Haggis said:Fixed it for you
Two points to consider:
1. police forces of the day were less robust and had fewer tactical and operational capablilites; and
2. P Res units were not deployed on Op GINGER and ESSAY as conventional wisdom held that neither the units or individual soldiers were suitable to the task, nor were they required given the number of soldiers in the Regular Force at that time. Contrast that with recent experience (PODIUM, CADENCE etc.)
Our experiences on CADENCE along with the thrust of the recent TBG exercise suggests to me that 'ability to engage with Canadian civilians without screwing everything up' is one of the unstated training goals of the TBG construct, which of course would be the force generation mechanism for such a security-oriented DOMOP. I'd also throw in that the institutionalization of the IA capability and the very heavy reserve presence therein has built up a modest but critical core of reservists in most of our regiments with experience in CIMIC and somewhat fuzzier let's-deal-with-civilians tasks.
If a bit of hubris could be permitted, I'd be inclined to think that reservists across the board would probably be at least as good if not better at dealing with our civilian population in the manner desired by higher during a DOMOP, simply for the reasont hat there's much tighter integration between reservists and the civilian community. Most of us are 'in and of' the population in question for most of our time most days.