I think right now, to answer your first part, the impact is obviously quite heavy on some of the communities that see and face this. We have difficulty as a police agency when we get into these spaces and try to mediate, for lack of a better term, some of the things that are happening and things that are being said. We also respect that quite often people have their opinions. To use the catchphrase that's used, it's awful but it's lawful.
You know, we're quite attuned to the fact that when these things happen, they have impacts. We're working with those communities to support and have them understand that our role as police officers and police agencies is to protect that freedom of speech but to make sure it's done in a way that is as respectful as it can be. Sometimes we can't reach the threshold that we need. We feel that this bill provides us with some more of that specificity, as I said, around what these acts...and what the hate crimes definition is. It allows us to have a bit more ability, on both sides, to talk about what is acceptable and what is not.
Right now, I think the grey space causes problems for law enforcement. Depending on who is faced with it, they're coming up with their own interpretation of it. We may not go fully to prosecution, but it also does cause harm to people on both sides. We have to interact with them and have those conversations.
So it's very impactful. I think we see it. I think people are seeking some clarity around this so that as law enforcement agencies we can deal with it as best as we can when asked to do the jobs we are asked to do and have signed up to do.