Council members will consider at their Wednesday meeting whether to appoint Beck to the board charged with governance of the Ottawa Police Service.
“The signal that I hope we’re sending with this, is that this is a really important role and that there are some terrific people in our community … who want to invest their time and energy and want to commit themselves to helping find solutions around policing going forward and want to be involved in that discussion,” said Sutcliffe, about Beck’s potential appointment.modernize our emergency services to ensure we are delivering a safer Ottawa for everyone.
While there was some pushback around the council table, the 2023 Ottawa police budget ultimately passed without change to what the force had requested;Advertisement 4More than 100 people applied for the council-appointed, public-member position on the board, according to a staff report, and four people were interviewed by the selection panel.
The mayor said he could understand why the post wouldn’t be appeal to some people, between the high visibility and scrutiny surrounding the police board, the protests it’s seen and the “attacks on social media.” “And yet we had a lot of great candidates, including Dr. Beck, who put their names forward. And I think that sends a really strong signal that people are committed to the future of policing, and to the future of our city.”Suzanne Valiquet. A communications consultant and previous board member, Valiquet returned during the board’s convoy-era membership shakeup andThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
In December, council voted to increase compensation for the public-member role to $54,000 annually if chosen to chair the board, considering the responsibility of the role and time required. The previous chair’s honorarium, which Valiquet receives, is $1,000 a month.
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