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Post-Sept 11th - The Fight Against Terrorism
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- Through its work
in community and federal policing, the RCMP assists in helping Canadians
keep their communities safe and secure.
- Immediately after
September 11, 2001, the Government of Canada moved quickly to implement
an Anti-Terrorism plan designed to give organizations like the RCMP
the tools it needed to detect, deter, disable and prosecute terrorists.
- The Prime Minister established the Ad Hoc Cabinet Committee on Public
Security and Anti-Terrorism chaired by Finance Minister John Manley,
to address the immediate and long-term challenges in the area of
national security.
- Canadian law
enforcement, security and intelligence organizations continued and
enhanced their efforts to share timely, relevant information and
intelligence that could result in the identification of terrorists.
- The RCMP put
into place a public information line for persons who had information
that could help the RCMP in its ongoing investigations related to
terrorism. Thousands of calls were investigated in the months that
followed.
- The Government
of Canada showed that it was serious about fighting terrorism. On
October 12, 2001, the RCMP received an investment of $59 million
in support of its fight against terrorism. This investment was provided
to enhance analytical, intelligence sharing and operational technology;
to support protective operations; to enhance security activities
at airports, major centres, ports and border crossings; and to invest
in immediate staffing requirements for priority areas such as those
targeting cross-border criminal activities.
- That investment
was supplemented in the December 10, 2001 Federal Budget. The RCMP
received a total investment of $576 million to fund 17 initiatives
dedicated to national security efforts.
- In total,
the 2001 Federal Budget allocated more than $7 billion overall to
support, coordinate and implement national security activities,
a portion of which was earmarked for the RCMP. Since 2000, the Government
of Canada has dedicated almost ten billion dollars to the public
safety envelope.
- Legislation
such as the Anti-Terrorism Act and An Act to amend
the Criminal Code, were also passed in winter 2001/02. This
new legislation made a significant contribution to the RCMP and
other Canadian law enforcement organizations’ abilities to
fight terrorism.
- Also, on December
11, 2001, Canada and the United States announced the Smart Border
Declaration, a 30-point plan aimed at fighting terrorism.
- In April 2002,Transport
Minister David Collenette announced the Canadian Air Carrier Protective
Program. The RCMP plays a crucial role in this program by providing
security on select domestic and international flights.
- The RCMP has put
into place four Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams (INSETS)
in major urban centres–Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Ottawa
and will have 23 International Border Enforcement Teams (IBETS) operational
across the country by the end of this fiscal year.
- In late August
of this year, the Solicitor General for Canada announced an investment
of $30 million for the lawful access action plan so that the RCMP and
other government agencies can develop and share technology.
- The Solicitor
General also launched national consultations to seek the views of Canadians
on the important issue of lawful access–to ensure that the balance
between fighting terrorism and maintaining Canadians’ rights and
freedoms is respected.
Terrorism is a global problem. No system is infallible; no country is
immune. That is why the RCMP continues to be vigilant in the fight against
terrorism.
- The RCMP has been
an active partner in the worldwide fight against terrorism and we will
continue our efforts in partnership with other law enforcement and police
agencies in Canada and abroad.
INVESTIGATIVE
TOOLS
Integrated
National Security Enforcement Teams (INSETs)
- INSETs gather information
to prevent, detect and prosecute criminal offences against national
security. The mandate of these integrated units is to increase the capacity
for the collection, sharing and analysis of intelligence among partners
with respect to targets that are a threat to national security. INSETs
also create an enhanced enforcement capacity to bring such targets to
justice.
- The integrated
approach between intelligence/enforcement, from the very early stages
of criminal activity has proven to be a highly effective model for successful
prosecution.
SEE
also: Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams
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Integrated
Border Enforcement Teams (IBETs)
- Integrated Border Enforcement Team program is a multi-faceted law enforcement initiative comprised of both Canadian and American partners. This bi-national partnership enables the five core law enforcement partners involved in IBETS to share information and work together daily with other local, state and provincial enforcement agencies on issues relating to national security, organized crime and other criminality transiting the Canada/US border between the Ports of Entry (POE).
- More specifically, IBET is an intelligence-led cooperative that supports national security investigations associated to the Canada/US border and investigates cross-border illegal activities, between the POE. Intelligence is developed and shared with all IBET partners in strict accordance with applicable laws, regulations and Agency/Departmental policies through appropriate protocols. IBET is a cooperative bilateral initiative that ensures borders are open for business, but closed to crime.
