Justice committee  Okay. We've also added beats in the higher-crime areas. We now have foot patrols throughout the city in the higher-crime areas. Where we're going through the public safety officer is to continue to expand our partnerships, try to get a federal component into our partnerships, a

Justice committee  I don't believe so—

Justice committee  There was an initiative. There was a local prosecutor who was trained specifically to deal with outlaw motorcycle gangs a number of years ago. But he's moved on and is now a judge, and I haven't seen anything new, though as my colleague says, they will assign to very difficult in

Justice committee  It will be on that specific case.

Justice committee  I'm not sure there's anything unique. As Superintendent Brennan was saying, the technology changes so quickly that trying to intercept it is a huge issue for us. We're really just trying to keep pace still. If you take a smaller department like mine of fewer than 1,000 people, ev

Justice committee  Do I agree? Yes.

Justice committee  The short answer again is yes. We talked about ACIIS earlier. ACIIS is the national criminal intelligence data bank for sharing information between types of policing agencies across the country. Within my department I have somebody full time who gathers intelligence, analyzes it,

Justice committee  Obviously someone had to replace the vacuum. So, yes, street gangs and other types of criminal groups that are a little bit higher up on the food chain, if I can say that, have come in and replaced that void.

Justice committee  Yes, the community. The fear of crime in my community is at an all-time high, as never before.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  I can't give you exact numbers, but I've had four gang-related shootings so far this year where people died. I've had somewhere in excess of 18 attempted murders this year where these gangs did drive-by shootings, shootings into homes and into cars. We had a shooting late last ye

Justice committee  No. We've been very fortunate that way.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  I mentioned witness protection, but I put the word “funded” in front of it. The Government of Canada, through the oversight of the RCMP, does have a federal witness protection program, and it's a very good one. I have absolutely no criticism of the program. But for me to use it,

Justice committee  It's a special cost. It's above and beyond my budget. I go back to the city and I tell them I have a situation and I'm going to spend this kind of money. That's my total cost over the last number of years. Putting someone in today, for the next two years, would probably cost $150