US embassy cable - 05OTTAWA1647

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 OTTAWA 001647 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE 
 
SECSTATE FOR ECA/PE/V/R/W - EWILKES-SCOTT; 
ECA/PE/V/R/E - DDOUGLAS; WHA/PDA - JCARPENTER-ROCK; 
MONTREAL, TORONTO AND VANCOUVER FOR PAOS; 
HALIFAX AND QUEBEC FOR CONGENS; 
CALGARY FOR FIELD REPS; CALGARY PLEASE PASS TO WINNIPEG 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO, OEXC, SCUL, CA, IV Program 
SUBJECT: FY 2006 IVLP EU RP Combating International Crime - 
September 25-October 12, 2006 - Joe Couto (Principal 
Candidate) 
 
REFERENCE:  OTTAWA 1504 
 
1.   Post  is pleased to nominate Joe Couto, Director of 
Government Relations, Ontario Association of Chiefs of 
Police, for subject project.  EVDB-formatted nomination 
follows. 
 
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VERSION: 3.0.7 
POST-EMAIL: slw@pd.state.gov 
TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Ottawa 
TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 6540 
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ECA-PROJ-NO: 
PROJ-NAME: Couto, Joe - EU RP Combatting International 
Crime, Sept. 25-Oct. 13, 2006 
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PROJ-TYPE: Regional 
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor 
FY: 2006 
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RANK-ORDER: 26 
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PROG-AGENCY-ID: 
PROJ-TYPE-ID: RP 
PROG-TYPE-ID: 29 
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 6540 
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 322158 
STATUS: N 
ORIGINATOR: P 
SUBJ-DISC: Law Enforcement 
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PREFIX: Mr. 
F-NAME: Joe 
M-NAME: 
L-NAME: Couto 
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POSITION-CODE: 321 
PRINCIPAL?: Yes 
GENDER: M 
DOB: 08/04/1965 
MAR-STAT: 
BIRTH-CITY: Sao Paulo 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Brazil 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Canada 
RES-CNTRY: Canada 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Director of Government Relations and Communications, Ontario 
Association of Chiefs of Police 
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START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
 
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START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
Senior Consultant, Enterprise Canada Group, Inc. 
Policy Manager, The Ontario Chamber of Commerce 
Advisor to Tony Lupusella, Minister of Provincial Parliament 
Public Relations Officer, Consulate General of the Republic 
of Korea 
 
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START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
Business trip to New York City - June 2003, three days, ran 
a luncheon featuring Alberta Premier Ralph Klein, not U.S. 
funded. 
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START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
South Korea in 1997; Israel in March 2005 with the Minister 
of Community Safety Kwinter, Toronto Police Chief Fantino 
and about 30 police chiefs for consultations with Israeli 
police. 
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START MEMO EDUCATION: 
Bachelor of Applied Arts (Journalism), Ryerson University 
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START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police 
Public Affairs Association of Canada 
Canadian Society of Association Executives 
 
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START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
Editorial Oversight for HQ magazine, the Official 
Publication for the OACP 
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Dietary or medical considerations (e.g. diabetic, allergies, 
vegetarian): None 
Smoker/non-smoker: Non-smoker 
 
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FIRST-LANG: English 
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ENGL-SPEAK: 4 
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OTHER-LANG-ID: QB 
READ: 0 
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: Timothy Nelson 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Joe Couto leads the recently opened Toronto office of the 
Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP), which 
focuses on government relations and was responsible for a 
breakthrough in government attitudes toward illicit drugs. 
The "Green Tide Summit" of 2003 forced Ontario's politicians 
to recognize that Ontario's booming marijuana production was 
an organized crime problem that is far larger than current 
policing capabilities to restrain. 
Couto has proposed deepening working-level contacts with 
U.S. counterparts on each of Ontario's most pressing law 
enforcement issues. He says that existing cooperation is not 
"intentional" - aimed at specific issues on a province-wide 
basis - but rather limited to high-level conference 
attendance segmented by agencies, or low-level cooperation 
on an as-needed basis among border towns. Couto would like 
to see greater institutionalized cooperation throughout 
Ontario's law enforcement agencies with U.S. counterparts by 
building issue-based, working-level cooperation that would 
enhance law enforcement capabilities to tackle prevailing 
criminal trends that affect both sides of the border. 
OACP, as the voice of Ontario law enforcement, intends to 
tackle Ontario's approach to the big issues of crime in 
Ontario. OACP's initiative created the Criminal Intelligence 
Service Ontario (CISO) under Ontario Provincial Police 
auspices to integrate police enforcement efforts toward 
organized crime. Other items on their agenda include child 
pornography, trafficking in persons, reforming Ontario's 
judicial system, and public education to reshape attitudes 
toward various crimes. 
Mr. Couto's participation in the EU RP Project on  Combating 
International Crime would serve the Mission goal of 
acquainting him with U.S. law enforcement perspectives and 
building stronger cooperation in securing both Canada and 
the United States from criminal threats.  Consultation with 
participants from other countries with similar criminal 
problems would enhance the value of the exchange.   Post 
looks forward to acceptance of Mr. Couto into this program. 
 
 
 
 
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PERSON-ID: 377 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: BR 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: CA 
RES-CNTRY-ID: CA 
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E-I-TYPE-ID: E 
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NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 322158 
NOM-STATUS: N 
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DS2019-SUBJECT: 45.0401 
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DICKSON, CHARGE