1. There is no excuse for Council to delay, refer or take a pass on doing this, considering the Edmonton Police Service and Peterborough Police Service, have begun engaging in the arrest and seizure policy to deter flagrant drug use that harms the community.
2. Oshawa Council should to be 100% behind making it clear the law will be upheld in our community and regardless of whether the Public Prosecution Service of Canada prosecutes such offences, that the Durham Regional Police Service, as a matter of policy, exercise the power to arrest persons found committing such offences, search them incident to arrest, and seize any controlled substances in their possession.
3. I reviewed the motion with a local criminal lawyer and our MP Jamil Jivani and his staff. They were supportive of the content. I also asked Oshawa Mayor Carter and the City’s Chief Administrative Officer and City Solicitor for their review and comments. The City Solicitor noted two paragraphs in the original draft relating to the City’s Municipal Law Enforcement and Corporate Security should be deleted and I removed them.