BC Legislature - Conducted Energy Weapons Use Inquiry and Police Complaints Audit Special Committee, 39th Parliament

California

Justice system (Eby, D.) 7:1135

Canadian academies council See Council of Canadian Academies
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Investigation into conducted energy weapons (Webster, M.) 5:1110, 5:1130

Canadian Mental Health Association See also Morris, Jonathan; Weaver, Camia

Presentation to committee 6:1245-1335

Consultation on development of policing standards (Weaver, C.) 6:1300

Recommendations to committee (Morris, J.) 6:1315

Work of organization (Morris, J.) 6:1250

Work on justice issues (Morris, J.) 6:1250

Canadian Police Knowledge Network

Conducted energy weapon training (Jardine, K.) 6:1450

Canadian Police Research Centre

Research funding (Corrigan) 6:1410

CBC See Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Centurion Consulting Services Ltd. See also Webster, Michael

Presentation to committee 5:1105-1155

CEW operator training See Training, conducted energy weapon operator training under Police and policing – Conducted energy weapon use
CEWs See Conducted energy weapons
CID See Training and techniques, crisis intervention and de-escalation under Police and policing
CMHA See Canadian Mental Health Association
Cocaine See Substance abuse and addiction
Coell, Murray (Saanich North and the Islands)

As subject

election as Chair of Conducted Energy Weapons Use Inquiry and Police Complaints Audit Special Committee 1:0900 (Corrigan) 1:0900 (Sourial, S.) 1:0900

Auditor General

budget and workplan 3:0900, 3:0925

Beck, Randy, attendance at committee meeting 4:1040

Commission of Inquiry on the Use of Conducted Energy Weapons in B.C. (Braidwood Commission)

first report

implementation of recommendations 1:0900, 4:1005, 5:1000, 9:1040

Conducted energy weapons

research into medical risks

assessment of research by panel, report 8:1510

cardiac risks, studies 5:1140

Conducted Energy Weapons Use Inquiry and Police Complaints Audit Special Committee

briefings by government agencies 1:0920

election of Chair and Deputy Chair 1:0900

letter to aboriginal stakeholders 7:1240

meeting schedule 2:1035, 7:1235-1240, 8:1515, 11:1230

technical briefings and support 1:0910

terms of reference 1:0900-0905

witnesses, stakeholders 1:0925

work of committee 4:1145, 6:1000

work of committee, draft business plan 2:1035

work of committee, preliminary planning and timelines 1:0905-0930

work of committee, timelines 7:1240

Corrections system

corrections officers, conducted energy weapon use

deployment and reporting, reporting form 6:1415

Corrigan, Kathy

election as Deputy Chair of Conducted Energy Weapons Use Inquiry and Police Complaints Audit Special Committee 1:0900

Hall, Christine

questions from committee members 5:1250, 7:1145

Police and policing, conducted energy weapon use

deployment and reporting

reporting 4:1125

subject behaviour–officer response reports 5:1030

training

changes 4:1055, 4:1145

changes, response 4:1135

Police and policing, police complaint process

audit 1:0900, 1:0910, 10:1010

audit, letters on objective and scope 4:1005

audit, proposal 2:1035

other jurisdictions 9:1030

reviews, 2007 review by Josiah Wood

implementation of recommendations 9:1040

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

conducted energy weapon use

reporting, decline of incidents and comparison with other forces 5:1040

reporting, subject behaviour–officer response reports 5:1030

Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP

2010 report content (Beck, R.) 5:1020-1025

Commission of Inquiry into Policing in British Columbia (Oppal Commission)

Report recommendations, implementation (Pecknold, C.) 4:1010, 9:1000 (Sullivan, S.) 11:1310-1315

Commission of Inquiry into the Death of Frank Paul (Davies Commission)

Implementation of recommendations (Eby, D.) 7:1110-1115, 7:1140

Commission of Inquiry on the Use of Conducted Energy Weapons in B.C. (Braidwood Commission)

First report

implementation of recommendations (Beck, R.) 5:1005-1020 (Braidwood, T.) 6:1000-1020, 6:1030, 6:1040-1055 (Coell) 1:0900, 4:1005, 5:1000, 9:1040 (Corrigan) 6:1025, 6:1040, 7:1120, 7:1140 (Coulson, P.) 6:1345-1405 (Eby, D.) 7:1100, 7:1120, 7:1140 (Hogg) 6:1030, 6:1055, 6:1415-1420 (Trasolini) 6:1035-1040

implementation of recommendations, adoption in other jurisdictions (Gordon, R.) 8:1425

implementation of recommendations, government action (Heed) 8:1305 (Pecknold, C.) 4:1010-1035, 9:1040

implementation of recommendations, review by special committee See Use of Conducted Energy Weapons and to Audit Selected Police Complaints, Special Committee to Inquire into the

implementation of recommendations, stakeholder committee See Braidwood Recommendation Implementation Committee

potential for revised recommendations (Braidwood, T.) 6:1050 (Corrigan) 6:1050

recommendations (Corrigan) 5:1135 (Hall, C.) 5:1210-1240 (Hogg) 5:1140-1145 (Webster, M.) 5:1135-1145

recommendations involving mental health concerns (Morris, J.) 6:1250, 6:1305 (Weaver, C.) 6:1300

