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Commentary: By Morley Lymburner When is a lay-off not a lay-off? When it happens to cops! Itwould appear that, in Ontario at least, the definition of" lay-off' is getting a whole new interpretation when it comes to telling police officers they are not to report to work. Ontario ' s 20,000 plus police officers have been told they must take seven "unpaid days off' between last April and next March. In any other profession this would be called a " lay-off." But because it involves such essential services as police officers the Ontario Government has decided that the term " lay-off' would be far more palatable if it were described as an unpaid day off. It sounds so innocent doesn ' t it. "An unpaid day-off'. Sounds like the officer' s are getting a favour. Sort oflike " lets give them a few days off from the hustle and bustle of police work to just relax ." Well the political masters have not considered the repercussions on the community these officers are expected to protect. The police are the same people who are expected to create " unpaid days off' to the crim inal predators who daily victim ize these same communities. To emphasize the impact this hastily thought up scheme has wrought let us consider its impact on Canada's largest municipality. Annually Metropolitan Toronto Police utilize its 5,500 strong (and getting weaker) officers to apprehend over 70,000 criminals. In addition some semblance of order is maintained in the enforcement of over 900,000 other offences and the handling of over 3 million complaints. To project the abilities of the departrnent to accomplish their task one must draw up a budget. In the formula there must be consideration for vacation time and days off. A general rule is to have no more than 10 percent of your established strength on vacation or days off at any given time. What the imposition of " Rae Days" did was to require an already pressed service to find the ability to do without officers when the minimums were already established, planned and budgeted for. The saving they were trying to make works out to be $11 .25 per citizen. What kind of lunacy is this? Horror stories abound across the prov-
ince. Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs in some communities have taken over some patrol functions while in one case there were no constables working at all for a three day period when there would normally be four. The frustrating part of all this is that police officers are a different breed than the unionized clerical staff in the public service. Police officers have a sense of loyalty and duty toward their community. They have a desire to protect the citizens of this country. Many stories have been brought to my attention about entire detachments and departments of officers in Ontario who have simply gone in to work anyway. Payor no pay! Many more simply advised their supervisors to take the weeks payout of their overtime accumulated. It may be hard for many people in other professions to understand cops and this latest assault on a noble group most certainly emphasizes the need to stop and think before they are abused like this again . Cops give more than their fair share even before you ask them for their money.
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Rescue Training Package Developed For Electric Vehicles
!tOWlt !t ere are Cllrysler's Caravalt Electric (top left), Gelteral Motors Impact (top right) and tile Ford Ecostar (bottom right). Olt tile bottom left a Cllrysler tecillticialt demonstrates tile "refuelling" procedures for alt electric vellicle. rile motor vehicle iltdustry's cOltcems about public safety lias caused tile tllree major auto makers to develop alt emergeltcy rescue trailtiltg package for police ami otller first respoltders. A comprehensive training program on emergency re cue techniques involving electric-powered vehicles (EYs) is being di tributed by the ACT Foundation , Inc. The material were developed in cooperation with Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor ompany, General Motors Corporation , Detroit dison , CAL TART, the Midwe t Research Institute, and the U.S. Department of nergy. The program is entitled " Electric & Il ybrid lectric Vehicle mergency Rescue Training" and describes a host of accident cenarios spanning " fender benders" with no injuries to serious crashes involving trapped occupants. [n addition , training materials provide instruction on how to avoid electrical shock and exposure to hazardou materials. Towing and extricating damaged ' Ys are also covered. The program materials focus on the Ys produced by Chrysler, Ford , and General Motors. The Dodge Caravan Electric, Ford co tar, andGM [mpactareorwill be in u e by early 1994 as part of manufacturer demonstration fleets . Primarily, the vehicles will be used by major utility companie and their customers in the District of olumbia and the following states: Arizona , alifornia, Connecticut, F lorida, eorgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Michi-
gan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas. The training program is available for $75.00 and includes: Videoaltd Brocllure - The25-minutevideo details emergency rescue procedures involving the Dodge Caravan Electric, Ford Ecostar, and GM Impact. Vehicle design characteristics, extricating damaged EYs, and towing are also covered . A four-co lour summary brochure accompan ies the video. Iltstructor's MaltuaL and Overlleads - The easy-to-follow instructor's manual isa twohour lesson plan accompanied by 49 overhead transparencies covering rescue procedures and individual vehicle characteristics such as hot circuitry and battery types. Quick Refereltce Field Cards - The reference cards are designed for use at the scene of a crash. Categorized by manufacturer, the cards outline the vehicle's major electrical components, hot circuitry, the manual high-voltage disconnect and airbag disabling procedures, potential fluid leaks, and more. Quick Refereltce Poster - The reference poster presents the same information as the field cards and is designed for use in police and fire stations and near dispatchers to provide guidance to untrained rescue per-
sonnel in the field . Assistance for this program was provided by the Lansing Police Department, Lansing Fire Department, the Oakland County Fire Marshall, W arren Fire Department, Waterford Fire Department and the Wayne County Sheriffs, all ofMichigan; and AMKUS Rescue Systems of Lisle, Ill inois. The ACTS Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit organization funded by automobile manufacturers and suppl iers whose mission is to provide public education on automobile safety technology issues. For further information about each manufacturer's EY program contact: Cllrysler - J. Chris Pruce 313-576-8095 Ford - Jessica Hatchigan 313-845-5746 Gelteral Motors - Jean Crocker 313-528-6233
