Half-day board training
AI governance for boards
A half-day session for police service board members on what AI is, where it goes wrong, and what to ask before it shapes a decision.
Why now
- New members join police service boards after the October 2026 municipal elections.
- Required board training under the Community Safety and Policing Act does not cover technology.
- The Law Commission of Ontario's October 2026 report on AI in criminal justice calls for police AI policies, risk categories and reporting.
The half day
| Time | Session | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| 45 min | What AI is, and isn't | Plain language. No math, no code. |
| 45 min | Where it goes wrong | Real Canadian and North American cases of too much trust, and too little. |
| 15 min | Break | |
| 40 min | Human judgment is not automatic | Automation bias, and what makes oversight real. |
| 65 min | The board's toolkit | Ontario's new rules, a policy framework, and a practice review of a sample AI proposal. |
About three and a half hours, in person at your board or live online. One board, or several boards together.
You leave with
- Five questions to ask of any AI proposal
- A model AI policy framework: what to include, what to leave out and what to weigh, with the provincial guidance, recommendations and standards behind each part
- A plan for a no-fault AI inventory
- Rules for the board's own use of AI
Who leads it
Scott Ramey: former fire and paramedic chief officer, with three decades in emergency services. PhD candidate in human factors (Systems Design Engineering) at the University of Waterloo, researching how people come to trust, or over-trust, AI decision support.
Vendor-neutral: no products are recommended. Independent of Police Governance Ontario.
Request a session
Bring this half day to your board
Tell us your board, roughly how many people would attend, in person or online, and a few possible dates. We will come back with an outline and the fee.