Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services

Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
Government ministry overview
Ministère de la Sécurité communautaire et des Services correctionnels (French)
Formed	1972
Jurisdiction	Government of Ontario
Headquarters	18th Floor, 25 Grosvenor Street, Toronto, Ontario
Minister responsible	Yasir Naqvi, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services
Website	www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca

The Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (French: Ministère de la Sécurité communautaire et des Services correctionnels) is responsible for law enforcement services in the Canadian province of Ontario, including the Ontario Provincial Police, correctional centres, detention centres/jails (detention centres and jails are essentially the same except the latter are smaller), parole boards, public safety and disaster management (under The Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management). The ministry was created as the Ministry of Public Safety and Security in 2002 with the amalgamation of the former Ministry of Correctional Services and the Ministry of the Solicitor General of Ontario. Its headquarters are on the 18th floor of 25 Grosvenor Street in Toronto.^[1]

The current Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services in the Ontario cabinet is Yasir Naqvi.

List of Ministers of Community Safety and Correctional Services

Monte Kwinter, Liberal, 2003–07
Rick Bartolucci, Liberal, 2007–10
Jim Bradley, 2010–11
Madeleine Meilleur, 2011–14
Yasir Naqvi, 2014–present

List of Ministers of Public Safety and Security

Bob Runciman, Progressive Conservative, 2002–03

List of Solicitors-General of Ontario

not complete

John Yaremko, Progressive Conservative, April 7, 1972 – February 26, 1974
George Albert Kerr, Progressive Conservative, February 26, 1974 – July 18, 1975
John Clement, Progressive Conservative, June 18, 1975 – October 7, 1975
John Palmer MacBeth, Progressive Conservative, October 7, 1975 – January 21, 1978
George Albert Kerr, Progressive Conservative, January 21, 1978 – September 11, 1978
Roy McMurtry, Progressive Conservative, September 11, 1978 – February 13, 1982 (while Attorney General)
George William Taylor, Progressive Conservative, February 13, 1982 – February 8, 1985
John Reesor Williams, Progressive Conservative, February 8, 1985 – May 17, 1985
Kenneth A. Keyes, Liberal, June 26, 1985 – December 3, 1986
Ian Scott, Liberal, December 3, 1986 – January 9, 1987 (while Attorney General)
Kenneth A. Keyes, Liberal, January 9, 1987 – September 9, 1987
Joan Smith, Liberal, September 29, 1987 – June 6, 1989
Ian Scott, Liberal, June 6, 1989 – August 2, 1989 (while Attorney General)
Steven Offer, Liberal, August 2, 1989 – October 1, 1990
Mike Farnan, NDP, October 1, 1990 – July 31, 1991
Allan Pilkey, NDP, July 31, 1991 – February 3, 1993
David Christopherson, NDP, February 3, 1993 – June 26, 1995
Bob Runciman, Progressive Conservative, June 26, 1995 – April 27, 1998 June 17, 1999
Jim Flaherty, Progressive Conservative, April 27, 1998 – July 27, 1998 - as interim minister
Bob Runciman, Progressive Conservative, July 27, 1998 – June 17, 1999
David Tsubouchi, Progressive Conservative, June 17, 1999 – February 7, 2001
David Turnbull, Progressive Conservative, February 8, 2001 – April 14, 2002

List of Ontario Ministers of Correctional Services

Note: This list is not complete.

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Arthur Meen	Progressive Conservative	February 3, 1977	June 23, 1977
John Palmer MacBeth	Progressive Conservative	June 23, 1977	September 21, 1977
Frank Drea	Progressive Conservative	September 21, 1977	October 18, 1978
Gordon Walker	Progressive Conservative	October 18, 1978	April 10, 1981
Nick Leluk	Progressive Conservative	April 10, 1981	May 17, 1985
Don Cousens	Progressive Conservative	May 17, 1985	June 26, 1985
Ken Keyes	Liberal	June 26, 1985	September 29, 1987
David Ramsay	Liberal	September 29, 1987	August 2, 1989
Richard Patten	Liberal	August 2, 1989	October 1, 1990
Mike Farnan	New Democratic Party	October 1, 1990	July 31, 1991
Allan Pilkey	New Democratic Party	July 31, 1991	September 23, 1992
David Christopherson	New Democratic Party	September 23, 1992	June 26, 1995
Robert Runciman	Progressive Conservative	June 26, 1995	June 17, 1999
Rob Sampson	Progressive Conservative	June 17, 1999	December 4, 2000
Norman Sterling	Progressive Conservative	December 5, 2000	March 8, 2001
Rob Sampson	Progressive Conservative	May 8, 2001	April 14, 2002

Security guard and private investigator licensing

In 2010, the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services began to administer tests for new applicants and existing security guard or private investigator cardholders. Prior to 2010, any individual (as long as they were free, or pardoned, of a criminal charge) could obtain one or both licences just by paying 80 dollars for each. The new requirements came after a coroner's inquest into the death of Patrick Shand, who died from asphyxiation while in the custody of an untrained private security guard and staff at a Loblaws store in Scarborough. Despite the store chain's policy of prohibiting use of force against shoplifters, Shand was restrained and handcuffed. Shand remained handcuffed when staff had to perform CPR after the former went into respiratory arrest. The handcuffs were not removed until Shand was placed in an ambulance 18 minutes after the 911 call was made.^[2]

In response to the inquest's recommendations, applicants for security guard or private investigator licences must pass a 32-hour training course before writing a test. 62.5% is a passing grade for security guards and 77% for private investigators.

References

↑ "Contact Us." Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services. Retrieved on August 12, 2010.
↑ Man died from accidental suffocation during arrest: inquest, CBC News, April 23, 2004

External links

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