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December 2013 TCI Training CNL is pleased to advise that, effective 9 December 2013, we have acquired the St.John’s Port Author- ity Security Services Contract. This contract pro- vides eleven full time permanent positions for Commissionaires and up to ten casuals positions during the Cruise Ship season. These jobs were posted on the Corps website and have since been filled by Commissionaires who applied online. The St.John’s Port Authority is part of Canada’s growing marine sector of ports and marine facili- ties. Canada’s Ports and Marine Facilities serve commercial fishing operations, marine cargo vessels and cruise ships. They handle ap- proximately 309.7 million tonnes of marine cargo annu- ally. The St. John's Port Authority, which manages and promotes the Port of St. John's, is an autonomous Federal agency created in 1999 pursuant to the Can- ada Marine Act. Its mission is to provide reliable, economic and efficient port services for the pur- poses of supporting Canadian trade, fostering re- gional economic development and serving New- foundland and Labrador’s distribution require- ments. The Port of St. John’s is home to the largest and most advanced container shipping terminal in the province and is the main North American con- tainer connection to Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The Port of St. John’s is also one of the most adapt- able and versatile petroleum supply and service cen- tres on the east coast of North America. It has the largest and most modern base in Atlantic Canada and is connected to an extensive supply and service net- work. Canada’s ports are now among the most secure in the world. Marine-facility operators in Can- ada comply 100 percent with the Inter- national Maritime Organization’s strict security code, the International Ship and Port-facility Security Code (ISPS). This Code was further enhanced with Trans- port Canada’s new Marine Transport Security Act (MTSA) that imposed even higher standards of security for Can- ada’s maritime industry. Canada’s ports and marine facilities also work closely with Transport Canada, the Customs and Border Services Agency (CBSA) - and other governmental agencies - to en- sure that all aspects of international trade is safe and secure. CNL will provide access control at Piers 9 and 17 and Roving and Silent Patrols along the Harbour Apron and at the Southside Road facilities. St.John’s Port Authority

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December 2013

TCI Training

CNL is pleased to advise that, effective 9 December

2013, we have acquired the St.John’s Port Author-

ity Security Services Contract. This contract pro-

vides eleven full time permanent positions for

Commissionaires and up to ten casuals positions

during the Cruise Ship season. These jobs were

posted on the Corps website and have since been

filled by Commissionaires who applied online.

The St.John’s Port Authority is part of Canada’s

growing marine sector of ports and marine facili-

ties. Canada’s Ports

and Marine Facilities

serve commercial

fishing operations,

marine cargo vessels

and cruise ships.

They handle ap-

proximately 309.7

million tonnes of

marine cargo annu-

ally.

The St. John's Port Authority, which manages and

promotes the Port of St. John's, is an autonomous

Federal agency created in 1999 pursuant to the Can-

ada Marine Act. Its mission is to provide reliable,

economic and efficient port services for the pur-

poses of supporting Canadian trade, fostering re-

gional economic development and serving New-

foundland and Labrador’s distribution require-

ments. The Port of St. John’s is home to the largest

and most advanced container shipping terminal in

the province and is the main North American con-

tainer connection to Newfoundland and Labrador,

Canada.

The Port of St. John’s is also one of the most adapt-

able and versatile petroleum supply and service cen-

tres on the east coast of North America. It has the

largest and most modern base in Atlantic Canada and

is connected to an extensive supply and service net-

work.

Canada’s ports are now among the most secure in the

world. Marine-facility operators in Can-

ada comply 100 percent with the Inter-

national Maritime Organization’s strict

security code, the International Ship and

Port-facility Security Code (ISPS). This

Code was further enhanced with Trans-

port Canada’s new Marine Transport

Security Act (MTSA) that imposed even

higher standards of security for Can-

ada’s maritime industry. Canada’s ports

and marine facilities also work closely with Transport

Canada, the Customs and Border Services Agency

(CBSA) - and other governmental agencies - to en-

sure that all aspects of international trade is safe and

secure.

CNL will provide access control at Piers 9 and 17 and

Roving and Silent Patrols along the Harbour Apron

and at the Southside Road facilities.

St.John’s Port Authority

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Congratulations to the following Commissionaires who successfully completed the Persons With Secu-

rity Responsibilities Course (PWSR). This program provides the required training for persons with secu-

rity responsibilities under the Marine Transportation Security Regulations (MTSR). Persons With Secu-

rity Responsibilities working in compliant marine facilities or vessels are required to obtain this relevant

training. This is a required course before performing duties under a Marine Facility Security Plan.

