I'm well aware of it.
We have a rule in the Toronto Police Service; I implemented that rule. It was in response to a policy of my police services board. The rule requires that police officers wear name tags identifying them.
I'll show you the name tag, if you like. It's Velcro. It affixes onto a Velcro strip on their uniforms. It's fairly visible from a distance. It's their first initial and last name.
We've had this policy in our service for the past three years. There is overwhelming compliance with it, and I think there is real value when we're interacting with the public. I think it gives the public confidence. They know who the officer is. They can see there is a certain accountability that comes with that. So it is an important rule in our service.
I take it very seriously when anybody breaks the rules. I am responsible for the discipline and the conduct of all of my officers.
We received a number of public complaints--13 of them, in fact--that police officers were not wearing their identification. Rather than simply investigating those complaints...we investigated, but we also looked further. We reviewed a number of videotapes that were available to us--and by the way, there was a series of videotapes that we reviewed--and we identified a number of officers who were not wearing their name tags.