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Volume 9 Number 2
February 1997 - EDITOR I PUBLISHER Morley S. Lymburner Phone (905) 640·3048 Fax (905) 640·7547
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Publisher 's Commentary 5 There is something new between the covers of this issue. Me nding Fences - Gary Miller 30 The Airbus Affair - The apology strategy T he Civilian Police College 8 The Metro Toronto Police have started a special class to educate citizens about their work. Eyes in the Sky - Part 1 10 The first in a fo ur-part series on helicopters in policing across Canada. Changing timesu. changing hat 13 Chris McCurley, Chief of the Kemptville Police Service, talks about uniform changes. Na tural survival for deadly force 14 Winnipeg's Dave Brown writes about new firearms instruction techniques. Wa tching tbe bands - Normand Boucher 1 8 A good defenSive technique can also be the simplest. No t why... but wby not - Steve Satow 20 Steve explains the importance of helicopter patrol to p olicing Interactive firearms tra ining 22 Bill Sopiro explains how to develop a good training script scenario. Public Trust Edward Tully 24 Ethics and the rogue cop. Supply & Services ews 31 33 1997 Supply & Services G uide CO/porale Listing 34 Product Category Listing 40 T he CLEIMS Project 46 Product News 47 50 Letters to the editor Classified 51 Ten-Seven 53 C rimina lly F unn y 62
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National news For all our readers Afterpublishing 17 editions of our monthly news magazine, TEN-SEVEN, we determined it wa time for this publication to restructure and evolve to meet the economic realities of today. With this edition of Blue Line Magazine we have now incorporated Ten-Seven within its covers. Current Ten-Seven subscribers will be transferred over to Blue Line Magazine and their subscription to this magazine extended if both publications are being received. Ten-Seven was created after we recognized there was a need for the dissemination of general news from across Canada regarding law enforcement. Although Blue Line has become very successful as a law enforcement informational and features publication it was not known how much day to day news should be handled. We therefore decided to experiment with an all-news publication fonnat as a separate entity. After producing Ten-Seven for 17 months we realized that the separate publication concept was simply not viable. Lower than expected subscriptions, poor advertiser interest, spiralling postal and printing costs and the fact that we are not subsidized in any fashion, helped to make us realize that we would have to amalgamate the news portion with Blue Line Magazine. This move has some definite advantages for Blue Line readers and the law enforcement profession in general. With the extended clout of Blue Line's 10,000 monthly magazines we
hope to create a more informed reader. Like it or not people involved in this profession are always under a microscope of public attention. Just about every action an officer makes involves some kind of news to somebody. Much of it is not of much con equence on a national audience scale but is still reported locally and regionally. Blue Line Magazine's editorial adjustment will nowpemlit its readers to share the real life stories of their colleagues from across the country in a condensed and concise fashion. Blue Line Magazine has over the years made a habit of scanning newswires for stories relating to the law enforcement profession and we are strategically positioned to supply this information to our readers. It is indeed fascinating to keep an eye on what is happening across the country but we also realize our responsibility to report this news in as unbiased a fashion as possible. Blue Line's editorial policy has always been one of positive infonnation sharing. If there is a negative story or opinion shared it must be written in a spirit which creates a positive effect. General news reporting can be very cold and stark. Much of it is written in a fashion that sells newspapers to increase circulation and compete against other similar publications. Little thought is given to the impact this news may have on those most affected by its reporting. News carried in Blue Line is not written for sensationalism but in a spirit of infomlation
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T HE AIRBUS AFFAIR (The Apology Strategy) In the fir t \i eek of the new year anadian b erved a tunning rever al of tactic hurriedly ru hed int the light of day a the overnment in ttawa and the R MP tumbled over en h other, apologizing to that mo t di liked neme. is n the p liticalland cape, former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. lie, a a re ult, abnnd ned hi 50 million law uit again tthe g vernment and the R MP for di seminating what he in i. ted (and one mu t now concede he \\as right) were groundle criminal accusati n against him. It eem it wa n't imply the urge t "d the right thing" which pr mpted the dual ap logie. ddly, both parties ha tened to add they were in no way to blame for the Muir ney deba Ie but they thought they hould ap I gize anyway. It hardl eemed po ible. asily the mo t reviled p litician in anada receiving an apolog fr m the overnment of anada and the R MP, who were T T BLAM. Brian Muir ne , who had been the ubject of a "leaked" ecretletter from a government attorne ,whi h accu ed him of illegally scamming a 5 milli n ki kback, along with two of hi friends, in rder to e ure for an airplane manufa turer a deal that would ee Air anada buy o erabilliond liar -worth oflheirproduct, the well regarded" irbu ", still in ervice in anada. w it tum out there wa never any real e idence to prove the claim . There wa go ip, generated mainly among the media. There wa an anecd tal t ry about wis. bank accounts, one belonging to ulroney and code named to conceal hi ill g tlen millions. The elV Rogel ' The aurus pia e '\ necd te" quarely between "legend" and "fable". filling place for thi tale of intrigue and di hone ty. There were innuendo and whi per. There ha not been a hred of dire t r circum tantial eviden e which any self-re. pecting police officer or rown pro ecutor could take into court. Rumour ofki kbacks fr m the" irbu" affair are not new. carl a. 19 9, the R MP inve tigated uch allegati n and at that time helved the inve tigation becau e of a lack of evidence. My teriollsl , aller the fall of the Tory government, the R MP's interest wa piqued anew. The tory appear to have prung from the investigative talents and the fertile pen of reporter te ie ameron, who e path logical hate and p isonou writing ofBrian Mulroney have earned her a nice income and a high reader hip. Ms. ameron authoured the be t selling book On Ihe Take which is a highly readable accounting of Mulroney' alleged mi deed and rimes". It i pa ked with rllm lIr and conjecture and an intere ting ju tapo ition of many events to whi h he give her own pin (and it's me pin) f hi abu e of p wer. In On Ihe Take an entire chapter deal with
the "Airbus" affair. Ms. ameron leaves little doubt about what he thinks and believes of the former prime mini ter. hebelieve he is "dirty". he et out all the preliminary ingredients of the lucrative kick-back scheme, the player as he sees them, the means of concealing the illicit millions, but, wi ely, she stops just short of connecting the dots. The reader can ea ily be left to that, e pecially one predisposed to dislike Mr. Mulroney. Then, he drop in a disclaimer sentence, just to keep the libel lawyers at bay and her elf and her publisher out of court. Put out in an authoritative tone, more or Ie a fact, it i cunning writing at its best. The re ult ofa ca ual reading of this chapter for the average reader would be to bolster the belief that Brian Mulroney is a crook. ince the Brian Mulroney fan club has fallen on such lean times, hi legions of detractor have drawn the intended conclu ions from Ms. Cameron's book. One does not need to search very long to find them. They arc poorly disposed to giving Mulroney any benefit of the doubt. In their eyes he is gui lty. But of what, criminal activity? I don't think O. Think as you will of Brian Mulroney, he may be glib, arrogant, facile, lick, but he i not stupid. To do this crime, a laid out in Ms. ameron's book he would need to be both stupid and de perate. He is neither. And whatofthe role of the R MP. It is very hard to shake the notion that our national police, in thi incident at least, were heavily influenced to reopen the ca e by a third party, not within any police service. What other rea-
son would there be for the RCMP to flog a dead hor e, as it wa determined by them prior to the Fall of 1993. It i my belief that police force everywhere which have been reborn and remolded a ervice have fallen under the heavy hand of the politically correct politicians clo e t to hand, tho e on politically driven police board who hold the pur e trings and thu exert control. adly, police have become, to a greater or lesser extent, the tool of the e newly politicized group (at one time pain were taken to eparate police board members from their political pa t, but the power that be no longer even bother). These Board , for better or worse and I would certainly argue worse, have driven a wedge between the police and the public they u ed to erve 0 well. While the tory goe that the police, through community involvement are moving clo er to the public they erve, thi i not true. They are only moving clo er to mall, very vocal, politically empowered group dominated by poke per on with an agenda, while the public at large is badly neglected. The well organized group have the ble sing of our governor. I am ure such an allegation would be vigorously denied by all concerned but that would not be unexpected. Both the government and the R MP have taken pain to a ert that in pite of their tepid apologie , the"Airbu "inve tigations will continue and that Brian Mulroney cannot be conidered beyond the reach of further investigations of wrongdoing. Justice Mini ter Allen Rock's nide as ertion were 0 na ty and demeaning at the time of hi truculent, halfhearted "apology" before the media that he was forced to return a few days later to "clarify" ome "mi under tandings". lie really DID sympathize ( and alway had) with the plight of the former PM and hi family. xcu e me, why bother? If the government and the R M P honestly have reason to believe they will subsequently implicate Mulroney in a di honest and criminal kickback cheme, why givc him any apology at alI? Did 0.1. imp on get an apology from hi accu ers? o! In culpability, how do the two case differ? Though found not guilty, .1 . impson committed the crime and a ton of really incriminating evidence hould have, but didn't convince hi jury. Brian Mulroney did not commit the crime he was accu ed of and a his now aborted civil action unfolded, it would have become achingly clear the rown hadn't a crap of hard evidence to bring against him. In addition, a lot of highly placed persons would have been called to the tand a witne e. They would have been drawn into the web of intrigue which wa trying to de troy him. In an election year, a jaded public may have finally tired of this relentle S Mulroney-ba hing by a elfpro-
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claimed fair, honest and trustworthy Federal government. Hence the apology strategy, a strategy being all it really was. No apology was so reluctantly or meanly offered. History will judge Mulroney more kindly, One day, someone may make the case that Mulroney's administration actually introduced tough, courageous measures, which, while they were initially unpopular, strengthened the country and gave it a fairer, visible, more equitable form of direct taxation, while allowing Canada to enter the twenty-first century with keener entrepreneurial skills and a more competitive edge in world markets. Twice, though unsuccessful, the Tories tried to solve the Quebec issue. When another party was elected with a huge mandate for change, largely on a broadly stated platform of discontinuing the tough policies such as GST, AFTA and huge government cutbacks and layoffs, they changed nothing. And under their watch the Quebec issue worsened.
Elected To International Post
Provincial Constable Amy Ramsay was elected to the Board of Directors at the 34th Annual Training Conferenceofthe International Association of Women Police, recently held in Birmingham, England. Cst. Ramsay will serve as the Coordinator for Region Eleven - an area encompassing Ontario, Quebec, and all of Eastern Canada. Ramsay began her career with the Peel Regional Police Service in Brampton, Ontario and spent seven years serving in various capacities before transferring to the Ontario Provincial Police in 1996. Amy is a graduate of York University in Sociology. She is currently working on two Masters degrees - Criminal Justice ITom Southwest University and Education from Central Michigan University. The annual international conference attracted 644 officers ITom 44 nations. The 35th Annual Conference will be held in Dallas, Texas, ovember 8 - 13, 1997. Additional information about the conference, or the International Association of Women Police, can be obtained by contacting Cst. Amy Ramsay at the Port Credit OPP Detachment, 49 South Service Road, Mississauga, Ontario, L5G 2R8 (905 - 278 - 613 I).
Here, I reluctantly offer my own disclaimer. I am no fan of Brian Mulroney. I have not supported his party since his "too clever by haIr' deception of the voters on the subject of capital punishment in the mid eighties. Butwith the Liberals what has changed? A graceless, appallingly partisan Minister of Justice (Allen Rock) has baited, demoralized and politicized our police, yet is extremely soft on crime. They all strike me as counterfeit conservatives, just wishy-washy wannabe liberals devoted to ever higher taxes and the none-too subtle purchase of votes for cash. In the end, the whole exercise came down to which style was preferred. Promises made
meant nothing. Now, the little guy from Shawinigan runs things with his awe shucks, down home Beverley Hillbilly mode instead of the bragging loud mouth ITom Baie Comeau or Ms. Campbell , the baffling school trustee from Vancouver. The policies are unchanged. Canadians may be forgiven for saying to their leaders: "Fool us once, shame on you, fool us twice, shame on us." But are Canadians even yet aware they were fooled the first time? What of the RCM P? Has its integrity been compromised? We have only their own and the government's assurance that it has not.