This one (1) day course provides the regulatory training requirements for persons with security responsi-

bilities. This course includes all the procedural duties that could be delegated to a person with security

responsibilities by the Marine Facility Security Officer.

Name Location

Site Manager Don Edgecomb Long Pond Marine Facility

Commissionaire Ben Foley Long Pond Marine Facility

Commissionaire Wilf Tucker Long Pond Marine Facility

Commissionaire George Miller Long Pond Marine Facility

Commissionaire Arthur McEvoy Long Pond Marine Facility

Commissionaire Peter Humphries Long Pond Marine Facility

Commissionaire Brian O’Toole Long Pond Marine Facility

Commissionaire Rita Hatcher Long Pond Marine Facility

Commissionaire Trent Brinston St.John’s Port Authority

Commissionaire Toby Pollett St.John’s Port Authority

Commissionaire Eric Keating St.John’s Port Authority

Commissionaire Mike Lee St.John’s Port Authority

Commissionaire Fred Armstrong St.John’s Port Authority

Commissionaire David Carr St.John’s Port Authority

Commissionaire Kevin McDonald St.John’s Port Authority

Commissionaire Diane Wells St.John’s Port Authority

Commissionaire Edith Cuerrier St.John’s Port Authority

Commissionaire Ed Cadigan St.John’s Port Authority

Commissionaire Adrian Brennen St.John’s Port Authority

PWSR Training

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Congratulations to the following Commissionaires who successfully completed Therapeutic Crisis Inter-

vention training. This intensive course provides Commissionaires with in-house training in the TCI cur-

riculum which is an approved physical restraint training program offered by Eastern Health. The purpose

of TCI is to provide a crisis prevention and intervention model which will assist in: Preventing crises

from occurring; De-escalating potential crises; Effectively managing acute crisis phases; Reducing po-

tential and actual injury to residents and staff. The program teaches: crisis prevention and de-escalation

skills and physical intervention techniques that respect the dignity of the client.

Name Location

CEO Jim Lynch HQ CNL

Dir Bus Dev Leo O’Brien HQ CNL

Dir Opf & Trg Ian Sinclair HQ CNL

Site Manager Kris Vardy Waterford Hospital Forensics Unit

Commissionaire Gary McNeil Waterford Hospital Forensics Unit

Commissionaire Patrick O’Neil Waterford Hospital Forensics Unit

Commissionaire Justin Dollard Waterford Hospital Forensics Unit

Commissionaire Grant Fowler Waterford Hospital Forensics Unit

Commissionaire Matt Ryan Waterford Hospital Forensics Unit

Commissionaire Jordan Turnbull Waterford Hospital Forensics Unit

Commissionaire Daniel Earle Waterford Hospital Forensics Unit

Commissionaire Adam Noseworthy Waterford Hospital Forensics Unit

Commissionaire Kurtis Smith Waterford Hospital Forensics Unit

TCI Training

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Congratulations to the following Commissionaires who recently completed the mandatory Aeronautics

Security Officer Training required in order to work at St.John’s International Airport. Approximately 1.6

million passengers passed through St.John’s International Airport last year. Commissionaires Newfound-

land and Labrador provide access control and escort duties to the entire airport operation and function un-

der the security policies and procedures provided by the Authority and by Transport Canada.

Aeronautics Security Training

Name Location

Commissionaire Gary Simmons St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Libby Haring St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Wayne Cole St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Leeann Parsons St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Jennifer Upshall St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Russ Truscott St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Mac Hickey St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Alan McIntosh St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Wayne Abbott St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Jason Philpott St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Randy Steed St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Megan Reynolds St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Kane Masters St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Melissa Dwyer St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Lynn Gill St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Colin Cox St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Adrian Brennan St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Tyler Pretty St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Geoff Easton St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Trent Brinston St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Jimmy Farr St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Robert Dumond St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Wavey Ethridge St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Fred Armstrong St.John’s Airport Authority

Commissionaire Blake Gillingham St.John’s Airport Authority Commissionaire Mike Lee St.John’s Airport Authority

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Congratulations to the following Commissionaires on recently being Awarded Permanent Jobs

