Federal Government: Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police

Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police: The idea has emerged from discussions fostered by the federal government on curbing the rising costs of policing, said Timothy Smith, a spokesman for the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, according to Huffington Post. It builds on a resolution the Chiefs of Police passed last August that would give officers the discretion to issue a ticket under the Contraventions Act for possession of a small amount of cannabis and OTTAWA - Police would have the option of ticketing people for a range of minor offences instead of laying criminal charges under a plan that could yield significant savings for the cash-strapped justice system. Under the proposal, officers would have the option of ticketing people for offences such as causing a disturbance, public nudity, falsifying an employment record, soliciting prostitution, vagrancy or trespassing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.