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Th e Metropolitan Toronto Police e r vice ha s embarked on a new mis ion - to give member of the community the opportunity to learn about their organization . It ' a ne\ initiative called th e ivilian Police ollege, a nd it i makin g a big difference. Th e ivilian Police ollege i run like a normal night chool cia - one night p r week (normall on \ edn e day evenin g) for eleven con ecutive week . las e. are taught by front line officer. Thi i imp rtant for a number of reasons: who better to di s u with community member the diffi ultie and challenges of policing than fr nt Iine officer - the men and women who are ding thc j b n a daily basis. It i an opportunit) for front line officers to tell the community \\h. tit i. they do, and why. It' an opp rtunity for dialogue, e:\change of ideas and mo t imp rtantl y , it' an opportunity to educate the communit). It is ,\-ell known that policing is one of the mo ·t challenging profe ion! It' als far too ea y for citizen to criticise p lice ffi er. ritici much a "Why did the ffi cr havc to use force?" and "Officer don't understand the community" are ollen heard. This cdu ational forum give officers the opportunity to tcll the community why they do \\hat thcy do. It' an excellent opportunity to di us. the officer safety i ue - omething the til ng verdue. By educating community member, it make a police officer's job that much ca. ier. I n't it better to have an informed and educated itizen to deal with, rather than an uninformcd or misinformed one? This is an opportunity to devel p more relationships ""ith community member, to get thcm t hear fir t hand what officer have to ay. fficer are likely to have more upportive ~.-r.~
community member as a re ult. And that is what every officer needs right now and in the future. The program is working. Forty-five candidates have just finished their inaugural class, which wa held at Metro Police Headquarters from September to 0vember 1996. It was an extremely diver e cia - they had ocial workers, teachers, lawyers, retired persons, students, business people, eighbourhood Watch organizer and Community Police Liaison Committee members. ome students were clearly pro-police, and others were a little skeptical. But, what was most interesting during the I I week period was the change in quite a few attitudes. Tho e that came into the class with a keptical attitude,
ended up being the students who participated the mo t - be it role playing or simply asking que tion and getting to know the officer. One of the more interesting moment in the cia s occurred when a ergeant wa invited to di cu se of Force. Police u e of force is a very contentiou issue and it wa felt that th is subject must be shown to the pUblic. The presenter a ked the cia s how far an officer had to be from a kni fe wielding assailant in order to be afe. The majority of the class thought 5 feet would be ufficient. A role play took place. The officer had a student "play" the cop, and the ergeant "played" the criminal. They stood about 5 feet apart, and then the officer charged at the tudent. eedle to say, the tudent could barely even reach for hi "gun" before the officer wa upon him. They role played the same scenario at 10,20, and 30 feet. inallyat 40 feet apart, the student realized that minimum safe distance for an officer certainly isn't 5 feet! Ifever the officer safety issue was driven home, it was at that moment. The ergeant then di cus ed this with the cia , aying "The next time you read about an officer u ing force, or having to shoot, just remember thi cenario. Even at 40 feet it's difficult to react quickly. ext time you read about a u e of force incident, try to appreciate that there i n't always40 feet between the officer and the accu ed." They got the point. It' 0 easy to ay, "The officer hould have done this or that." without fully under tanding and appreciating all the factors that come into play when in dangerou situations. It' not a ea y as you think! What i mo t ati fying to the program co-ordinator is when students call up and ay "I never under tood the officer safety i sue. ow I do." or, "I never realized ho"" dangerous a routine traffic stop can be for an officer." When the e types of comments are received the in tructors know that they're on the right track. This i what they are trying to do: make people aware of how di fficult polici ng is. Community members need to understand the complexitie of policing. Perhap the next time they read an article about an officer u ing force, they'll be Ie likely to say something negative. Perhap they'll say, "There are officer afety issues. I under tand that the officer had little choice," becau e they came down to learn about it from a front line officer. Each night introduced the tudent to a di fferent subject in policing. The following i a brief review of the courses taught. A Day In The Life of a Police Officer This cia s introduces the community mem-
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bers to two uniform front line officers. They discuss the types of calls they get, parading for duty, what happens during an arrest, and all the other things that happen during a regular tour of duty.
Community Policing This lecture is given by Community Response Officers working out of local divisions. Topics such as the role of the Community Response office and the philosophy ofcommunity policing are discussed.
members who wish to get to know the police, and they are willing to meet them halfway to do it. The Co-ordinators are currently planning Sessions 4,5 and 6 which they advise will take them right to the end of 1999. This program has the potential to make a significant difference for police services, the front line officer and the public. Police officers do a difficult job and they do it well- they have a lot to be proud of. It is time the officers started spreading the word around!
The Court System and Criminal Law You've all heard community members complain, "Why does it take so long for a case to go to trial?" or "Why do officers get paid to go to court on their days offl" This class will answer those questions for them - and more.
Use of Force Probably one of the most volatile issues today. This class examines officer safety issues, the various types oftraining that officers receive, and why use of force is sometime the only option for an officer. Officer safety is stressed in this class.
The Traffic Officer This is another popular issue. Front line traffic officers discuss their mandate, theirtraining, their equipment, R I DE and accident reconstruction.
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Officers from the Marine Unit, Police Dog Services and Forensic Identification Services come in to discuss their Units, and their unique support role in the organization.
Undercover Police Investigations easoned drug officers and S.l.S. officers come down to speak about drug investigations, gambling, prostitution and pyramid scams, and how these types of activities affect our communities. A big emphasis again was placed on officer safety.
Major Crime Investigations Evidence at crime scenes, inve tigating homicide scenes and the role of the various squads is discussed in detail.
Community Partnerships This class introduced students to Neighbourhood Watch , community involvement, Youth Corps and Community Police Liaison Committees. Discussions on "how to get involved." took place. upport for th is project has been overwhelming, both internally and externally. Many police officers have been very supportive, and have sought opportunities to present their personal and professional experiences on policing matters to the classes. The Metropolitan Toronto Police Association, Metropolitan Toronto Police Services Board, hief Boothby and many Police Officers have given their complete support to this endeavour as well. The next session will be held in the spring of 1997 at Charles O. Bick College, and the third session will be held at Humber College South Campus in September of 1997. Both of these sessions are completely booked, there is a sizeable waiting listand registration forms are continually in the mail. Clearly, there is no lack of community
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Quebec Police hclicopter may not be a co t-effective a a fhcd-\ ing aircrafl or a staff car, but when it comc toupp rting modem police force, it has bccn pr ving it value again and again . B th thc Montreal and Quebec pro incial poIi c rcgularl y u e helicopter (lea ed in the ~ rmcr's ca 'c)to upporttheiroperations. From r wdm nit ring todrug enforcementto earch and rc cuc, the helicopter i incomparable for vcr atilit : it an hover, fly at low speeds and landjustaboutanywhere. That' why the urete du uebe ha three helicopter and the Montreal rban mmunity police force is looking to acquirc it. own . Montreal Urban Community Police The M ntreal rban ommunity (MU ) pollcc force has becn eriously tudying the viabilit f upp rting it operation with a hcli opter for thc pa t two year . According to apt.-Detective Mi hel Ledou , the MU ' di ision plan and operation officer, it ha three ption.: a lea e, with or without pi lot, a lease-t -buy or an outright purcha e. preliminary report on acqui ition of a heli pter ~ r the MU recommended a threeyear lea. e, c mplcte with FU R camera and ightsun . Thi pti n would enable the MU to tud the impactofheli-operation , both in term f ost nd cffectivene . 1fthe trial i uccessfu l and gains pubh support, the MUC could renew the Ica. c r pur ue ne of the other option . La t year, a budget \ as all cated for the trial project but due to budgetary pre ure, it
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had to be reduced by approximately percent. A a re ult, the trial was po tponed . Ledoux wouldn 'tdi clo etheexactamountofthebudget allocation, to avoid compromising future callt -tender . Asked whether he thought the MUC would ever realize its goal of having helicopter , Ledoux re ponded: ' We feel Montreal i a large enough city to warrant a police helicopter, but we are at the mercy of budgets. The fi le i far fro m clo cd, and may still be developed. We may look at a partner hip with a civilian group, much like the one in Calgary. ince we haven't started our trial to determine our statement of requirement, it's difficu lt for u to look for partners for thi project." The MU will continue to lease helicopter to a i t with the patroll ing of many of the city ' major festiva l and activitie . Last year, it spent 20,000 of a 530,000 lease allotment. It normally lea e Il ughe 300s from I lei i-Craft in t- Hubert, but has the option of lea ing helicopters from the urete du Quebec. Surete du Quebec The urete du Quebec ( Q) currently ha three helicopter : two Bell 206 Long Rangers and one twin-engi ne 206L T. One Long Ranger and the LT are located at t- Hubert, near Montrea l, and are available on a full-time basis. The other Long Ranger is located at Quebec ity and i hared with other government department . The Bell 206LTwas purcha ed from Bell IlelicopterTextron Canada, in Mirabel , in 1994 to comp lement the fo rce's operation . (It's un-
thinkable in Quebec for a government agency to fl anything but a built-in-Quebec Bell.) All three helicopter are equipped \\ith float, and the 206 LT is equipped with FUR, a Wescam camera and a ight un spotlight. The 206L T al 0 has a side-door hoi t. Each aircraft is piloted by a civilian pilot, employed by the provincial government aviation agency. The day crews con ist of a pilot and an aerial ob erver - a specially trained Q police officer. Only the 206L flies night mision , and crew con i t of a minimulll of two pilot . According to In pector Gille avard, of the t-Hubert detachment, the helicopters fly regularly and upport a wide varicty f strategic and operational mi ssions, a well as providing support to municipalitie . " e of a helicopter i determined by the urgency of the ituation and the a ailability of other resource . There are many ituation wherca staffcari n't nearlyaseffecti ea ahelicopter ," aid avard. The Q' helicopters have upportcd loca l municipalitie by monitoring crowds, finding 10 t per ons and providing AR. They recently found a 10 t boy in a com field with a FU R and rescued a man from an ice floe in the t. Lawrence River. This is the jirst 0/ 1I jive-part series projiling the lise o/h elicopters in ClInlidilin Policing. A lth ollg h th ere lire several lIgencies ill 1I1/{Idli who hlll'e helicopters there is presently only one thllt IIses them/or plltrol work. Reprinted with perm i sion Helicopters Magazine Aug.96
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Police chopper pilots grounded over wedding-proposal flight
It was all in the name of love, but that may not help two Syracuse, New York, police helicopter pilots who flew a police officer friend to a park where he proposed to his girlfriend last Summer. Onondaga County deputies Robert Bowles and Richard Van Orden used the department's hel icopter to fly Marcellus Pol ice Officer Aaron Phillips to a local park in August. Phillips proposed marriage there to his waiting girlfriend, state Trooper Christine Tucker. She accepted, but that happy ending was a sorrowful beginn ing for the other officers. The two pilots face disciplinary action for making the unauthorized flight, said Sheriff Kevin Walsh . "[t's a very romantic and touching kind of story. It's just a shame it is in direct violation of department policy, and for that we will take whatever action is deemed necessary," Walsh said. He further advised that it would not result in their losing their jobs. Department regulations prohibit pilots from making unapproved, non-emergency landings with the helicopter. That rule was adopted in October 1991 - one month after Air One pilots landed the helicopter at a private pig roast. Flying the helicopter costs about $300 an hour. Phillips said in a letter to Walsh that he
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Changing times... changing hats by C"ris McCurley Last year the officers of the Kemptville Police ervice became a visible part of change. The traditional peak hat was traded for a wide brim hat. The police uniform has undergone several changes within a relatively short period of time. For example the double-breasted wool coats once so common with police agencies have bcen replaced with modem Gore-Tex and Thinsu late enhanced jackets. Ties, tunics and cross draw hoI ters are the uni forms of the past. Many of the e changes have come as a result of health and safety concerns launched by police officer acro the country. Within the last ten years a number of health and safety concerns have been addres ed within policing: fireanns, radar concerns, body armour, bodily fluids and most recently heal stress. Among these concern ultra violet rays have long been a ociated with kin cancer and recognised as a health and safety issue. The e factor prompted a change in un iforn1 for the Kemptville Police Service. This departure from the traditional peak hat addresses the heal th and safety concern, while at the same time, maintaining a professional image. It i aid that the hat is the most instantly recognizable part ofa police officer's uniform. A police officer's hat is not only a symbol of authority, but projects officer presence. The traditional peaked hat addressed the issue of
Constable Gord MeA ns" models t"e new Kemptville Police issue wide brimmell "at. authority, however, it did little to protect officers from the elements. A partnership was forn1ed between the administration and the members of the Kemptville Police Service which allowed for the experi-
mentation of hats in an effort toaddres both the members' needs and the needs of the service. Although Kemptville is a small municipal service, our members have a variety ofbackgrounds. The e work related backgrounds had an impact on the acceptance ofa new hat. A variety of hats were tried which included baseball hat, Tilly hal, po tal service hats and golf style hats. These hats did not meet with the acceptance of either the public or our officers. Many of the hat projected a poor image, or, were not unisex in style, and failed to address the primary goal which was related to health and afety. A wide brim hat was borrowed from of the Akwesa ne Police ervice and worn during a seat belt campaign. The hat met with considerable acceptance from the public during seat belt week and was so well accepted that citizens stopped to express del ight with the new image. A anadian supplier was not immediately found for this particular hat, however, we were aware that both the Coli ingwood Police Service and the Ontario Ministry of atural Resources were testing wide brim hats. This led the ervice to a supplier and a wide brimmed hat was provided. This hatconsi ted ofa 2 7/8" brim, leather sweat band, leather hat band, 5" crown, centre-creased with side pinches. This style was brought to the officers and it was this hat that met their needs. The transition to the new hat accelerated when the member of the Kemptville Police Association proposed a cost sharing agreement for the hat. Our new hat presents a smart, professional, approachable presence, whi Ie a lso addressing health and safety concerns.
