Ford government giving itself power to set ‘priorities’ for police boards

The Ford government is giving itself the power to set the priorities of individual police services boards across the province, but is adamant the move won’t allow it to direct law enforcement. As part of its spring omnibus justice legislation, the government is creating policies that would let the solicitor general set expectations for areas police boards should focus on. “What we want to do is we want to align the priorities of the police service boards across the province with the priorities of the government,” Minister Michael Kerzner told reporters this week. “Some municipal police service…