Legal action involving participants (Braidwood, T.) 6:1040-1045 (Corrigan) 6:1040, 7:1135

Process (Braidwood, T.) 6:1005, 6:1020

Second report, implementation of recommendations (Heed) 8:1320 (Pecknold, C.) 4:1010

Commissions of inquiry

Participants, protection from legal action (Braidwood, T.) 6:1045 (Corrigan) 6:1045, 7:1135 (Eby, D.) 7:1135

Conducted energy weapons

Certification See Product standards and certification below under this main heading

Commission See Commission of Inquiry on the Use of Conducted Energy Weapons in B.C. (Braidwood Commission)

Contact mode See Modes, push-stun below under this main heading

Deaths associated with conducted energy weapons See also Safety concerns below under this main heading; Police and policing – Conducted energy weapon use

incidence (Butt, J.) 8:1210-1215

pathology (Butt, J.) 8:1205

studies (Butt, J.) 8:1230-1235

Design (Pecknold, C.) 4:1010

Design, incorporation of cardiac testing (Hall, C.) 7:1230

Development and testing See also Police and policing – Conducted energy weapon use

(Ho, J.) 13:1010-1015

Drive-stun mode See Modes, push-stun below under this main heading

Electrical output

calibration and testing (Ho, J.) 13:1055 (Hogg) 13:1055

milliamps of current (Webster, M.) 5:1115

resistance levels (Corrigan) 5:1155 (Webster, M.) 5:1130, 5:1155

watts (Corrigan) 5:1140 (Webster, M.) 5:1110-1115, 5:1140

Electrical output standards

development (Webster, M.) 5:1135, 5:1145

relationship to defibrillator standards (Hall, C.) 7:1200-1205

standards for invasive shocks (Webster, M.) 5:1120-1125

Federal-provincial-territorial working group, B.C. role (Corrigan) 6:1410 (Coulson, P.) 6:1405 (Hoffman, G.) 4:1125 (Merchant, B.) 6:1350 (Pecknold, C.) 4:1030

FTP working group See Federal-provincial-territorial working group above under this main heading

Implementation of recommendations, review by special committee See Use of Conducted Energy Weapons and to Audit Selected Police Complaints, Special Committee to Inquire into the

Injuries, dart, electrical and other injuries (Butt, J.) 8:1225-1230 (Gordon, R.) 8:1415

Medical risks See Research into medical risks below under this main heading

Modes

close-proximity deployment and three-point contact method (Hall, C.) 5:1230

display mode (Hall, C.) 5:1230

display mode with red-dot warning (Gordon, R.) 8:1420

push-stun and probe modes (Hall, C.) 7:1155 (Pecknold, C.) 4:1010-1015 (Webster, M.) 5:1145

push-stun and probe modes, standards for invasive shocks See Electrical output standards above under this main heading

Operation options See Modes above under this main heading

Policies and standards for use See Police and policing – Conducted energy weapon use

Product standards and certification See also Research into medical risks below under this main heading; Policies and standards; Testing under Police and policing – Conducted energy weapon use

(Braidwood, T.) 6:1040-1045 (Corrigan) 5:1150, 6:1040, 8:1435 (Gordon, R.) 8:1435 (Hogg) 6:1045, 8:1435 (Trasolini) 5:1145-1150, 6:1045 (Webster, M.) 5:1115-1125, 5:1150

Public inquiry See Commission of Inquiry on the Use of Conducted Energy Weapons in B.C. (Braidwood Commission)