Name Site

Commissionaire Adam Noseworthy Fortis - Fort William Bldg

Commissionaire Aiden Denine St. John's Airport Terminal

Commissionaire Kim Kielley St. John's Airport Terminal

Commissionaire Carl Miller Coast Guard

Commissionaire Tom Skelding Coast Guard

Commissionaire Fraser McCurdy Coast Guard

Commissionaire Randy Steed Coast Guard

Commissionaire John Tizzard DVA

Commissionaire Frances Learning Serco Goose Bay

Commissionaire Steve McCluskey Fortis - Cabot Place Parking Lot

Commissionaire Glen Simpson Fortis - Fort William Bldg / Fortis Block

Commissionaire Brendan Barry Fortis - Fort William Bldg / Fortis Block

Commissionaire Andrew Green Fortis - Fortis Block

Commissionaire Perry Muise Canada Revenue Agency

Commissionaire Joe Frampton ASCO Canada

Commissionaire Patrick Gill Serco Goose Bay

Commissionaire Rebecca Butler Site Manager - SJPA

Commissionaire Trent Brinston SJPA - Pier 9 & Pier 17/18

Commissionaire David Carr SJPA - Pier 9 & Pier 17/18

Commissionaire Fred Armstrong SJPA - Pier 9 & Pier 17/18

Commissionaire Mike Lee SJPA - Pier 9 & Pier 17/18

Commissionaire Roni Gosse SJPA - Pier 9 & Pier 17/18

Commissionaire Art McEvoy SJPA - Pier 9 & Pier 17/18

Commissionaire Wilf Tucker SJPA - Roving_Silent Patrol

Commissionaire Toby Pollett SJPA - Roving_Silent Patrol

Commissionaire Bill Hobden Corrections Canada

Commissionaire Carol Sweeney Government House

TBA St.John’s International Airport

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Military Suicides: Veterans Benefits Changes

May Be Factor, MPs Told

OTTAWA - Former sol-

diers, veterans advocates

and lawmakers wrestled

with duelling theories

Tuesday about what might

be at the heart of a sudden

series of suicides this fall

among serving members

of the Canadian military.

Testimony

before two

separate

parliamen-

tary com-

mittees

struggled to

come to

grips with

an issue

some say

defies explanation: what

drives a person to the

tragic, deeply personal

decision to take their own

life.

While the Harper govern-

ment has invested millions

bolstering mental health

services at National De-

fence, scant attention is

paid to helping the men-

tally and physically

wounded transition to ci-

vilian life, the House of

Commons defence committee was

told.

The veterans affairs committee,

meanwhile, heard Tuesday that

the perceived financial uncer-

tainty created by the government's

overhaul of veterans benefits is

driving some soldiers to the brink.

At the same time, the head of the

country's

special

forces

says it's

important

to create

an atmos-

phere

where

troops

who strug-

gle with their wartime experi-

ences feel confident enough to

speak up without fear of losing

their career.

The debate is taking place against

the backdrop of at least four ap-

parent military suicides within a

week in different parts of the

country.

The Canadian military's medical

establishment is grappling to

identify the triggers. A recent

technical review of 38 suicide in-

vestigations catalogued 74 differ-

ent recommendations that emerged

from those probes.

There were 25 confirmed suicides in

2011 and an additional 17 deaths

in 2012, said the September 2013

report, obtained by The Canadian

Press.

National Defence says it has already

acted on the vast majority of the sug-

gestions through existing initiatives.

But it pointedly rejected recommen-

dations calling for extra mental

health services staff to be assigned to

specific units, such as special forces,

and for more screening of all troops

before and after high-stress postings.

The rejection of more screening runs

contrary to a recent Canadian Medi-

cal Association Journal report where

a University of Toronto mental

health expert warned that patients

exposed to traumatic events in the

military should be routinely checked

for signs of post-traumatic stress dis-

order, or PTSD.

The paper's author, Allison Craw-

ford, described the chances of sol-

diers self-identifying as slim.

Reducing the stigma of mental ill-

ness is something the military has

worked hard to overcome — both

among regular and special forces,

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said Brig.-Gen. Denis Thompson,

the commander in charge of spe-

cial forces.

"You just have to make them con-

fident they can self identify and

there's no consequences," Thomp-

son told The Canadian Press in an

interview Monday.

"If you self-identify and go see

the (medical officer) and you

work your way to see various

medical professionals, or maybe

it's just the padre; none of that

stuff is career-ending and it does-

n't take you — as the guys would

say — 'out of the

stack.'"

