There are no doubt specialized sections within the Montreal Police Department. There are experts in the field who are constantly investigating the street gangs and are aware of what's currently going on. These are individuals who could give you an accurate picture of the situation of street gangs in relation to the void created by all the arrests that were made. Yes, monitoring is being done.
However, I was speaking to a former colleague who worked with me for the Canadian Criminal Intelligence Service. His specialty was street gangs and he was in contact with Los Angeles, Montreal and other Canadian cities. I saw him again about two years ago, and he was no longer working as a result of a shortage of funding.
It's always the same recurring problem. Good work is being done in a certain field, success is achieved, and, immediately, other priorities arise, staff is short and money is scarce. There's always a minimum, a skeleton staff that remains available to investigators. However, that's not enough for the work to continue full speed ahead, as it should, unless, once again, there is violence, the public and the newspapers call for it,me and there is some media pressure. In that case, 100% of the resources will be reassigned.
For the moment, I can't tell you where things stand.