Does RCMP run daily/weekly criminal background checks????

[Wendell]

Is there any difference as far as the databases go between firearms licensees and the general public?

Yes.

Holders of valid firearms licences are subject to Continuous Eligibility Screening which recognizes that an individual’s circumstances, including the appropriateness of ongoing firearms possession, change over time. Such screening is a public safety tool which brings high-risk behaviour by firearms owners to the attention of the Chief Firearms Officer for appropriate action. This allows authorities to take appropriate action, as required, including revoking a licence and seizure of firearms. When firearms owners become non-compliant (i.e. do not renew a licence), they are no longer within the ambit of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Canadian Firearms Program’s (CFP) jurisdiction. As a result, the Privacy Act, among other legislation, prevents the RCMP from conducting further Continuous Eligibility Screening, thereby withdrawing a meaningful tool that enables the CFP to take pre-emptive measures in dealing with higher-risk firearms owners.

<http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2015/2015-05-20/html/sor-dors104-eng.php>

Registration
SOR/2015-104 May 8, 2015
FIREARMS ACT
Regulations Amending the Firearms Licences Regulations
P.C. 2015-567 May 7, 2015
<http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2015/2015-05-20/html/sor-dors104-eng.php>

[Wendell]

The CFP’s policy objectives are to reduce the firearms risks to the health and personal safety of Canadians; promote responsible ownership, use and storage of firearms; and, provide police and other organizations with expertise and information vital to the prevention and investigation of firearms crime both in Canada and internationally.
With respect to the CFP and firearms users in 2007 there were:
*1.8 million licensed individuals;
*over 7.0 million registered firearms;
*one million Possession Only Licences (POL);
*800,000 Possession and Acquisition Licences (PAL);
*6,000 Possession Licenses for Minors;
*Continuous eligibility checks identified over 97,000 potential public safety issues (Firearms Interest to Police);
*FIP hits led to 466 Licence Refusals and 1701 Licence Revocations;
*More than 84,000 individuals took firearms safety training;
*The Canadian Firearms Registry On-Line (CFRO) recieved an average of 6,900 queries per day.

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<www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pubs/fire-feu-eval/eval-eng.pdf>

...continuous eligibility checks of firearms licence holders ensure that firearms are removed from people whose behaviour suggests that they might pose a threat to public safety.

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<www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pubs/fire-feu-eval/eval-eng.pdf>

RCMP, Canadian Firearms Program Evaluation, Final Approved Report, February 2010
<http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pubs/fire-feu-eval/eval-eng.pdf>

[laminated]

The one database that I did hear that was ran, is the obituaries, every Thursday.. prob to cross with the RPAL holders