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Section II - Analysis of Program Activities by Strategic Outcomes

Strategic Outcome #1 - Criminal activity affecting Canadians is reduced

Program Activity 1.1: Police Operations

Program Activity Descriptions

Under the authority of the RCMP Act, this Program Activity provides Canadians with policing services at the federal, provincial/territorial and municipal levels and within Aboriginal communities. This program contributes to safe homes and communities by providing general law enforcement activities in addition to education and awareness activities delivered by employees of the RCMP to the public, businesses and other agencies/organizations within Canada.

The RCMP’s education and awareness activities – for example information sessions on national security, financial crime, drugs and organized crime – are aimed at reducing victimization of Canadians. Additionally, this program ensures the protection of designated persons and security at major events which, in turn, mitigates any potential threats to Canada’s population. The program also delivers a high level of technical and operational support to ensure that the RCMP reaches its overarching goal of reducing criminal activity which affects Canadians.

Financial Resources ($ millions)

2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
1,756.5	1,787.5	1,834.0

Human Resources (Full-Time Equivalent – FTEs)

2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
22,255	22,266	22,254

 

Program Activity Expected Results	Performance Indicators	Targets
Canadians have access to quality policing services	Number of calls for service received by the RCMP	Not applicable 10
	RCMP clearance rate	Over 48 11
	RCMP weighted clearance rate	1.5 point increase annually 12
	RCMP weighted clearance rate for violent crimes	2 point increase annually 13
Canadians have access to quality provincial/territorial, municipal and Aboriginal policing services under the RCMP contract	Percent of contract clients who agree that the RCMP provides a high quality service	Territorial: 80% Provincial: 80% Municipal: 80% Aboriginal community leaders: 80%
Effectively contribute to the long-term wellness and safety of Aboriginal communities through an inclusive and culturally competent approach	Percentage of respondents who agree that the RCMP is contributing to safer and healthier Aboriginal communities	Aboriginal community leaders: 80% Canadians who self-identify as Aboriginal: 80% Contract clients: 80% Other stakeholders: 80%
	Percentage of RCMP Regular Members with between six months and two years service who have successfully completed the Aboriginal and First Nations Awareness Course	75% annually
Mitigate youth victimization and involvement in crime by expanding and leveraging new and existing relationships to maximize collective youth intervention and diversion efforts	Percentage of respondents who agree that the RCMP is preventing and reducing youth involvement in crime	Canadians: 80% Contract clients: 80% Police partners: 80% Other stakeholders: 80%
	Youth violent crime rate	Annual reduction of 3 percent on the youth violent crime rate 14
	Number of detachments, in contract divisions, who have a Detachment Performance Plan that consult with youth 15	Annual increase of 20%
	Number of calls for service received by the RCMP	Not applicable 16
	RCMP clearance rate	Over 48 17
Technical capacity, scientific policing methodologies and specialized investigative expertise enhances policing operations	Percentage of respondents who agree that the technical services/operational support they receive is of high quality	80%
	Percentage of respondents who agree that the technical investigation support they received assisted the investigation in a timely manner	80%
Canadians, their institutions, major events and internationally protected persons or other foreign dignitaries in Canada are safe and secure	Number of incidents that compromise the safety of RCMP protectees and the security of Canadian interests	0
	Percentage of events successfully secured	100%
	Percentage of Canadians who agree that the RCMP takes every measure to ensure the safety and security of government-led summits and other high profile events	90%
Focused and effective enforcement	Number of investigations directly linked to a current National Tactical Enforcement Priority	Baseline to be established
	Percentage of National Tactical Enforcement Priority, National Threat Assessment or Provincial Threat Assessment investigations which have resulted in criminal charges being laid against a primary target(s)	Baseline to be established
	Number of violent national security-related incidents to Canada	0
Prevent, detect, deny and respond to terrorist criminal activity	Percentage of respondents (separated by the National Security Strategic Priority) who agree the RCMP makes a valuable contribution in reducing the threat of terrorist criminal activity in Canada and abroad	Policing partners: 90% Stakeholders: 80%
Disruption of terrorist criminal activity, in Canada or abroad, through law enforcement actions	Number of disruptions, through law enforcement actions, to the ability of a group(s) and/or an individual(s) to carry out terrorist criminal activity, or other criminal activity, that may pose a threat to national security in Canada and abroad	6
Conduct focused and effective national security criminal investigations	Percentage of files that are referred to the Public Prosecution Service of Canada that receive Attorney General approval	100%

Planning Highlights

Sub-Activity 1.1.1: Policing Services Under Contract

The RCMP’s mandate is to deliver policing services for Canadians. The RCMP provides policing services under contract to diverse communities in eight provinces and three territories through cost-shared policing service agreements with federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments as well as Aboriginal communities. The RCMP provides policing services to approximately 180 municipalities across Canada and three international airports. As part of its contract policing responsibilities, the RCMP also provides policing services to over 600 Aboriginal communities across the country. RCMP Police Operations contribute to the strategic outcome of reducing criminal activity affecting Canadians by providing a highly trained police service from one end of the country to the other. As an organization, the RCMP is able to pool resources and deploy employees to respond rapidly to front-line emergencies and critical incidents, and to conduct investigations, enforcement and prevention, community policing, and crime reduction activities.