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All three of the major auto makers are releasing a limited run of between 50 to 100 prototype electric vehicles for testing and evaluation next year. With government legis[ation in the United States pressing for alternative fuelled vehicles the car makers appear to be responding to the demand. A brief overview of the vehicles appear to show some pretty good statistics and performance standards. For instance top speed of the electric cars appears to range from 113 to 120 kmIh. It is pointed out in the literature that the speed is a governed top speed meaning they could go faster but the energy drain would not be energy efficient. One vehicle boasts an acceleration from 0 to 80 krnlh in 12 seconds. After 3 hours of a 240 volt recharge the vehicle's 70 hp motor will take you around 150 km . The power is delivered by state if the art Sodium-Sulphur batteries which have three to four times the storage capacity of traditional lead-zinc batteries. All vehicles appearto be adopting an aluminium body. For further information call Ford at 800258-3835 or GM at 800 253-5328
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The Dreamer's MDT Is With Us Today Dale L. Pall Limited We couldn ' t help chuckling at Blue Line's " Dreamer' s MDT' side bar in the ctob r '93 article on Mobile Data Terminal . It i a very accurate description of the mobile computer system that Cri ys Limited is delivering now, not in the future . Ba ed on the EC VersaPad, our "dream machine" features ; a 25 MHz 486 L with 12 MBytes of RAM (expandable to 20) a bulit-in electromagnetic digitizer for pen-ba ed operations, support for Pen Point or Pen for Window (although we use a UNIX operation y tern for ruggedness, reliability and security), an (e temal) 3.5" 1.44 floppy drive (e ternal for ecurity) P M fA slots, which can be used for removable tla h memory or hard drives (again removable for security). Internal drive of up to 180 MBytes are available, omplete system-level power management, a built-in pointing device (a pen, not a miniature trackball), and about 4 hours of battery life. Both monochrome and colour versions come with a dash-mount docking station, o they can be used in the cruiser or "unnapped" and taken to the scene. The colour ver ion weighs just under 7 Ibs., and th monochrome version just over 4 Ibs. Radio-frequency and cellular modems ar available, but are still bulky and real " p wer pigs" - they ' re best used in teh v hicl . s RF modem technology improv , we' ll see units bulit right in to the computer. Both of the e computers are pen-based unit , and the keyboard is usually left with th docking tation in the car. A small printer i usually mounted on the docking tation a well. o far we've met (or even exceeded!) all f the itrne on the " Dreamer's MDT wi hli t. Now we come to the last one AT or M i1- pec ruggedness. orry, but while both of these machines are rugged, and will tand up well to daily use, they don ' t meet military specs. These are other c mputer out there that do, but they are
much bigger, heavier and much, much more expensive. I'd like to suggest that at the rate that this technology changes, buying a mil-spec unit that's three times as expensive but will last through three years of abuse dosen't make as much sense as buying a standard unit that will have to be replaced in a year. Speaking of cost, I'm surprised that your wish list didn't address this. We' ve worked hard to keep our complete mobile solutions affordable, even for very small forces . I'd also like to point out the biggest omission from yourwishlist; software. The best hardware in the world won't do any-
thing for you without software. Our IntelliMap/911 system lets the "Dreamer's MDT' provide you with dynamic mapo displays, real-time unit locations and status (shown on the map), tactical plans, SOP guides, high-resolution mug shots and other image libraries (you can evben have video playback for things like gang recognition signs), and full remote database access - all with pen-based ease of use and the high security of a UNIX operating system, and all on the dash of your cruiser. o far from being a fantasy that you have to get "back to reality" from , your " Dreamer's MDT is real, it's available now , and it' s affordable.
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ElectroCom Is Here Today Patrick T Gleason Director of Engineering - Electrocom Communications Systems (3/0) 946-9493 In the October istraffic accident reports sue ofBlue Line Magaall transmitted back to zine the story on the the 890 for storage or Dreamer' s MDT gave transmitted through the the impression that it RF infrastructure to the was futuristic. I would host Computer Aided like to introduce you to Dispatch system . ij Camera interface ElectroCom ' s Mobile Data Computer, the with a built in frame model 890. grabberintheMDC890 The unit comes to capture images for standard with a 386/25 processing and evenprocessor but, has plugtual transm iss ion to the in options to 386 DX! host computer. Thisde33 and 486 SLC/25 velopment is c10sly asprocessors. Also, up to L..._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...I sociated with require16 MB ram is available and a 128 MB or ments of the NCIC-2000. 180MB built-in hard drive. ote the UPS ij Head Up displays and GPS interfaces type power supply and batteries. An exter- are already in the production units. Magnal3.5 1.44 floppy drive is available but netic strip readers are also utilized easi ly not recommended for daily use, therefore with the flexibility of so many available a PCMCIA Ram memory is standard, sup- interfaces. porting up to 32 MB removable storage ij This unit is being evaluated by Harris cards. Four (4) serial ports are available Corp., IBM, II Morrow, SAIC and our that gives the unit the capability to inter- relationship with Hughes and Crimtec face with: Corp. is well established. ij RFmodemsforcommunicatingtolaptop I hope this gives your readers a little computers this allowing them to be remote more insight as to where some of the MDT from the patrol car and still do inquiries, manufacturers are already going with more and with pen based units do specialized plans in the future.
