Public Safety committee  The only distinction I would make when answering that question, though, is that we can't equate a complaints investigation with a serious incident investigation. A serious incident investigation is for cases that result in a death—a homicide investigation. It's conducted in accordance with the principles of major case management.

Public Safety committee  The key—as I think Zane alluded to earlier—is a well-defined mandate: death; serious injury, with serious injury outlined in our regulations down to specific injuries or specific components that will qualify for inclusion under the term “serious injury”; as well as sexual assault; interpersonal violence....

Public Safety committee  Thanks, Zane. I suppose in terms of the pros and cons, or the issues with police investigating police, there will always be an issue with the acceptance of that investigation, no matter how well it's done. The goal of these investigations and the goal of building an independent oversight unit is to enhance public confidence in policing and to give the public confidence that, if a police officer is cleared following an incident, they were cleared following a fulsome investigation, or if charges result, the charges are prosecutable and, again, properly investigated.

Public Safety committee  Thank you. Thank you to the committee for the opportunity to appear today. My name is Greg Gudelot. I am appearing as the civilian executive director of the Saskatchewan Public Complaints Commission and Serious Incident Response Team. My role today as a provincial agency head is not to advocate for a specific amendment to the federal legislation but to provide what I hope is helpful information on Saskatchewan's police oversight regime and, hopefully, to answer any questions the committee may have on the basis of my time spent in the justice system and my experience in senior positions at two police oversight organizations in two provinces.