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"Natural" SUf!vival for Deadly F.orce The new direction in police firearms instruction is towards honing the mind and the body
by Da ve Brollll1 It wa
one of tho e problem-plagued nights, the cur e of any frequent airline passenger. fler numerous delay , our night wa finally cleared to depart. Ju t a we arrived at the runway, the aircraflturned around and taxied back. to the terminal. The aptain ann un ed ver the PA, "I'm sorry ladies and gentlemen for the further delay. We have just had a warning light come on in the cockpit and \: e're turning back 0 that maintenance can have a 10 k at it. We expect that it' only a min r problem, but remember, your afety is al-
ways our primary concern." There was a pause. "Actually ... " he began again, " ... OUR safety is our primary concern. But, we' re all in the same aircraft, so let's enjoy the rest of the night together." veryone relaxed a bit and had a laugh . From tllat moment on, I have always made it a pre-takeoff ritual to say a little prayer- not for myself- but for the safe arrival of the cockpit crew. If the crew makes it afely to the ground, chances are good that the rest of the aircraft also lands in one piece. Much like the aircrew and the aircraft, our
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mind and our body form a symbiotic relationship. One cannot survive without the other. tressors affecting our minds will have physical effects on our body, and vice versa. tress in law enforcement can appear in two way : the insidious creeping kind that gradually chips away at your humanity and makes it just a little more difficult to go to work every day; and the udden in tant kind that unexpectedly blindsides you and sends your heart clutching for your throat. Modem police firearm in truction i designed to deal with the instant tre of cmcrgency reaction . Instructors are increa ingly utilizing a more "holistic" approach to training a officer are taught to u e the mind and the body to perfonn a a unit. To survive deadly confrontations requires an under tanding of what our mind and body want to do, and why they react that way. The principle of natural survival means the mental skills in training are as important a technical proficiency and the wor t reaction in an emergency i to fight the e natural defence mechanisms. Knowledge about physiology and p ychology as it relates to shooting under stres is not new. What is new is the better integration of mental and technical skills in initial and in- ervice training. Instructors constantly empha ize the importance of imprinting ba ic technica l ski lls into the subconscious so that they become automatic reactions in an emergency. Training is a Journey That Never Ends Departments hould be continually re-examining their firearms instruction function. There are a great many good firearms trainers in this country, and mo t of them trive to stay current with new idea and method . Techniques that worked last year may not be the be t now, so training programs should be alway evolving. This is why many force have moved from yearly qualification e sion to regular in- ervice training combined with qualification tests. ew skills can then be introduced as they are perfected. Misplaced concerns about maintaining consistency in training can leave officers ill-equipped to deal with modem problems. What is the Problem? You better worry! Two Winnipeg police officers, on what the local media de cribe as a "routine" call, are suddenly confronted by a gangbanger with a loaded revolver. Thankfully disarmed without incident, local police ee this as symptomatic of a rise in treet-gang and youth-related weapons offence . In another Winnipeg situation, a witness to an armed convenience tore robbery is shot in the back of hi head, execution tyle, by a 17-year-old youtha known gang member out on bail for previou weapons offence -as his wife look on in horror. Thankfully, the .22 calibre round rips up the back of hi kull without penetrating and then smashe the un roof of his car. li e literally walked away, centimetres from death. Overall violent crime statistic may be down across the country. But, in an Augu t 26, 1996 article, the Winnipeg Free Press reports a 65% increa e in robberies from 1990 to 1995;
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target smaller than the centre of the largest available mass is next to impo sible with a deterioration in the officer ' motor skills under stress; and, this is the only area likely to have any appreciable effect on the target, in consideration of the natural pain killing ability of adrenaline. All of the technical skills in the manipulation of objects uch as firearms should use only gross motor movements. A good example of this in modern semiautomatic transitional training programs is to emphaize an overhand grasp on the back of the slide to chamber a round rather than a "slingshot" or pinch Kellora police officers leff Wieb, Lloyd White alld DtlWIl Widemall train through real life training scellarios. technique. The trainillg looks real because life is real. Does your training prepare you for any of these scenarios? Tunnel vision is created when the eye sharpens its focus in the cena 60% increase in firearms u e in robberie from the skin turns cold and c lammy, and another is tral part of the eyeball, at the expense of pe1990 to 1995; and a 1000% increase in youths that the fine manipulation ability of the fingers ripheral vision. This tunnel vision can lead to a charged with using firearms in robberies from is lost. The body introduces massive amounts lowering of awareness to surrounding or by1990 to 1995 in Winnipeg. In many jurisdic- of adrenaline directly into the bloodstream standers during an emergency. Noticeable in tions such as Winnipeg, street gangs have now through several di fferent glands. This natural other situations such as high-speed pursuits, it reached the point that they are as much involved narcotic is such an effective painkiller that situbecomes all too easy to fixate solely on the cenin crime as the traditional bikers or organized ations have been documented where humans tre of focus and miss everything else. In some crime families. The likelihood of an officer conhave lost entire limbs during intense battles, shooting situations, it has even been found that fronting a gun are rising. Gone are the days that and not noticed until the fight was over. officers tended to shoot at the weapon rather the va t majority of officers went through entire Another important consideration is that both than at the centre mass of the target. careers without drawing a weapon. Officers are officer and assailant suffer simi lar symptoms. On the modern shooting range, officers now much better prepared than they once were, When a response requires deadly force, officers should not be allowed to put away their guns but is your department's firearms training as are trained to shoot for the centre mass of the until they have properly scanned the entire area realistic and up-to-date as pos ible? target. There are three effective and defensible to check for further threats. Scanning means The replacement of revolvers by semiaureasons for this. The concentration of blood flow notju t glancing to the sides but really seeing tomatic sidearms by many forces across Canada into the centre mass means that this is the area what you are looking at. has brought more than a greater volume of firemost likely to create an effective stop; hitting a ( Continued page 17...) power to the average officer. It also bring some modern transitional pistol training to everyone; not just the newest recruits. It is interesting to take a look at how these transitional courses uti Iize modern techn iques to prepare both the mind and the body.
NaturalOefence The body has a series of natural defence mechanisms that have been honed through centuries of evolution . These stem from reactions collectively labelled the "flight-or-fight" syndrome. These series of physiological and psychological reactions of the body to stres situations are only natural response. Law enforcement officers are not given the choice to flee so they must be trained to fight effectively in spite of high-stress situations. Modern programs integrate these predictable reaction so that proper re ponses occur. The physiology and psychology of survival are not just confined to fireanns training any more, either. Many of these skills we talk about on the hooting range are repeated in many di fferent aspect of police instruction, from highspeed pursuit drivi ng to the entire use-of-force continuum. Examples of coping mechanisms can be found in any stress situation. Knowledge about the mental and physiological affects of sudden stress are a very necessary part of understanding why we practice the technical ski ll , and not just the how. Loss ofjine motor skills occur when, in an effort to concentrate blood flow to where it is needed most- the brain and the major muscle groups- circulation shuts down to the extremities. This blood flow to the centre mass of the body has several side effects. One is that
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( .. Continued from page 15) Allditory exclllsion happens if the brain detect that there is an imminent possibility of loud noises and phy ically shuts down the hearing to protect the ear drum. This self-preservation reaction happens in .063 seconds, as the ear's hammer physically separates from the cochlea. This means that, during a gunfight, officers are unlikely to hear the sound of their own shots. Only mumed 'pops' may be noticed and it can be difficult, ifnot impossible, to count the number of ro unds actually fired during a confrontation. Reloading of the gun should be viewed as a basic skill. Once a confrontation is over and there are no further threats, policy should dictate an automatic reload. If there is the slightest doubt as to the number of rounds remaining, the gun should be reloaded. Firearm instructors can teach both a slide-back "fa t" reload and an exchange-and-save "tactical" reload to take full advantage of the psychological edge afforded by the increased capacity of the modern autoloader. Preparing the Mind The psychology of high arousal ituations is just as important as the phy iology. Under stre , people tend to revert to their dominant respon es and it i up to the modern firearms instructor to ensure the correct responses are the dominant ones. This must be done with consideration for, and in spite of, other psychological reactions of stress, such as: impaired deci ion-making ability, loss of concentration kills, and distortions of time and size. Training and qualifying sessions should be conducted a reali tically as possible. The emphasis must be on imprinting the basic technical skills into the subconscious, in spite of adverse physical and psychological conditions. Trainers hould strongly reinforce automatic reload and not let officers get away with a can that consists of a quick left-right glance. It is also a good time to eliminate outdated technique, uch as the ludicrous requirement to have right-handed officers hold their guns in their left hand whi le hooting around a left- ide barricade. When i the last time your agency parked a patrol car on the range and practiced hooting from proper cover positions using a real vehic le, and not those artificial wooden barricades? When is the last time your agency practiced dim-light and night shooting techniques with flashlights? Or does your agency just close up shop and all go home at night? The science of modern weapons training is truly that-a science. Preparing for a sudden emergency requires a good understanding of far more than the basic technical ski lls of target hooting. Modern police instructor are becoming more in tune with this thinking, but training as a process never stops. There is always omething new to learn. Like the cockpit crew and the pa engers of an aircraft, everyone must arrive afely together. The mind is tied inexorably to the survival of our body and, until mankind develops a foolproof method of physically separating the mind from the body, it is the on ly body we have.
Usillg prillcip/es of lIalllraL slIrviml, whal is the best way 10 traill this right-handed officer 10 speed/oad a shotgun IInder slress?