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I read with considerable interest Tom Rataj's article on MDT's (Blue Line, Volume 5 No.8 October 1993). It was greatto see your magazine exposing Canadian police forces to the latest technology in mobile automation. Of particular interest was the section on "The Dreamer's MDT". Since itis "time for the industry to pay attention", as Tom puts it, 1'd like to show you what MicroSlate has available today. Feature Packed The Datellite 400 is a modular configurable pen based computer which can incorporate nearly all the features of the dream machine: A 486SLC processor with co-processor; 9.5" black and white transflective LCD display (Software controllable settings for both indoor and outdoor use) Up to 16 MB RAM ; Up to 500 MB of hard disk space (i Gigabit compressed) -1 Complete compatibility with MS-DOS/Windows, Windows for Pen, and all other Pen operating systems: Internal bay for various combinations of floppy drives, hard drives, removable hard drives, private radios, cellular network radios and global positioning systems (GPs) ; Highly sophisticated power management system, which allows for up to 8 hours of battery life ; And , a very unique built in pointing device. The officer's fmger (Or a nontethered, non-electronic pen). The dateline also incorporates many features of standard laptops, including industry standard ports for external keyboard, external monitor, printers and SCSI devices. There is one features of the dream machine that the datellite does not have-I a colour screen. I am sure every police officer would prefer to have a colour display on their NMT, but the unfortunate reality is that all current colour LCD displays are "backlit", which means that any
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Christmas Past By Dick James Ilristma does funny things to you, mo t of them warm - some a little sad and mi ty - sad when you try to hang on to yesterday as you fly into today and the future in overdrive. hri tmas lights and falling snow always make you dream - mostly of when you were a kid - when there always seemed to be more now - drifts over your headicicles hanging offhouses so big you cou Id u e them a words to defend your snow ~ rt from invaders. Icicles so big because the in ulation wa n't as good in the ' 40 ' s and ' 50 's - torm windows covered in frost o you could write your name. You dream more at Christmas time. A you it in the living room with the fireplace keeping you warm , strange things begin to happen . The tree light get bigger ... they go out of fo u ... and you are a kid once again . Tho e were the days. Days our kid won ' t believe were true - that we did walk miles in the now to chool when the temperature was below zero on a real thermometer. Our parents weren ' t so quick to offer a drive ... there weren ' t free periods atschool.. . there weren't cafeterias ... a balona sandwich wa real food . You don ' t hear , there ' s no food in this house" .. . you ate what there was and that was that... You ate to get full. And the snow. After living in Glace Bay in the late ' 40 ' s and very early ' 50 ' s, we moved to Dogpatch - officially named Lakeburn . Wartime houses just below the Moncton airport where snowdrifts were higher than Dad ' s ' 41 Dodge. (Grandfather had a ' 50 Ford) There really was more now way back when .. . but today ' s kids ju t won ' t believe us. And hristmas was different. You got a book of Lifesavers as a present under a dollar or two dollars were exchanged at hurch. The same thing at school where you drew names . Yuk! You got the kid you didn ' t like and tried to trade the name off with someone else. Parents cut the turkey in half 0 there' d be something for New Year' dinner too . rapes and tangerines were bought only at hristmas time. Grapes were eleven cent a pound ... the days when bread was fifteen cents a loaf, a paper was five cents. d ullivan on unday nights, the Rocket after nine on aturday. Little Ricky ' s first
Christmas with Lucy in a Santa suit. Perry Como specials. Alice being sent to the moon by Ralph . Juliette, Whipper Billy Watson and the Plouffe Family. On radio there was Foster Hewitt and the Leafs. We always found things to do as we waited for Santa ... cartoons by the hour on television - black and white on both channels. Snowball fights until you got in deep trouble when your younger sister cried; and making forts ; lying down in the snow to make snow angles.
Christmas cards galore, mailed at either two or three cents each - regular postage was a nickel but Christmas cards were cheaper provided the envelope wasn't sealed. And , mail within a few days of it being sent. Parents checking the incoming cards each day and rushing back to the mailbox in the morning tocovera friend or neighbour that had been forgotten . And of course the great old line ... " They didn ' t send us a card .. . They don ' t get one next year." Christmas Eve - it was always cold - it was always white. Our parents always got mad at us on Christmas Eve because we couldn't get to sleep ... what kid could? Christmas Eve was a pedestrian traffic jam on every street as families bundled up and went door to door. You might have spent the day with your neighbours and nearby friends, but that wasn't Christmas Eve . It was a severe slight not to knock on their door with a greeting Just as serious as handing a card to the
folks next door instead of mailing it. And, whoever heard of an artificial Christmas tree? A week before the big day, got out the hatchet, into the Dodge the two of us went... down a backroad and into the bush. The tree was cut and then tied onto the roof. No pictures, that's a ' 90 ' s thing. It was cold, but that was the easy part. Now the job of building a tree stand - two by four and a centre spike after the snow was all shaken loose .. then tie the tree to the wall so itwouldn ' t fall over, butthat's after the saw to even off the bottom from the chopping. Then came the brace and bit as mom said " It' s a little empty on the right side." A branch was snipped off the piece cut from the bottom, a hole was drilled into the trunk, the spare branch was popped in and presto ... a full and bushy fur tree was full and ready for decorations and lights .. . once it was allowed to stand for a while so the branches could plop down into place after being all crushed up on the roof of the car. Remember taking a spare bulb and slowly going through the set of lights to find the one that was burned out? Remember filling the oil can and flipping it over without spilling any on the hardwood floor in the living room or on the linoleum in the kitchen? Rememberdumping cinders in the driveway ruts for better traction? Remember gifts from Nan and Gramp and dad ' s brothers? Remember that dad always did get ties and socks and flat fifties of " Sweet Caps", " Players Plain", " Black Cats", "Buckingham" , " Sportsman" ...and there was BA and White Rose, Murray Westgate and Esso and later came Fina. And angel hair and spray snow that was so hard to clean off the windows. And Christmas concerts with the nativity scene and carols you practice for weeks after exams. And beautiful services .. . Midnight Mass and bright starry skies. Remember Bing Crosby, Miracle on 34th treet, Gene Autry, Rudolph and in later years Miss Brenda Lee. And, could you ever forget the greatest lines of all ... " I'm warning you for the last time .. . If you don't behave I' m telling Santa Claus and he' ll only come for your sisters .. . and you ' ll be sorry." We knew that Santa Claus just didn't listen to what our parents said and that he'd come to us even ifmom and dad did say we were bad. And he did come. Meccano sets. Lionel trains my dad whacked me for touching because only he knew how they worked ; shovels with red scoops; hockey sticks and tape. Skates, sometimes used. Mittens from
