By the Hon. Perrin Beatty, President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Hon. Christian Paradis, Senior Vice President, Strategic Development, Protective Services at Garda World
When we visit the dentist’s office, the individuals working there are not all dentists. The reasons for this are obvious to us: we want to free up the professionals so they can focus on providing the services that only they can perform.
In our police forces, on the other hand, trained and qualified police officers are required to perform tasks that have nothing to do with their essential duties – chores for which their expertise is not at all required, from routine administration to non-essential procedures. Can we really afford such a mismatch between duties and qualifications in our police services?