The RCMP will continue to work with Public Safety Canada and contract policing jurisdictions to fulfill the terms of policing contracts, which are scheduled to be renewed on April 1, 2012. The mutual benefits of the RCMP policing contracts to contract partners and the federal government include:

• a direct connection and integrated approach, through the RCMP, between municipal, territorial, provincial, federal and international policing that is important to modern policing and the security of infrastructure and communities;
• a facilitated flow of intelligence between all levels of policing;
• visible promotion of national sovereignty in the Canadian north;
• available RCMP personnel for protective policing and security for major planned events (G8/20, 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games) and emergencies;
• the provision of economies of scale in capital equipment, accommodations and personnel for federal policing requirements;
• cost-sharing and use of common police and administrative services; and
• a professional, efficient and effective police service that reflects reasonable operating and maintenance expenses.

Through prevention, education, intelligence, investigation and enforcement, the RCMP will reduce criminal activity that affects Canadians. The community policing service delivery model has been the cornerstone of RCMP operations for many years. Community policing strives to deploy police resources to those areas where they can be most effective, addressing all forms of disorder and minor crime to reduce the potential for more serious crime and criminality. Community policing is a partnership between the RCMP and the community, sharing in the delivery of police services and enhancing the sense of ownership in the communities. This approach recognizes that police services are integral to society and are not a separate entity. Through this model, the RCMP works proactively with communities to identify, prioritize and solve problems. Every one of the over 750 RCMP detachments across the country undertakes consultations with the communities they serve and involves community groups in the setting of local policing priorities. The issues raised by communities are addressed in detachment annual plans and are communicated divisionally and nationally to help inform policing strategies, national policies and decision-making at all levels.

The RCMP will continue to build successful partnerships and work proactively to enhance Community Consultative Groups in First Nations communities, which involve meeting with communities to discuss RCMP initiatives, drugs, youth, police/community interaction and traffic concerns. The RCMP will establish new partnerships with Aboriginal communities and organizations and enhance existing relationships by emphasizing new and relevant processes to influence change in these communities. These partnerships will ensure that communities continue to place their trust in the police to deal with issues, help reduce their fear of crime, recognize the changes happening within communities, and work on understanding the special needs of various interest groups within the community.

The RCMP will focus on mitigating youth victimization and involvement in crime and will contribute to the long-term wellness and safety of Aboriginal communities. Some initiatives that will be undertaken to advance the RCMP’s capacity to reduce youth crime as well as have safer and healthier Aboriginal communities are as follows:

• Under the Treatment Action Plan of the National Anti-Drug Strategy, the RCMP will be pursuing provincial and local partnerships and protocols to ensure at-risk youth are identified and referred to community treatment programs before criminal behaviour becomes entrenched.
• The RCMP’s national youth officer training standard will be updated to reflect anticipated changes to the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA). This training ensures that RCMP officers working with youth are familiar with risk factors associated with youth criminality and the protective factors mitigating these risks. The training provides members with an orientation on the objectives and requirements of the YCJA, particularly with respect to police obligations to consider alternatives to charging youth, such as referrals to programs to address root causes of crime.
• Building on successes in previous years, the RCMP will again pursue partnerships with the Department of Justice to offer a Youth Leadership and Project Development Workshop. The workshop aims to develop youth skills and capacity to help address youth crime and victimization issues in their communities. The emphasis is on identifying community issues, exploring root causes and developing action plans. By bringing together youth from different communities across the country to share diverse experiences, participants learn from one another about effective strategies to address common challenges. The workshop also helps build positive relationships between police officers and youth.
• To ensure youth officers have access to up-to-date information, teaching resources, best practices and evidence-based programs to prevent youth criminality and victimization, the RCMP’s National Youth Officer Resource Centre, a website focused on youth strategies and tools, will be updated and enhanced. ¹⁸ The RCMP will pursue the expansion of the resource centre to bring in partners and information resources from other sectors concerned with prevention among youth including health and education sectors.
• In order to address the needs of Aboriginal peoples the RCMP will continue to focus on culturally-sensitive strategies through interdepartmental consultation, development of Memoranda of Understanding and national-divisional alignment of objectives and programs.
• In order to provide culturally-relevant policing services to First Nations, Métis and Inuit Communities, Enhanced Service Delivery Options are being created and modified to ensure the diverse needs of all provinces and territories are being met. The Aboriginal Community Constable Program is one of three Enhanced Service Delivery Options being piloted in response to the Client Service Enhancement Project. It focuses primarily on the implementation of crime prevention and crime reduction initiatives, community policing, investigational support, community safety and traffic support.