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Grandmother, but always someth ing h idden away inside. Uncle Raymond sent an Export "A" hockey calendar that had pictures of the Forum and the Gardens and all six teams in the league. Packages all wrapped in red, blue, white or green tissue paper and held together with stickers that came in bags with "to and from " tags. Mom always got th ings for the housedishes, towels. Dad's socks were called argyle .. we just called them coloured socks. And we fought to get the biggest one to leave as ours for Santa to fill... the only time ofthe year that you got treats ... the only time of the year there were big oranges. Mom always put them at the very bottom of the sock and you had to fight to get it out of the toe. Then came the biggest red apple ... hard candy always bundled into a piece of wax paper and the top twisted off to keep it snug ... chocolates ... barely toys ... ribbon candy ... a puck .. . a candy cane. Today we have artificial trees, tree lots, credit cards, snow every second or third Christmas. Cards are ten or fifteen dollars plus your right arm for postage with no
the fireplace when they get to be our age and we are the grandparents who send surprises wrapped in mittens. Some things don't change. They just get older and better. Christmas was probably as commercial 4 7 years ago when our country was smaller and there wasn't as much money to go around. But, Christmas isn ' t money. It' s people. And hopefully we ' ll all be around to dream with the lights . ..and the kids of all ages ... the ones belted to the backseat of the ' 91 Caprice and the ones wrapped up with the blanket in the back of the' 41 Dodge with slush coming through the holes in the floor. And a dimmer switch you kicked with your left foot. Merry Christmas one and all! Dream well. Each "today" we receive will be the past for our children. It is snowing out as this last paragraph is being written. Remember as you dream ... and don't get upset - you can go home, but you can't go back. guarantee of ever being delivered. But. we have our own kids and we have our own traditions . It's our responsibility to give our kids things they will dream about as they sit by
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Posing bef ore tlleir tour are DICh iefD ave Bootllby (Metro Toronto Police), Chief Ud~ B ecker (Potsdam Police) and Willy H eldbu ecll el, S r. Vice Presiden t, Eurocopter Canada.
III response to the hospitality given four visiting Canadian Police Officers to Potsdam, Germany, last spring, the Chief of Police of that city was in vited to a tour of South ern Ontario and N ortheastern United States police forces. To assist in tile visit Bille Line Magazine made arrangem ents witll Eurocopter Canada f or an aerial tour of Canada 's largest city. Gary Miller and photograpller Jim Rae aUeudell the event and filed tll is story. A few years ago at the height of the Kuwatii war, the popu lar singer Bette Midler recorded an inspirational song about peace and brotherhood ca lled "From A Distance". The ong spoke of the beautifu l symmetry of our globe as viewed from a distance when starkly contrasted with all the pointless strife and treachery between people and between nations down here on the ground . I was reminded of the song recently as I flew above Toronto by he licopter, accompanied by a distinguished visitor from Potsdam, Germany, that city ' s po lice chief, Udo Becker. We were honoured to have the Chief and his charming wife Gisela, with us as our guests here in Metropo litan Toronto. Metropolitan Toronto Police Deputy hiefDavid Boothby kindly joined us for this day of discovery. While the world, viewed from outer space is magnificently aswirl with greens and blues and wh ites, fly ing even just 500 feet over the earth is a rewarding sight, what with the mu lti-coloured mid-October foliage, still evident, and the neatly laid out streets and buildings across the Metropo litan area. We knew such apparent order did not always survive closer scrutiny down below. But, this was a day to savour. A delaying fog had enveloped the area
in the early part of the day and stubbornly took hours to bum off. The characteristic clash between warm and cold had worked its mischiefbut as the thermometer continued to climb in the early afternoon, a clearing was underway. Our small party of dignitaries waited at theButtonvilie Airport located in Markham at Metro's northeast quadrant. The Eurocopter helicopter, by prior arrangement from Blue Line Magazine's publisher, was expected from Fort Erie, Ontario. True to their word, the Eurocopter helicopter arrived and our test flights commenced. One marvels at the manoeuvrability of the machine in flight, how it can virtually stop in the sky, as if suspended by an unseen cable, then resume movement in any direction determined by the pilot. Our pilot, James Leitch, coming from years in the armed services as a career soldier and pilot, had skills and experience which can make a demanding task appear easy, and a first flight, for at least some of his passengers, safer and more comfortable. Mr. Le itch had flow n the Canadian built Eurocopter model B0105 LS up from the Eurocopter Canada plant on the OntarioNew York state border. Chief Becker was in the seat next to the pilot and Mr. Leitch gave over the controls to the Chief. In no time at all, he had
mastered the feel of the aircraft as we passed the gleaming city towers and swept over Lake Ontario. After the Chief had returned the controls to Mr. Leitch, he was able to answer my queries about his police force. Potsdam police have a strength of2150, of whom 20% are women. New recruits are 70% women. The city of Potsdam has a popUlation of 140,000 and is a part of Brandenburg province, which has a growing population of 2.3 million . There, as here, crime is a "growth industry" and new strategies must constantly be explored and developed. Unfortunately, Chief Becker' s whirlwind tour of Ontario and the Northeastern United States was only of a week's duration, but he was obviously enjoying what time he had immensely, aided in no small part by his host, Heinz Hackenburg, who set up the itinerary for the Chief's visit.
