In the wake of increased public attention on police violence, Canada has seen a cottage industry of "social enterprises" pop up that pitch services to police forces at policing conferences / trade shows to help them present themselves to the public as "socially conscious."

Helpseeker is a Calgary-based "social impact" firm hired by police in several cities to produce dubious reports used to justify expanding police budgets at the expense of social services.

https://pressprogress.ca/police-across-canada-are-hiring-a-tech-company-to-justify-bigger-budgets-and-belittle-social-services/

Police Across Canada Are Hiring a Tech Company to Justify Bigger Budgets and Belittle Social Services

Helpseeker, a Calgary-based ‘social impact’ firm, has been hired to produce reports for police in Edmonton, Vancouver and Ottawa

PressProgress
@llebrun I am curious if anyone is following uptick in off-duty police biz of private security as well. Forsythe at CGL is a Protos Security Company which I think is owned by Southfield Capital that seems to be on an acquisition growth curve. Private security is big biz. Allied paid $5.1 billion to buy G4S