Public Safety committee  We're always playing catch-up. Particularly in recent years, there have been a lot of retirements because of the hiring glut of 30 years ago, etc., so we're into more retirements right now than we had been. It's tough to keep up the recruiting to match that attrition.

Public Safety committee  For sure. We analyze statistics constantly in terms of the number of calls per officer, the number of hours they spend on those calls, and those are built into the individual contracts with the municipalities. At any given time, we can say the workload has increased x, so we ha

Public Safety committee  Generally speaking, we have, sir, but it has become more and more challenging all across Canada in recent years.

Public Safety committee  It could be, but not greatly. I think we generally keep pace with our workload.

Public Safety committee  They're quite often armed, particularly with high-priced loads like narcotics. They are not necessarily armed. You never really know. They're not necessarily armed to fight off law enforcement agencies. They're often armed to fight their competition. For example, and it's tough

Public Safety committee  That probably varies, depending on the individual and their history and their mental state, etc. There are no hard and fast rules. I think the average sane person is less likely to take aggressive action against someone who is armed than they are if someone is not armed. For e

Public Safety committee  That's right.

Public Safety committee  I would agree. They would have to be properly trained.

Public Safety committee  Yes, sir.

Public Safety committee  Yes, sir, very much so.

Public Safety committee  It wouldn't necessarily be any police force in Canada, but certainly most of the large police departments, yes, and many small ones. I'm not trying to pick on the small ones, but some police departments are a little more advanced than others in terms of training. So I would be a

Public Safety committee  That's right. They have to pass that before we actually accept them into the organization. We conduct subsequent psychological tests depending on whether they're in a specialized function, such as undercover work, canine, tactical teams, etc. Other than that, the average uniforme

Public Safety committee  I personally haven't been involved in that. I've heard that this has occurred, but I couldn't even state where. I believe it happened in Cornwall at least once or twice, but I couldn't state that for certain. If as a police officer I were called to that event, I certainly would

Public Safety committee  No, sir, I do not. Once again, I could acquire that for you. If you counted person-days, I suppose you could do some quick math. With respect to the four days a year, I think only one day of that is firearms. I think it's important to note as well that the 49 hours the OPP g

Public Safety committee  Yes, I would be very comfortable. There would have to be an agreed upon training standard, which would really become the guide for reaching the ultimate training goals. It would be something they could put together as a group and then go forward and deliver it. The training a