From Wikipedia:
ProvincialEach province has its own
Chief Firearms Officer (CFO), appointed either by the Government of Canada or by the Executive Council of the province they served in. The three territories shares a CFO with another province (British Columbia - Yukon, Alberta - Northwest Territories & Manitoba - Nunavut). They are responsible for making decisions (grant, deny, revoke or put conditions) on licensing (ie. Possession and Acquisition Licence), Authorization to Transport, Authorization to Carry and transfer of firearms along with all of its administrative work.[10]
Each province also appoint firearms officers (generally speaking, police officers or RCMP Civilian members) to inspect and ensure compliance within the definition of the Firearms Act. They may apply to court for a preventative prohibition order if it is in the public's interest that a person should not be in possession of any weapons regulated under the Firearms Act.[11] In carrying out their duties, they can demand firearms be presented to them and samples to be taken.[12] Failure to comply is a summary offence which may lead to complications when one is up to renew his or her firearms licence for previous contravention of the Firearms Act.[13]
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FederalCFP is a program within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The chain of command is as follows:[2]
The Commissioner of the RCMP serves as the Commissioner of Firearms, the chief executive of the program. The Commissioner is assisted by a Deputy Commissioner (Policing Support Services). They are responsible to the Minister of Public Safety Canada and thus accountable to the Parliament of Canada.
An RCMP officer is appointed as the Director General to oversee the day-to-day administration of the CFP.
A Registrar of Firearms is appointed to issue and revoke firearms registration certificates and carriers’ licences and maintain the records on Canadian Firearms Registry. The Registrar is also responsible for administering the Public Agents Firearms Regulations.
There are four (4) major areas within the CFP, which are managed by the Deputy Commissioner, Policing Support Services:
Firearms Administration Centre (for licensing, registration, customer service and operations);
Firearms Investigative & Enforcement Services Directorate (who assist police in countering illegal movement and criminal use of firearms);
Strategic Integration & Program Management Services (program support policy, research and planning, business management);
Partnership & Outreach (communications, client/partner and stakeholder relationship)
The CFP offers a wide variety of investigational support services to police:
Firearms Reference Table (FRT), is a comprehensive firearms database with over 130 000 entries which establishes a systematic, standard method of identifying, describing and classifying firearms.
Firearms Identification, for questionable firearms
Firearms Analysis, for potential evidence in crimes
Tracing of illicit firearms, the CNFTC (Canadian National Firearm Tracing Centre) assists police in tracing illegal firearms
Investigational support & assistance, helps police in preparing, obtaining and executing search warrants, location search and seizure, exhibit identification and organisation and court preparation
Expert firearms advice & witness, provides firearm-related guidance for testimony and court preparation, and act as liaison with partner agencies that can provide these services
Firearm Case Law Database, firearm-related cases can be researched, and are distributed to investigators
Crown Attorney Program, working with crown attorney offices, a network that specializes in firearms investigations
Firearms Operations and Enforcement Support (FOES), intelligence support to firearm investigators and research that identifies trends and patterns in the criminal use of firearms in Canada.
Pricing of illicit firearms, a record of firearm "street prices" is maintained and the information is made available to investigators
Access to specialized firearms information databases, Canadian Firearm Information System (CFIS), Canadian Integrated Ballistic Identification Network (CIBIN) and the Suspect Gun Database
Training, lectures, conferences, outreach and learning material available across Canada are available on a broad range of topics involving firearms
Firearms registration information, querying records contained within the Canadian Firearms Registry Online (CFRO)
Public Agent Firearms Reporting assistance, helping Public Agents use the Public Agency Web Services (PWS) to report agency and protected firearms and assisting Public Agents understand their obligations under the (Public Agents Firearms Regulations)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Firearms_Program