Helicopters An Eventual Necessity What does all this have to do with the policing profession? Helicopters have been with us for the better part of this century and have been viewed in the past, perhaps with reason , as more of a novelty than a practical means of resolving policing and patrolling problems. Newer craft usher in a new generation of reliability and cost effectiveness not seen in earlier versions. Although the view from the aircraft was panoramic the applications for police forces fortunate enough to enjoy access to such a facility are obvious. The helicopter is unparalleled in search and rescue, especially where time is critical in removing the injured from an otherwise inaccessible location. The uneven terrain of much of our land mass makes a helicopter far more flexible and useful than a conventional fixed-winged aircraft away from a convenient landing or takeoff strip. (Continued Page 14)
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U.N. Corruption Investigator Named Responding to requests from the United tates and several other countries, the United ations has appointed a retired UN accountant, Egyptian Mohammed Aly iazzi , as an Assistant Secretary General with responsibility for investigating, corruption in the huge bureaucracy. He will report directly to ecretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali and have a staff of about 90 persons. The appointment followed a March reportwh ich cited widespread waste and mismanagement. Over the years, there have been widespread allegations of corruption by UN staffers in the field and an investigation concerning the procurement of helicopters is in progress. Niazzi, who served 23 years with the United Nations, formerly served as the organization's senior internal auditor, and has a reputation for being "obsessed with honesty."
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The top three winners ofthe Canadian Police Motorcycle Championships are shown on the winners podium. I t place was Kevin Cisaroski (centre) Winnipeg Police, 2ndplace ocll picer (left) Metropolitan Toronto Police and 3rd place Lance Cambell (right) Royal anadian Mounted Police. These three officers will make part ofthefive member Team anada going to the World Championships next May The 1993 Canadian Police Officer Motorcycle Championships were held] une 24 to 26 and the 3-day event hosted a total of27 Canadian riders. Over the three day timed lap competition the field was narrowed down to the top 18 riders who competed for the anadian Championships on the la t day of the event. The race organizers were pleased to announce that in common with the other years of competition, although there were four min r pills, no one suffered a major injury. The top three champions were Kevin i aroski, cott picer and Lance ampbell. All three officers have signed up for Team anada Police Road Race Team that will go to Nice, France for the World races being held from May 9th to 12th, 1994. ther officers completing the race were: 4th - Peter Benney (MTPF) 5th - teve hadlock - (MTPF) 6th - Mike Jenkins - (MTPF) 7th - Matt Parr - (Peel Region Police) 8th - Wes Kudrenski - (MTPF) 9th - Dan Amerlinck - (OPP)
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Canadian Police Race Champs To Be Guest of Prince Of Monaco The Canadian officers comprising Team Canada at the World Police Road Race Championships will be the guests of honour of Prince Ranier of Monaco at the 1994 Monaco Formula I Grand Prix car race. The officers will further be honoured by being allowed a lap of honour on their race bikes around the famous Monaco circuit just prior to the start of this race. There are also plans by the organizers for a police motorcycle rally to be held during the two weeks leading up to the World race and the Monaco Grand Prix that will involve displays of police motorcycles and participation by over three hundred police officers form many countries around the world . "This is indeed a great honour", said Dave Stewart, Director of the Canadian Police Officers Motorcycle Championships. "We are determined to represent Canada well over there." Anyone wishing to attend this event will be permitted a special air fare courtesy of Air Canada by calling (905) 831-2013 .
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onventional vests are gettingalotofflakfrom the people who have to wear them. Particularly in emergencie , they are said to be clumsy and re trict movement. When worn for a con iderable time, they are uncom fortable, t 0 heavy and too hot. The vests are therefor either donned with reluctance or left in the locker. But what's the u e of even the b t ve t ifit i n't worn? The e problem could be olved now by the adv nt ofve ts from Twaron 2000 Micr filament (A.K.A. Twaron T). aid to b lighter than conventional ones, they are de cribed a softer and more flexible , and offer more freedom of movement and comfort. Akzo, the manufacturer of the material tates they' re every bit as effective from a protection point of view. waron 2000 Microfilament has much finer filament than the conventional paraaramidyarn . Twaron2000 Microfilament 30 dte ha a many as 1,000 filaments: up to 50% more filaments than para-aramid yarn of the ame weight used so far. In com pari onwithTwaron standardfabri ,pan I from Twaron 2000 Microfilament fabric achieve a weight reduction of 41 %, while ab rbing the arne kinetic energy. The com pari on i with Twaron standard fabric T-713 (1100 dtex) hitherto the most mrnon bullet-re i tant te tile. o a ure an objective account of the fact, neutral in titutes were commissioned to conduct the ballistic tests. As a resu lt, kzo' recommendations are backed by official te t reports. The tests performed ought to e tabli h two values, the limit value and the Yso value, defined as follows: Balli tic limit value: The maximum velocity (Y) at which the bullet is stopped. Yso value: The velocity at which the probability of penetration is 50%. ullet resi tant vests must be 100% P rcent reliable in stopping the ammunition . Thi means that the vest must be de ign d for impacts considerably over the limit velocity. he diagram hows Yso values for different fabric panels and contrasts the Twaron tandard type and Twaron 2000 (high tenacity) with Twaron 2000 Microfilament.
