You were not listening. Officers on duty work 24 hours straight.
If you stopped interrupting me, you might learn something. I already said the duty officers work 24 hours straight. The response to your question is therefore “Yes, even at 3 a.m.”
So, correctional officials can at any time and any place deliver a warrant to immediately suspend the parole of an offender who poses a public threat even though the person may not have broken the law. I say it again, even though the person may not have broken the law.
In the case of a convicted pedophile, the Criminal Code already allows a court to issue an order preventing the individual for a period that can last to the end of his life from being in a place where children might reasonably be expected to be present. The Criminal Code enables the police to arrest without a warrant an offender on parole who contravenes such an order.
When an individual fears for his or her safety because an offender on parole repeatedly follows or threatens that individual, the Criminal Code already authorizes the police to arrest the offender without a warrant.
I would like to completely dispel the false impression created by Bill C-211 that the police have limited arrest powers under the current legislation. They have more than sufficient powers under the current legislation, as does the National Parole Board, as does Correctional Services Canada.