Public perception (Hall, C.) 7:1200

Research into medical risks See also Federal-provincial-territorial working group above under this main heading

animal studies (Ho, J.) 13:1015, 13:1050-1055

articles (Butt, J.) 8:1205, 8:1220-1230, 8:1250-1255

assessment of research by panel See also Council of Canadian Academies

(Dowdeswell, E.) 8:1500-1510 (Gordon, R.) 8:1405 (Hall, C.) 5:1235-1240 (Hogg) 8:1440, 8:1510-1515

assessment of research by panel, report (Coell) 8:1510 (Corrigan) 8:1440

bibliography resource (Corrigan) 5:1155 (Pecknold, C.) 4:1030

cardiac research (Butt, J.) 8:1235, 8:1245-1250 (Corrigan) 8:1250

cardiac risks, studies (Coell) 5:1140 (Corrigan) 13:1100 (Hall, C.) 7:1210 (Ho, J.) 13:1010-1015, 13:1100-1105 (Webster, M.) 5:1125, 5:1145

delirium issues See Delirium

detection of risks for individuals (Gordon, R.) 8:1415

examination and interpretation of research (Hall, C.) 7:1200-1210

exclusion of data on children (Hall, C.) 7:1145

funding (Hall, C.) 5:1240, 7:1205

independent and science-based research programs, funding for national programs (Pecknold, C.) 4:1030

peer-reviewed research (Corrigan) 5:1150, 13:1020 (Ho, J.) 13:1020, 13:1055 (Hogg) 13:1050 (Webster, M.) 5:1150-1155

research (Braidwood, T.) 6:1040 (Corrigan) 1:0910, 6:1040 (Coulson, P.) 6:1405 (Hall, C.) 5:1240 (Hogg) 5:1145 (Sourial, S.) 1:0910 (Stilwell) 1:0915 (Webster, M.) 5:1145

risks (Gordon, R.) 8:1410 (Pecknold, C.) 4:1015

risks, studies (Corrigan) 13:1020-1025, 13:1100 (Foster) 13:1035 (Hall, C.) 7:1200 (Ho, J.) 13:1000-1105 (Hogg) 13:1050-1055 (Trasolini) 13:1040-1045

risks to children, seniors and small individuals (Eby, D.) 7:1105, 7:1120

risks to exhausted individuals, studies (Ho, J.) 13:1010

risks to individuals with delirium (Lu, S.) 4:1340-1345

risks to individuals with delirium, studies (Corrigan) 4:1355-1400 (Ho, J.) 13:1010 (Lu, S.) 4:1340, 4:1400

risks to intoxicated individuals, studies (Corrigan) 13:1025-1030 (Ho, J.) 13:1010, 13:1025-1030

volunteers (Foster) 13:1035 (Ho, J.) 13:1035

"window of risk" concept (Ho, J.) 13:1015, 13:1040-1045 (Trasolini) 13:1040-1045

Safety concerns (Webster, M.) 5:1105-1130

Tasers, models (Beck, R.) 5:1010

Testing See Police and policing – Conducted energy weapon use

Training See Police and policing – Conducted energy weapon use

Use by corrections officers See Corrections officers under Corrections system

Use by police See Police and policing – Conducted energy weapon use; Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Use by sheriffs See Sheriffs under Justice system

Contact mode See Modes under Conducted energy weapons
Corrections system See also Justice system

Community corrections (Merchant, B.) 6:1340

Correctional facilities (Merchant, B.) 6:1340-1345

Corrections officers

crisis intervention training (Corrigan) 6:1425-1430 (Hogg) 6:1415

training re emotionally disturbed or mentally ill persons (Coulson, P.) 6:1350 (Merchant, B.) 6:1350

weapon use (Corrigan) 6:1425 (Coulson, P.) 6:1430 (Merchant, B.) 6:1405, 6:1425

Corrections officers, conducted energy weapon use

deployment and reporting, analysis of reports (Corrigan) 6:1425-1430 (Coulson, P.) 6:1425-1430 (Hogg) 6:1415

deployment and reporting, changes (Coulson, P.) 6:1345-1405 (Hogg) 6:1415-1420 (Merchant, B.) 6:1345, 6:1405-1420

deployment and reporting, changes and workload (Hogg) 6:1420 (Merchant, B.) 6:1420

deployment and reporting, reporting form (Coell) 6:1415 (Corrigan) 6:1410 (Coulson, P.) 6:1410 (Merchant, B.) 6:1415

increase in deployments in 2008 (Corrigan) 6:1430 (Coulson, P.) 6:1430-1435

policies, compliance (Hogg) 6:1420 (Merchant, B.) 6:1420

policies, compliance with provincial standards (Coulson, P.) 6:1355

testing and units taken out of service (Coulson, P.) 6:1420-1425 (Trasolini) 6:1420-1425

training and testing (Coulson, P.) 6:1355-1405

Ministry responsible See Corrections branch under Justice, Ministry of

System (Merchant, B.) 6:1340-1345

Corrigan, Kathy (Burnaby–Deer Lake)

