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An Integrated Safety and Security Group (ISSG) (French: Groupe intégré de la sécurité - GIS), formerly known as an Integrated Security Unit (ISU) is a unified and coordinated task force comprising multiple law enforcement agencies in Canada. It is responsible for coordinating the safety and security for major national and international events, including the G7 Summit and the Olympics. This administrative and operational entity was first created by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in 2003.
In 2003, the RCMP formed an ISSG for the 2010 Winter Olympics and for the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. Subsequently, another ISSG was formed for the 2009 World Police and Fire Games. In 2010, the RCMP formed an ISSG to coordinate security planning and operations for the 36th G8 Summit in Huntsville (Ontario) and the 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto (Ontario). In 2015, an ISSG was activated for the 2015 Pan American Games and 2015 Parapan American Games held in Ontario. In 2018, the RCMP formed an ISSG to support the G7 Summit in La Malbaie, Quebec. Finally, in 2024, an ISSG has been created to lead safety and security efforts to the 2025 G7 Summit, to be held in Kananaskis, Alberta.
2009 World Police and Fire Games
The 13th World Police and Fire Games were held at Metro Vancouver in the summer of 2009. For the protection of international athletes and due to the presence of firearms in competition, importation of pharmaceutical products, and other restricted articles under Canadian law, the BC2009WPFGISU was formed to integrate all regulatory function.
Members included:
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canada Border Services Agency
Vancouver Police Department
Delta Police Department
West Vancouver Police Department
Abbotsford Police Department
New Westminster Police Service
2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games
The initial Integrated Safety and Security Group, then known as Integrated Security Unit, was established in 2003.
The Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit (V2010 ISU or VISU) was initially started with a budget of $175 million CAD, the final expenditure was over $900 million. Private security cost $100 million.
The unit consisted of approximately 16,000 police, military and private security personnel:
4,000 RCMP personnel
1,700 members of 120 police and law enforcement agencies across Canada, including:
Vancouver Police Department
West Vancouver Police Department
Victoria Police Department
Central Saanich Police Service
Saanich Police Department
Delta Police Department
South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Police Service (Transit Police Service)
Nelson Police Department
British Columbia Conservation Officer Service
British Columbia Corrections Branch
British Columbia Sheriff Services
Canada Border Services Agency
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Alberta Sheriffs Branch
Ontario Provincial Police
Sûreté du Québec
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
Calgary Police
Edmonton Police Service
Taber Police Service
Winnipeg Police Service
Brandon Police Service
Hamilton Police Service
Saguenay Police
St-Eustache Police Service
Ottawa Police Service
Toronto Police Service
York Regional Police
Peel Regional Police
Waterloo Regional Police Service
Stratford Police Service
Service de police de la Ville de Montréal
Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service
Hanover Police Service
West Grey Police Service
5,000 members of the Canadian Armed Forces
4,800 private security screeners (Contemporary International [United States], United Protection Security Group [Canada], and Aeroguard [Canada]),
Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dog Association
NORAD
The unit was scaled down to 750 local RCMP officers, 500 military personnel and less than 6,000 private security personnel for the Paralympic Games.
2010 G8/G20 summits
The Toronto Police, Ontario Provincial Police, the RCMP, York Regional Police and the Peel Regional Police had formed an ISU for the 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto, along with help from Canadian Armed Forces.
The Toronto Police Service and the OPP focused on providing policing at the G20 Summit site in downtown Toronto and immediate security zone. As for Toronto Pearson International Airport, the Canadian Armed Forces and Peel Regional Police focused their operations within the airport and its perimeter. For the G8 Summit in Huntsville (Ontario), the OPP, the RCMP and the Canadian Forces provided the main security coverage.
Approximately 1,600 police officers were mobilized from outside the Grand Toronto Area (GTA):
Calgary Police: 162
Waterloo Regional Police
Niagara Regional Police: 100
Hamilton Police Service: 88
Stratford Police: 5
Barrie Police: ESU
Service de police de la Ville de Montréal.
2015 Pan American Games, Toronto
The ISU was activated again for the 2015 Pan American Games and 2015 Parapan American Games held in the Greater Toronto Area. It consisted of 10 police units:
Ontario Provincial Police
Toronto Police Service
Hamilton Police Service
Durham Regional Police
Peel Regional Police
York Regional Police
Niagara Regional Police
Halton Regional Police
South Simcoe Police Service
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Additional units included:
Canada Border Services Agency
Canadian Armed Forces
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
The OPP was the lead agency of the ISU for this event.
2018 G7 Summit
An ISU was activated for the 2018 G7 Summit held in La Malbaie, QC. The RCMP was the lead agency and partnered with the following agencies:
Canadian Armed Forces
Sûreté du Québec
Service de police de la Ville de Québec (Quebec City Police Service)
Service de sécurité publique de Saguenay (Saguenay Police Service)
See also
2010 G-20 Toronto summit protests
Black bloc
References
External links
2010 Olympics ISU Website
Winter Olympics ISU on Twitter
G-8/G-20 ISU website Archived 2010-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
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