Our section has been up for a few years now, and we just recently achieved expert witness status in court as gang experts. One of our detectives, Detective O'Brien, was there in January giving evidence at a sentencing hearing.
It is a process, and it's a fairly new process for us. First there is the definition of a street gang. Second, we're applying the six-point criteria that were set up by Criminal Intelligence Service Canada. There are six questions about involvement: are they self-possessed members of a gang; have they been involved with crimes? Actually, I have the six criteria here, if you're interested in hearing them.