Public Hearing Audience publique - Commissioner / Commissaire The Honourable / L’honorable

FRANK AU: Now, as one of the deputies 12 assisting the former Chief and you were tasked with the 13 intelligence responsibility, do you recall any discussions you 14 had with the former Chief about your specific assignment with 15 respect to the Freedom Convoy events? 16 INTERIM CHIEF STEVE BELL: Absolutely. [...] We’ve never experienced and had no intelligence 24 to indicate that it was actually going to be the leverage of the 25 community and the activities of the protestors to use our 26 community members through their activities as the leverage point 27 to be heard. [...] And 4 what I would say is what was known the day before was that a 5 large number, and the day before, so if this is the 28th, the 27th 6 is we were starting to receive numbers on what the size and 7 scope would be, --- 8 MR. [...] Patterson knew of 22 the Hendon Report as early as January 13th, why was it that you 23 weren’t aware until the week of the 20th? 24 INTERIM CHIEF STEVE BELL: So one of my 25 responsibilities as the Deputy Chief is to make sure that the 26 information is shared. [...] FRANK AU: Now, did you read it at around 12 that time? 13 INTERIM CHIEF STEVE BELL: Yes, I would've -- I 14 would have received the Threat Assessment as I was provided it, 15 and I believe it was on the 28th the copy of the Operational 16 Plan that was being put forward.