I'm not sure we've actually done any analysis and I don't think I'm in a position to say exactly how many times it gets used. I think what I can say is that it would be used on an extremely regular basis. I think the use of identification by undercover officers is actually the foundation of having an undercover program--being able to use on a daily basis covert identification. Undercover operations take place extremely often in a very fast and robust fashion, with short timeframes, on a daily basis. I think the way we would look at it is that this is a tool that our undercover officers would use like many other law enforcement tools that they have in their possession. It would be a daily tool as opposed to section 25.1, which is crafted for when police officers are going to take part in a specific criminal activity with regards to an ongoing specific investigation. I think that's the big difference, and that's why we would be strong supporters of leaving the exemption in the act for law enforcement.
On September 28th, 2009. See this statement in context.