3. This Regulation does not apply with respect to attempts to collect information by a person appointed as a police officer under the Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009 or with respect to information collected by such a person.
Interpretation — attempt to collect identifying information
 4. For the purposes of this Regulation, “attempt to collect identifying information about an individual from the individual” means attempt to collect identifying information by asking the individual, in a face-to-face encounter, to identify himself or herself or to provide information for the purpose of identifying the individual and includes such an attempt whether or not identifying information is collected. Part II   Prohibition — Certain Collections Of INformation
PART II PROHIBITION — CERTAIN COLLECTIONS OF INFORMATION
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Limitations on collection of certain information
 5. (1) A police officer shall not attempt to collect identifying information about an individual from the individual if, (a)  any part of the reason for the attempted collection is that the officer perceives the individual to be within a particular racialized group unless, (i)  the officer is seeking a particular individual, (ii)  being within the racialized group forms part of a description of the particular individual or is evident from a visual representation of the particular individual, and (iii)  the officer has additional information, in addition to information about the particular individual being in a racialized group, that may help to identify the individual or narrow the description of the individual; or (b)  the attempted collection is done in an arbitrary way. (2) Without limiting what might constitute the additional information required under subclause (1) (a) (iii), such information may consist of information about, (a)  the appearance of the individual, including information about the individual’s clothing, height, weight, eye colour, hair colour or hair style; (b)  the location where the individual might be found; (c)  the type of vehicle the individual might be found in; (d)  the associates the individual might be found with; or (e)  the behaviour of the individual. (3) The additional information required under subclause (1) (a) (iii) may not consist only of the sex of the individual, the approximate age of the individual or both. (4) For the purpose of clause (1) (b), an attempted collection by a police officer from an individual is done in an arbitrary way unless the officer has a reason that the officer can articulate that complies with all of the following: 1.  The reason includes details about the individual that cause the officer to reasonably suspect that identifying the individual may contribute to or assist in an inquiry described in clause 1 (1) (a) or (b) or the gathering of information described in clause 1 (1) (c). 2.  The reason does not include either of the following: i.  that the individual has declined to answer a question from the officer which the individual is not legally required to answer, or ii.  that the individual has attempted or is attempting to discontinue interaction with the officer in circumstances in which the individual has the legal right to do so. 3.  The reason is not only that the individual is present in a high crime location. Part III   Duties Relating to Collections of Information Officer Duties
PART III DUTIES RELATING TO COLLECTIONS OF INFORMATION
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Officer Duties
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Duties to inform before attempting to collect information
 6. (1) A police officer shall not attempt to collect identifying information about an individual from the individual unless the police officer, in accordance with the procedures developed under section 13, (a)  has informed the individual that he or she is not required to provide identifying information to the officer; and (b)  has informed the individual why the police officer is attempting to collect identifying information about the individual. (2) A police officer is not required to inform the individual under clause (1) (a) or (b) if the officer has a reason to believe that informing the individual under that clause might compromise the safety of an individual. (3) A police officer is not required to inform the individual under clause (1) (b) if the officer has a reason to believe that informing the individual under that clause, (a)  would likely compromise an ongoing police investigation; (b)  might allow a confidential informant to be identified; or (c)  might disclose the identity of a person contrary to the law, including disclose the identity of a young person contrary to the Youth Criminal Justice Act
(Canada). (4) A reason required under subsection (2) or (3) must be a reason the police officer can articulate and must include details relating to the particular circumstances.
Document for individual
 7. (1) A police officer who attempts to collect identifying information about an individual from the individual shall, (a)  offer to give the individual a document that provides a record of the attempt; and (b)  give the individual such a document if the individual indicates that he or she wants it. (2) A police officer is not required to comply with subsection (1) if the officer has a reason to believe that continuing to interact with the individual, (a)  might compromise the safety of an individual; or (b)  might delay the officer from responding to another matter that should be responded to immediately. (3) A reason required under subsection (2) must be a reason the police officer can articulate and must include details relating to the particular circumstances. (4) The document required under subsection (1) shall contain at least the following information: 1.  The officer’s name and officer identification number and the date, time and location of the attempted collection. 2.  Information about how to contact the Independent Police Review Director. 3.  An explanation that the individual can request access to information about himself or herself that is in the custody or under the control of a police force, under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
in the case of a municipal police force, or under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act in the case of the Ontario Provincial Police, and information about how to contact persons to whom such a request may be given.