RCMP contract policing resources will continue to collaborate and provide leadership in the policing community on crimes affecting Canadian communities. Several projects will be dedicated to dealing with the numerous complex investigations on cases involving missing and murdered Aboriginal persons. Project Devote is a collaboration between the RCMP and Winnipeg Police Service to address unsolved historical homicides and missing person cases where foul play is suspected involving exploited and at-risk persons. Project E-PANA will continue with a dedicated team of investigators to review a number of files involving missing and murdered women in the North District and Central Region of British Columbia (which includes Highway 16 – i.e., the “Highway of Tears” – between Prince Rupert and Prince George, British Columbia). Project KARE, in cooperation with the Edmonton Police Service, will continue to examine the deaths of several missing persons found in the surrounding rural areas of the City of Edmonton. The collaboration between the RCMP and the Vancouver Police Department established in Project Even-Handed, which is the investigation of 68 missing/murdered women from the downtown eastside of Vancouver and surrounding areas, continues its commitment to the resolution of the remaining cases and will continue until all possible avenues of investigation have been exhausted. Additionally, the RCMP has partnered with the Assembly of First Nations and will work collaboratively to assist with the intervention and prevention of violence against Aboriginal persons.

As part of its commitment to improve policing standards and practices, the RCMP continuously reviews and updates its policies, training and equipment based on recommendations brought forward from various sources such as the Commission for Public Complaints against the RCMP as well as Coroner’s Inquests. In 2012-13, the RCMP will continue to proactively review its operational policies to ensure they provide the appropriate guidance to the members in the field. The RCMP’s training pertaining to Conducted Energy Weapons (CEW) has been revised and now reflects the recommendations from the Braidwood Commission of Inquiry. This training was developed in consultation with the Canadian Police Research Council, medical practitioners, police partners across the country, the Province of Alberta’s Guidelines on the use of CEWs, as well as recommendations from the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP.

In addition, the RCMP conducts mandatory annual training to ensure all members are current in their understanding and application of the Incident Management Intervention Model (IMIM). The IMIM is a visual aid that helps the officer envision an event and explain why certain intervention methods were employed. The model is also a teaching aid used for training members. The IMIM is not in itself policy or law and should not be considered as a justification model on its own. It promotes continuous risk assessment and centres on the RCMP problem solving model known as CAPRA (Clients / Acquire & Analyze / Partnerships / Response / Assess). The member’s response must take into account the totality of the situation including the officer’s perceptions, assessment of situational factors present, and subject behavior, all of which form the risk assessment.

At the conclusion of a use of force encounter, a member will be required to explain the intervention strategies he or she chose to manage an incident. This explanation, referred to as legal articulation, is the process by which an officer can explain clearly, concisely and effectively the events that occurred before, during and after an intervention. Subject Behaviour Officer Response (SBOR) reporting was developed to enhance a member’s ability to provide this articulation as well as to demonstrate the RCMP’s commitment to transparency and accountability in reporting on its use of force. SBOR provides a standardized method of recording the use of intervention options used by members and describes not only the subject’s behavior, but also the totality of the circumstances surrounding the incident and the officer’s risk assessment. Additionally, the statistical information collected through SBOR will guide policy, equipment and training decisions to enhance officer and public safety.

Canada benefits in many ways from having one national police service with a diverse range of capabilities. RCMP officers come with a wide variety of personal and policing experience; they represent a workforce of people who are as diverse and dynamic as the Canadian communities they serve. The RCMP provides municipalities with an effective highly trained police service which can seamlessly investigate local priorities that may have linkages to provincial, national and international investigations. RCMP contract policing is recognized as an effective policing model to address the cross-jurisdictional evolving nature of crime. Unlike any other police organization, the RCMP provides consistent policing services to Canadian communities. The economy of scale presented by the RCMP means that Canadians have at their service a competent, well trained and professional workforce which represents a considerable amount of law enforcement expertise and which is in a constant state of improvement through careful planning. Canadians benefit from standardized policies, procedures and protocols based on the best practices and vast experience of this world-class policing organization.

Sub-Activity 1.1.2: Federal Policing

The RCMP provides for the safety and security of Canada and its institutions, domestically and globally, as well as the safety and security of internationally protected persons and other foreign dignitaries visiting Canada. The RCMP meets its federal mandate by effectively responding to criminal threats to the security of Canada through focused enforcement actions and through prevention, education and awareness initiatives such as community outreach and counter-radicalization.

Notwithstanding its successes, the RCMP will enhance its capability and capacity to conduct federal investigations more effectively. The RCMP will do so through a multi-year initiative which will reengineer how it delivers its federal responsibilities in order to ensure that it remains innovative, results-driven, unified and focused on aggressively attacking organized crime and national security threats. Elements of reengineering are expected to include new structures, enhanced capacity modeling, less focus on geographic boundaries, consolidation of some units, “right-sizing” of enabling functions, streamlining of federal operations at National Headquarters, increased information sharing among units, a new transparent national prioritization matrix for priority setting, and a reexamination of the role of international capabilities in addressing criminal threats abroad.

