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This document is archival in nature and is intended Le présent document a une valeur archivistique et for those who wish to consult archival documents fait partie des documents d’archives rendus made available from the collection of Public Safety disponibles par Sécurité publique Canada à ceux Canada. qui souhaitent consulter ces documents issus de sa collection. Some of these documents are available in only one official language. Translation, to be provided Certains de ces documents ne sont disponibles by Public Safety Canada, is available upon que dans une langue officielle. Sécurité publique request. Canada fournira une traduction sur demande. I ti'-J <( ;~ I •Ot, I-ts~ I (~7l( I I I ~ HE HISTORY OF: I I CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE CANADA 1 I - 1978- I I I I I I I Researched and edited by the Central Bureau of C.I.S.C. and particular acknowledgement I to Cpl. Craig BUSHEY for his contribution in the preparation of this document. ll I I I I I I TABLE OF CONTENTS I I Page 1 History of Criminal Intelligence Service Canada. Page 9 APPENDIX "A" - Directors and Asst/Directors of I Criminal Intelligence Service Canada with appointment dates. I Page 11 APPENDIX "8" - List of dates of C.I.S.C. Executive I Committee Meetings. I Page 13 APPENDIX "C" - Membership of C.I.S.C. Page 17 APPENDIX "D" - List of dates of C.I.S.C. Supervisory I Meetings. I I I I I I I I THE HI STORY OF: I CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE CANADA "Only through a well co-ordinated and unified personal history files be compiled on all known attack by federal, provincial and local police forces criminals belonging to groups or syndicates involved I will we be able to control and check the spread of in criminal activities in Canada, or between Canada organized crime in Canada."(1) This statement. and the United States. albeit well seasoned with use, still remains most As a result of this meeting and oth ers, Commi s appropriate today as it is the basic philosophy of I sioner Harvison on Apri I 1, 1962, approved the Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (C.I.S.C.). formation of National Crime Intelligence Units There is evidence of organized criminal activity within the R.C.M.P. to develop, gather, correlate, I associated with narcotics trafficking, gambling, record, and disseminate criminal intelligence in prostitution, the manufacture and distribution of formation concerning organized crime or syndicated illicit alcohol, smuggling and other lucrative crimes crime. Nationa I Crime lnte II igence Units were es I dating as far back as the 1930s. However, it was tablished by Apri I 1, 1963 at Montrea I, Toronto , not unti I the early 1950s that an abundantly more Windsor, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, and devious and refined pattern of criminal behavior Vancouver with the central N.C.I. Unit located materialized on the Canadian scene. At that junc at R.C.M.P. Headquarters, Ottawa. Crime Intelli I ture, it became increasingly evident that those gence Units were also established by the Metro engaged in organized activity in Canada were politan Toronto Police Department, Ontario Provinc ial maintaining a close working relationship and Police, Montreal City Police and Quebec Provinc ial I personal k inship with powerfu l Un ited States Police. syndicates. At the Federal-Provincial Conference of the With its ever increasing growth, organized crime Prime Minister of Canada and Provincial Premi ers I in Canada soon became a matter of nationa I concern, in Ottawa, during July 1965, Prime Minister Pea rs on, and thus, the conception, birth, and evolution of in his opening remarks, stated: Criminal Intelligence Service Canada. " .. .The Federal Government is deeply I On October 24, 1961, Commissioner C.W. concerned to do all it can to assist Harvison of the R.C.M.P. presided as chairman at Provincial Governments with the re a secret meeting comprised of Director J. Brunet, sponsability for combatting such I Quebec Provincial Police, Director J.A. Robert, crime. The R.C.M.P. have for some Montreal City Police, and Chief James Mackie of years operated a variety of national the Metropolitan Toronto Police. During the course services for the benefit of all Canadian of the meeting, there was considerable discussion police forces. The Federal Government I pertaining to organized or syndicated crime as it is prepared to authorize and finance affected the Province of Quebec, the City of expansion of several of these services Montreal, various areas of Ontario, in particular particularly utilization of the R.C.M.P. I Toronto, and as well other parts of Canada. resources for the gathering, correlation and dissemination of intelligence in Commissioner Harvison agreed it was paramount formation on organized crime." that a central agency be established for the distribu I tion of criminal intelligence and that the R.C.M.P. The Government of Canada had become fearful act as that agency. To this end, the heads of the that organized crime may reach into government police forces agreed to funnel information to the circles as the "Gerda Mungsinger Affair" and th e I R.C.M.P. Headquarters in Ottawa where it would be Lucien Rivard narcotics conspiracy case were both sifted by the readers, with the resulting information fresh in the minds of politicians. The famous Rivard being forwarded to the police department concerned. case a I so concerned the attempted bribery of a It was also concluded that it was essential that lawyer representing the U.S. Government in th e ex I tradition proceedings against Rivard, in whic h a federal Member of Parliament was reportedly in I (1) Report of Committee on Crime Intelligence (Aug. 1967) volved, prompting the Dorion Enquiry. - 1 - I I As a result of the Federal-Provincial Conference, central intelligence mechanism, and I a sub-committee was immediately established con make a report to all Attorneys General sisting of the Minister of Justice and the Attorneys for their consideration." General of each province. The committee met on July Having adopted the resolution, the Federal I 21st and 22nd, 1965, to discuss ways and means by Provincial representatives appointed the following which the Federal Government could assist in com police officials to the Committee on Crime batting crime. Those specifically mentioned by the Intelligence: Minister of Justice were the extension of the R.C.M.P. I criminal intelligence function; extension of R.C.M.P. Commissioner George B. McClellan, advanced training courses; and support to facilitate Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Chairman; more frequent conferences between police officials Commissioner Eric H. Silk, Q.C., I in the form of additional meetings of the Canadian Ontario Provincial Police; Association of Chiefs of Police, on specialized re gional conferences devoted to organized crime. Director Genera I J. Adrien Robert, I Quebec Provincial Police; The suggestions were tentatively agreed upon and were welcomed by the Attorneys General. A sub Assistant Commissioner F.S. Spalding, sequent meeting was scheduled for later in the year Commanding Officer, I when propos a Is might be put forward in greater de Royal Canadian Mounted Police, tail for discussion, and when various Attorneys Victoria, B.C. General might present their own proposals for dis cussion and consideration. The Committee met at Ottawa in three sessions I - the first on January 20th and 21st, 1966, the This, then, set the stage for the Federal-Provin second on March 21st and 22nd, 1966 and the third cial Conference on Organized Crime of January 6th on February 2nd and 3rd, 1967. and 7th, 1966. Mr. Claude Wagner, then Minister of I Justice for the Province of Quebec, proposed the It is significant to note that, early in the first creation of a Central Intelligence Bureau for the use session, the Committee defined certain terms, which of all police forces in Canada. The function of the were the product of considerable thought and were I bureau was to provide for the collection, analysis, used throughout their deliberations. They are as and dissemination of criminal intelligence to ef follows: fectively combat organized crime. Mr. Wagner went "Organized Crime means two or more I on to state: persons concerting together on a con " ... It is clear that the operation of this tinuing basis to participate in illegal new agency will increase and accellerate activities either directly or indirectly I the detection of organized crime by cir for gain." cumscribing it at its very first manifes "Crime Intelligence in the area of tation. It also appears that this central organized crime, means information I office should establish close co-opera relating to crime or persons who may tion with the various departments on a be involved in criminal activity where national and provincial level, Immigra the publication or transmission thereof tion,