As subject

election as Deputy Chair of Conducted Energy Weapons Use Inquiry and Police Complaints Audit Special Committee (Coell) 1:0900 (Sultan) 1:0900

Beck, Randy

comments to committee on conducted energy weapons 6:1045-1050

B.C. Police Association

recommendations to committee 11:1400

Canadian Police Research Centre

research funding 6:1410

Coell, Murray

election as Chair of Conducted Energy Weapons Use Inquiry and Police Complaints Audit Special Committee 1:0900

Commission of Inquiry on the Use of Conducted Energy Weapons in B.C. (Braidwood Commission)

first report, implementation of recommendations 6:1025, 6:1040, 7:1120, 7:1140

first report, potential for revised recommendations 6:1050

first report, recommendations 5:1135

legal action involving participants 6:1040, 7:1135

Commissions of inquiry

participants, protection from legal action 6:1045, 7:1135

Conducted energy weapons

electrical output

resistance levels 5:1155

watts 5:1140

federal-provincial-territorial working group, B.C. role 6:1410

product standards and certification 5:1150, 6:1040, 8:1435

research into medical risks

assessment of research by panel, report 8:1440

bibliography resource 5:1155

cardiac research 8:1250

cardiac risks, studies 13:1100

peer-reviewed research 5:1150, 13:1020

research 1:0910, 6:1040

risks, studies 13:1020-1025, 13:1100

risks to individuals with delirium, studies 4:1355-1400

risks to intoxicated individuals, studies 13:1025-1030

Conducted Energy Weapons Use Inquiry and Police Complaints Audit Special Committee

election of Chair and Deputy Chair 1:0900

letter to aboriginal stakeholders 7:1240

report 14:1035

technical briefings and support 1:0910

work of committee 7:1240

work of committee, preliminary planning and timelines 1:0905-0920, 1:0930

Corrections system

corrections officers

crisis intervention training 6:1425-1430

weapon use 6:1425

corrections officers, conducted energy weapon use

deployment and reporting, analysis of reports 6:1425-1430

deployment and reporting, reporting form 6:1410

increase in deployments in 2008 6:1430

Council of Canadian Academies

expert panel on conducted energy weapons research, establishment and membership 8:1510

Delirium

"excited delirium" and restraint-related deaths 8:1245

"excited delirium," use of term 5:1245

"excited delirium," use of term and scientific debate 8:1430

Hennepin County Medical Center, relationship with Taser International 13:1030-1035

Ho, Jeffrey

relationship with Taser International 13:1030-1035

studies on risks of conducted energy weapons 5:1155, 13:1020-1025, 13:1100

Justice Institute of B.C.

B.C. Police Academy, conducted energy weapon training 4:1050

Justice Ministry

independent investigations office

budget process 8:1355

governance 8:1355

jurisdiction re sheriffs 6:1510

role 10:1125

Justice system

sheriffs

weapon use in cells 6:1510

sheriffs, conducted energy weapon use

policies and standards 6:1505-1510

policies, compliance with provincial standards 6:1505

Lu, Shao-Hua, testimony at Braidwood Commission 4:1355

Police Act

amendments, issues 9:1035

provisions re complaints by third parties and consolidation of complaints 9:1030

Police and policing

information-sharing, privacy issues 6:1320

police interaction with emotionally disturbed, intoxicated and/or mentally ill persons, verbal de-escalation 7:1215

police interaction with emotionally disturbed or mentally ill persons 6:1320

police-involved deaths and injuries, circumstances and cause 8:1430

PRIME information management system, capacity for conducted energy weapon data analysis 4:1050, 8:1345-1350

recruitment and training, standards 4:1120

standards 6:1505-1510

training and techniques

crisis intervention and de-escalation 4:1115, 4:1405, 6:1025-1030, 7:1140, 8:1340-1345

framework and values 4:1110, 4:1145

team model for interaction with persons with mental illness, jurisdictional issues 6:1320

training re individuals with delirium 4:1405

use of force, incidence 8:1335

use of force, RESTRAINT study and data collection 7:1215-1220

use-of-force incidents involving persons with delirium symptoms 8:1430

weapon use, testing 8:1435

Police and policing, conducted energy weapon use

balance of effectiveness and risks 6:1135, 13:1100

deaths associated with conducted energy weapons, incidence 7:1230, 8:1240-1250

deaths associated with conducted energy weapons, studies 13:1025-1030, 13:1100

deployment and reporting

analysis of reports 4:1125-1130, 6:1045-1050

automatic external defibrillators 8:1250

decline of incidents between 2007-11 5:1135

decline of incidents between 2007-11, officer demographics 11:1340

decline of incidents between 2007-11, relationship with incidence of other use-of-force options 8:1335-1340