The RCMP will work to integrate enforcement efforts along the Canada-United States border by building on current proven bilateral programs such as Integrated Border Enforcement Teams and Shiprider, a cooperative approach to combating cross-border crime on Canadian and American shared waterways, to develop the next generation of integrated cross-border law enforcement. Integrated enforcement is a commitment outlined in “Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness” between the Governments of Canada and the United States of America, which was announced in 2011.

The RCMP will enhance domain awareness and the security of Canada’s border, in collaboration with our domestic and American partners, by deploying technology to address identified bi-national gaps and by increasing intelligence capacity of the Great Lakes Marine Security Operational Centre. This will provide the RCMP with a better understanding of how criminals exploit the lakes and rivers along the Canada-US border. The RCMP will refocus its Marine Security Enforcement Teams to work with the Canadian Coast Guard, which is deploying four new “hero class” mid-shore patrol vessels on the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes. This collaborative effort will provide enhanced marine security in alignment with the government’s commitment to the 2011 border declaration. ¹⁹

The RCMP will support the Canadian Olympic Team by working with federal partners, particularly Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada and Canadian Heritage (Sport Canada) as well as the London Metropolitan Police and the private sector in ensuring the safety and security of Canadian athletes and visitors during the London 2012 Summer Olympics. The RCMP will share with Brazil best practices and expertise in the security of major sporting events as well as lessons learned from the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games in preparation for the 2014 Fédération Internationale de Football Association World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The RCMP will also use its new position as an executive committee member of the Association of Personal Protection Services to lead a dialogue with international police agencies to help gain operational efficiencies, resolve common issues and standardize tactics wherever possible.

The RCMP will introduce a major event security framework, which was developed with Defence Research and Development Canada in preparation for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the G8/G20 events, as well as other research, to the International Centre for Sport Security and to major event security for the Organization of American States and the United Nations.

In addition, the RCMP will work closely with federal partners, particularly with Public Safety officials, to enhance the Federal Witness Protection Program. This will be achieved, in part, by introducing program changes designed to make it more protectee-focused, secure, transparent and accountable.

The organization will work to increase industry awareness about threats to capital markets and enhance processes to combat them, in collaboration with the securities sector. The RCMP will evaluate the utility of analytics software, which aims to automate intelligence collection and increase the integration of partner data, in identifying large-scale criminality impacting the integrity of Canada’s economy.

The RCMP will participate in a review of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act with its anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regime partners. This review will focus on assessing the strength of Canada’s legislative framework in the context of emerging new financial instruments and technologies.

In addition, the RCMP’s National Security is working closely with partners from Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States to enhance a collective and coordinated response to terrorism. Initiatives this year will focus on innovative ways to exploit seized digital media and leverage one another’s specialized domestic and overseas capabilities.

The RCMP will work to enhance its outreach activities across a broad spectrum of activities:

• with industry stakeholders, the RCMP will introduce outreach teams to enhance industry awareness and information sharing about the growing risk of illicit procurement of controlled goods;
• with key financial institutions and brokerage firms, the RCMP will increase awareness about Integrated Market Enforcement Teams and will develop a forum to discuss criminality impacting the integrity of the financial markets;
• with the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and municipal policing partners, the RCMP will provide a new online course to train police officers at Canada’s eight Class-1 airports;
• with public and private sector partners, the RCMP will deploy new proceeds of crime and financial crime online training for its employees and for the broader Canadian law enforcement community; and
• with the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the RCMP will lead the Counter Violent Extremism (CVE) Working Group in the development of a community engagement and outreach framework, educational guides for front-line policing personnel, a common CVE lexicon, and international CVE training standards for law enforcement.

In order to conduct focused and effective enforcement, the RCMP will pursue implementation of its contraband tobacco enforcement strategy by establishing a taskforce of up to 50 personnel, in accordance with the 2011 government commitment to address contraband tobacco criminality. The organization will work with municipal, provincial, territorial and federal partners to implement the Marihuana Grow Initiative, which seeks to reduce the number of illicit grow operations in Canada and to educate Canadians on the negative impact of marihuana production on community well-being through deterrence, awareness and enforcement. The RCMP will also work with Health Canada to advance proposed reforms to the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations.

The RCMP will also continue to deploy temporary liaison officers to build bilateral relationships with foreign law enforcement officials to detect, identify and investigate threats to the safety of Canadians and prevent them from reaching its shores.

The RCMP will continue to combat human smuggling by targeting domestic and international criminal networks involved in organizing migrant vessels destined for Canada. The RCMP will support the integrity of the immigration system by enhancing the current screening process under the government’s new balanced refugee reform system. This new process will see the RCMP screen referred refugee applicants from selected countries against the inadmissibility criteria provided in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act using several criminal databases.

The RCMP will target large scale shipments of counterfeit goods that pose health and safety risks to Canadians as part of a new intellectual property crime enforcement strategy. The RCMP will strengthen the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, Canada’s central repository for fraud information and fraud intelligence, by streamlining processes and systems, and developing new web-based mechanisms to allow the public to report frauds and other financial crimes.

