Through the shared Firearm Bail Dashboard, both services can share and display each other’s bail offender information on internal dashboards. This innovative approach, the first of its kind in Canada, will help breakdown geographic barriers and ultimately lead to increased officer and community safety. The data will also give frontline officers access to real-time situation awareness. In 2022, there were approximately 203 bail offenders displayed on the dashboard with more than 600 checks done between the launch date of July 7 and December 31.

Over the past several years, computer-based crime has increased exponentially. These crimes include malicious software attacks, such as ransomware, which can be devastating to a business’ network and large-scale thefts and frauds involving cryptocurrency, which leads to significant personal financial losses. In response, the DRPS Cyber Crime Unit was created in September 2022. The Unit provides investigative support for computer and internet-based crime and offers a swift technical response to incidents involving cryptocurrency and ransomware. The Cyber Crime Unit also provides open-source data gathering for major investigations and facilitates service-wide training in digital evidence gathering. In four short months, the Unit completed 31 internal requests for online searches, 40 cryptocurrency traces and one ransomware investigation. The unit expects to grow and increase its presence within the Service.