Photo #1 - Hold the empty shotgun vertically at the hip while removing the spare shell Irom a pocket \~ ith the left hand. Align the shell so that the rIm contacts the inside of the left little Finger and roll it into the POlt frolll underneath the shotgun. Provided the shell landed in the pOlt, slide your left hand forward and pump the action closed. - source: F.B I. Training Academy
Photo #2 - Hold thc empty shotgun at the hip, tilted so that the ejection port faces 45 degrees to the left. Remove the shell Ii'om a pocket with the left hand and drop it carefull) into the port by reaching across the receiver with your left hand. Then move your left hand back underneath the receiver and slide the pump forward. - source: SlIIith & Wesson Academy
Photo #3 - Hold the shotgun in your left hand \\ ith the port horizontal, just as you would \\ hen loading it naturally. Remove the shell from a pocket with your right hand, drop it into the port and simuitaneousl) transition back to the grip with your right hand while the left hand slides the pump forward. - source: "Tactical Shotgull Teclll/iques That Work," Blue Line, January 1995. If you think you know the answer, test it under the stress ofa time limit. It should be possible to speedload a shotgun from "click" to "bang" in less than 3 seconds. No\\ try it again blindfolded to simulate tunnel vision, and wearing thick gloves to simulate loss of fine motor skills
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Injur dealin g delivery tem includ e firearms, ch~mic.a~ agents, edged and blu~t " capon . he a re tan gible in trum ent often readIly VI Ible to th e officer and, If co ncealed, it a h a ta ke om e ha nd move ment to extract th em. Th e hand s, th erefore, mu I be th e fo cus of attention wh en dealin g with unknown per ons ... and that mea n our a well a th eir . ou can tell a lot by I king omeone in the e es. Y u c n tell ifhel he i angry, cared, upset or under the innuence of alcohol r drugs. These arc important clue to a e a u peet's p tential beha i ur but to an law enlorcement om er, they are not enough. They must be constantl} attuned to hand movement. Two clement must be pre ent for a uspect to be ome life-threatening: the intent to kill, and the delivery y tem. The intent to kill is tucked awa in the suspect's mind and can remain there indefinitely until an opportunity presents itself. It can exist a much in the mind of a dri er during a routine vehi Ie check a it an in the mind fa knov"n danger us offender. To the outside world, it remains in isible until it is onen too late. go d habit to develop i to glance at the hands \\hen first en untering a per on . They ,\111 onen offer clues ab ut the tate of mind of the pers n. re the relaxed, clenched in a fi t, or haking? re the} holding a igarette or other Item'? re the} concealed? But, more importantI , is there anything within rea h which could be used as a weapon. urely, in most casual enunters, a glance ,,,ill sumce to provide the necessarJ inlormati n but, as the eri u ne of the 'ituati n increases, so should the omcer's focus on the hands and \\ hat they are ding. But giving the hand the attention they demand is n teas. s pers ns in authority, police ollicers must give direction to a varied as ortment of people, metime under e ce ively stressful circum tance . To handle the e ituation, om ers will revert to one oflhe mo t ba ic and inherent meth d of communication: eye to e e conta t. Thi rene.\ i a natural rea tion
which is acquired shortly after birth, when the infant learn to interact with hislher parents; it is trongly implanted in our ocial make-up but to the police officer on duty, it can be deadly. Te ts conducted in imulation exerci e where omcer , with gun in hand, faced a dangerous suspect shov..ed that when the officer looked at the uspect in the eye, the latter could pick up a nearby weapon and fire the fir t hots in most occa ions. The process is simple; when the officer look at the eyes of the suspect, they must react to the latter's movement by lowering their ight toward the hand which i moving, make an a essment of the threat, and then decide wether to shoot. If the officer are already looking at the hand, the reaction time i cut considerably, allowing them to shoot fir t. Additionally, an initial check of the hand may result in locating the nearby weapon and reduce the reaction time even further. Looking at a u pect' hand al 0 provide a very effective, if not convincing, mean of communication. By looking at the per on's hand, the officers will telegraph their aware-
ne s of their location and movement and, conequently, the uspect will be less inclined to grab a weapon. In effect, looking at a person's hand may accompli h what eye contact could eldom be expected to. It may ucceed in reaching deep into the u pect's mind, deep enough to obliterate, at lea t temporarily, the invi ible but deadly element we call intent.
Hands and physical confrontations The u pect i tanding in front of the two officer ,opening and clo ing his fists repeatedly. They can ee the vein of hi temples pulsating. They need to arre t him and they know that they are in for a crap. an they handle him? They may well be able to . .. a long a all he want to do is fight. Police omcer are often drawn into empty handed confrontation by beligerent su pect and, to addre thi problem, police academics have implemented elf-defen e program, including come-along, pain compliance, and martial art in their basic training curriculums. Accordingly, each of these device ha it place in the force continuum proces . But before entering into an empty hand confrontation with a su pect, the law enforcement omcer mu t be aware of the element of control they will be throwing away by placing themselve in a per onal body contact position. For example, when encountering an aggre ive u pect, the officers retain everal elements of control at their di po ition but only a long a they remain at a di tance: verbal commands, body po itioning, the drawing of intermediary weapon , uch a pepper spray and baton, and the drawing of the side arm. Each can add an element of control by it pre ence alone and time and verbalization can al 0 be u ed to defu e the ituation or to afford the a ailability of additional back-up. When police omcer decide to enter into empty hand confrontation, they relinquish all of the e elements of control to the su pect. Furthermore, clo e body contact brings the omcer ' weapons within the suspect' reach and hi tory i already filled with erious incidents where police officer have been injured or killed by their own firearm . Another important concern is the fact that the u pect will likely not have been searched yet and empty handed control techniques, even when properly applied, may not prevent the u pect from drawing a weapon first and taking complete phy ical control by innicting eriou injuries. ection 25 of the riminal ode pro ide the authority to u e a much force a nece sar} to arre tau pect. The force u ed hould meet all te t of rea onableness while remaining at a Ie el appropriate to maintain control. Thu , grabbing the su pect physically i only uitable a long a control is maintained throughout; a dimcult ta k in most ituation, especially if the u pect' intent e calate and if a weapon becomes a ailable during the struggle. When dealing with an aggre ive suspect, the principle of force continuum must be applied carefull . Phy ical confrontations should be avoided if at all possible and any phy ical contact mu t allow the option of di engaging to re ert to higher levels of force if nece ary, this at lea t until complete physical control is achieved.
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An analysi of the need for police patrol helicopters in Canada The Question Convincing the Sceptics Thc p lice community in anada i experiencing a paroxysm of fru tration over the acquislti n of heli opter ' for law-enforcement. T the great maj rity of police officers the need f, r, and value of, la, enft rcement helic ptcr ' is bviou that it require no explanation . This i , quite po ibly, one of the rean. wh)' the p Ii e are e:\periencing uch diffi ult in thclreffort tocon ince their board membcr ' t endor e the acqui ition of he Ii copter. . It i. sometime harder to convince omene else of a truth that i clearly bvious to you than something that you have recently had to c n ince y ur elf of. Part of the problem lie n t in the validity of the evidence but in the manner f pre ·entation.
Politically 'Unsafe ' It is n tin di pute that all the major police crvice could finance the acqui ition and operati n ofhelic pter with the money that would be a ed ea h year if they avoidedju t one big la\\suit again t them elve . But there i a lot more bchind the resistance to helicopters than just the belief that they are to expensive. There arc political careers. There are fears that the p liti al a\e will fall a bit too clo e to anyone considered to be pending frivolou lyon an e:\pcnsive ' t 'for the boy . Multi-milli n d llar inve tments in new buildings and La tical radio y tem (who' ecurity is compromi ed almo t a they are being installed) are 'p litically afe' . Ilowever heli opter , the efficacy of which has been pr en in e tended re earch program in more than f, rty year of u e in every developed untT)' around the world, are till politically 'un 'afe' in an ada. Ilelicopters will remain politically un afe n, it i di covered that politiuntil, s me day cians can be held liable for their intran igence; that the absence of a police heli opter can be linkedt thedeathofanoffi er rmemberofthe publi ; and that the finger of blame i tarting to pint t frequently at tho e pe pie who continue to veto the II e of helicopters.
The question i now: "Why don't we have helicopters" rather than: "Why hould we have them"! The econd que tion has been an wered so many times that the answer are regarded as cliched: Million of dollars saved from lawuit ; more officers on the street a a result; the live of civilians and officers aved by reducing the number of dangerous car pur uit ;thethreat to officer dramatically reduced by the pre ence of aerial upervi ion at crime cenes; the documented and proven reduction in major crimes re ulting from the use of helicopter (and the reduction in expenditure associated with thi ); the much fa ter response times; the earch and Rescue capability; the command and control function, etc. etc. an any other piece of equipment come anywhere near what they do? Categorically: o!
The Reasons Against Ofcourse there is a 'down- ide' to helicopter : they are expensive and they make noi e. But when flown between 500 and 1000 feet above the ground that noise is no more intru ive than ambient traffic noise, and although they are more expen ive to purcha e and operate than car , hel icopter reduce rather than create multi-million dollar lawsuits. Ifit i justifiable to spend four million dollars on in talling a completely new radio system in a mall community, it i hard to ee what the argument i again t haifa million dollars for a helicopter in places such as Toronto, Edmonton, Vancouver or Montreal. Let us hope that the liability of not having helicopter, as well a the value of having them, is recognized before too long. It will not be very long before the family of a dead officer point the finger of blame at those who tand in the way of helicopter !
The Options Available Police helicopters fall into two categories, piston and turbine-engined. The econd part of thi article looks at the two contenders in the pi ton category: The chweizer 300C and the Robinson R44.
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bout the only thing that the e two helicopter have in common is the fact that they are pi ton-engined, conventional tail-rotored, machine. Externally, internally, tructurallyand functionally they are ery different. imilarly, their primary market would eem to be quite divergent. The 300C is the direct de cendant of the 269A which was originally de igned and built by Hughe Aircraft Company in 1959. The 269B entered ervice a a police helicopter in 1966 and has been in use ever ince. The R44 is a very new machine, fir t produced in 1994. It i de cended from the smaller R22 which wa de igned by Frank Robinson in 197 a a 'popular' helicopter available to everyone. The low purchase and operating co t of the R22 quickly carved it a niche in the private and flight training environment with over 2600 unit sold. The R44 hare many of the R22' feature but ha not been widely adopted by the police.
Quick Comparison R44
300 Gross weight 2050lbs Empty weight 1I00Ibs seable load 950lbs Fuel capacit} 49 gal. Fuel consumption 12 gph Endurance 4.0 hrs Crui e speed 9 .7 mph Range 400 miles Fuel costllOOOhr.; 9,000 Operating costslhr 100.67 ngine power 190 shp umber in police use 135 umber in existence 3000 Length inc blade 30.83 ft eating apacity 2-3 .) 223,500 Purchase cost (
2400lbs 1400 Ib 1000Ib 49 gal. 15 gph 2.88 hrs 130 mph 400 miles 12,000 113.30 205 shp I 300 3 .58 fl 4 260,000
Safety Features Certain com pari on do not fall conveniently into list form. Amongst the e are things like the afety feature incorporated into the two helicopter. On thi i ue the 300 ha a lead over the R44. chweizer has, over the years, made it's aircrafl ome of the afest in the indu try. The 300 features built-in shockab orber in the landing gear, a gear de igned to progre ively di tort under exce ive load and 12 inches of cru hable eating and substructure which give it probably the highest level of crash urvivabi lity of any dome tic helicopter. It also uses a three-bladed, fully articulated
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rotor sy tem which is very forgiving in difficult conditions or in the hands of less experienced pilot. The R44 incorporates high energy-absorbing landing gear and a two-bladed rotor sy tem. The two-bladed rotor is much simpler and more economical to produce and maintain but in the wrong hands or conditions twobladed rotors run the risk of mast-bumping and tail boom trikes.
Safety Record The 300C and it's direct predecessors the 269B and 269A have been flying for more than 35 years. In that time the machines have totaled in excess of 14 million hours. The R44 was fir t introduced 3 years ago and has flown far fewer hours. As a result it is difficult to do a fair com pari on of the two machines. All helicopters experience teething troubles when they are new, and the 300C and R44 are no exception. However due in part to its extensive history as a training helicopter with the U military, the 300C has proven itself to be a reliable and flexible machine. The R44 incorporates new and innovative design and has a significant role to play in the light hel icopter environment. There have, however, been some un fortunate safety issues raised concerning its flight handling characteri tics. Most significant of these is the American pecial Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) directive umber 73 issued in 1995. The issue of this FAR was in response to the R44' predecessor the R22. The R22 was involved in 30 accidents since 1982 in which main rotor/airframe contact occured. All these accidents were caused by certain flight manoeuvres even though there was no evidence that the pilots were improperly operating the helicopter. As a result the FAA issued stringent and unique guidelines on the R22 and R44 regarding pilot experience levels and training requirement. With the exception of ' homebuilt' machines no similar directive exi ts for any other type of helicopter.
but that, when the costs of overhauling the R44 afler each 2000 hours start to appear in the calculations, the long tenn costs of running the two machines converge closely.
Given the lack of history on the R44 Blue Line MagllLine did a little research on the accident records of the R22 (predece sor of the R44) and the Schweizer 269/300 series.
In Conclusion From a law enforcement perspective the 300C is a capable, reliable, safe and wellproven helicopter. It is hard to ignore the fact that the 300C has been in constant police service for longer than any other piston-engined helicopter in the world. It is also, numerically, the most popu lar law enforcement helicopter. TheR44 isa very capable helicopter in tenns of speed, comfort, design and passenger capacity. Some of the features, however, might make it less than an ideal machine for law enforcement. The safety issues surrounding the R22 (the predecessor to the R44) could raise concerns with a documented record of unexplained failures. It should be noted that since the FAR recommendations were implemented the R22 accident rate has decreased dramatically and reported to be the lowest in general aviation.