In 2012, the RCMP will examine its National Counterfeit Enforcement Strategy. Delivered in partnership with the Bank of Canada, the goal of the strategy is to reduce criminal counterfeit activity in Canada. This will be achieved by improving intelligence capacity to effectively target criminal organizations capable of counterfeiting banknotes and payment cards, and by educating merchants and the public on how to protect themselves against counterfeiting.

During the fiscal year, the RCMP will realign its Anti-Money Laundering Teams to high-risk locations identified by national threat assessments. These realigned resources will be based in Ottawa, Calgary, Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto and will use financial criminal intelligence to initiate, based on priority, major projects and investigations. The RCMP, through the Strategic Alliance Group, will increase efforts to combat transnational money laundering and organized crime by sharing, coordinating and acting upon information about international money launderers.

In 2012, the RCMP Counter Terrorism Information Officer training will be delivered to 450 first-responders such as police officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians. This will equip front-line personnel with knowledge to improve their ability to provide early detection of national security threats. In 2012, an additional Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) will be established in Alberta (K Division). The addition of K-INSET will increase RCMP National Security INSETs from four to five and will provide the RCMP with significant and sustainable criminal investigative capacity for National Security in the region.

By maximizing intelligence processes and improving partnerships with other agencies, the RCMP will take all possible measures to ensure that Canadians, their institutions, Canadian government executives (such as the Governor General and the Prime Minister), and internationally protected persons or other foreign dignitaries in Canada receive appropriate protective security measures. The RCMP continuously shares its best practices in protective service delivery to dignitaries, events and commercial passenger aviation with international partners and communities of practice worldwide.

The size, complexity and scope of the skill sets available throughout the RCMP allow the organization to effectively and efficiently provide security and plan for large-scale national and international events. These strengths enable the RCMP to work with other federal departments, provincial, territorial and municipal agencies to provide cohesive event security strategies anywhere in Canada.

Sub-Activity 1.1.3: Technical Services and Operational Support

RCMP activities safeguard Canadians, their way of life and their institutions. Front-line police officers are provided with specialized investigative and operational services, including state-of-the-art technological tools, procedures, and research and development. In addition, the RCMP provides ongoing advice to government agencies in the areas of government and corporate security. Notable areas of concentration for the coming year include: ensuring optimal alignment with client expectations and needs; finalizing the departmental security plan; pursuing more robust methodologies for budgeting and forecasting demand for services; and tracking resources by activity.

 

Program Activity 1.2: Canadian Law Enforcement Services

Program Activity Descriptions

Canadian Law Enforcement Services provides the Canadian law enforcement community with the necessary scientific, technical, investigative and educational support to deliver proactive, intelligence-based policing and law enforcement services to their respective communities and partners. Additionally, this program provides educational opportunities to members of the Canadian law enforcement community to enable them to develop their skills thus increasing their effectiveness in contributing to a safer Canada. This program is necessary to ensure that Canadian law enforcement communities have access to the required tools, systems, technologies (i.e., forensic support and expertise, criminal intelligence and firearms registry and databases, etc) and education which, in turn, will contribute to the reduction of criminal activity affecting Canadians.

Financial Resources ($ millions)

2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
264.7	264.9	265.9

Human Resources (Full-Time Equivalent – FTEs)

2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
2,323	2,328	2,321

 

Program Activity Expected Results	Performance Indicators	Targets
Technical, forensic, investigative and educational activities support Canada's law enforcement community	Percentage of respondents who agree that overall the RCMP provides high quality Scientific, Technical and Investigative Services	Policing partners: 80% Other stakeholders: 80%
Sustainable intelligence-led policing is supported	Percentage of respondents who agree that RCMP information and intelligence are accurate	Police partners: 80% Other stakeholders: 80%
	Percentage of respondents who agree that RCMP information and intelligence are comprehensive	Police partners: 80% Other stakeholders: 80%
High quality and timely forensic identification services support the policing and criminal justice system	Percentage of forensic laboratory service requests completed by target time	85%
	Percentage of Vulnerable Sector submissions received electronically	70%
High quality learning and training opportunities and support	Percentage of clients who indicate that they are satisfied on the Canadian Police College’s client follow-up questionnaire	85%
Law enforcement has access to direct support for firearms investigations	Number of requests for service from law enforcement responded to by the Canadian Firearms Program	3,000/annum
	Number of calls received by the Canadian Firearms Program via the police support line	3,500/annum
	Number of queries to the Canadian Firearms Registry Online database by front-line police	10% increase year to year
	Number of firearm tracings requests received by the Canadian Firearms Program	1,200/annum
Public safety is increased through continuous screening of firearms owners	Number of Firearms Interest Police confirmed matches between the Canadian Police Information Centre Incident Reports and the Canadian Firearms Information System, investigated by the Canadian Firearms Program as part of continuous eligibility screening of firearm owners	45,000/annum
	Number of firearms confirmed by the Canadian Firearms Program as having been removed from individuals whose licensing privileges have been revoked for public safety reasons	1,000/annum

Planning Highlights

The RCMP will strive for full alignment of its services and priorities with those of law enforcement partners and other stakeholders. Client consultation and engagement will be central to this demand-driven approach, which will result in better client-centred service. The National Police Services (NPS) Renewal and Sustainability Initiative was launched in 2010 to address issues of mandate, governance and funding, and to set the strategic direction for the long-term sustainability of NPS. The RCMP, in partnership with Public Safety Canada, has developed a preferred governance framework for NPS, which includes the establishment of an NPS National Advisory Committee representative of the Canadian policing community. Key federal, provincial and territorial stakeholders will continue to be consulted on this preferred governance structure to ensure it meets the needs of the policing community.

