Blog – Public Safety and Crime – Canada – August 2021 1. Gun Crimes - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/gun-violence-explained-by-criminologists-1.6132114 2. Montreal and crime - https://globalnews.ca/news/8085093/quebec-police-unit-montreal-gun-violence/ 3. Gun laws - https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/us-gun-policy-global-comparisons 4. Gang homicides are up in Canada since 2016 - https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510007501 5. Crime Severity - https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/alberta-saw-largest-drop-in-crime-severity-in-canada-in-2020-says-statcan-report-1.5524727 6. Criminal justice system - https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/tcjs-tsjp/why-pourquoi.html 7. Pepper spray - https://globalnews.ca/news/8083981/madu-feds-alberta-pepper-spray-self-defence/ 8. Gun control - https://nationalpost.com/opinion/matt-gurney-on-gun-control-and-other-issues-liberals-are-big-on-promises-but-rarely-deliver 9. Sentencing - https://calgarysun.com/opinion/columnists/bell-trudeau-pass-the-pepper-spray-and-hand-out-tougher-time 10. Rise of hate crimes - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/waterloo-canada-hate-crime-police-investigation-1.6113026 11. Over crowding prisons - https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-canadas-overcrowded-prisons-are-failing-at-their-main-mission/ 12. Failures of Corrections Canada - https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/houses-of-hate-how-canadas-prison-system-is-broken/ 13. Youth justice system - https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/25736/ontario-s-youth-bail-system-failing-disadvantaged-racialized-young-people-says-report 14. Crime - https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2021001/article/00013-eng.htm 15. Rural - https://calgaryherald.com/news/crime/it-is-still-happening-fatal-break-and-enter-renews-concerns-around-rural-crime-in-alberta 16. Policing - https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2020001/article/00014-eng.htm 17. Rural - https://www.producer.com/news/mp-introduces-bill-to-tackle-rural-crime/

1. P A U L Y O U N G C P A C G A
A U G U S T 1 3 , 2 0 2 1
PUBLIC SAFETY –
POLICING –
CANADA

2. Paul Young - Bio
• CPA, CGA
• Academia (PF1, FA4, FN2, MU1. and MS2)
• SME – Risk Management
• SME – Close, Consolidate and Reporting
• SME – Public Policy
• SME – Emerging Technology
• SME – Business Process Change
• SME – Financial Solutions
• SME – Macro/Micro Indicators
• SME – Supply Chain Management
• SME – Data, AI, Security, and Platform
• SME – Internal Controls and Auditing
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3. Agenda
• Crime Index
• Crime / Pandemic
• Hate Crime
• Population growth vs Police Officers and Crime Severity Index)
• Rate of Police Officers and Civilians
• Population growth vs Male and Female Police Officers (Year over Year % change)
• Population growth vs Male Officers, Female Officers and Support Staff (Year over Year % change)
• Police Expenditures
• Firearms / Canada
• Violent Crime / Canada (2019)
• Issues
• What’s next

4. Crime Index

5. Cities with the Highest Crime Rates
Source - https://www.universitymagazine.ca/cities-with-highest-crime-rate-canada-2021/
Ranking City MP MP MP MP
1 Surrey, BC Sukh Dhaliwal (LPC)
Randeep Sarai (LPC)
Kerry-Lynne Findlay
(CPC)
2 Lethbridge, AB Rachel Harder (CPC)
3 Red Deer, AB Blaine Calkens (CPC)
4 Sudbury, ON Paul Lefebvre (LPC)
5 Sault Ste Marie ON Terry Sheehan (LPC)
6 North Bay ON Anthony Rota (LPC)
7 Winnipeg, MB Terry Duguid (LPC) Jim Carr (LPC)
Kevin Lamoureaux (LPC) Dan Vandal
(LPC)
Candice Bergen (CPC)
Marty Morantz (CPC)
Leah Gazan (NDP)
8 Brampton, ON Ruby Sahota (LPC) Maninder Sidgu
(LPC) Sonia Sidhu (LPC) Kamal Khera
Ramesh Sangha (IND)
9 Regina, SK Michael Kram (CPC)
Andrew Scheer (CPC)
Warren Steinley
10 Hamilton, ON Bob Bratina (MP) Filomena Tassi (MP) Matt Green (NDP) Scott
Duvall (NDP)