The following chart was derived from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board Accident Survey for incidents occurring between January 1986 to December 1995. It helps in some degree to clarify the accident picture situation in Steve Satow's article. Accidents Pilot Error Engine Failure Mechanical Etc. Undetermined
Further Information Robinson can be contacted at: Robinson Helicopters, 290 I Airport Drive, Torrance, California 90505. USA. Tel:31 05390508. Schweizer can be contacted at: The chweizer AircraftCorporation, Box 147, Elmira, ewYork 14902. USA.Tel : 607 739 3821.
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Information from Robinson advises that although the accident picture for their helicopters appear high overall the numbers are mitigated by a higher than average pilot error factor. They report that since special training has been deve loped for the pi lots the accident figures have dropped significantly.
Steve Satow is a helicopter pilot and ex-Metropolitan London, England, Police Officer. H e has beell living and flying ill Canada for one year ami his particular interest is Police Aviation.
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Operating Costs Com pari on of the 300C and R44 becomes a little unclear on the subject of operating costs. Robinson have fo llowed a new direction regardingaircraftmaintenanceand overhaul. Most manufacturers have de igned their machines to be maintained by the operators, however Robinson has established a system whereby their helicopters are returned to a Robinson ervice Centre after each 2000 hour of flight. This system reduces the routine maintenance costs to those necessary for regular component inspection and such things as oil changes but imposes a much higher expense on the operator when each 2000 hour overhaul becomes due. stimate for the cost of returning a helicopter to Torrance range between $75,000 - $100,000 and the machines would remain out of service for several weeks. For any Police Service operating a ingle machine this would be a ignificant disadvantage. Schweizer's aircraft have a similar operating cost but it includes all the maintenance and overhaul with no requirement for the machines to be taken out of service for longer than is needed to perfonn the necessary work.
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Notes on scenario development for interactive firearms training
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by Willialll Sopiro CD n num ero u occa ions during Interactive Tra ining semin ar ome typ ical qu esti ons were a ked. "Are there any sOl/rces/or ready made interactive scenarios?" " Where can I get background material?" To answer part of the questi on, yes th ere are a number of sources, though mostl y geared ~ r tacti ca l tea m use. Most of th ese are well written and easy to fo ll ow but share a cOlllmon fa ult in that train ing objecti ves are not c learly stated, and teaching po int are left to the intrll ctor to pick up on. The g laring probl em with ca nn ed cenar io is that th ey are not agency pecifi c. In other word s they are often th e soluti n to omebody e lse's problems. A more releva nt qu esti on perh aps would have bee n, "Are there any ready sources a/interactive scenarios relative to my agency needs? " A rea l answer is to turn inwardl y and look at yo ur own agency. Da il y Occurrence Reports, U e o f Fo rce Reports, hooting In vesti gati on Rep rts, o ffi cer debriefin gs and others can suppl y yo u with enough materi al to laun ch your own book of scenari os. These reports, when analyzed, develop a picture of yo ur agency's perati nal acti vities. This answers an important nced. Ba ing yo ur tra ining on th ese trends make . th e tra in ing very relevan t to the j ob, hence IIlcreasi ng rea lism and stud ent interest. Wh ere t tart? Ask your e l f th e following. In my agency, what are the most common calls that I would re :pond 10 on a normal shift? The next qual i-
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fi er, when reading through the above mentioned reports, is to ask, whi ch of th e common ca lls results in a hi gher reported use of fo rce? Once thi s determin ation is completed, you can move on to the actu al plan nin g. Most tra ining can be di vided into three leve ls or phases: Static, where basic skill s are required to be taught; Dy nam ic where basie skills and tactics are combin ed; and fi na lly Interactive wh ere app ropriate skill s and tactics are applied in order to achi eve a solution to a variable branching p rob lernlscenari o. Assess the need fo r tra inin g based on the s ~ e~ ifi c needs of yo ur officers. Do an appreciat ion of where the average officer 's tra ining level is at. It is important fo r yo u to kn ow what level of profi c iency th e offi cers are at beca use this will determin e what your tra ini~g objecti ves are, where you set your level of diffic ul ty. et too hi gh or too low, obj ectives can demora lize th e stud ents. and turn them off. A good practice pnor to IIlteracti ve training is to review bas ic skills and tactics. This w ill help situate the stud ent and recall key po ints that mi ght be lost durin g the artifici a l stress of interacti ve tra ining. Assuming that yo u have identified a training need, here is an exampl e. An officer was attacked during a vehicle stop by an assa ilant carrying a kni fe. The offi cer 's fo rce options were limi ted beca use he did not carry an impact tool. You referred to yo ur agency's SOP 's on training and have deve loped a lesson plan With a statement of perfonn ance obj ectives, teachlll g methods, etc. It is important to under-
stan.d what we mean by perfo rm ance obj ecti ve. In simp lest terms a performance objecti ve is a specific description of a task. Task ana lys is shoul d break a skill to th e simplest parts. This all ows us to build a scenar io because we understand th e essenti al deta ils that must be included or excluded in a scenari o to ensure that the student develops the p roper situatio na l awareness. A n exampl e of thi s occ urred to me thi s summ er. I wrote an exampl e of a noise co mpl a in t scenario, where I intend ed the scenari o to be non co nfro ntat iona l. The "wife" in th e scenario was to say to the stud ent offi cers, "we were arguing and the trouble started when my husband shoved me ". Wh at happened durin g the fi rst run of th e scenari o was the "o ffi ce rs" immedi ate ly cuffed the " hus ban d". Apparently III the jurisdi ction in whi ch I was teachin g, th ere had been a crack down on domesti c vi olence an d any co mpl a int of vio lence resulted in mandatory arrest. So sweat the ma ll deta ils. Writing a scenari o is like writing a report. It detai ls who does what to whom, when and where. Us ing the above "need" as a sampl e scenario plan for a lesson on Use 0/ Impact Weapons during a Motor Vehicle Stop co uld be as fo llows:
Motor Vehicle Stop #1 Part One : "What the Officer Knows" The Situation : Day of the week , time and date, weather etc. Call Information : Self Initiated Stop , speeding . Location : (Information that is not physically represented at the training site). History : (Information that might affect choice of tactics or action , i.e. traffic warrants, heavy traffic, presence of bystanders, etc). Back up: (available or not) student may ask. Part Two : "What the Officer Doesn 't Know" (read to student after scenario) The Occurrence: "Car was just stolen, no report made, habitual offender, previously assaulte? police, currently out on parole, armed WIth a knife, and looking to purchase more crack". This part describes elements of the situation that could not be known to the officer prior to the stop. This essentially defines the actor's situation .... Part Three : "The Actor(s) Role" Main Branch (Course of action to be taken by actor according to officer's initial and subsequent behavior. The main branch is the anticipated or desired student response , the others may be optional or sequentiaL ) 1. Suspect exits vehicle, holds knife along SIde, but not really concealed. Waits for officer to approach. 2. Attack if officer approaches within 5 metres. 3. If officer has an impact weapon deployed you will not attack, you will comply.
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Second Branch 1. If officer orders suspect back into the stolen vehicle and maintains position of cover, suspect will walk toward officer exposing knife and threatening. 2. If impact weapon deployed by officer, suspect surrenders. Third Branch 1. If officer selects hands, OC spray, or firearm , suspect continues to advance and will attack if followed within 15 feet. 2. OC has no effect. 3. If officer chooses to shoot, stop only after the third effective hit. Part Four Scenario Criteria These specifiy key elements that the student must have addressed in the scenario , for example: Identification: Did the police officer properly identify himself? Use of cover: Student's vehicle stop positioning Decision : Use of force choice etc .... Part Five Make a diagram of the scenario. Part Six Student Evaluations and Summary
student. One of the keys to effective Interactive Firearms Training is simplicity. The above sample, is that. A one pager that can be used to effectively direct your actors, one page th at is an aid memoir fo r your instructor evaluators and evaluates your student. The above exanlple is an easy fo ml at to use to document a simple scenari o. After a few simple scenari os yo u ca n progress to a complex one. A complex cellario is one where there are more th an one actor, more than one pa ir of officers or tactical teams, or where the scenario is a portraya l of a chai n of events. A simi lar fo rm at may be used fo r a complex scenari o, except each actor requi res a "Branch" be writ-
ten for him. The final step in writing your lesson plan and scenarios is getting some peer review. What seems crystal clear to us after several hours of writing and half a gallon of coffee, may be as clear as mud to someone else. Constructive criticism is another key to successful instructi on!
William (Bill) Sopiro CD is an interactive training consultant from St.Bruno, Quebec. He is a member of ASLET, IALEFI and a certified NRA law enforcement firearms trainer. For further information you can contact Bill at 514 653-110101' Fax 514 875-2656.
The student evaluati ons and summ ary is a meth od of developing a statisti cal data base with th e aim of showing indi vidua l and agency tendencies. The eva luations are record ed in the nece sary deta il whether or not students have pa sed or fa iled the scenari o criteri a. This is kept on a separate piece of paper, one for each
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by Edward J. Tully T he faith th e publie ha in the integrit of a law enforcement officer is extraordinarily high. We teach our children th at la\ enforcement office rs a rc th eir fr iends. , e install tec hnology such as 911 becau se we believe law enforcement will re po nd to our crie in time of need, and" hen th e " ord of a n offi cer i challenged by a single defendant, most people believe the officer. When officer a rrive at th e cene of a crisis, \1 e all breathe a sigh of relief, and wh en a member of the public does not kn ow whom to call a bout a problem, the u ually will ca ll th e police. Fin all), man) recent public opinion polls confirm th at co nfidence in the police i far higher tha n oth er profession , bu in ess firms, a nd department of government. BI i tmggling to maintain its level of public Due to the foregoing rea on I do not like be expected, and it i the price one ha to pay for tru t following allegations of a cover-up aller to write about corruption, incompetence, or holding a po ition of public trust. Officers have eamed thi trust through their the incident at Ruby Ridge in Idaho. Our malfeasance in law enforcement organizations an} m re than you like to read about it! Ilow- hard and courageou work, the acrifice of the friend in the mas media are having a field day ever, re ent allegation in olving corruption of officer who have been lain and injured in the exploiting the allegations of incompetence and olliccrs arc sulliciently compelling in terms line of duty, and in the conduct in their per onal malfea ance. There is talk in political circle of of the potential f< r the 10 of public tru t in and professional live . There is a great pride in cutting budget, eliminating agencies, and dis1[\\\ enforcement to et a ide my per onal the integrity ofthi profe ion, and all officers ciplining tho e deemed respon ible. Reality aversIOn for the discu ion of some law en- suffer when a few of their comrades bring ha been et a ide in the e di u ions the di honour to their departments and profe ion critic' theme i that a violation of the sacred for ement oflicer' hortcoming. I suspect the origin of my aversion i the with behaviour that i di honest, brutal, unpro- tm t between the public and law enforcement has occurred. 1-..n wledge that none ofu are perfect, and that, fe ional, or intellectually inferior. Without the tru t the public has placed in law Who is right in this argument is not impore cept f, r the lack of opportunity or the grace f d, we might all find our elves in a itua- enforcement officer and the various local, state, tant. What i important is that the public i ti n that i morally, ethically, or profe ionally and federal law enforcementagencie , the police extremely en itive about violation oftrust by officer's job would be extremely difficult, far anyone, be it law enforcement, member of the bey nd our ability to handle. The vast majority of pe pie are not naive. more dangerous, and without job satisfaction. clergy, choolteacher, politicians, lawyer, or The} realile that ome officers will occa ion- Thus trust is a critical and preciou commodity bu ine men. The press views themselves a all stra} fr m the traight and narrow path . for effective law enforcement to have, yet at the the "watchdog" of ociety, and thu jump on allegations of impropriety with both feet. Few The public doc. ,however, have an almo t blind same time it is a very fragile commodity. on sider, if you will, the pre ent problems people or organization, whether innocent or l'<lIth that the organization will identify the e om ers, nd punt h them accordingly. To main- of the entrallntelligence gency( IA), who e guilty, survive the onslaught of media covertain the publi 's tm t in law enforcement, each recent action have cau ed a lack of trust on the age. It i often a cruel proces devoid ofju tice. department and our variou court give the law part of Congress towards the CIA. The Depart- It i a proce that we cannot individually cnf< r ement ffender puni hment that are, ment of Alcohol Tobacco and Firealll11s is hav- change, although in ome case, an aggre ive, pr babl ,har her in everity to what ordinary ing similar problem becau e of their raid on pro-active, hone t re ponse to the initial allegaiti7cn receive for similar offence. This i to the Branch Davidians at Waco, Texa ,and the tion produce fa ourable results.
