Case Law & Legislation
The precedent setting case that coined the term "fruits of the investigation" as the investigative file.
What is R. v. Stinchcombe
The application used to retrieve documents and reports (such as the Information, conviction list, RCC narrative and statements, etc.) for disclosure packages.
What is JUSTIN?
A correspondence that contains an itemized list that outlines the material in a disclosure package.
What is a Continuous Disclosure Letter?
A resource that outlines the full disclosure process for all formats from beginning to end.
What is the Flowchart for Processing Disclosure?
The BCPS specialty/support group responsible for disclosure.
What is the Comprehensive Disclosure Solution (CDS) Team or the Disclosure Resource Counsel Group.
The precedent setting case that provides the rules around the disclosure of police disciplinary records.
What is R. v. McNeil?
The program used for vetting and redaction.
What is Adobe Acrobat?
The initial business process that assists with ensuring our disclosure obligations can be met and our BCPS tools and processes will work.
What is MOU compliance?
A BCPS resource that contains information regarding disclosure principles, best practices for vetting, standard business processes, vetting guidelines and undertakings and conditions.
What is the Disclosure Manual?
The people in the BCPS responsible for disclosure.
Who is "everyone"?
The 2016 precedent setting case that changed the timeline rules for prosecution and when disclosure must be provided to Defence Counsel/Accused.
What is R. v. Jordan?
A remote desktop application to assist with uploading and downloading in SFTS.
What is CITRIX?
The document used to ensure materials received from investigative agencies are MOU compliant.
What is an Intake Checklist?
These internal documents provide practice advice to BCPS employees. Updated versions were released this year and many of them relate to disclosure.
What are Practice Bulletins?
Agreement between all police agencies in British Columbia, the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (BC) and the BC Prosecution Service.
What is the MOU? (Memorandum of Understanding)
A leading case precedent that set the ruling of requesting third-party records.
What is R. v. O'Connor or Mills or Quesnelle?
The new technology we are all waiting for that will change the way we manage and process disclosure.
What is DEMS?
The four acceptable file formats we currently receive from investigative agencies.
What are Digital Attachments, Single PDF (Piano Roll), Multi PDF and Ledger 3.0?
The CrownNet page that contains all information about BCPS standard disclosure business processes and practices.
What is the Disclosure Resources page?
Disks, encrypted thumb drives and encrypted portable hard drives are approved _______ _______to provide ________.
What are external devices & disclosure?
The section of the Criminal Code that defines records where there may be an expectation of privacy.
What is s. 278.1?
The system police use to submit digital attachments to the BCPS. The same system is used to send disclosure to defence.
What is SFTS? (Secure File Transfer System)
The term used when we customize codes for materials that don't fall within our standard vetting codes.
What is special vetting or custom vetting codes?
Document used to track/monitor what has been vetted, who applied the vetting and why in a file.
What is a Vetting Tracking Template/Sheet?
Members of the public rely on this legislation when they want to obtain disclosure materials on a concluded file.
What is FOIPPA? (Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act)