How effective is the ongoing performance measurement system of the DDS program?
The program area receives a substantial amount of rich performance information, but there is room for improvement. Enforcement Branch receives monthly statistics from detector dog handlers through the regional DDS contact. Handlers with currency and D/F detector dogs fill in two forms, which are sent electronically to their respective DDS contacts. One form summarizes the hours and days spent on different types of activities.[ 11 ] The second form (detector dogs search report) provides information on seizures.[ 12 ] The FPA detector dog teams are still using old CFIA forms for seizures statistics. Enforcement Branch is creating a single seizure form for all handlers, including the FPA handlers. Handlers provide the quantities and value of drugs they have seized to the Enforcement Branch, but the quantity information is not captured in the DDS databases. Since the value of drugs can change over time and across regions, capturing quantities would allow for a better historical analysis of