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Power Lord Acton once said, "Power tends to corrupt. .. !" otice he said, "tends to corrupt"- not that it was automatic. In other words, if an individual does not have the defences of good character, self-discipline, and integrity, then the corro iveness of power will begin to erode the distinction between good and evil in our daily lives. A police officer is given enormous power by the public so he can perform the job of keeping the peace. In many situations a police officer ha more power than the Presidents, members of the judiciary, mayors, and governors. The badge, the hat, the weapon, and the uniform are symbols of the officer's power, and often people turn to these symbols for guidance, leadership, and resolution to problems when other departments of government have gone home for the day. The problem all police officer have in dealing with the power inherent in their jobs is, how do they use the power wisely? A II too often it is used without thinking of the con equences of the act. Officers have a tendency to believe that since they have power, they are above the law! At times they think they are doing God's work and that the means they u e to reach a desirable end are justified. Occasionally they believe that since they have power, people should do exactly what they say! Finally, some have a tendency to believe that since they have power, people should treat them with respect, defer to their wishes, and seek their friendship and association . The stupid free cup of coffee ituationone which we have all experienced- brings the problem of power right down to the bottom line. Ask yourself, "Why do we occasionally get a free cup of coffee?" It is not because you are beautiful people, is it? No, it is because you have power. I do not know what the motives of the givers are or what may ever be asked of you in return for the gift- most likely nothing. [ do
not think a free cup of coffee is going to corrupt your moral fibre or force you to bestow a return favour at some time. The problem the free cup of coffee presents is simply, where do you want to draw the line with people who want to curry your favour. [ would argue that the prudent and wise young patrolman, the senior sergeant and detective, and the upper-level management of any law enforcement organization should draw the line extremely close. Accept nothing that recognizes the power of the position or the organization-not because of the gift itself, but because the gift makes the recipient aware of the potential of power. Once the potential of power is realized, it can he perverted in your mind. Few of us realize that your powers are very limited! Many think your powers give you special entitlements. Some even think they are above the law, above criticism, and above reproach . When this power is abused, the abuser finds this was not the case at all! They have no special privileges. God is not answering their calls for help for things they did in his name. Their peers look upon them as if they have leprosy and turn their self-righteous backs. Corrupt law enforcement officers do not become corrupt overnight. It often takes years of abusing their power before they find themselves in situations that may result in illegal acts on their part. The length of service of officers found in violation of the law, or in serious violation of department regulation , is usually between 8 to 10 years. Upon review one finds these are people who could never draw any line between right and wrong. Almost without exception, individuals become corrupted gradually, beginning with minor transgres ion and evolving into more serious offences. Often times these are people who rational ize their behaviour by saying, "Everybody does it," or, " I deserve it because I am not paid enough," or perhaps, "This is my due for doing a job that is lousy!" That rationale, my friend, is pure and simple Bullshit!
Racism Accepting g ifts, favours, or money based upon the power of your position is only one forn1 of corruption with which law enforcement must deal. Police officers also deal, on a daily basis, with individual s who abu e power in their relationship with people of another colour, sex, or nationality. Racism, that is the hatred or intolerance of another race of people, is particularly egregious if onl y one of the parties has power. This is usuall y the case if a law enforcement officer is involved . If hatred of another race is permitted to influence your thinking or actions in your dealings with those people you may hold in contempt, then you are certain to abuse your authority. The basic nature of your job is to be fair-minded , to judgeif you will-each situation on its own merit. Each time we allow our prejudice to enter our decision-making process, our judgment becomes flawed or suspect. Racism can only exist in a narrow mind, a mind that makes decisions ba ed solely on a single visible factor- skin colour. Law enforcement officers hould be more intellectually superior than that, and I think most are! However, if only a small percentage of officer are racist bent on inflicting punishment on people they hate, then you can see the entire criminal justice system has a serious problem . For example, I do not know if Mark Fuhrman is (COlllilllled...
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a racist or not. lie wa portrayed as a racist by the pre ba ed on hi eomments to a screen writer. I lis words tainted the reputation of an entire police department and, I might add, an entire profe ion . o if you are a racist you should give pause and think. Is it going to do you any good to have such an attitude? Is it going to affect your judgment and your actions? Will thi attitude eventually cau e you to abu e your power? 1 this attitude hindering yo ur development as a man/woman of good character? A k yourself this question, "Is it worthy of me to treat people a member of a group, identified by the colour of their kin?" Ifthe an wers to the above question trouble you enough, then it i time to change your attitude. A raci t attitude in combination with the power and authority ofa law enforcement officer can produce con equence that will affect you the re t of your life. Finally, h w would you like to be c n idered by everyone just on the ba i of being a member of a group? Being judged dumb merely becau e you are a cop is particularly galling.
Sexism Until 1972 law enforcement was generally a domain populated by males. Being macho wa e 'pected and considered an informal job requirement. ince the passage in the United tate of the ivil Right Actof I972, however, women have entered the policing and security profession in great numbers. Today more than ten percent of lawen forcement officers in the nited tate are women. In addition, a majority ofa department' s support staffis made up of women. Adjusting to women in the work place has been a difficult ta k for many male officers. After a review of court cases involving sexual harassment, many departments have adopted a policy of zero tolerance for any form of exual haras ment. Those departments that have not adopted uch a policy should do so forthwith or otherwi e ubject themselves to a seri us level of liability for their employees' aetions. It has been difficult to change long held attitudes between men and women. It will, probably, take several more generations before fully adequate change are achieved. Therefore, in the pre ent work environment the best cour e of action i to treat everyone you meet, and work with, a if they were gender-neutral. It is the wi e officer who understands that the work environment i very contentious. It is an environment over which individuals have very little control. The slightest affront to a member of the opposite sex can bring forth allegations of exi m or sexual harassment. eedles to say, even an allegation of sexual hara sment is enough to have serious implication. on your career and family. For the time being, the best defence again t the dangers of thi environment is to place yourselfabove it in both w rd and deed.
Brutality Brutality under colour of law is never acceptable. Reasonable force to effect an arrest or to protect your life, or the life of another, is acceptable. Brutality occurs most often after a subject has been subdued and effectively incapacitated. After this point has been achieved in the arrest, and regardless of the verbal or physi-
cal actions of the subject towards the officer, all level of statutes explicitly forbid any further form of punishment. While a shot of pepper spray or tightening the handcuffs may seem justified and appropriate in some cases, rest assured they are not and will he viewed dimly in any review process. Officers must train themselves to instantly shift their emotional gears after the subject has been subdued. The subject must he treated with great care and caution. This is both for the protection of the subject and the officer. Many subjects today are under the heavy influence of either drugs or alcohol. Once constrained, the chances of these individuals dying a natural death while in custody is significantly increased, particularly if an officer is not aware of the dangers of various constraints upon the physiology of people under the influence of drugs. Never, under any circumstances, tolerate a fellow officer or a senior officer brutalizing a subject. It may be the most difficult decision of your life, but you must do what you can to stop the brutalizing actions of a fellow officer. By your actions, you may save both the officer's career and your own. You may be vilified in the short tenn by your fellow officers, but in the long term you will gain respect. In the area of criminal misconduct on the part of a fellow officer you must draw a line between what is right and what is wrong. If you do not take a firm stand on the issue of right and wrong conduct, then it will only be a short period of time before you are drawn into activities that are also considered wrong.
Organizational Safeguards It should he obvious to those in charge of law enforcement organizations that the job ofa police officer in terms of maintaining personal
integrity is extremely difficult given the nature of the job and the temptations that go with the territory. Unfortunately, in many organizations this concept does not appear to be so obvious! Far too often we give young officers a badge and a gun, and send them into a corrosive environment without a clue as to how to protect themselves morally, ethically, or spiritually. This is not right! I would strenuously argue that ifofficers were given rules, regulations, policies and procedures for what to do when encountering difficult situations on the job there would he far less misconduct. This is not to say you can have rules for every contingency. The situations encountered by officers on the street are far too varied and complex to have rules of encounter for each situation. Officers must he given a reasonable amount of discretion in order to perform their jobs effectively and efficiently. To learn the proper use of discretion, officers need the guidance of other experienced officers and sergeants on a dai Iy basis. This can be done in an informal atmosphere by pairing less experienced officers with more experienced officers on a rotational basis, or it can be done as part of roll-call training. It can also be done by sergeants when they get out ofthe office and on the streets with the troops. To further make this point, if officers were given special training in how to psychologically and spiritually handle the corrosive influences of what they observe in our society, we would have fewer of them trying to solve their personal problems with alcohol, drugs, or greed. Yet few ofthese types of programs are in place! I am not arguing that individuals are not responsible for the consequences oftheir own actions, and I am not arguing that the organization is to blame for each and every individual act of misconduct. What I am saying is that the organization and its leaders have a responsibility to the rank and file to help them resist temptations and make good decisions, and to reward them for professional behaviour. Following are some suggestions as to how this can he done.
Selection Tn recent years, there has been an abundance of highly qualified applicants for positions in law enforcement. The problem some departments have experienced is how to obtain, and sustain, a work force that is in proportion to the racial, ethnic, and sexual composition of society. This is the most difficult task in the selection process. Some departments have lowered employment standards in order to achieve this balance. While this solves a short-term problem, it has produced long-term headaches for persons who should have never been hired in the first place. The solution to this problem is twofold . First, do not lower employment standards, and second, place more emphasis and
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dollars on recruiting qualified candidates for the positions. There are plenty of examples in law enforcement of departments that have accomplished success in the selection and recruiting of quality minority candidates. Using EEO regulations, ADA requirements, or the threat of lawsuits as an excuse for hiring unqualified persons is no longer acceptable reasoning. The selection standards must he demonstrably job related. But over and above standards is the consideration of the applicant's previous behaviour. As my mother used to say, "A leopard never changes its spots!" In terms of selection the best predictor of future performance is past performance. There are some selection systems which probe this concept on the market. However, if a formal program is beyond the financial capability of the department, then the best method for determining an applicant's past performance is the employment interview and th e background investigation. If these two aspects of selection are emphasized, the resultant quality ofemployees will be greatly enhanced.
Training We all know the value of training in law enforcement. What has always been a puzzlement, however, is why training is the first thing cut during times of reduced budgets. Most of the training dollars in law enforcement organizations are spent on entry level training. The higher one goes in the rank structure of an organization, the less training is offered. This
has been a problem in law enforcement organizations for years and is not about to change in the near-tenn future. However, in tenns of recruit training we must bear in mind that the applicant does not come to us in a virginal state. The new recruit is not without long held opinions and attitudes, some good, some perhaps not so good! They have character traits which are substantially formed. Some of these traits go well with a law enforcement career, but other character traits held by the recruit may he a serious hindrance to success in our line of work. The question then becomes, "How does a law enforcement organization insure that its values are held by the recruit?" First, a law enforcement organization needs to have an operant set of values. Not all departments have a written, formal set of values. This needs to be done. Once the statement of values is finished, they should not just be posted on the wall; rather, they should be inculcated into department policies, procedures, and operational tactics. One such policy would be to include a substantial block of time in the recruit training curriculum learning the values of the department and being exposed to the culture of the organization. The policy should also include the requirement that value education be part of all in-service training programs. First line supervisors should be afforded a special in-service training program on how these supervisors insure that departmenta l values are followed in every aspect of the organization's work. (Continued...)
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Policies, Procedures, Rules, and Regulations II of the ab ve hould be formulated from the statement of values ub cribed to by the department. We cann t have rule which are in conflict \\ith urvalues. There mu t bea consistenc. or can \\e ha e the e tatements of condu t just ~ r patrol officer! The rules mu t equally apply t e ery employee orthe department, regardles or rank! For example, if a department has tated value which says that the integrit or the department wi II never be compromised, then policy and regulation will be 'Hltten whi h will rorbid any employee rrom ta"ing a gill. Thi . would include that tupid cup of coffee mentioned pre iou Iy, a well a a free game of golf for the chief. Values are a way of life for e ery member of a department. imply put, departmental p licie , procedures, rule and various regulation hould be written to protect the officers, n t a a vehicle to catch them doing something wrong! This i why the wise police administrator will involve repre entative from every rank in a department to participate in the wrlling I' the departmental tatement of values and the subsequent development I' appropriate policle , mles, and regulation . To dra\\ an appropriate analogy, think of the game of bas"etball. Whether the game i formal, or informal, the game requires the adherence to a commonly held et of value ifit i to b' played. There are rule and regulation which everyone must follow. A deviati n from the rules is penalized. Everyone on the floor "nows that sp rtsman hip i valued and ru le must be foIlO\\ed. violation of the va lue, or the rules, is appropriately punished. The reft:rt:t: IS the ergeant! nles the value of the game arc respected and the rule followed by alllll"olved, the game will quickly degenerate IIlto a rree ror all. alues and rules make the game of ba ketball enjoyable. 0 al 0 can the valut:s, rules, and regulation ora p lice department make the Job enjoyable and rewarding.
