It was mentioned that, when people are arrested with a stolen vehicle, in many cases they can be found with illegal firearms, and in some cases drugs—which I would think are aggravating factors in the arrest and eventual charges—but many have previous criminal records as well. When you're handing the case over to Crown prosecutors, are you seeing that follow-through, that this person is obviously not learning their lesson from the first time around and they do warrant a harsher sentence, as is provided for in the Criminal Code?
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