It's not necessarily done by police officers entirely. The program is a provincial program, and they have provincial employees who happen to be ex-police officers, who do this type of work. We, in Winnipeg, have two full-time people assigned to witness protection. The RCMP, in “D” Division, have one person, I believe, assigned full-time. They will work hand in hand with the province when they need some assistance, but the province does have specific people identified to deal with protected witnesses.
On May 8th, 2007. See this statement in context.