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Justice committee Thank you. Good morning. Thank you for this opportunity. I'm pleased to be here today to share with you some of the experiences of the Toronto Police Service, specifically the areas that I oversee, the child exploitation section and the special victims section. Both areas are re
March 22nd, 2007Committee meeting
Det Sgt Kim Scanlan
Justice committee I believe the Toronto police have worked with former justice minister Toews on this, but not me, not recently.
March 22nd, 2007Committee meeting
Det Sgt Kim Scanlan
Justice committee If I can jump in here, I have a unit of 14 members dedicated to nothing but child exploitation investigations day in and day out. It does take a toll on them, and I want to recognize that, but I can tell you that every day of every month in this year for peer-to-peer exchanges of
March 22nd, 2007Committee meeting
Det Sgt Kim Scanlan
Justice committee We monitor it very carefully. In fact, I think most police agencies across Canada right now are recognizing that our officers need support, so psychological support is being built into our governance and what we do and how we have them there--but it's etched in their memories, wh
March 22nd, 2007Committee meeting
Det Sgt Kim Scanlan
Justice committee In relation to something else ongoing right now, there is privacy legislation. For instance, in the case of a live abuse situation, it's vital for us to have the IP address of the offender so we can act quickly to get to the location to save that child. We're facing some proble
March 22nd, 2007Committee meeting
Det Sgt Kim Scanlan
Justice committee When you're talking about the age of protection, it goes beyond just child Internet areas. It would go to any vulnerabilities or type of exploitation. We're speaking about 14- and 15-year-olds. I can't say what's going on in the other areas of Canada, but I know that in the area
March 22nd, 2007Committee meeting
Det Sgt Kim Scanlan
Justice committee I've been with the child exploitation unit just since July, so I'm not coming up on a year yet. In my experience, that's not what we're seeing currently in Toronto, especially in the area of Internet-facilitated crimes. In fact, I think our success rate in the courts as far as co
March 22nd, 2007Committee meeting
Det Sgt Kim Scanlan
Justice committee I think everyone needs to be at the table and, all in unison, pass this bill. That would be a good thing.
March 22nd, 2007Committee meeting
Det Sgt Kim Scanlan
Justice committee It's at the Canadian Police College right now.
March 22nd, 2007Committee meeting
Det Sgt Kim Scanlan
Justice committee Yes, this is the advanced Internet child exploitation course, which is offered to police officers from across the country. So there are representatives from all across Canada right now, officers, who are getting this training.
March 22nd, 2007Committee meeting
Det Sgt Kim Scanlan
Justice committee Currently, there is undercover officer training, just down the road at the Canadian Police College, going on as we speak. I don't know if any of the members can avail themselves of it. We could certainly make arrangements, and they could see very quickly, just in the area of luri
March 22nd, 2007Committee meeting
Det Sgt Kim Scanlan