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. 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 Madeleine Meilleur. The current parliamentary secretary is Yasir Naqvi.
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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 |
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.