Public Safety committee  It is my belief that the RCMP have been doing the training for the road to mental readiness program for quite some time. I'm not sure about the Prince Albert police department, but I think it would be police departments in the west—Calgary and Edmonton—that started the road to me

Public Safety committee  Yes, I can comment on that. The staff sergeant in charge of my organization of wellness bureau would be my flight safety officer. He becomes involved in any of the incidents. He leads a lot of the critical debriefings. He organizes the training for the peer support and looks at

Public Safety committee  I think that would a great idea, because I don't think there is.... Right now, we've never had such a forum to do that.

Public Safety committee  We have not been tracking suicides because we have been unable to identify whether the suicide is attributed to the workplace or to personal issues. I know that just in recent times the police chiefs—in Ontario, at least—are starting to look at and collect the data, because we'

Public Safety committee  It's Dr. Andersen, yes.

Public Safety committee  Right now we've just started the research, but our early indication is that it is, because what it's teaching my officers is—it's for use-of-force incidents—how to lower their blood pressure to calm themselves and be more resilient right after dealing with a use-of-force incident

Public Safety committee  That's a great question. I ask that all the time. We are tracking sick time. Our sick time continues to increase. Overall, our morale is higher, and the employees recognize that there are opportunities, as do the family members, because we provide access to family members to

Public Safety committee  Thank you.

Public Safety committee  We are currently working with Dr. Judith Andersen and her team from the University of Toronto. I believe she testified before you. The program is called the international performance resilience and efficiency program, or iPREP. Her research project is going to be studying the imp

Public Safety committee  Good afternoon. My name is Jennifer Evans, and as Steve mentioned, I'm in my fourth year as chief of the Peel Regional Police. By way of background, we are the third-largest municipal police force in Canada and provide policing services to the 1.3 million residents of the citie

Public Safety committee  Peel Regional Police recognize and value our personnel as being vital to our success and ensuring the safety of those who work and play in our community. We recognize it is so important to take care of the people who are taking care of the community. In 2008 we established an o