Early Identification System The job ofthe average police officer i very demanding. The emotional state or an officer on the job can range rrom acute boredom to abject terror, and it can change rrom one to the other in a econd. By any standard, it is a very tre sful job. ome people can handle stre well; others do not! Too much stre can cau e behavioural problem ; and, of course, the e prob lems cause other problems both on the job and at home! It may we ll be the officer doesn't realize the change which are occurring in his personality or behaviour. Other officers may realize the impact or tre on their Ii e but are not capable of doing anything about it. In either ca e, the officer need ome help. I think the organization has the re ponsibility to provide that help! By providing whatever a istance i required, the organization not only helps the officer, but also protects its own integrity. One mean to spot officers in trouble is the e tabli hment of an early warning sy tem designed to spot some behavioural incon i tencie . This i accomplished by tracking per onnel complaints, involvement in use or rorce incident, and infornlation received from supervior . Metro-Dade Police Department in Miami is one department which ha e tabli hed uch a y tem, and for tho e departments without such a sy tem, this wou ld be an excellent example to tudy. The program includes appropriate psychological service and a tress abatement program ror officers in need or assistance. aturally, the program also provides a means by which the department can identify tho e officer who e behaviour i 0 unacceptable that termination is the be t solution ror both parties.
Internal Affairs In the Bureau, we u ed to say that member or our Inspection Divi ion were people who came onto the battlefield a fter the battle and tabbed the wounded! We lamented that they didn't seem to be very upportive or agents under investigation ror whatever reason. They all eemed to have transrerred their loyalty
from their rellow agents to some unknown and unrorgiving entity. They were reared! Unrortunately, all organizations, large and small, need a group or individual who inve tigate wrongdoing by other members or the organization. Whether it be called internal arfairs or the in pection divi ion, the mis ion or the unit, or individual, i to protect the intere ts and integrity orthe organization. Their loyalty can be only to the public, or it elected representatives. In addition to the investigation orwrongdoing, this unit al 0 forces compliance with polic , rule , regulation, and procedures through periodic review of each department within the organization. The primary mission of an internal affair unit i to en ure that the tm t orthe public in the organization is neither dimini hed or lost. In my opinion, it ,,,ould be be t ir only the mo t competent, e:\perienced, and wi e officer were a igned to internal affair. Thi offer ome protection to officer' racing ral e allegations, and it also brings to the inve tigation individuals who know how to conduct a thorough, impartial in"estigation. It may be that most orficers will never love member or the internal arrairs unit, but the officer can and must have respect ror their integrity and the importance or their place within a law enrorcement organization.
Rotation of Assignment It i my opinion that all officers hould be rotated aller a period or two or three year, depending, or cour e, on the ability to make uch rotation. I would argue this is particularly true ror officer involved in drug or vice investigation . It i ab olutely true ror any officer involved in undercover operations! A sound rotation policy not only offers some relier to tho e involved in inve tigation in the most corro ive and tre sful sector of our ociety, but it al 0 provides an opportunity for the officer to experience per onal and professional growth. Doing the same job year afler year can lead to complacency and a lack of intere t, neither of which i healthy for anyone, psych logically or physically.
Conclusion Given the nature and volumeofwork in law enforcement, I suspect we are always in the process of maintaining or evaluating public tru t. The only way to maintain the level of trust you pre ently have with the public is con tant igilance and vigorou policing oryourselve . But in the end, it always comes down to the individual. Organization can help an II1dividual along with strict values, policies, rules, and regulation, but irthe individual is bent on rollowing a less than honourable life, then all the rule and regulations in the world won't help. Living an honourable life isn 't ea y. We all make mi take, correct them irwe can, and grow a a re ult. Thi i our nature. The vast majority of law enforcement officers are honourable per on , and their reward is peace of mind, elr re pect, and sati faction that their work made thi country a better place to live. That i a wonderful legacy to leave your ons and daughters!
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The extremely effective retro-reflective con picuity tape grabs drivers attention, provide an increased reaction time for evasive action , and even break the "hypnotic effect" that the road can produce on drivers. The Quebec Automobile In urance board has even advanced the theory called the "halo" effect, meaning that truck drivers seem more relaxed knowing that oncoming traffic is more aware of their presence and react faster to them as obstacles. Visibility definitely means safety all the way around! You can't be too visible when you're in the way of oncoming traffic. Officer definitely like the idea of being een as early as possible to avoid getting hit. 0 now comes an interesting logic ... if the retro-re!lective conspicuity tape (up to lOX more re!lective than tandard products) u ed on truck reduce accident and ave live, why not use it for emergency !leet graphics too? In fact, thi ame material (marketed as Neon Graphik by ecuritrim) i having its beginnings in the fleet market and is already being used and te ted on several regional police, ambulance and fire vehicles, all with excellent results and mUltiple recommendations. Ilow many in tances can you think of where just one extra econd of reaction time given to oncoming driver could have prevented a collision in 01 ing one of your vehicles? What about the "U-turns" when emergency vehicle are broadside to oncoming traffic and when the several thou and dollars worth of strobes are in their lea t effective position, that i , parallel to oncoming traffic instead of perpendicular? Or when entering heavy traffic from behind a truck, or from a city lane or crossing an intersection again t a red light etc? o one can effectively argue the fact that any of the above ituations could be made Ie dangerous if the fender and door ported the new retro-re!lective material. A super-bright fender, in fact, gi e a more immediate warning to oncoming traffic than does the fla her, which normally is only visible after the fir thai f of the crui er (nearly 10 feet worth of obstacle) ha already become a hazard. And we're not even talking about the situations involving blindi ng rain where everything turns black, the blowing snow and, oh, of course, in some place that are blessed with fog! Fora minimal increase in the graphics budget, emergency vehicle can now be lettered and striped in the new retro-re!lective material. Of intere t too is the fact that the coming trend in fleet graphics i a decrease in the old "official" stripes, but an increase in bold "populationfriendly" logo, letters and graphics ... a much cleaner look! l lence, all the more need fora more efficient reflective product to compensate for the decrease in the quantity of reflective material. Remembertoo, that often the image projected by a city i the logo on its cruisers ... so maybe it high time to rethink fleet graphics. A the trucking industry proved, vi ibility does equal safety. Brighter retro-reflective graphic can save you big bucks by reducing your accidents. '" " ,<;,to wdS a corporately written press release and edited by Blue Line Magazille
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About the Gunshot Location System This initial Gunshot Location System consists of eight acoustic sensors, a pair of Sun(TM) SPARC station computers, the Nationallnstruments LabVIEW(R) software program and data acquisition board, and a sophisticated application program written in LabVIEW by Trilon Technology. The acoustic sensors, mounted on the tops of buildings thro ughout a 2.2 square kilometre portion of Redwood City, transmit impulses from gunfire via phone lines to the computers. From there, Lab VIEW and the data acquisition board work together to collect and analyze the data to determine whether the impulsive sound is a gunshot. When a gunshot is fired, the location is displayed within a fraction of a minute on a computerized map in the dispatch center. From the re, a dispatcher can quickly deploy a patrol car to the scene. Also, police keep a history of high gunfire sites for subsequent investigation or reallocation of resources. The Redwood City Police Department will begin Phase II testing, a period expected to last
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Small-town cops can now have big-city technology in their cruisers In 1994, Amesbury, Mass., a small residential town located on the New Hampshire border, obtained $43,000 to equip its 4 police cars with Compaq laptop computers running the PacketCluster system, a new technology from Cerulean Technology ofMarlborugh, Mass. Rather than using open radio communications, police officers use their computers to communicate with each other via email. Encryption makes digital transmission more secure than traditional radio communications. This way, criminals are not able to monitor police voice traffic. Even though the system has been in use for a little more than two years, Amesbury has seen great results. "Our warrant arrests alone have doubled since we began using the system, and on our last trip to the motor vehicle registry we turned in over 100 licenses that were revoked," said officer Tom Hanshaw. Besides helping officers identify more violations, the new system is helping make potentially dangerous situations safer by arming of-
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Testing commences on vehicle immobilize r to stop chases Using technology that began testing last September, officers would be able to stop a car in its tracks by sending an electrical charge that disables a vehicle's electronics and shuts down the engine. The car-stopper was announced by U.S. Federal officials last year as a way to employ technology first developed during the Cold War against criminals who try to evade capture by speeding away from police. The car-stopper technology will not be available until initial testing is complete. So far, ten companies primarily defence contractors - will tryout the products next month at an Anny laboratory in Maryland, officials said. This project is expected to cost $500,000 and will be paid for by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Army. But it is not known whether local police departments will be able to afford the finished product. (USA Today
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The fo llowing students received Certificates in the HENSON Certificate in Police Leadership program offered by Ilenson College, Dalhousie Universit) in the Fall 1996 14. . . . . . . " Term. This is a partia l list as some students could not learning Solutions ' . . for a Changing World be contacted, and for reasons of pnvacy and sccunt), some individual have asked not to be included in this announcement.
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Edmonton Police Serv ice, AB
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Chatham, 0
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Peel Regional Police Service, ON
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In revievving the ummar) of rec"''''"!.o<m....-r mmendation from Mr. Ju tice r hie ampbell' review of the Paul Bernardo inve tigati n the following comment . upport the need for a better way to manage, hare and earch ca e fi Ie inf, rmati n. "The Bernardo ca e, like \ ever,. imilar in e tigation, had it' hare of human error. But thi is nota story of human error r lack of dedi ation or inve tigative skill. It i a tory of ystemic failure." "What is needed isa sy tem ofca e management for maj r and inter-juri di tional erial predator investigation , a sy tem that correct the defects dem nstrated by this and s many . Imllar ase.. ase management y tem i needed that is ba ed n cooperation, rather than rival! ,among law enforcement agencie ." DUring 1993 in algary two innovative membersofthe R MP ommercial rime nit fund similar needs in their work for a technical solution to their case management requirements due to the ery large number of do ument their file . contained. The) needed a system with \\ hi h the eould manage, hare and earch the enormous number of a e file report , eized d umentary e"hibit and lengthy witne statements the) \"ere ac umulating in their inve tigatlons. The need f, r court di losure requirements made their ear h f, r a technical olution even more urgent. They ontacted the anadian Poli e Research entre ( PR ) for help. The R MP member, through PR ,were later put in touch \"ith algary ba ed DKW
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y tems Corporation which was developing case management oftware. Through funding a istance from the ational Re earch ouncil (NR ) a project wa formulated to develop the sy tem to meet the requirement of the RCMP inve tigator . The project wa enlarged to include two member of the algary Police ervice 0 the project would be truly univer al in its policing application and be applicable to municipal police agencies. A steering committee wa et up primarily to bridge political i sue and deal with situations which might otherwi e tend to derail the project. Repre entatives from the executive of the two participating police agencies, RC, PR , Alberta Justice- riminal and Civil Divisions and private industry volunteered for the steering committee. In designing the LEIM ystem it was acknowledged that the full text of ca e reports rother inve tigative document mu t be available for haring, earching and viewing. tored image had to be ea ily retrievable and quickly available for viewing on the computer screen and printable on a laser printer. LE IM not only converts paper document and images from many different sized original but also accepts electronic fi le tran fer in severa l different format from either word proce sing document , pread heets exi ting databa e or even from infonnatio~ on the Internet or e-mail. This very flexible input is what di tinguishes CLEIM a a unique ca e management tool. L - 1M ha the ability to interact with the many different policing information sy tems currently in use acro s Canada and to allow an operator to earch and share selected informa-
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tion librarie from many different juri dictions simultaneou Iy. When images from a L 1M library are viewed on a computer creen they can be magni fied on creen, rotated, highl ighted, underlined, blanked out a well as linked to other document in electronic file folder to a i t in the preparation of the case for court. earche on queried word will produce a list ofthe document containing tho e word on creen, prioritized in such a manner the inve tigator is always pre ented with the most relevant do ument fir t. The real trength of the y tem comes from the use of Adaptive Pattern Recognition technology which com pen ates for and locate mi pelled word . Another strength or the.. y tem .is its emantic word earching capability which locates words with similar meaning to the queried word. Thi help to ~omp~n ate ~or the different word used by IIlve lIgator III ca e files to de cribe things and event. For example ifthe earch word is punch the y tem will al 0 locate words like blow,jab, knock. cuff, sock, thrust thump or whack. LEIM i different from conventional databa e in that it indexes every word from each document in computer memory and then earche against every word in every document. The e reature make LEI M much more pow~rful t.h an conventional database for finding IIlvesligatlve clues. To deal with the is ue of escalating cost to reproduce copies of the case file for di closure purpo es L -1M will place all of the ca e file information on a compact di k for pre entation to the pro ecutor who can recall and review every witne tatement, document or tored image and can print out a copy of any of the e a required. The co t to produce a compact disk i u uallyunder 15 .00 compared to cost of up to 10,000.00 or more for having upport taff photocopy, collate, bind and distribute document for di clo ure. CLEIM allow a police department to quickly add inve tigators to a ca e simply by granting them acce to the ca e on a computer ne~w?rk. There is already a high level of ecurity bulltilltothe y temyetinronnationcanbeeasily shared between authorized juri diction in a eamle operation u ually on exi ting computer hardware. ase file infonnation can truly be shared acros the room or acro s the nation. An inve tigator can be trained to use thi powerful inve tigati e aid in about thirty minutes. Although this article hasjust touched on the a few of the benefit of the LEIM system it i a . y tem capable of immediately complying with many of the recommendations from Mr. Justice ampbell for a ystem ofca e management for major inter-juri dictional erial crime . A the sy tem wa developed for front line inve tigator with their input it is one which should be con idered by any Police ervice faced with the need for a computerized ca e management tool capable of sharing file interjuri dictionall . For furth er detail plea e contact the L 1M Director of Operation Mr. Ken Rynbcnd at (403) 263 6081 orJim Graham (Rctircd algary Dcpu ty hicf).