The RCMP will concentrate on the replacement and maintenance of secure systems and the integrated management of information for the benefit of police agencies, domestically and internationally. As part of these efforts, the RCMP will maximize the operational support provided to criminal investigations and will continue to address and implement the recommendations arising from Chapter 1 (Aging Information Technology Systems) of the 2010 Spring Report of the Auditor General of Canada.

The RCMP will continue to work with law enforcement partners to better ensure the safety of Canadians, particularly the most vulnerable in society. The RCMP will continue to promote and facilitate the use of the Real Time Identification System for civil fingerprint screening and criminal identification purposes, which significantly improves services delivery. For Vulnerable Sector checks, the RCMP has undertaken several initiatives to improve service delivery, including the deployment of electronic fingerprinting technology to police services, as well as facilitating partnerships between police services and accredited fingerprinting companies for Real Time Identification. For criminal identification, the RCMP will be facilitating the electronic submission of fingerprints and criminal charge information.

The RCMP is one of 43 departments affected by the creation of Shared Services Canada (SSC), the objective of which is to consolidate and streamline information technology services related to the delivery of email, data centre and network services. The RCMP is in discussion with SSC officials regarding the transfer of resources to the new agency. However, the RCMP has indicated to the government that the process and the model used to estimate the RCMP’s email, network and database centre costs may require review. Based on a thorough review and analysis, the RCMP has concluded that these costs are substantially less than what is being transferred to the new agency. Barring any reversal of this transfer, the RCMP will be required to reduce resource levels in other areas of its organization, including front-line operations, to remain within its appropriation. With that in mind, efforts are underway to ensure that the RCMP supports the government’s efforts by contributing to the newly created agency in a positive and proactive manner.

The organization will continue to advance the capacity and depth of the Criminal Intelligence Program, an integral part of police operations, by focusing on enhancing the Provincial and National Threat Assessments to support the law enforcement community’s decision makers in determining their priorities. The RCMP and its law enforcement partners will also strengthen the alignment between intelligence and operations to further facilitate the prevention, disruption and reduction of criminal activity in support of intelligence-led policing. The RCMP, along with its partners, will continue to implement the Canadian Law Enforcement Strategy, which embodies the partnership between the functions of intelligence and operations across all jurisdictions of law enforcement. The RCMP will also expand the focus and scope of intelligence analysis and production through Criminal Intelligence Early Warning by assessing future or developing threats likely to occur within the next 12 to 24 months. The technological capacity for information sharing within the law enforcement community will be strengthened through RCMP efforts to augment information systems and foster a collaborative environment in targeting serious and organized crime.

The RCMP will continue to assist international police agencies with multi-jurisdictional and international investigations. In 2012-13, particular focus will be directed at combating Internet-facilitated child sexual exploitation by building capacity for specialized investigative technologies, victim identification, international training, and facilitating intelligence and information sharing between Canadian and international police agencies.

The RCMP will contribute to the reduction of firearm-related crime through the provision of investigative support to law enforcement organizations by making available a shared platform for information on registered and seized and recovered firearms. Ensuring that agencies have access to a single-source firearms reference tool as well as up-to-date and comprehensive reference information on firearm makes and models, allows for the accurate identification and classification of firearms. The resulting on-demand statistical reporting will greatly assist law enforcement agencies’ strategic and investigative decision-making. The RCMP will support international efforts to fight firearms crime by collaborating with its international partners to combat illicit trafficking in small arms. Along with the assistance of community safety and law enforcement partners, the RCMP will provide firearms education (for example, Canadian firearms safety training) and outreach programs. This will enhance the safety of communities by reducing the risk of harm from firearms through suicide, accidental discharge and misuse. Outreach efforts are being conducted to educate police officers with respect to the requirements of the Firearms Act and the support available to law enforcement. With anticipated changes to the Firearms Act and Criminal Code on registration of non-restricted firearms, the RCMP is assessing potential impacts on current business processes. The RCMP will work to implement all changes as required by the legislation.

The RCMP will also continue to support policing and law enforcement excellence through the ongoing development, design and delivery of executive and management training, as well as advanced and specialized training, with an emphasis on organized and multi-jurisdictional crime, both in Canada and abroad. Key priorities include providing international support, training and building capacity in support of Canada’s foreign policy and policing priorities and interests.

