Public Safety committee  No, you're absolutely right, sir. One area that I'm responsible for is the records management systems of the organization, the how and the why behind the use of the systems available to us. The constant complaint is that the boys and girls aren't on the road but are in doing fing

Public Safety committee  If I may add to that, sir--we only had this up on the wall for about 30 seconds--in the IMIM and in the national use-of-force framework, the most important portion is officer presence. It's right in the middle. People tend to go to the outside, to the lethal force side, to the im

Public Safety committee  Yes, absolutely. On the standardized format question, that's exactly where we're going with the SB/OR report. It will be standardized so that there will be check-off boxes or a narrative portion on that form. Please remember, we're not looking just at CEW. When we enact this fo

Public Safety committee  So if the policy says, for example, you will have an ambulance standing by prior to the use of a CEW, that's simply not possible in some locations where we police. But our policies will be standardized enough that there will be latitude and room in there so the member understands

Public Safety committee  The SB/OR report?

Public Safety committee  If I may, Mr. Chair, that's an excellent question. We have had the same discussions, both in an official form and also over cups of coffee on many mornings. At last count we had at least nine, and it's probably up to eleven now, as far as the number we'd use is concerned, or stud

Public Safety committee  Sir, thank you very much for your question. I certainly can't speak to any agency other than the RCMP on the procurement side of things. For a number of months, if not years, we have been implementing training of our cadets at Depot Division, even up to today. Cadets at Depot Di

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, it's your pleasure, sir, if you'd like to ask questions at this time.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Lawrence, sir, and we have two more to speak for a short time. So again, it's your pleasure.

Public Safety committee  Okay, sir. Thank you very much. I'll turn to my colleague, Chris.

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak to you today. My name is Darrell LaFosse, and I am proud and honoured to be the assistant commissioner in charge of Community, Contract and Aboriginal Policing Services, or CCAPS, which is the natio

Public Accounts committee  There's nothing from my perspective, simply because, as I've indicated, it was a sliver of time as far as my contact with this is concerned. It rests with the committee--whatever direction the committee wants to go and whoever you would like to call--but from my perspective, I've

Public Accounts committee  Sir, I really knew nothing about what happened to Chief Superintendent Macaulay prior to the phone call that he was available to come to work in my area.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, sir. As I explained, the first call was to fill a vacant position, or a position that was to become vacant. There was a passage of time, because the individual who was leaving didn't leave when she thought she was going to leave. When she did leave, that's when I got Fraser.

Public Accounts committee  No, Mr. Chair, I wasn't prohibited from bringing him back. The circumstances were that I received a phone call from Deputy Commissioner Barb George. Officer staffing were aware that I had a vacancy at an EX-2, chief superintendent, level. Fraser was offered up to me at that point