Hamilton’s Police Service Board held a meeting of its Governance Committee this morning without informing the public that the meeting time had changed to 10:30 a.m., instead of the publicly announced 11:00 a.m.
The Police Service Board notice stated the meeting would begin at 11:00 a.m., but the Board members decided to change the start time to 10:30 a.m.
The CSPA requires all police board meetings to be open to the public. Section 43(6) requires police board to provide “at least seven days” notice of meetings with an exception for “extraordinary circumstances.”
Ontario’s Inspectorate of Policing, which oversees police boards across the province, has provided guidance to police boards confirming that set meeting times are a notice requirement and cannot change except in accordance with the “extraordinary circumstance” provisions of the CSPA.
The HPSB has not disclosed the “extraordinary circumstance” for today’s change.
At 8:00 a.m. this morning, the Police Board website still had the original 11:00 a.m. start time notice. Later in the morning, the Police Board changed its website notice.
However, the Board did not yet remove its original agendas, both of which continue to state the 11:00 a.m. start time.
Agenda Cover, Archive.org copy
Agenda Package, Archive.org copy
This publication has filed a complaint to the Inspector of Policing.
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Published: July 16, 2026
Last updated: July 16, 2026
Author: Joey Coleman
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Thank you so much Joey for filing a complaint. This Board is starting to act (see the Menezes resignation letter) in a manner I can only describe as scary.