Justice committee  Thank you and good morning. My name is Warren Lemcke, deputy chief commanding the investigation division of the Vancouver Police Department. It's my honour to be here today. I wish to present the views of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police on part 2 of the Safe Street

Public Safety committee  Thank you. I'll speak about victimization with regard to the bill. I know this bill focuses on pardons or record suspensions for offenders, but when I hear the number of 535 people treated and that only 5% repeat, and 18% of those are untreated, the part that worries me—and I do

Public Safety committee  I think, Mr. Chair, that it is one portion of the bill that could be looked at. But I want to expand on that a little bit by saying that you can't just look at the individual. There are many factors that have to be considered, including the fact that the individual may have been

Public Safety committee  That is correct, as long as you look at the entire picture and ask how many absolute discharges there were and how many conditional discharges there were. What were the crimes? They might have been crimes of violence. They might have been property crimes. They might have done 40

Public Safety committee  If I could just finish, Mr. Chair, as long as we're looking at the entire picture, you can't just say more than three.

Public Safety committee  It does, Mr. Chair, because I have seen people who have been redeemed.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, I would just add that I am only referring to the topic that was brought up. I'm not referring to child sex offenders.

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much. It's a pleasure to be here. This is my first trip to Ottawa. It is a beautiful city. Good morning. It's an honour to appear here today to give comments on a bill that has the potential to impact both public safety and the confidence of the public generally-