Thank you, Madam Chair.
My thanks to Ms. Youssef and Ms. Neto for the clarifications they made earlier in the definition of what would be considered controlling or coercive conduct. The clarifications were interesting and helpful.
I will now turn to you, Chief Duraiappah.
In your last response, you spoke of the possibility of working together with social workers and psychologists. I am interested.
First, how are police officers equipped to respond to such situations? I am not talking about weapons, but rather response tools.
Second, working collaboratively with social workers could help police officers, but could steps be taken in advance to prevent individuals from engaging in controlling or coercive conduct?