Program directory · Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Specialized Technical Investigative Services
- Department
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Program code
- BXH06 (RCMP)
- Core responsibility
- National Specialized Services
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
This Program is comprised of three distinct branches: Air Services, Technical Investigation Services, and Protective Technical Services. RCMP Air Services provides specialized airborne law enforcement services to enable police operations across the country. Technical Investigation Services (TIS) provides state-of-the-art technological tools and procedures that can assist and support the investigation of criminal activity by operational sections in the RCMP and other law enforcement agencies. Protective Technical Services Branch (PTSB) provides technologies and systems to protect individuals and assets for which the RCMP is responsible.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2019-20. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specialized Technical Investigative Services | This program | 2019-20 – 2028-29 | $1.71B |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Indicators added: Percentage of advanced digital forensic service requests actioned within target service standards | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Indicators dropped: Requests for forensic analysis of digital devices are completed within 90 days of being accepted | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Renamed from “RCMP Specialized Technical Investigative Services” to “Specialized Technical Investigative Services”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: Percentage of Protective Technical Services Branch work orders completed annually; Percentage of requests for Technical Investigative Services that are actioned within established service standards | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of advanced digital forensic service requests actioned within target service standards | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | ≥ 80% | 2022 | 62% The Program is working on continuous improvements to meet service standards. | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 80% | 2023 | 97% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 80% | 2024 | 97% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 80% | 2025 | 0% Results not captured for 2024-25. A new system to capture the data for this indicator will be introduced in 2025-26. | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 80% | 2020 | 62% Delays are for various reasons: priority files, decryption time (password determination), technical problems, delays in getting parts. | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 90% | 2021 | 80% The 2020-21 target was not met due to various factors, including: priority files, decryption time (password determination), technical problems, delays in getting parts, technical knowledge to be acquired or gained to ensure proper device analysis. | Not met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 87% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 80% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | $210M | $268M |
| 2020-21 | $217M | $238M |
| 2021-22 | $206M | $296M |
| 2022-23 | $231M | $301M |
| 2023-24 | $234M | $290M |
| 2024-25 | $275M | $317M |
| 2025-26 | $305M | — |
| 2026-27 | $318M | — |
| 2027-28 | $329M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $342M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 1,224 | 1,250 |
| 2020-21 | 1,290 | 1,288 |
| 2021-22 | 1,418 | 1,308 |
| 2022-23 | 1,290 | 1,217 |
| 2023-24 | 1,294 | 1,215 |
| 2024-25 | 1,306 | 1,274 |
| 2025-26 | 1,312 | — |
| 2026-27 | 1,329 | — |
| 2027-28 | 1,387* | — |
| 2028-29 | 1,443* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 plan | $209,548,051 | $206,478,000 | $206,292,252 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $216,722,243 | $216,033,261 | $216,109,795 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $205,610,125 | $205,706,475 | $205,813,925 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $230,804,753 | $223,469,127 | $222,585,269 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $233,867,144 | $243,315,379 | $241,522,068 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $274,714,708 | $281,781,789 | $263,912,279 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $304,896,780 | $286,441,356 | $285,047,201 | |||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $318,291,227 | $328,524,626 | $341,632,953 | |||||||
| Actual | $268,260,851 | $237,627,325 | $296,241,050 | $300,874,061 | $289,962,187 | $316,741,161 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
