Public Accounts committee  Yes, it's the standard we set, and we set it to ensure that our members are proficient in the use of their weapons for their own protection and that of the citizens. My reply is not a defensive reply. It's the reality of our ability to train those members. For example, if I was t

Public Accounts committee  Yes. It's not just about the static training in use of the carbine itself. Using private instructors has barriers in terms of the articulation of RCMP policy and how we work in teams. While private instructors may have the functional capability to fire the weapon, they would not

Public Accounts committee  We work to ensure that all of our members get the training they need in a timely fashion. That 13% may not be regular members who are active for duty. Some of that 13% could be those who are off on long-term sick leave or on maternity or paternity leave. That number is very hard

Public Accounts committee  Are you referring to recertification or certification?

Public Accounts committee  The static maps are a web-based mapping system that tracks the carbines as they get deployed to detachments. The commanding officer of the division or the people working for that particular commanding officer can bring up the detachment, and the map will show that they have so ma

Public Accounts committee  That's correct.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, thank you. As the commissioner mentioned, we have three varieties of long weapons that we use. Your question around the number—5,400—of carbines out there.... That, again, is based on the risk assessment of the different environments. Clearly, this is a weapon that the memb

Public Accounts committee  In the early stages of the rollout, we rolled it out from divisions. Divisions rolled it out to districts, and then to detachments. At that time, we didn't have the most robust system to track those movements. As pointed out in the OAG report, we have improved the system. We now

Public Accounts committee  Absolutely.