 

Strategic Outcome #2 - Canada’s police provide international collaboration and assistance while maintaining a rich police heritage nationally

 

Program Activity: International Policing Operations

Program Activity Descriptions

This Program Activity furthers Canada’s global peace and security agenda through cooperation and support of the international law enforcement community, thereby ensuring that both Canadians and the global community are safer. This program is necessary as it addresses the transnational scope of crime and terrorism by building relationships with international policing partners, participating in the INTERPOL global information sharing network and conducting extra-territorial criminal investigations. Additionally, the RCMP actively participates in multiple missions abroad in a peacekeeping role and by providing support to nations at risk in building their law enforcement capacity. Through this international cooperation and collaboration, this program contributes directly to a more secure world and Canada.

Financial Resources ($ millions)

2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
60.7	59.0	59.2

Human Resources (Full-Time Equivalent – FTEs)

2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
352	350	350

 

Program Activity Expected Results	Performance Indicators	Targets
Nations at risk are supported	Percentage of stakeholders who agree that the RCMP makes a valued contribution to the development of public policy with respect to international issues	70%
Facilitate the sharing of criminal information internationally	Number of queries to the INTERPOL/Canadian Police Information Centre interface	400,000
Support building law enforcement capacity abroad	Percentage of stakeholders who agree that the RCMP provides effective support to law enforcement capacity building abroad	80%

Planning Highlights

In support of federal government commitments, the RCMP will deliver various international capacity building programs to enhance the ability of local law enforcement to tackle criminality. This includes up to 20 courses on topics such as counter-narcotics trafficking, surveillance, accident reconstruction, and human smuggling in Southeast Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America. At the request of the Cayman Islands, in 2012 the RCMP will help assess the country’s policing strategy to combat criminal gang activity.

The RCMP will establish geographic engagement strategies for the Sahel, Hispaniola, Mexico and Central America. These will involve effective multi-year programming delivery, and will be used to coordinate with key partners such as Canada Border Services Agency, the Department of Justice, Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and the Financial Transactions Reports Analysis Centre of Canada. This will allow the RCMP to seek funding from the Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program and Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building Assistance Program and will involve donor coordination with allies.

The RCMP will also provide direct support and expertise to the INTERPOL General Secretariat Capacity Building Training Program for the Sahel, Asia, the Horn of Africa and the Americas. The RCMP will expand law enforcement access to INTERPOL databases and, for the first time, provide direct access to the Canada Border Services Agency, thus ensuring they receive more timely information.

In 2012, the RCMP will partner with academia on two research projects. The first will explore the impact of missions on police peacekeepers and the domestic benefits of such missions. The second project will examine the utility of overseas deployments and international cooperation in combating domestic criminality.

Canada enjoys international recognition for excellence in the delivery of policing services. International police agencies visit Canada regularly to learn how the RCMP has been successful in implementing the community policing model and crime reduction strategies. The RCMP will continue to share best practices and lessons learned with police agencies worldwide by receiving visitors at national headquarters policy centres and in divisions across the country.

 

Program Activity 2.2: Canadian Police Culture and Heritage

Program Activity Descriptions

Program Activity 2.2 promotes Canada, the RCMP, its communities and partners by delivering its ceremonial services to all Canadians as well as the international community. Ceremonial Support activities are delivered by the Musical Ride, who tour Canada and abroad four to six months each year showcasing Canada’s proud heritage and culture. This program responds to both domestic and international requests for historical information about the RCMP. Additionally, the RCMP supports and develops government partners by providing RCMP members in Ceremonial dress at special events (e.g., the Olympics, Expos and Summits), both domestically and internationally. Through the activities of this program, the RCMP contributes to Canada’s vibrant culture and heritage.

Financial Resources ($ millions)

2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
11.6	11.6	11.7

Human Resources (Full-Time Equivalent – FTEs)

2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
100	100	100

 

Program Activity Expected Results	Performance Indicators	Targets
The RCMP is an internationally recognized symbol of Canada	Percentage of organizations who agree that hosting the Musical Ride successfully promotes institutional and community interests	90%
	Percentage of organizations who agree that Canadian interests were enhanced either domestically or abroad due to strategic partnerships with the RCMP	85%
	Number of strategic partnerships and initiatives that promote and illustrate the RCMP’s rich heritage as a symbol of Canadian culture	30
	Number of RCMP and RCMP Foundation licence agreements or Memoranda of Understanding relating to the use and protection of the RCMP’s image	50

Planning Highlights

This Program Activity supports the RCMP’s management priorities by using the positive correlation between the RCMP brand and Canadian culture to engage potential domestic and international partners and leverage governmental and departmental initiatives. This includes the partnership with the RCMP Foundation, which was approved by Treasury Board and created in 1994 to assist the Commissioner of the RCMP in the administration of the commercial use of RCMP protected marks. The Foundation receives, maintains and manages funds generated from the RCMP product licensing program and these funds are subsequently granted to community-based initiatives across Canada on a bi-annual basis. The exclusive and distinct symbols of the RCMP are entrenched in Canadian history and provide the Government of Canada with a unique tool to assist in the development of new relationships throughout all levels of the public and private sectors. The promotion of national icons, such as the Red Serge and the Musical Ride, provide the RCMP with a concrete mechanism to engage stakeholders and develop sustainable relationships based on trust. Trust is a vital component of law enforcement and community policing. Therefore, maintaining a strong and relevant brand is a necessary component of offering world-class police services.

