Status of Women committee  The position that we have taken from the CACP is that we've looked at the World Health Organization when we talk about intimate partner violence. It refers to behaviours of an intimate partner—or ex-partner, that is something we have to keep in mind—that causes physical, sexual o

Status of Women committee  There are many parts to your question there. When we look at the patterns of intimate partner violence, it encompasses many areas, such as hurt, humiliation, intimidation, exploitation and isolation. These are things police officers are aware of. We need to ensure that they h

Status of Women committee  It is changing so much. When we look at the work that has been done with the national framework specifically for intimate partner violence, we are now looking at adding on to it, whether we're speaking about coercive control or in regard to a trauma-informed approach. When we lo

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much. With the community safety and well-being committee focusing on this work, along with the victims of crime committee, it is part of our strategies. It is included in the intimate partner violence framework and the sexual violence framework, looking at our res

Status of Women committee  We are working as an association through the multiple levels of government, and we are working very closely with the RCMP on the implementation of not just this area but all of the areas in regard to it. It is about policy development, and it is the responsibility of the services

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much for that. If you look at some of the research that is being conducted across the country within police services, we're looking to improve the accuracy of our forecasting high-harm intimate partner violence offenders. We're looking to assess the reduction of r

Status of Women committee  That is correct. Just looking at Clare's Law and some other studies around the world, that is the work we are doing with the association also.

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much. When we look at cybercrime, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police does have a group that focuses in on cybercrime. We know and have seen that children and youth are victimized through the use of cybercrime. The tools that we recommend and all the in

Status of Women committee  The training for youth and police, every tool that makes our community safer and focuses on prevention, intervention and reducing victimization, we're all supportive of those types of initiatives.

Status of Women committee  Good afternoon. Thank you very much for the opportunity to address this committee on behalf of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. As you're aware, I'm Chief Kimberley Greenwood. I'm the co-chair of the victims of crime committee. As police officers, we see first-hand