This does not require that that public officer be designated for the purposes of section 25.1. There is a definition of public officer in section 2 of the code. It includes:
(a) an officer of customs or excise,
(b) an officer of the Canadian Forces,
(c) an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and
(d) any officer while the officer is engaged in enforcing the laws of Canada relating to revenue, customs, excise, trade or navigation;
Now, most of these people are actually going to have peace officer status. Some public officers have law enforcement duties without specific peace officer status, so an officer of the Canadian Forces is a public officer. Military police actually have peace officer status as well, but this is simply intended to cover any public officer with--