They agree with the proposed amendment to be able to keep track of records. The officers welcome the opportunity to keep track of them. For example, if a young person received a caution in New Brunswick, in Saint John, and then moved to Fredericton, they would be able say, “Okay, you've already had a caution.”
My comment is that this is pre-conviction, and the whole purpose of an extrajudicial sanction is to do something outside of the system. The title of the report I wrote for the Department of Public Safety in New Brunswick is called “125 Warnings”. It comes from a comment by probation officers that if it's the right solution for the young person for a minor offence, and taking Johnny back to his home or giving him a warning is the best solution, it doesn't matter if it happens once or 125 times.