e-982 (Police officers)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
- On average there are 150 officers for every 100 000 citizens. Less than 70% are on the street.
- The rate of police strength has now declined for four consecutive years.
- Due to the changing context of police work and criminal activity, demands on policing is being challenged.
- As per No. 5, police response times are ever increasing.
- Criminals are on the go 24/7 and do not follow the laws. Terrorism is on the rise.
- The majority of officers work alone in a car or municipality with no on duty backup.
- Officers carry one service pistol with a shotgun or carbine locked in the police vehicle.
- Officers are not allowed to carry a backup firearm, nor conceal carry one when off duty.
- We trust the police to carry a firearm while on duty, so we should trust them to conceal carry when off duty.
- We trust the police to carry a firearm when employed, so we should trust them to conceal carry when retired.
- At any given time there are more off duty and retired officers around than the on duty officer.
- Allowing on duty officers to carry a backup firearm will make their lives safer and in turn the public safer.
- Allowing off duty and retired officers conceal carry a firearm will make them safer and the public safer.
- Open for signature
- July 27, 2017, at 9:35 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- November 24, 2017, at 9:35 a.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Serge Cormier
(Acadie—Bathurst)
December 12, 2017 (Petition No. 421-01973) - Government response tabled
- January 29, 2018
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 180 |
British Columbia | 152 |
Manitoba | 38 |
New Brunswick | 27 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 13 |
Northwest Territories | 8 |
Nova Scotia | 35 |
Ontario | 256 |
Prince Edward Island | 2 |
Quebec | 55 |
Saskatchewan | 42 |
Yukon | 1 |