Justice committee  It depends on the offence. For example, if it's murder, then it has to be before a judge, so a police officer would be present.

Justice committee  Well, sort of, because when we provide information.... If I arrest an accused and have him on a charge for break and enter, for example, I will provide a summary of the information that led me to arrest this person. That will be the primary grounds. I can show that I am bringing

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  Yes, CPIC reports are what the accused has been convicted of. We can go further into the CPIC report, and we can also see whether the accused has previous charges that have been withdrawn or removed.

Justice committee  It depends on the jurisdiction. In Edmonton, for example, I can tell you that bail hearings were always done by police officers. There was a judge, I believe, out of Calgary, and I think my colleague already alluded to his or her name, who stated that now police officers cannot d

Justice committee  I can print that off in 30 seconds to a minute.

Justice committee  The CPIC information can be obtained within 30 seconds to a minute. A JOIN check is another computer program we can consult, and that can be done within a minute and a half to two minutes.

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  From an Alberta perspective, my colleague mentioned something: right now, police officers cannot provide bail hearings unless it's a summary conviction. It's going to have be a crown. In this case, a crown is providing that information. Police officers, from my perspective, shoul

Justice committee  From my perspective, nothing will change—

Justice committee  —from that because I'm still going to provide your CPIC printout, your JOIN printout, and all relevant information that I have on that accused. In this case, I will provide that bail package to the crown when the crown presents to the justice of the peace.

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  Yes, that's true.

Justice committee  If I had to run an accused on CPIC, I could probably obtain the information in a minute.

Justice committee  It would be printed off. I can either fax it, scan it, or email it to my colleagues.