National De-

fence has faced

persistent accu-

sations this fall

that wounded

soldiers, many of

them with PTSD,

are being summarily hustled out

the door.

The upheaval of moving to civil-

ian life can be exceptionally tax-

ing, said Tim Laidler, the execu-

tive director of Veterans Transi-

tion Network.

"Post-traumatic stress symptoms

are managed on their own, often

with one-on-one therapy and they

have lots of evidence proving the

effectiveness," said Laidler, a cor-

poral in the reserves who served

in Afghanistan.

stan in 2004.

"They are not the economically

cheap variety that the government

would like to see, but they are the

right variety. You can't put a price

on everything. And frankly that

would alleviate a great deal of

stress for Canada's serving and

retired veterans to address the

lump sum right away."

Veterans Affairs Minister Julian

Fantino has asked a Commons

committee to review the charter,

including the compensation re-

gime — a process Berry dis-

missed as an exercise in wheel-

spinning.

"In the last two weeks we've had

the suicides of four serving mem-

bers," Berry said.

"These are problems that are hap-

pening right now. Lives are hang-

ing in the balance, and more re-

views and more time wasted is

more lives wasted."

From Canadian Press

"The complication comes when

someone has to reinvent them-

selves moving from a military

career over to a civilian life and

deal with some of these post-

traumatic stress disorder symp-

toms, and potentially depression

symptoms."

The technical review identified

"career-related issues" as being

involved in 21 per cent of the

cases where someone took their

own life. The No. 1 reason, ac-

cording to the research, was a

breakdown in a personal relation-

ship.

Additionally, the

review identified

financial uncer-

tainty as a factor in

15 per cent of the

cases. Money is at

the heart of a law-

suit filed by a

group of Afghan

veterans who argue that they are

being discriminated against by

changes to the benefits system.

The Harper government's mar-

quee legislation, the New Veter-

ans Charter, largely converted the

old pension-for-life system to a

series of lump-sum awards and

finite allowances — something

the soldiers claim is far less gen-

erous.

"Frankly, the answers are fairly

clear," said Kevin Berry, a former

private who served in Afghani-

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News Items

Performance Bonus

As you maybe aware, we have

adopted a practice of assign-

ing a performance bonus

based on an amount per hour

multiplied by the total number

of hours Commissionaires

worked in the previous year.

This year we

have allocated

$30,000.00 to

the perform-

ance bonus.

This equates to

ten cents per

hour worked from 1 Apr 2012

to 31 March 2013. The per-

formance bonus will be paid

out in the next payroll which

is scheduled for disbursement

on Monday, 23 December,

2013.

generally to difficult to deci-

pher. Those completed online

are typed and easy to follow.

To download and complete

the form please go to

http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/tbsf-

fsct/330-60-eng.pdf

Notice of Additional Work

One of our clients, the Delta

Hotel, requires up to sixteen

(16) Commissionaires for this

New Year's Eve to provide

security services. Commis-

sionaires interested in work-

ing on this project would be

required to work over-

night from 1800hrs to

0600hrs. The rate of pay

would be $25.44 per hour

given the season.

If you are not already sched-

uled to work at your own

work site and would like to

work these additional hours,

please email the Director of

Operations, Mr Ian Sinclair, at

isin-

[email protected]

This project is on a first come

first served basis.

Commissionaires Encour-

aged To Apply For Secret

Security Clearance

More and more of our clients

are now requesting that Com-

missionaires be cleared to Se-

cret Level. As you know,

Commissionaires must be

cleared Reliable in order to

work at any of our sites.

Making application for Secret

Security Clearance is much

more time consuming as the

applicant

must include

the names

and ad-

dresses of

all family

members

along with

that of their

spouse. Ad-

ditionally, the applicant must

account for their place of resi-

dence for the past ten years

and there can be no gaps in

the information provided. In

many cases, we are receiving

applications with far too much

information missing to prop-

erly submit the forms.

Commissionaires wishing to

apply for Secret Status should

download the forms from the

Internet and complete them

online. Once the forms are

complete they can be deliv-

ered to Commissionaires and

we can enter the information

into the system as required.