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In the microfilament vests, stitching of the panels is largely unnecessary. All this means a lighter, softer and less cumbersome vest affording the same protection. The use of the microfilament yarn also enhances wearing comfort. This is a feature likely to be acclaimed by all users of body armour. A Material Difference Twaron was first offered for use in ballistic applications in 1986. Within a short period, worldwide qualifications for police and military were achieved. In subsequent years Akzo became a major supplier of ballistic aramid fibres both within Europe and in the rest of the world. These fibres find use in the vests and helmets used for personal protection in hostile and dangerous service conditions. In 1991, Akzo launched Twaron 2000, a high-tenacity aramid fiber. This fiber
allowed a significant step forward to be made in the field of ballistic protection. Impact resistance was markedly improved by an increase in the tensile strength and the modulus at nearly constant elongation. An entirely new approach is Twaron 2000 Microfilament. A further increase in energy absorption has been achieved by the higher number of finely spun (micro)filaments contained in the yarn, offering considerable improvements in body armour. Akzo has been granted a patent covering the use of micro filament yarn in ballistic protective vests. Successful in the Market After an intensive research and development period commercial production of Twaron started in 1985. The polymer - the raw material for Twaron - is produced in Delijke, Holland, while the fiber is spun at Emmen, Holland. From there Twaron is shipped to countries throughout the world to be used in a wide variety of applications. Twaron is marketed worldwide by Akzo, with the exception of Japan where Twaron is sold by a joint venture established together with Sumitomo Chem icals. ales and marketing as well as technical services (including laboratories) for ballistic applications are located in Wuppertal, Germany. The ballistic activities of all national Akzo organizations and sales offices are coordinated from the Wuppertal offices. Twaron , Characteristics and Properties Twaron is one of the most recently developed high-performance manmade fibers , the para-aramid fibers . This fiber is
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o Mechanical and dynamic properties: high tensi le strength, high tensile modulus, low density, good vibration damping, high energy absorption , high toughness, low fatigue Chemical prop erties: good chemical resistance o Therm al properties: high heat resistance, low heat expansion, low heat conductivity Electrical prop erties: good dielectric properties Textile prop erties: high flexibi lity, high abrasion resistance, wear comfort
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Akzo is one of the world' s leading producers of manmade fibers. It is the only chemical company in the world which supplies traditional fibers like rayon, polyester and polyamide, as well as advanced fibers including aramid and carbon fibers . Twaron , Akzo ' s high-performance aramid fiber, is used in automotive applications and machine building, for leisure articles and protective clothing, ropes, optical cables, friction materials and sealings, as well as impact resistant materials.
Customer Oriented Problem Solving The technical and commercial assistance for Twaron, from the fiber to the end product and even further, (e.g. recycling) underlines the efforts of Akzo to be the competent partner for developing ballistic protection of people and objects. The quality oriented work of production, R&D, quality assurance and technical assistance has been recognized by the awarding of the ISO 9002 standard.
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Proof Is In The Doing During the 1992 Olympics Akzo sponsored a bicycle team that rode from Arn hem (Hoiland) to Barcelona (Spain). The company suppl ied th e team with tires §rf~o.:i.:-~..lL:--~ constructed with Twaron-reinforced beads and carcasses. The result! They could have left their tire patch kits at home. The tires are so tough they can survive tests which include over 50,000 load pulses. A conventional bicycle tire can barely make 25,000. Some other uses for Twaron includes reinforcement for brick walls, hoses and cables as well as entire van and truck bodies. Twaron material is the first material of its kind ever used on the load bearing parts of a vehicle's chassis. At the time of writing this article it was not confirmed which companies in Canada were actively incorporating this material in their products but more information may be coming in the next isslle of Blue Line.
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Police Congratulated For Using Video Tape Lineup The Ontario Court of Appeal has approved the police practice of secretly filming criminal suspects to produce a "Videotape line-up" for identification purposes. The case came about when the G loucester, Ontario, police video-taped a robbery su pect walking down a station hallway and then added footage of other people in the same setting. This, in effect, created a video-tape version of the standard police line-up. Defence counsel argued that the videotape should be inadmissible because it had been produced after the accused refused to participate in a conventional in-person Iineup . But a three-judge panel led by Mr. Justice George D. Finlayson ruled that the secret use of video camera equipment was neither illegal nor contrary to the accused's harter rights . The judge suggested that vid o-taping was analogous to fingerprinting or still photography and so could be performed without the suspect' s consent. Justice Finlayson applauded police for the new procedure, suggesting that it cou Id be used in future cases without the offer of a formal police line-up. Crown counsel Shelley Hallettsaid that the Parsons decision appears to be the first to consider the idea of a video-tape line-up, and should encourage other police forces to try the procedure. he added that the video-tape procedure has advantages that should make it a
