Planning/Audit/Accreditation Unit is under
the area of Executive Services and consists of a Sergeant, 3
Constables assigned to Audits and Accreditation, 1 Planning
Technician, and 1 Civilian Research Analyst.
The Planning/Audit/Accreditation Unit is
responsible for the many legislated regulations and requirements
which govern the Niagara Regional Police Service. Among those
are the Police Services Act, the By-Laws of the Regional
Municipality of Niagara Police Services Board, Ministry of the
Solicitor General Policing Adequacy Standards, and the Ministry of
the Solicitor General Policing Services Division.
The Planning/Audit/Accreditation Unit played
an important part in the formation of the Services current
three-year Business Plan. The Planning Research Unit was established in
1984 under the direction of the Chief James Gayder. It has
however grown to include Audit and Accreditation as recently as
January 2001 under the direction of Chief Gary Nicholls.
The following reports and publications
from the Planning/Audit/Accreditation Unit are available for
download. Each of these are PDF format documents, which
are compressed as ZIP files. To read these documents, you will
need to download WinZip & Adobe
Reader through our Downloads
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