Hand written applications are

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Commissionaires Newfoundland and Labrador Division

207A Kenmount Road- (In Hayward Furniture Parking Lot)

St. John’s, NL-A1B3P9

Tel: 709-754-0757 ext 226

Fax:709-754-0116

Cell: 709-725-2616

Email: [email protected]

Commissionaires is Canada’s leading private security services provider, offering our clients the highest level

of reliability, experience and innovation. We have protected people and property from coast to coast for more

than 80 years. The training and experience of our Commissionaires make us uniquely qualified to deliver,

consistently and with integrity, the highest standard of service. We offer federal, provincial and municipal

governments, police forces and private facilities many security services to choose from.

Commissionaires is a 24/7 security service provider. Our social mandate is to provide meaningful employment

to veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces, RCMP, other Police and uniform services. We also employ quali-

fied individuals who are non veterans. At Commissionaires we believe clients are our most valuable assets an

so our commitment is to provide highly qualified professional security officers for every situation.

Commissionaires Newfoundland and Labrador employs over 300 men and women across Newfoundland and

Labrador. We also maintain a Casual List that we recruit and train in order to meet demands from each site for

sick and annual leave replacements. If you are a veteran of the Canadian Forces or RCMP or a non veteran

looking for a career change why not join Commissionaires. We are currently hiring for full time and casual

positions. Retired, and looking for additional employment. Commissionaires is the perfect choice.

Why not contact us today!

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Happy Birthday In December

John Buckle Perry Nolan

Anthony Pye Andrew Rogers

Brian Shutts Ivan Beck

Troy Roberts Coleen Fagan

John Poirier Karen Barefoot

David Carr Gary McNeil

Bart Dwyer Sheila Hynes

Grant Manual George Barrett

Ryan Francis Jim Farr

William Williams Robert Shiwak

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Season’s Greetings From the CEO,

the Board of Governors and the

HQ Staff of Commissionaires

Newfoundland and Labrador

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CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CRIMINAL

INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Critical Infrastructure Intelligence Team Bulletins are issued as and when required to provide critical infrastructure (CI) stakeholders with current status information on emerging CI issues. The RCMP, in support of the GoC strategy to ensure critical infrastructure (CI) resiliency, assesses, evaluates and reports on information regarding threats and criminality to Canada's CI. This intelligence and/or information may be used to assist in the protection of Canada's CI.

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2013/2014 HOLIDAY SECURITY AWARENESS CIIT currently has no intelligence to indicate any imminent criminal threats to Canada’s national Critical Infrastructure. That said, with an influx of people travelling, shopping, and attending public events this holiday season, first responders and frontline security personnel will exercise a heightened level of vigilance. Critical Infrastructure that is especially impacted by the holiday rush includes:

Transportation assets, including urban transit (e.g. passenger rail), commercial airlines and airports;

Assets that may be co-located with, or in proximity to, commercial facilities (e.g. shopping complexes) and venues that host mass-gatherings (e.g. tree-lighting ceremonies, Christmas parades, and New Year’s Eve celebrations).

Passenger rail systems and commercial facilities are relatively open environments that will be frequented by high concentrations of people throughout the holidays. Similarly, some holiday celebrations that are open to the public are attended by thousands of

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people. These conditions could appeal to extremists who may aspire to launch a mass-casualty attack. The aviation sub-sector, and particularly passenger aircraft, continues to be a highly desirable target for some Al Qaeda-affiliated extremist groups. In addition, the Christmas holiday season may appeal to extremists on a symbolic level since it is a time of celebration for Christians. Historically, most extremists choose to carry out an attack when operationally ready, rather than timing an attack to coincide with an anniversary or other specific dates. However, attacks during the holiday season have occurred in the past and the possibility of future attacks cannot be entirely discounted. Previous examples include the following:

On December 13, 2013, U.S. citizen and airport worker Terry Loewen was arrested for allegedly devising a plot that involved driving a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) onto the tarmac of Wichita Mid-Continent Airport and detonating it in proximity to passenger planes. According to court documents, the 58-year-old Loewen allegedly discussed with an undercover FBI agent the possibility of executing the attack just prior to Christmas, as this would cause the greatest physical and economic impact.

On November 26, 2010, the FBI thwarted an attempted bombing of an annual

holiday tree lighting ceremony in Portland, OR. Mohamed Osman Mohamud, who was 19 years old at the time, attempted to detonate what he believed to be an explosives-laden van that was parked near the ceremony;

On December 25, 2009, Nigerian national and Al Qaida recruit Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab attempted to detonate an improvised explosive device on a passenger aircraft as it approached Detroit, MI. The IED was concealed in the 23-year-old’s underwear. An alert passenger played a role in stopping the failed attempt;

On December 22, 2001, 28-year-old Richard Reid boarded American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami, wearing shoes packed with explosives, which he unsuccessfully tried to detonate. Passengers subdued him on the plane, which landed at Logan International Airport in Boston, MA, the closest US airport.