SEE
also: Integrated Border Enforcement Teams full text
Technology Enhancements--Funding for intelligence and policing
efforts
- The RCMP received
funds to purchase equipment and enhance the analytical, threat assessment
and surveillance systems to support existing and enhanced activities.
- This investment
includes enhancements in the following areas:
- Technical
assistance such as information and identification services and operational
technical support such as lawful access, high-tech crime and forensics;
- Infrastructure
systems for intelligence and investigations such as:
- Fingerprint
Identification Access Systems
- Automated
Intelligence Information Systems
- Forensic
Identification Services
- Forensic
Laboratory Services
- Real Time
Identification LiveScan Units
- Enhanced
Techniques to Detect Counterfeit Travel
- Documents–Screening
of Entrants into Canada
- Fingerprint
Card Conversion Technology
- Laboratory
Information Management System (LIMS)
Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Response Team (CBRN)
- In Canada, the
safety of Canadians and foreign dignitaries from biological/chemical
agents used in terrorist acts is handled through a joint RCMP-DND Chemical
Biological Radiological Nuclear Response Team (CBRN).
- CBRN received
funds from the 2001 Federal Budget. The mandate of the CBRN unit and
the purpose of the funding is to ensure that the RCMP is capable of
responding to CBRN threats and incidents, by providing to its members
the appropriate guidance, personal protection, training and mitigation
tools such that they are prepared and confident in conducting limited,
controlled responses.
- The RCMP remains
committed to gathering criminal intelligence, preventing and responding
to terrorist action, and integrating its prepared investigative, technical
and scientific resources with partners such as Health Canada, Environment
Canada, CSIS, the Department of National Defense and the U.S. Department
of National Defense in response to biological/chemical attacks.
- Funding will be
directed for enhancements to existing laboratories so they may be better
positioned to detect and identify possible biochemical threats; for
protective equipment, and for better training of emergency response.
Protection
of Designated Persons and Sites in Canada
The RCMP received
funds to be dedicated to the protection of designated persons and sites
in Canada.
Enhanced security
at airports
- An investment was
devoted to the initial purchase of LiveScan units for immediate deployment
at major Canadian cities, border crossings, airports, ports and police
units across Canada for the electronic transmission of fingerprints,
palmprints and photographs to the RCMP Automated Fingerprint Identification
System (AFIS) site.
- The purchase of
fingerprint card conversion technology allowed the RCMP to upgrade the
Canadian Criminal Records System.
- Funding was also
provided to the Emergency Response Team to undertake enhanced tactical
response capabilities.
Canadian Air Carrier Protective Program
- The Canadian Air
Carrier Protective Program (CACPP) provides specialized Aircraft Protective
Officers (APO) aboard flights to Reagan Washington National Airport
as well as select International and domestic flights. The selection
process is determined by risk/threat assessments provided by the Civil
Aviation Protective Intelligence (CAPI) unit. This unit was established
by the RCMP is conjunction with Transport Canada.
- Transport
Canada's Mandate
- Transport
Canada is the lead agency in this civil aviation initiative. Since
April 1, 2002, funding for the CACPP is managed by the Canadian
Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA), a new crown corporation
under the authority of Transport Canada.
- RCMP Mandate
- Through CACPP,
the RCMP is mandated with preventing the control of an aircraft
to be seized by any person or group of persons who do not have legal
authority for assuming that control and using appropriate measures
to the circumstances.
The RCMP is committed to providing CACPP service for 5 fiscal years
starting April 1, 2002.
- Aircraft
Protective Officers' Role
- Aircraft Protective
Officers (APO) are responsible for responding to any security threat
on board an aircraft that may jeopardize the integrity of, or unlawful
interference with, civil aviation and respond to threats of death
or grievous bodily harm.
National DNA Databank
- Another important
investigative tool that we want to improve is the National DNA Data
Bank. Canada is one of a very few countries that has put in place a
national system to enable the use of forensic DNA analysis in solving
crime.
- In the two years
that the Data Bank has been up and running, it has produced 321 crime
scene-to-convicted offender matches and 23 crime scene-to-crime scene
matches.
The Anti-terrorism Act
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also
Safety
and Security for Canadians
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