Thank you for that question. We're always looking at technology. One thing I can say is that part of vision 150 is getting better business intelligence within the RCMP. We have a lot of databases, but often we can't do the analytics. We need to get better at that.
With equipment, I know some of the technology we're rolling out.... For example, we have 800 members at the Surrey detachment. They have a system where they can track equipment coming in and going out, by each individual member. When they're assigned a CEW, a conducted energy weapon, or a carbine at the beginning of their shift and they're not individually issued, that can be tracked. Not only can it be tracked, but if somebody asks for a conducted energy weapon, and they've been off for three weeks, the system will say, “Sorry, I can't issue that, because your certification expired yesterday,” or, “It expired while you were on secondment for two months.”
The technology is there. We've rolled it out in the bigger units. We're always looking at better tracking, not only of resources such as equipment, but also with members themselves. We're tracking their whereabouts for critical incidents through android phones. We've just purchased 8,000, to better track for critical incidents, which was part of the MacNeil recommendations.