Self-directed individuals continue to comprise one of the most unpredictable and concerning categories of extremist threats in the West. Attacks by these individuals may be simple in their design and easy to conceal. A less complex plot, involving only one or

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two attackers, can dramatically shorten the attack-planning cycle. Consequently, these types of attacks can be difficult for law enforcement and the intelligence community to detect. Propaganda produced by Al Qaeda affiliates, including the English-language Inspire magazine and The Lone Mujahid Pocketbook, has urged readers in the West to take matters into their own hands by planning attacks in relative isolation, using materials that are easy to acquire and manufacture. Such ideas include step-by-step instruction on how to make crude but effective improvised explosive devices (IEDs), such as pipe and pressure cooker bombs. Both of these kinds of recipes have been followed and completed by individuals in North America. For example:

On April 15, 2013, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev concealed two pressure cooker IEDs in backpacks and left them near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The blasts killed three people and injured an estimated 264 others. The recipe used by the Tsarnaev brothers is believed to have been inspired by Inspire magazine.

Upon his arrest on November 20, 2011, Jose Pimental of New York City was believed to be a few hours away from producing three viable pipe bomb devices. Still images from surveillance video showed Pimental meticulously following a recipe contained in the inaugural issue of Inspire magazine.

In addition, on July 1, 2013, two individuals were alleged to have targeted Canada Day celebrations at the Victoria Legislature in British Columbia. The pair was allegedly intending to use multiple pressure cooker bombs that appeared similar in composition to the recipes outlined in Inspire magazine. They have been charged and are in custody. RECOMMENDATIONS

As the holiday season approaches, Canada’s critical infrastructure owners and operators may wish to review existing emergency response and business continuity plans to ensure they are prepared to: detect, prevent, respond and recover from all criminal threats, including terrorist activity.

As part of the additional vigilance exercised by frontline security personnel, particular attention may be paid to abandoned suitcases, backpacks, or other types of containers, as well as vehicles that are parked in unauthorized areas, in proximity to venues that attract crowds during the holiday season. Security personnel may observe overt nervousness exhibited by pedestrians/travelers,

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including inability to make eye contact when questioned, darting eyes, high-paced breathing, excessive perspiration, inability to remain still, irregular gait and excessive pacing. Post-event analysis indicates that terrorist attacks are preceded by pre-attack indicators that could have been appropriately identified, reported, analyzed and acted upon. Possibilities involving pre-attack indicators include: excessive note-taking or sketching of CI assets; taking photos or recording video of assets that would not be of interest to the typical tourist or passerby; in-depth and detailed questions from members of the public on an asset’s inner-workings and/or design specifications. CIIT encourages recipients of this document to report information concerning suspicious or criminal activity to local law enforcement organizations. To report information regarding suspicious activity, criminal extremism, or other activities which could pose a threat to Canada’s national security call:

National Security Information Network at 1-800-420-5805 Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) at (613)-993-9620

Non-emergency suspicious incidents can also be reported to CIIT analysts in the following cities: Calgary: N. FLATTERS – 403-699-2665 – [email protected] Montreal: B. WEGRZYCK – 514-939-8400 #2782 – [email protected] Toronto: B. MCBAIN – 416-790-2617 – [email protected] Vancouver: S. MANOLIAS – 778-290-4228– [email protected] Non-emergency suspicious incidents can also be reported to RCMP national security contacts in the following cities: Charlottetown: Cpl. A. TRIANTAFILLOU – 902-566-7118 – [email protected] Fredericton: Cpl. L. ROBICHAUD – 506-452-3101 – [email protected] Halifax: Cpl. R. CHURCHILL – 902-720-5158 – [email protected] Regina: Cpl. P. MCGUGAN – 306-780-8083 – [email protected] St. John’s: Cpl. B. BEAUMASTER – 709-772-2577 – [email protected] Winnipeg: Sgt. R. KARPISH – 204-984-1963 – [email protected] Prepared by: Critical Infrastructure Intelligence Team Federal Policing Criminal Operations Email: [email protected]