Surveillance Policy
Policies
Policy Number: CP-2025-01
Last Updated: 2025
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| Purpose | Sets guidelines for video surveillance to support public safety in compliance with privacy requirements. The policy safeguards privacy while protecting individuals and municipal assets. |
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| Keywords | Video Surveillance, Public Safety, Property Protection, Privacy act |
Purpose
This Video Surveillance Policy governs the Town’s use of video surveillance at properties owned and leased by the Town in strict accordance with the relevant provisions of Ontario’s Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection Act (MFIPPA).
Policy Statement
The Town of Midland (the Town) recognizes the importance of balancing each individual’s right to privacy with the need to protect the safety and security of its employees, clients, visitors and property. The use of video surveillance systems is necessary for safety and security reasons, but such systems must be designed to minimize intrusion on privacy. Where this balance is appropriately struck, the use of video surveillance cameras is an effective means of ensuring that the Town’s facilities and properties are operating in a safe and secure manner.
Guided by a commitment to public safety, crime prevention and stewardship of publicly owned assets, the Town may, where warranted by law, use video surveillance systems in municipally owned buildings, or at municipally operated facilities, parks and open spaces.