more effective investigative tool than the traditional in-person line-up. Forexample, police don 't need to assemble all the people for the line-up at once, since they can be video-taped at different times. Witnesses will be less intimidated watching a videotape than confronting the suspect. And they will have an opportunity to view the video-tape several times and be able to feel less stress than in the personal line-ups. On September 13, 1988, Mr. Parsons and three other suspects were arrested at a house in Ottawa. The four were charged with a variety of offences stemming from the robbery of an Ottawa restaurant and a Gloucester bank. Mr. Parsons refused to participate in an in-person line-up after consulting a lawyer. Police video-taped each of the four suspects as they were escorted down a long corridor in the police station, on the way to the room where they were photographed and fingerprinted. Later, police took videos of nine other people (who resembled the suspects) walking through the same hallway. The final 45 minute tape was shown to witnesses. Mr. Parsons was tried and convicted on charges relating to both robberies and given a 24 year prison term. On appeal defence counsel argued that the video-tape line-up violated the accused's rights under ss. 7 and lOeb) of the Charter. Counsel noted that the Supreme
Court of Canada had ruled that the accused does not have a legal obligation to participate in a police line-up. In his decision Mr. Justice Finlayson cited R. v. Shortreed (1990), 54 C.C.c. (3d) 292 where an Ontario court of appeal had decided police could photograph a suspect in public without his consent as long as they used "non-intrusive" methods. The fact that police later added footage of other people to the video-tape did not make the original procedure invalid. Mr. Justice Finlayson stated, "I am of the view (that) the video-tape in the case on appeal has more probative value than other methods of photographic identification ... " He continued to answer questions about rights violations by adding other people to the video by stating, "Iffilm of the suspect alone is not a violation of the suspect's constitutionally protected rights, it can hardly be argued that the same film, when shown in conjunction with film ofother persons taken under similar circumstances, constitutes an invasion of his Charter rights." He also noted police were entitled to video-tape suspects without making the offer of a standard in-person line-up. "Use of a video camera is an example of police using modem technology as an aid to criminal investigation and it is neither illegal, nor an unwarranted intrusion upon the person of the suspect." He concluded that the procedure had many advantages over an in-person line-up. Not only did it provide an opportunity to see the suspect in motion, but it was in a form that could be viewed repeatedly by trial counsel and the jury. Mr. Justice Finlayson continued by stating, "In my opinion, what the police did in adopting this filming procedure constituted an appropriate balancing ofthe rights of the suspects with the need of the police to proceed with a criminal investigation."
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Seven Ontario Officers Honoured For Bravery Sergeant Rudy Kofler of the Metropolitan Toronto Police, who was previously presented with the Canadian Bankers' Association award of bra very was one of seven Ontario officers honoured by Ontario Lieutenant Governor Henry Jackman with the presentation of the Ontario Medal for Police Bravery in a ceremonywhich took place on November 17th. On the afternoon ofDecem ber22, 1992, Sergeant Kofler was shot at three times by an armed bank robbery suspect he had been pursuing on foot through the streets and back alleys of Toronto. Even though he was exposed and in grave danger, Kofler was unable to return fire because he spotted two children in a playground directly behind the gunman. The gunman ran and was apprehended shortly afterwards by Kofler and two other officers. The Ontario Medal for Police Bravery was established in 1975 to recognize the acts of superlative bravery, undertaken without concern for personal safety, and focus public attention on the vital and frequently dangerous duties of the police. To date 87 police officers have been honoured with these medals by the Province of Ontario. Sol icitor General David Christopherson conducted this year' s investiture ceremony in the main lobby of the Legislative Building in Toronto on Wednesday November, 17. Lieutenant Governor Henry N. R. Jackman presented each recipient with a specially designed medal in the shape ofa cross, one of the traditional symbols of valour. The seven police officers honoured were selected by the Advisory council chaired by the former commissioner ofthe Ontario Provincial Police, Archie Ferguson. Police Constables Eric Bohn, Todd Hillhouse, Joel Kulmatycki and Joseph Labelle of Metropolitan Toronto Police
Force were also honoured. Shortly after midnight on January 21 , J993 , Police Constables Bohn, Hillhouse, Kulmatycki and Labelle were first to arrive on the scene of a fire and saw smoke and flames issuing from the apartments above three attached stories in downtown Toronto. Knowing that the building was still occupied, the four officers rushed into the burning and guided the residents through dense smoke to safety. In the early morning hours of December 1, 1992, Police Constables Alexander Smith and Gregory Payne were honoured after they saved a woman who was about to commit suicide by jumping off the Bloor Street viaduct. Payne jumped up on the railing, grabbed the unsuspecting woman and with the assistance of Smith, who also climbed the railing to hold onto Payne, pulled her to safety.
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So What Does This Thing Do? What the UCMR program does is allow the station duty personnel to quickly assemble all the information required or requested by divisional unit commanders. Throughout the day, each shift adds all the usual information to the program , and the night shift does the final wrap-up of the report. Beside capturing major criminal occurrences and arrests, other events, overtime, unit prisoners, and a variety of stat istical and performance information, the program also allows platoon sergeants or staff sergeants, as well as unit commanders to
The program produces a report that numerically displays all the information by platoon, and provides an average for all five platoons. Below the numerical display it produces a stacked bar graph based on the numbers. Using this feature, the user can quickly assess specific performance or other statistical information without waiting weeks to get a forty page report with the information buried in a sea of numbers.
