Formed 1972 | Jurisdiction Government of Ontario | |
Headquarters 18th Floor, 25 Grosvenor Street, Toronto, Ontario Minister responsible Marie-France Lalonde, 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.
Contents
- List of Ministers of Community Safety and Correctional Services
- List of Ministers of Public Safety and Security
- List of Solicitors General of Ontario
- List of Ontario Ministers of Correctional Services
- Security guard and private investigator licensing
- References
The current Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services in the Ontario cabinet is Marie-France Lalonde.
List of Ministers of Community Safety and Correctional Services
List of Ministers of Public Safety and Security
List of Solicitors-General of Ontario
not complete
List of Ontario Ministers of Correctional Services
Note: This list is not complete.
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.
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.