The Canadian Police Information Centre ( CPIC ; French : Centre d'information de la police canadienne , CIPC ) is the central police database where Canada 's law enforcement agencies can access information on a number of matters. It is Canada's only national law enforcement networking computer system ensuring officers all across the country can access the same information. There are approximately 3 million files generated each year and is the responsibility of the originating agency to ensure the data integrity of each file.
19-891: CPIC was approved for use by the Treasury Board of Canada and became operational in 1972. It is maintained by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) with the central registry located at the RCMP Headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario , Canada. It is one part of an umbrella program covering several services called the "National Police Services (NPS)". Other functions within NPS include the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, Canadian Police College (CPC), Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC),
38-646: A full-fledged department of the federal government. Prior to 1966, the minister of finance was ex officio the chairman of the Treasury Board, as the Secretariat was part of the Department of Finance since Confederation (1867). The Secretariat is a central agency and the administrative arm of the Treasury Board . Technically, the board is a Cabinet committee of the Privy Council, and
57-517: A platform, known as PRIME-BC. In Ontario local records are now kept in systems known either as NICHE or Versadex , depending on the Municipalities choice of implementation. In Quebec the system used is called CRPQ (Centre de Reseignement des Policiers du Québec). The RCMP runs a similar system called PROS ( P olice R eporting O ccurrence S ystem) in provinces where they are providing contract policing as well for federal policing. In 2011,
76-473: A variety of reasons, and may or may not contain information that would be entered into the CPIC system. All CPIC agencies are subject to audit on a 4-year cycle. All records added to the CPIC system must satisfy stringent entry criteria in that every record must be, valid, accurate, complete in nature and compliant with input rules. The province of British Columbia has mandated by law that all police forces share
95-571: Is also the minister responsible for the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. The Canadian Cabinet is arranged into several committees with varying responsibilities, but all other ones are informal structures and frequently change. Currently organized under the Financial Administration Act , the Treasury Board is the only one created by law and is officially a committee of the Privy Council. Its role in government makes it far more powerful than most Cabinet committees as it
114-495: Is composed of six Cabinet ministers, always including its president and the minister of finance . The current members, as of July 26, 2023, are as follows: There are also a number of alternate members, who may attend Treasury Board meetings in the event of conflicts of interest. The prime minister , through a Governor in Council appointment, may designate as many alternate members as the committee may need. As of April 19, 2023,
133-688: Is not shared across the border. In order for a government agency to access CPIC, they must agree to abide by the rules set out in the CPIC Reference Manual and be approved by the CPIC Advisory Committee, composed of 26 senior police officers from municipal and provincial police forces, the Ontario Police Commission and the RCMP. Non-policing agencies must also enter a memorandum of understanding with
152-502: Is responsible for "accountability and ethics, financial, personnel and administrative management, comptrollership , approving regulations and most Orders-in-Council ". It is also unique in that its committee chair, the president of the Treasury Board, is a member of Cabinet by virtue of holding that office—other Cabinet committees are chaired by minister holding seats in Cabinet by virtue of some other office. The Treasury Board oversees
171-432: Is responsible for managing the government's fiscal and administrative responsibilities, including management of the civil service and oversight of expenditures. The formal role of the president is to chair the Treasury Board. The officeholder is responsible for carrying out the management of the government through operationalizing the policies and programs approved by Cabinet and through providing federal departments with
190-611: Is the Cabinet committee of the Privy Council of Canada which oversees the spending and operation of the Government of Canada and is the principal employer of the core public service . The committee is supported by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat , its administrative branch and a department within the government itself. The committee is chaired by the president of the Treasury Board , currently Anita Anand , who
209-473: The Department of Finance Canada . The Treasury Board, on advice of the Secretariat, sets policies regulating the authority of ministers and deputy ministers to administer and manage their departments, ensuring a government-wide approach to administration. As the principal employer of the Government of Canada, it is responsible for labour relations, collective bargaining, and pension and benefits across
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#1732771898269228-507: The Privy Council ) and is the minister responsible for the Treasury Board Secretariat , the central agency which is responsible for accounting for the Government of Canada 's fiscal operations. The president of the Treasury Board has been Anita Anand since July 26, 2023. As a ministerial position, the office of Treasury Board president was created in the Cabinet in 1966 when the Treasury Board Secretariat became
247-798: The Toronto -based Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office announced it had received numerous complaints from people who were denied entry into the United States, because their names were on the American Department of Homeland Security watchlist and the names were provided by the Canadian Police Information Centre, which is available to American law enforcement authorities, according to WikiLeaks . Treasury Board of Canada The Treasury Board of Canada ( French : Conseil du Trésor du Canada )
266-1103: The National Forensic Laboratory Services (NFLS), the National DNA Data Bank (NDDB), the Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services (CCRTIS), the Canadian Firearms Program (CFP), Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System and National Sex Offender Registry, and the National Cybercrime Coordination Unit (NC3). CPIC is interfaced with the United States National Crime Information Center and National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System but not all information are shared. For example, Wandering Persons Registry information
285-625: The RCMP and may be audited from time to time for compliance. CPIC is broken down into four data banks: Investigative, Identification, Intelligence and Ancillary which contain information on: Local, municipal and provincial police services in Canada, as well as federal law enforcement agencies such as the Canada Border Services Agency and Military Police maintain their own local records in addition to CPIC records. Local records are maintained of all contact with police for
304-430: The core public administration. The Treasury Board is supported by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, a federal department which acts as a central agency of the Government of Canada and is administered by members of the public service. The role of the Secretariat is to advise members the Treasury Board, develop policies for approval and administer certain programs on behalf of the Treasury Board. The Treasury Board
323-458: The expenditures of the federal government. Ministers submit funding proposals on behalf of their departments to seek financial approval for programs and policies approved in the federal budget or by Cabinet. The president of the Treasury Board is responsible for presenting the Estimates from these submissions to Parliament . The Estimates are prepared by the Secretariat in collaboration with
342-692: The following are alternate members of the Treasury Board: 45°25′08″N 75°41′49″W / 45.4189°N 75.6970°W / 45.4189; -75.6970 President of the Treasury Board The president of the Treasury Board ( French : présidente du Conseil du Trésor ) is a minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet . The president is the chair of the Treasury Board of Canada (a committee of Cabinet in
361-549: The necessary resources, among other things. This is a list of presidents of the Treasury Board since 1966, when the office became a full ministerial position in Cabinet. Prior to 1966, the Treasury Board Secretariat belonged to the Department of Finance and, as such, the minister of finance was ex officio the chairman of the Treasury Board. Key: This Canadian government –related article
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