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Public Safety committee  Just very quickly on that, we've had discussions before about how in the old days correctional officers were hired to be the muscle, to not be anything but the security, the ones who walked in there and fought with the inmates. They were hired for that. We're hired now because we

May 12th, 2016Committee meeting

Gord Robertson

Public Safety committee  Yes, we do have that ability. We have a return to work program. If someone does suffer a mental health injury, PTSD, part of getting them back to work is looking at what their limitations or restrictions are, and it may be that they can't go back to that maximum security environm

May 12th, 2016Committee meeting

Gord Robertson

Public Safety committee  Yes, honestly we feel behind. As mentioned, we've only been using some of the tools since October. It has been a problem breaking down the stigma. I know stigma has probably been mentioned about other departments. It's very difficult when you're dealing in an environment like cor

May 12th, 2016Committee meeting

Gord Robertson

Public Safety committee  We've had EAP and CISM for a long time—

May 12th, 2016Committee meeting

Gord Robertson

Public Safety committee  —the employee assistance program and the critical incident stress management program. Unfortunately, we found those didn't really deal with our problems. The R2MR is very new to us. We only went to it in October. We're seeing some changes coming from it, but really, that's it.

May 12th, 2016Committee meeting

Gord Robertson

Public Safety committee  He is taking it seriously. We're looking at all options. The R2MR is a first step. We're trying to find ways to get people engaged, to break down the stigma, to give our people resilience.

May 12th, 2016Committee meeting

Gord Robertson