Honestly, I must say I don't understand. The policy is very clear. The words “reasonable” and “necessary” are in the present policy. They are reinforced in our public communications and within the RCMP.
In our training and in our now annual re-certification, first of all, there is a whole body of instruction telling our members that if they can avoid the use of force, not to use force at all. There is a common approach with respect to all use of force and doing only what is necessary in the circumstances. There is no prescription with respect to what the right amount of force is, what the number of times of the application of force is. The force to be used should be only what is necessary and, as I said, by de-escalation, by talking things through, by doing a number of things. If we can avoid the use of force or minimize the use of force, that is what we instruct our officers to do.