Status of Women committee  Well, I certainly think that we're all very aware of the recommendations from the first inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women. We try to implement the recommendations that were put forward to us. As I said in my testimony, education in our schools and over social media is really the key.

Status of Women committee  I just want to address that joint initiative. It's just under way; it's not in a working process right now. The funding has been announced, but we haven't got the unit together yet. There are a lot of pieces that need to come together in order to implement a joint task force. I can tell you that the numbers that you requested are posted on the annual report on the public website for the Winnipeg Police Board, and a lot of those numbers are present and open to the public.

Status of Women committee  Absolutely. As I said, one is published in the annual report of the Winnipeg Police Board.

Status of Women committee  We utilize our partner agencies. The Salvation Army has been phenomenal. In one instance that I can think of off the top of the my head, we had a survivor from Ontario come into Winnipeg. Ultimately, there were charges laid against an individual, and then we were able to work with The Salvation Army to fly the survivor home.

Status of Women committee  In a way, there are things that are easier, because we can utilize search warrants and things like that. Once something is on the web or online on a digital platform, we can capture that, and that's good evidence to use in court. You also have platforms like Snapchat and Instagram.

Status of Women committee  These are calls that we receive on a daily basis directly to Missing Persons. We have a phone line for the public, for child welfare agencies and for our partner agencies to report youth and adults missing. That's why we're a combined unit, and the information that's gathered through that phone call shows us where there is exploitation.

Status of Women committee  I can only speak to the operational level of what I see on a daily basis between missing persons and counter-exploitation, and I can tell you that all the reports we receive are triaged and put through our risk assessment tool. This is unique to our service. It's very beneficial in recognizing who needs our services the most, and we're able to put the resources toward the folks who we recognize are the most vulnerable within our community—

Status of Women committee  A lot of the information we receive is from our frontline members, but we rely on our community partners. We've recently paired with Bear Clan. Bear Clan has that close relationship within the community, and they're able to share information with us. There is a mistrust by community members.

Status of Women committee  That investigation is with our homicide investigators. It would be offside for me to speak about whomever they have reached out to. However, I know that is a practice. We often go outside of the community, in a broader sense, to reach all sorts of community members and potentially family.

Status of Women committee  Sure, I can take that one if you want. I'm not familiar with the e-bracelet, but I think there is definitely a benefit in providing a victim with a sense of security after they come forward. In lots of the issues that we see, it's just the system we have to work within. We end up revictimizing our survivors again and again, because by the time they get to the court process 18 months or two years down the road, they've had to recount and tell their story four or five times, and then again be retraumatized in court.

Status of Women committee  Good afternoon everyone. Thank you for having me. I'm honoured to be here today to speak with you from a law enforcement perspective on this important topic. Today I want to share what we see on a daily basis in this city and across this province through a police lens. I want to share efforts we've made and the direction we're taking to combat sexual exploitation and human trafficking.