Public Safety committee  I think anything we can do in Canada to address intimate partner violence and the threats thereof is a good thing. As for challenges that we've identified, as I mentioned, I don't think Bill C-21 goes far enough, and I don't think we're looking at the downstream activities of it.

Public Safety committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair, and thank you for having us. My name is Brian Sauvé. I'm the president of the National Police Federation, the certified bargaining agent for members of the RCMP. Civilian oversight of law enforcement is essential for ensuring public trust and confidenc

Public Safety committee  Yes. They're below the rank of inspector.

Public Safety committee  Sort of. For example, SiRT in Nova Scotia and ASIRT in Alberta do the hybrid model. They will second serving police officers to work for a time period alongside civilians. The IIO in B.C. is a fully independent civilian body with no police officers in it.

Public Safety committee  Yes, they're provincially funded.

Public Safety committee  That's 100% correct.

Public Safety committee  I'll reiterate that they do it very well, and it's been well documented that they do it extremely well. However, yes, there is an impact on morale, and obviously it's an added burden to what they're already doing.

Public Safety committee  I think, as tabled, there is still work to be done. That is why we are making some recommendations. In our submission, we have sections within the RCMP Act presently. When the commission receives a complaint, it expressly states that it will be downloaded to the RCMP to investiga

Public Safety committee  Well, I don't think a member of the public.... We should encourage the wide scope of abilities to file complaints, whether it be online, at your local detachment, even at your local border crossing or through the mail to the CRCC. However, once that complaint is received, how it

Public Safety committee  I don't think that's enough. If you look at the processes that exist today, obviously, once a complaint is received and sent for investigation, there's a general ballpark figure of about 60,000 man-hours, or person-hours, that is used to investigate them. Most of those are done

Public Safety committee  No. When I speak about 60,000 person-hours to investigate those 1,500 complaints as a ballpark, that is just the initial 30-day investigation and returning it to the CRCC and the complainant. Should there be more required, that's not included. If we are talking about only the st

Public Safety committee  I would say yes.

Public Safety committee  I don't know if changes to the legislation can improve the process. The current model as it is uses the RCMP to investigate the RCMP, which is police investigating police no matter how you slice it. Even if we download it to the Saskatoon PD to do the CRCC complaints, it's still

Public Safety committee  Yes, that's by the RCMP.

Public Safety committee  I would agree that many—probably about 25%—of these can be resolved informally fairly quickly, with just a phone call or an explanation about—