Police officer must record reason and other information
 8. A police officer who attempts to collect identifying information about an individual from the individual shall record the following: 1.  The officer’s reason for the attempted collection, including the details referred to in paragraph 1 of subsection 5 (4). 2.  Whether the individual was informed as required under clauses 6 (1) (a) and (b) or, if informing the individual under one of those clauses was not required under subsection 6 (2) or (3), the reason why that was not required. 3.  Whether the individual was offered the document as required under clause 7 (1) (a) or, if offering the document was not required under subsection 7 (2), the reason why that was not required. 4.  Whether the individual was given the document offered under clause 7 (1) (a) or, if giving the document was not required under clause 7 (1) (b) or subsection 7 (2), the reason why that was not required. 5.  Such other information as the chief of police requires the officer to record. Inclusion of Collected Information in Police Databases
Inclusion of Collected Information in Police Databases
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Restrictions on Performance Targets
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Performance targets not to be used in evaluating work performance
 10. A chief of police shall ensure that no performance target based on any of the following factors is used to evaluate the work performance of a police officer on his or her force: 1.  The number of times, within a particular period, that the officer collects or attempts to collect identifying information about individuals from the individuals. 2.  The number of individuals from whom the officer collects or attempts to collect identifying information within a particular period. Part IV   Other Matters Training
PART IV OTHER MATTERS
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Training
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Chiefs of police must ensure training
 11. (1) A chief of police shall ensure that every police officer on his or her police force who attempts to collect identifying information about an individual from the individual, or who acts as the designate of the chief of police under section 9, has successfully completed the training required under this section within the previous 36 months. (2) The training referred to in subsection (1) shall include training on the following topics: 1.  The right of an individual not to provide information to a police officer, the limitations on this right and how to ensure that this right is respected. 2.  The right of an individual to discontinue an interaction with a police officer, the limitations on this right and how to avoid unlawfully psychologically detaining an individual. 3.  Bias awareness, discrimination and racism and how to avoid bias, discrimination and racism when providing police services. 4.  The rights that individuals have to access information about themselves that is in the custody, or under the control, of a police force. 5.  The initiation of interactions with members of the public. 6.  This Regulation and its application. (3) The training referred to in subsection (1) shall be provided at the Ontario Police College or by a trainer who has been trained, at the Ontario Police College, to provide the training referred to in subsection (1). (4) The training referred to in subsection (1) shall be based on a curriculum approved by the Director of the Ontario Police College. Policies and Procedures
Policies and Procedures
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Boards and Minister must develop policies
 12. (1) A board shall develop policies regarding the following matters: 1.  The document to be given to individuals under section 7. 2.  The contents, in relation to matters to which this Regulation applies, of the annual report described in subsection 14 (1). 3.  The report required under section 15. 4.  The retention of, access to, and disclosure of identifying information collected on or after January 1, 2017, including the retention of identifying information collected contrary to this Regulation. 5.  The retention of, access to, and disclosure of identifying information collected before January 1, 2017 with respect to which this Regulation would have applied had the collection taken place on January 1, 2017. (2) The policy developed under paragraph 4 of subsection (1) shall provide that identifying information collected contrary to this Regulation shall not be retained longer than is reasonably necessary to ensure the information is available in the circumstances in which access may be permitted under paragraph 2 of subsection 9 (10). (3) The duties imposed by subsections (1) and (2) on boards in relation to municipal police forces apply to the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services in relation to the Ontario Provincial Police. (4) The policies developed under this section shall be consistent with this Regulation.
Chiefs of police must develop procedures
 13. (1) A chief of police shall develop procedures regarding the matters set out in subsection 12 (1). (2) The procedures developed under subsection (1) shall be consistent with this Regulation and the relevant policies developed under section 12. Reports, Reviews and Compliance
Reports, Reviews and Compliance
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Chiefs of police must review practices and report
 15. (1) If an annual report referred to in section 14 reveals that identifying information was attempted to be collected disproportionately from individuals perceived to be within a group or combination of groups, the chief of police shall review the practices of his or her police force and shall prepare a report setting out the results of the review and his or her proposals, if any, to address the disproportionate attempted collection of information. (2) A municipal chief of police shall provide his or her report to the relevant board, and the Commissioner shall provide his or her report to the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services. (3) When a board receives a report from a municipal chief of police under subsection (2), and when the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services receives a report from the Commissioner under subsection (2), the board or the Minister, as the case may be, (a)  shall publish the report on the Internet in a manner that makes it available to the public free of charge and may make the report available to the public free of charge in any other manner that the board or the Minister, as the case may be, considers appropriate; and (b)  shall consider the report and the proposals, if any, set out in the report and consider, in the case of a board, whether to give directions under clause 31 (1) (e) of the Act or, in the case of the Minister, whether to give directions to which the Commissioner would be subject under subsection 17 (2) of the Act.
Chiefs of police must make records available
 16. (1) For the purpose of carrying out a duty, or exercising a power, under clause 3 (2) (b), (d), (e) or (h) of the Act, in relation to matters to which this Regulation applies, the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services may request a chief of police to provide any relevant information that is in the possession or under the control of the chief of police’s police force. (2) A chief of police shall comply with a request made under subsection (1) and shall do so in the manner specified by the Minister.