incidents involving drug-intoxicated or delirious individuals 8:1240

medical assistance 4:1110-1115, 4:1410

role of police officer attitudes and concerns 8:1335, 8:1345, 11:1340

subject behaviour-officer response, officer belief that subject possesses weapon 6:1045-1050

subject behaviour–officer response reports 4:1130

subject behaviour-officer response reports, form content 6:1025-1030

subject behaviour–officer response reports, form content 4:1045-1050, 6:1335, 7:1135-1140, 8:1340-1345, 11:1145

threshold for use 11:1340

policies and standards

compliance and audits 4:1125-1130

development 4:1035

proposed moratorium for use on children, seniors and small individuals 7:1120

standards 4:1110, 6:1025, 7:1115

standards re medical assistance 4:1410

regulation 4:1035, 6:1025, 7:1115

training

changes, response 8:1345

program delivery 4:1050-1055, 6:1025

scope 8:1345

Police and policing, police complaint process

accessibility and forms 9:1040

alternative dispute resolution 10:1155

analysis of data and feedback to police agencies 10:1140

audit 7:1240

audit and response by B.C. Police Association 11:1340-1345, 11:1400

audit and response by Police Complaint Commissioner 10:1020-1025

inclusion of police-involved death cases 7:1140

proposal 2:1035

proposal for future audit 10:1020

civilian oversight, acceptance by police 9:1020

complaints by third parties and consolidation of complaints 9:1030

complaints, screening and admissibility 10:1125

evidence gathering and interviews 10:1145-1150

issues 9:1030-1035

professional standards officers 10:1130

professional standards officers, training 9:1020, 10:1155

reviews, 2007 review by Josiah Wood

implementation of recommendations 9:1020

timeliness and police culture 10:1020-1025, 10:1145-1150

Police Complaint Commissioner

relationship with independent investigations office 9:1035

Prince George

conducted energy weapon use on child 7:1120

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

conducted energy weapon use

compliance with provincial standards 5:1030

incidents involving emotionally disturbed or mentally ill persons 5:1055

medical assistance 5:1050

medically high-risk incidents, chest contact 5:1055

reporting, analysis of reports and inappropriate use of conducted energy weapons 5:1045-1050

reporting, incidents involving weapons 5:1040-1045

reporting, subject behaviour–officer response reports 5:1025-1030

training and recertification 5:1025

conducted energy weapon use, compliance with provincial standards 4:1040

government contract for police services

provision re harmonization between RCMP and provincial practices 5:1030

Taser International, Inc.

legal action 6:1040, 7:1135

research on Tasers 5:1155

Webster, Michael, testimony at Braidwood Commission 5:1135

Wu, Yao Wei

treatment by police and investigation 10:1125-1130

Coulson, Peter

Presentation to committee on behalf of Justice Ministry 6:1345-1410, 6:1420-1435

As subject

background in corrections system (Merchant, B.) 6:1345

Commission of Inquiry on the Use of Conducted Energy Weapons in B.C. (Braidwood Commission), first report, implementation of recommendations 6:1345-1405

Conducted energy weapons

federal-provincial-territorial working group, B.C. role 6:1405

research into medical risks 6:1405

Corrections system

corrections officers

training re emotionally disturbed or mentally ill persons 6:1350

weapon use 6:1430

corrections officers, conducted energy weapon use

deployment and reporting, analysis of reports 6:1425-1430

deployment and reporting, changes 6:1345-1405

deployment and reporting, reporting form 6:1410

increase in deployments in 2008 6:1430-1435

policies, compliance with provincial standards 6:1355

testing and units taken out of service 6:1420-1425

training and testing 6:1355-1405

North Fraser Pretrial Centre, conducted energy weapon use by corrections officers 6:1430-1435

Surrey Pretrial Services Centre, conducted energy weapon use by corrections officers 6:1430-1435

Council of Canadian Academies

Presentation to committee 8:1445-1515

Expert panel on conducted energy weapons research

communications with committee (Dowdeswell, E.) 8:1510-1515 (Hogg) 8:1510-1515

establishment and membership (Corrigan) 8:1510 (Dowdeswell, E.) 8:1500-1510 (Gordon, R.) 8:1405 (Krog) 8:1510

work of panel See Research into medical risks, assessment of research by panel under Conducted energy weapons

Mission and role (Dowdeswell, E.) 8:1445-1450

Scope of work (Dowdeswell, E.) 8:1455-1500

CPKN See Canadian Police Knowledge Network
Crisis intervention and de-escalation training and techniques See Training and techniques under Police and policing