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Drug Wars A New Strategy Board Game Intended To Teach Positive Role Model eneral ames Inc., a new company in the toy indu try , introduced its new boardgame," rug Wars" The Police Game la t month . As it fir t entry, this game is unique in it awarene of the ongoing war on drugs in the treets. The game offers 98 lifethreatening cenarios where the player, as a police officer, and his/her fellow officers live ar at ri k at every turn of the cards. " Drug War " The Police Game is said to be a game for all ages, relying on a balance of luck and strategy, combined with a fa t-paced game play. In the game, the player is a police officer in charge of a drug raid team and re pon ible for the afety and lives of hisI h r fellow officers. If the player makes the wrong choice, a fellow officer may die, but, make the right choice, and it could be the arrc t to win the game.
volved in being a police officer on a daytoday basis," according to Vera Luna, Los Angeles Police Department. Every person from time to time has wondered what it would be like to be a police officer on a drug raid- well now, General Games states one can experience it without the risk. The game can accommodate two to six players, ranging from age 10 to adult. It contains 98 life-threatening scenarios, 36 individual officer profile cards, 36 SWAT cards and 12 court ruling cards. Blue Line spoke with Manny Villagran, designer of the program .. He states he does not have police training but obtained most of his information from public libraries and police information. He states the game is essentially non-violent in that the police never shoot anyone but do get shot at. The goal of the game is to pull offa successful drug raid with no officers hurt, the suspect arrested and subsequently convicted with solid evidence. Blue Line has not seen the game as yet. Contact. Manny Villagran of General Games, Downey, Califomiaat .(310) 8062475
The game is "pro police," and offers positive role mode ls. This is a game which is said to be for adu lts that children can play, and a game for children that adults can play. The product carries a manufacturers suggested list price of (US)$29.95 , and is available after Nov. I, 1993, at local toy stores and retail stores. It is presently unknown which Canadian stores will be carrying it but to order from the company direct, call 310-806-2475. "This game was designed to support your local police departments and put you in the same life-threateni ng positions as a police officer, while conducting a deadly drug raid," said Ana Maria Rothenhausler, national marketing manager for General Games Inc. "This game is needed because it makes the genera l public aware of the risk in-
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Blue Line Editor Was Tactful I am sitting here looking at both September and October issue' s (Vo1.5 No .7 and Vol.5 No.8) " Letters To The Editor" and cannot he lp but feel the person responding to the editor was reading a different rep ly to his request than I did . The person replying uses words such as " degrading", ' assaulting " and " homophobic". I did not get these impressions after reading the editor' s response. I read the comments of an individual who happens to disagree with a particu lar lifestyle. These comments, r feel were expressed in a very discreet and tactful way. Ha our society " progressed" to the point where someone cannot disagree with another persons point of view or lifestyle? If the verbal disagreement is vicious degrading or insu lting then, yes, a word such as " bigotry" would apply. However this was far from the case and I thought the reply was very tactful. I would dare suggest the writer does not seem to have come to grips with his own sexuality and is not able to accept any negative opinion no matter how tactfully it wa put. Maybe he can use some counselling from his own support group .
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Thank You For Your Response This is the first time I have ever written a ' letter to the editor", but your reply in the eptember issue to the person from Gay UF prompts me to write. I wish to say a very bi t 'Thank you" for your response. As indicated by some of the letters you published in the most recent Blue Line (October Vo.5 0.8) it is very refreshing and heartening to see someone with influence, saying a resounding " 0 " to another homosexual group once again asking for special attention . If only our elected politicians would have the same backbone. 1 am not homophobic, as your detractors try to depict you in their letters to the editor, rather, I am a married man with two small children who happens to believe that homosexuality is deviant and abnormal behaviour, not an alternate lifestyle as these
vociferous groups try to make it out to be. As some people have said, God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve. I know that you wi ll be placed under a lot of pressure from various homosexual organizations and groups to print an apology . Do not bow to the pressure. There are a lot more of us out here who support your position than the re are against you ; unfortunately, not all of them wi ll take the time to write and let you know this. Regard less of any boycott this is one peace officer who will continue to read your publication faithfully ; if the detachment happens to cancel its subscription , theirs will be replaced by mine!! Let these other groups whine and cry and threaten; you stood for what you believe and are to be commended for it. Thank you for stating publicly what many of us cannot. Keep up the good work and stand firm .
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Thanks For Malinois Story I am writing you in regards to your article, " A Breed ofTheirOwn". (November 1993 Vol.5 No.9). I would like to thank you for recognizing an amazing breed of dog, the Belgian Malinois. I would like to take this opportunity to
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mention that the Belgian Malinois is just one of four types of Belgians. These dogs are actually Belgian Sheepdogs: this breed consists of the Belgian Malinois (a short hair, black on fawn coloured coat), the Belgian Terveren (a long hair, black on fawn coloured coat), the Laekenwo ld (a curly haired, black on fawn coloured coat somewhat lighter than the previous dogs' coats) and the Groenendale (a long haired, solid black coat). As an owner of a Canadian Champion Belgian Malinois, I am quite aware of what these dogs are capable of doing. One of my dog' s litter brothers serves in the RCMP along with numerous other Malinois'. These dogs are intelligent, hard driving, protective, alert and, if socialized properly, they are very friendly . They are very quick to learn and if one is willing to take the time to obedience train their Ma linois, they make a great companion. The RCMP have been using the Malinois as police dogs for quite some time now and do their training out of their facility in Red Deer, Alberta. Thanks again for recognizing an awesome herding and working breed. As more forces get to know this breed, I am certain that they will realize just how valuable and hard working these dogs are and how much they can give to the area of police work.
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After we put a Glock through all of this, we finish it. With a
have very few parts, even fewer moving parts, so there's less
remarkable Tenlfer treatment that makes the slide on a Glock al-
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A Glock handgun is also strong. Virtually indestructible.
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it to. There's even one that's fired more than 347,000 rounds.
And the barrel features something called hammer-forged
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rifling. Which, in technical terms, means one piece of bar stock
we froze one in a block of ice, sub-
is compressed around a mandrill and the rifling is hammered
merged it in saltwater for 50 hours,
in rather than cut in as in most guns. In plain English, it means
took it out and shook it off.
an incredibly strong barrel with smoother surfaces. Translated
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