The audit concludes that most investigators had not completed core training, which “could be negatively impacting the quality of investigations.”
The audit says no investigator working under the $35 million criminal investigations program had completed the full set of required courses — and less than half of them had completed the CBSA’s introductory course, called “Foundations of Criminal Investigations.”
“The impact of no training is significant,” said another CBSA employee quoted in the audit report, “because you’re not supposed to enforce legislation without training.”
It’s not clear what the current rates of completion are for CBSA investigators.
If no investigator his completed all the required courses, then either the requirements are unreasonable, or the agency is so incompetently administered that it should implode into a black hole. I knew it was probably bad, but I wasn’t expecting this.
The bar for employment is embarrassingly low.
Based on my experience, some (most?) probably have finished it, the tracking of completed courses is what’s broken.