Welcome back to meeting number 69 of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.
We're continuing our study on the economics of policing in Canada. In our second hour we have two witnesses appearing by video conference. We have yet to bring up one.
From Burnaby, British Columbia, testifying as an individual, we have Curt Taylor Griffiths, a professor in the school of criminology and coordinator of the police studies program at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. In Vancouver it would be about a quarter to seven, so he will be here with us shortly, I am told. Professor Griffiths is considered to be an expert in the field of policing, community and restorative justice, corrections, legal reform, and social development. He is a co-author of many different books, research reports, and articles.
Also appearing by video conference from Carbondale, Illinois, we have Joseph Schafer, associate professor with the Center for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He is president of the Society of Police Futurists International, a member of the Futures Working Group and a futurist in residence with the behavioural science unit of the FBI academy in Quantico, Virginia. Dr. Schafer's research examines police leadership, police discretion, police organizations, and program evaluation.
Our committee thanks these witnesses for helping us with our study on the costs of policing in Canada.
I will begin by welcoming Professor Schafer. We could begin with you, sir.