6. Hate Crimes
Source - https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/210329/dq210329a-eng.htm

7. Population vs Crime Severity Index and Police
Officers (% change year over year)
Source – Stats Canada - https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2019001/article/00013-eng.htm or
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510002601&pickMembers%5B0%5D=1.1&cubeTimeFrame.startYear=1998&cubeTimeFrame.endYear=2019&referencePeriods=19980101%2C20190101

8. Rate of police per 100,000
Source – Stats Canada

9. Population Growth vs Police Officers (year over
year % Change

10. Population Growth vs Police Officers and Support
Staff (year over year % Change

11. Police Expenditures
Source – Stats Canada

12. Firearms / Canada
Source - https://thegunblog.ca/facts-stats/
•Hunting, shooting and guns are at the heart of Canadian culture, heritage and tradition, and the economy.
•More Canadian adults have a firearm license than play golf, hockey soccer or baseball.
• In 2010, 1.5 million adults participated in golf (the most-popular sport), and 1.85 million had gun licenses.
•Hunting and shooting contribute billions of dollars to the economy every year.
•The firearm and ammunition industry employs almost 50,000 people.

13. Major Crime Index
Source - https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/210727/dq210727a-eng.htm

14. Issues facing Crime in Canada
• Sentencing
• There have long been issues with sentencing of convicted criminals
• https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/tcjs-tsjp/fr-rf/p4.html
• Partisan appointments of judges
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/lametti-judicial-appointment-philippe-belanger-1.5805729
• Rehabilitation
• Teri McClinitic - https://globalnews.ca/news/4851454/terri-lynne-mcclintic-healing-lodge-csc/
• Justice system in crisis
• Gangs and Guns - https://www.lawtimesnews.com/practice-areas/criminal/doug-ford-tells-judges-they-need-to-toughen-up-on-guns-
gangs-and-bail/325420
• CERB / Guns - https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/gangsters-using-cerb-to-buy-guns-protect-turf-sources
• Indigenous - https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/the-system-is-broken-new-report-finds-30-per-cent-of-canadian-inmates-are-indigenous-
1.4780256
• Source - https://www.hilltimes.com/2020/05/04/canadas-justice-system-is-in-crisis-and-it-isnt-news/246326
• Bail Conditions
• Breaching bail - https://ipolitics.ca/2020/06/18/top-court-rules-that-to-break-bail-conditions-accused-must-knowingly-breach-them/
• Canada’s bail system is broken and unjust. The Supreme Court shows how to fix it
• Source - https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-canadas-bail-system-is-broken-and-unjust-the-supreme-court-shows-how/

15. Analytics and Fighting Crime
• Reporting crime and stats
• Cognos Analytics - https://citizenlab.ca/2020/09/algorithmic-policing-in-
canada-explained/
• Police and Predictable Analytics
• Miami-Dade Police - https://www.ibm.com/case-studies/miami-dade-county
• Policing – Predictable Analytics
• SPSS -
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050321005170/en/Police-
Departments-Fighting-Crime-with-SPSS-Predictive-Analytics-Saving-Time-and-
Money
• SPSS - https://www.ibm.com/za-en/products/spss-statistics

16. What’s is next
• Reforming bail conditions
• Reforming sentencing and rehabilitation of criminals
• Improving the selection process for Crown Attorneys and Judges
• Moving the attorney general to compliance group to avoid partisan politics
• Annual performance audits of bail, sentencing, and rehabilitation of criminals
• https://www2.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/interna-audit-operational-and-
performance-audit-outlook-2021-and-beyong

17. Other Sources
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and-united-states

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