The influence of the RCMP brand is derived from its long-standing heritage and it has become an icon of Canadian culture. In the interest of preserving this public image, it is essential for the RCMP to continue to generate strategic partnerships and create opportunities, both nationally and internationally, that reaffirm the RCMP brand as a Canadian icon. The absence of these opportunities would result in the inability of the Canadian government to effectively use the RCMP as a vehicle to secure new partnerships and communicate consistent messages, both domestically and abroad. The RCMP will continue to focus on preserving the value of the brand by effectively maintaining our existing partnerships with stakeholders and exploring mutually beneficial strategic partnerships that will generate local, national and international attention while ensuring the protection of the RCMP image against uses that are not consistent with Canadian values.

 

Program Activity 4.1: Internal Services

Program Activity Descriptions

Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are: Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Real Property Services; Material Services; Acquisition Services; and Travel and Other Administrative Services. Internal Services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.

Financial Resources ($ millions)

2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
722.7	675.8	660.8

Human Resources (Full-Time Equivalent – FTEs)

2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
4,172	4,137	4,134

 

Program Activity Expected Results	Performance Indicators	Targets
Communicate effectively	Percentage of respondents who agree that they are satisfied with the information that the RCMP provides	Canadians: 80% Contract clients: 80% Police partners: 80% Other stakeholders: 80%
	Percentage of respondents who agree that they are consulted appropriately on decisions and actions that have an impact on them	Employees: 70% Contract clients: 80% Police partners: 80% Other stakeholders: 80%
	Percentage of employees who agree they are kept well informed about matters that are important to them	70%
Support employee wellness	Number of employees on long-term sick leave	Annual reduction of 10%
Provide strong talent management	Number of senior management/executives staffed and/or chosen for developmental opportunities using the Talent Management Strategy	50%
	Percentage of Chief Superintendent, Superintendent, Inspector, and Civilian Member executives included in talent management	100%
	Level of satisfaction from Senior Executive Committee Succession Planning Members that talent management has improved the succession planning process/selection	75%
	Level of satisfaction from senior management/ executives that talent management has improved the succession planning process/selection	75%

Planning Highlights

Numerous sources have highlighted the need to improve areas of organizational communications. During the planning period, the RCMP will focus on ensuring its communications goals and priorities respond to organizational issues that are shared at the national, regional and divisional levels. To that end, the organization has developed the RCMP Communications Focus 2017, which aims to align collective communications efforts in support of the RCMP’s strategic priorities and critical objectives.

The communications priorities outlined in Focus 2017 will help to cultivate an engaged workforce across the RCMP, encourage a workforce that communicates effectively, both internally and externally, promote positive relationships with key stakeholders, and communicate effectively in crisis and emergency situations.

The RCMP will continue to invest in its employees to assist them in realizing their full potential. In order to further advance strong talent management and support employee wellness, the RCMP will develop and implement a new five-year Human Resources strategy.

As a key component of the strategy, the RCMP will continue to implement an Integrated Talent Management Framework. This framework will provide direction to changes in the way the organization recruits, develops and assesses its employees, and will inform decisions around succession planning, awards and recognition, employment equity, promotion and discipline strategies. Within this context, the RCMP will continue to reshape learning and development programs to better reflect both individual and organizational needs.

In 2012-13, the RCMP will continue to work to ensure that the delivery of internal services is effectively aligned with the Government of Canada’s Public Service Renewal Priorities. As such, the organization will continue to look for and implement efficiency opportunities such as the consolidation of member pay administration, the continuation of the Pension Administration Outsourcing Project and the adoption of the government-wide Learning Management System.

Public and internal trust is paramount to the organizational success of the RCMP in support of its values and ethics, and is key to strengthening professional integrity, one of the three priorities of Human Resources. This requires RCMP employees to undertake and perform their duties and responsibilities with the highest level of professional integrity and engender ethically-based decisions in all areas of responsibility. In the coming year, the Office of Professional Integrity (OPI) will continue to undertake a comprehensive approach to addressing professional integrity throughout the conduct continuum in overseeing conduct-related programs from the proactive to reactive. The OPI will direct the development of the framework of strategies, plans, policies and processes that govern the design and implementation of the RCMP’s conduct regime. As part of the implementation of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA), the RCMP’s draft Organizational Values and Ethics Code will be formalized in policy and communicated to employees. Experience gained from PSDPA cases will continue to inform approaches to case management. The RCMP’s overall objective will help guide employee behaviour, as well as support an ethical culture, which will result in the RCMP and its partners delivering a level of professional service that is not only expected but deserved.

As in the past, the organization will continue to encourage employees to “live the RCMP core values” in the workplace and in their interactions with Canadians, partners and stakeholders. In doing so, the RCMP will take concrete steps towards ensuring effective, timely and fair discipline and grievance processes.

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