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Are you ready to Respond? eed a new ce ll phone? Looking to tryon that new winter coat? And how about that helicopter for your agency's fat budget? Then come to Response 97! Whether you are buying or window-shopping Re pOl1se 97will be an excellent venue for all Blue Line readers to see first hand many of the products that companies have been promoting between the covers of Canada's national law enforcement magazine. The trade show will appeal to all personel in law enforcement, whether it be municipal police, private police, customs, correction, bylaw officer or private inve tigators. Whether your position is in administration, purchasing, civilian support or patrol, Response 97 will be of interest and value not only to view what companie offer, but also to make individual or agency purchases. The name of this trade show appears to be quite appropriate. The response from Blue Line reader ha been overwhelming with many people already pre-registering. (Registration card are available in this magazine.) So be sure to register and take advantage of this opportunity. A regi tration fee of $10.00 will be charged at the door, but pre-registration allows you free admis ion. Trade shows for law enforcement always have a conference or meetings connected with the event. Response 97 will be unique in that there will be no conflicting agenda. However, there will be lecture halls that have scheduled training essions provided by the companies who are di playing their products and ervices. As we get closer to the event, we will be publi hing what these training sessions will be.
firmed your space, we urge you to do so quickly as space is limited. To all companies that have already booked space, we will be sending out an information package in the next few weeks. Response 97 will be happening on April 22 and 23 at the Le Parc Convention Centre, Markham, Ontario at Leslieand Ilwy 7 which is
on the northern edge of Metro Toronto. For those peop Ie who would need overnight accommodation, excellent hotels are available in the immediate area. Come see a law enforcement Trade how like you have never seen before. Make this trade how your fir t Response for '97.
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hi a ailant running. I turned and saw two uniform officer cha ing the assailant right toward me. Being in old clothe, I waited and when he got clo e J tackled him to the ground and handcuffed him. A reporter from the Windor tar hearing the robbery call, left his oflice a block away and napped the picture which appeared on the front page of the aturday edition. Keep up the go d work. Dave Pickford Windsor. Ontario
I enj y 10 king forward each month to reading Blue Line. I particularly enjoyed the arti leubmitted b J el Johnst n on U e of I or e in the ovember 1996 issue. Being a pre iou. head fourTrainingBranchthearticle rein~ r es everything v"e a trainers have been sa ing ab ut ~ rce i.. ue . Whatreall caughtmyeyewa the ketchof an flicer handcufling a su pe t. This is the second time I aw thi ketch in your magazine, the other being on the over of the June, July 1994 I sue. The ket h bears a triking re emblance t a picture taken of me while arresting a suspe t. The picture appeared in our local Wind. or tar and aloin The Border Police.
ome background on the picture. The picture wa taken on March 12, 1982. I wa working plainclothes in the downtown area. It was a riday. Two city bank were robbed within the past month, both on Friday. ot knowing who the u pects were, we taked out everal bank in the downtown area. A call came in around 1600 hour that there was a robbery in progres in the area of Ouellette and Ri verside, (there are two banks on the corner). My partner and I re ponded. I wa approached by a man who tated he wa held up in the alley behind a nearby arcade. Although not a bank robbery, the man said hi a ailant had a knife. While I wa peaking to the victim, the victim pointed to
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Editor 's otes Looking at these two images anyone can plainly see that there is lillie resemblance at all. Your comments. Dave. reminded me of all old copper's age remarks... "Deny everything. sholl' concern .. etc. When he first came to us Dave Bluestein was a starving artist, still going to art school and was real keen about cops. (His father is one). We commissioned him to do the front cover of our June/July 1994 edition and he came through with flying colours. He usually snooped through our photo files and produced a collage ofpolice activities. We have 170 idea where he got a couple of the action pictures though. Over the years many officers and civilian members have approached us and identified themselves in that cover. It is certainly a credit to Dave's artistic talents.
As a corporate subscriber to Blue Line Magazine I would like to enquire a to the opportunity of expanding the content of information to include that of our Private Enforcement lndu try. Upon noting article being carried in our indu try magazine, anadian ecurity, they also include infornlation and article concerning public police ervice . It would be ofintere t to our own indu try, I am ure, to ee a bridge developed ben.o,;een public and pri ate enforcement ervice by wa of" egmented recognition in your own magazine. Yes there seem to be a brotherhood within public police service and it is a never ending theme whether it be through articles or practice. Our indu try ha it own en e of camaraderie which must be brought out of the box in which It I tored and brought to the forefront. Too many times are we di mis ed by public police ervice as being ineffective or not worthy of di cu ion and that i a travesty. They could learn and expand their reach so much if they would open their eye to the possibilitie . Acceptance of our capability is really on ly limited to one own imagination. I app laud the ew York ity Police department in eizing on this opportunity in a very effective way. ould you advi e on the intere t Blue Line may have in the receipt of our own indu try activity. As a large egment of our ociety involved in public afety issues and private
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protection, it wou ld be of benefit to positively promote a service that consists of 3 private protection officers to I public police officer throughout Canada. Your interest wou ld be greatly appreciated. Patricia A. Rawluk President Guardian Protection Services Kingston, Ontario Editors Note: Blue Line has, from almost its very beginning nine years ago, had an interest in the security industry. So much so that editorially f quite often refer to private and public policing. Few people understand the similarities which exist between the two occupations. Both officers have similar powers ofarrest although the powers fo r a public police officer have a more universal jurisdiction. Blue Line has always targeted its editorial toward any person involved or even interested in the policing occupation. This means police and security officers as well as clerks, dispatchers, mechanics, auxiliary and even Chiefs ifyou can believe it. Private policing is a big industry and one that is growing at a phenomenal rate. With the advent of gated communities in both Canada and the United States the thin blue line is becoming a little thicker and turning a little more grey. We would certainlyenterlain articles about private policing and you can bet they will get published.
Yves PHA OR, an ex-Miami police officer and Haitian American, was assassinated August 31 st, 1996 in Port-au-Prince Haiti. Phanor returned to Haiti in 1995 to instruct at the Haitian ational Police Training Centre. He was on leave of absence from the Miami Police Department and was working with the u.s. Dept of Justice International Criminal Investigation Training Assistance Program (ICITAP). It was his connection with the new Haitian ational Police that ultimately resulted in his tragic death. Eves was one of approximately 25 members from various U.S. police agencies teaching at the Training Centre in addition to an equal number of RCMP members instructing there. He was a dedicated and compassionate instructor committed to developing the new police force and helping to stabi lise Haiti. Our members in Haiti lived and worked closely with our American counterparts and we were all fortunate to have hared a common bond and close
friendship with Yves Phanor. Eve was shot and killed at his home in Port-au-Prince in front of his wife and fami ly. The gunmen placed his police identification in his mouth afler shooting him. Eves is survived by his wife Chantal and three children, A hley 9, Mark 4 and Ryan I 1/2. Chantel and her children have ince relocated to New York ity to be with family . Those of us who served in Haiti with ICITAP or UNCiv Pol know how difficu lt circumstances are in that volatile country. To live and work in Haiti and deal with the daily ob tacles and fru tration wa difficult enough. To die in Haiti trying to improve their society is a terrible and tragic loss. Eve Phanor wa not a member of the RCMP but he could have been. Though he wore a di fferent colour uni fornl, we have lost one of our own. Eves was a friend and fe llow officer who has made the ultimate sacrifice and his family needs our support. ince Yves was not actively serv ing with Miami P.O. at the time of his death his life insurance was not in effect. Members of the Miami Police Department have set up a trust fund for the Phanor family. RCMP members who erved with Yves Phanor have organi ed a similar trust fund in order to collect contributions from our members. Donations can be made through a teller at any branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce throughout Canada. Deposit donations to the "RCMP Yves Phanor Trust Fund." Transit #570 - Account #70-70438. Cpl. Dick Pemberton Midway, British Columbia
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Ju ne 2 - 6, 1997 ationalOrganized rime Workshop Ottawa - Ontario The riminal lntelligence ervice Canada will be ho ting the 1997 ational rganized rime Workhop. Thi year' theme i "Making a Difference".For more information contact Ri chard Phi llippe or Randy ri p at 6 13 993-906 1.
J un e 16 -20, 1997 High Performance Pistol Trai ning & Tactics ollingwood Road & Gun lub A a host for igarm Academy thi is a skills development cour e and de igned to provide all law enforcement officer with a practical knowledge of the mo tefficient u e of the emiautomatic pistol. For detai ls contact Ken Walker at 705 444-2495. J une 16 - 20, 1997 15th nnual Homicide eminar Toro nto - O ntario The Metropolitan Toronto Police Homicide quad will ho t this annual event at the kyDome Hotel. For further information call 416 08-7400 or Fax 416 08-7402. J un e 27 - Ju ly 4, 1997 The World Police & Fire Game algary, Alberta Calgary i the site for this prestigiou international event in 1997. Organizers anticipate from 8 to 10,000 athletes from police and fire departments from around the world will regi ter for thi event. E ents are open to any employed or retired police officer or firefighter and they may register by writing to 270 1444 venue W, Calgary, AB. Jun e 23 - 25, 1997 Ontario Association of hiefs of Police Co nference & Trade how Lo ndon - Ontario The London Police will be ho ting thi year's annual conference and Trade how of the 0 P. For further details Ph: 519 661-5670 or Fax 519 645- 190 . ugu t 10 - 15, 1997 65th Annual Conference Police Associatio n of O ntario Hamilton - O ntario The Hami lton Wentworth Police A n. wi ll host this event jointly at the heraton Hamilton Hotel and the Royal onnaught Il oward John on Plaza-Hotel. For detail call Don Clark 905 574-6044. ugust 23 - 27, 1997 92 nnual C CP onference and Ex hibition Fredericton, ew Brun wick The Fredericton Police will be the ho t ofthi year' conference and exhibition, which will be held at the he raton Inn in Fredericton. For furthe r deta ils contact Tim
Kelly at 506 452-970 I or Fax 506 452-0713 . ugu t 24 - 27, 1997 a nadian Police ssoci a ti on nnual onference harlotteto\\ n - Prince Ed\\ ard Island The Prince Edward I land Police A n. will be the ho t of this year' annual conference of the anadian PoliceA ociation. For further in formation call Joe Peter 902436-4774 or Marvin Cameron (902) 62 -63 7. eptember 15 - 18, 1997 Municipa l Law E nforce ment ffi ce r ' s oci ation Annua l eminar Barrie - Ontario The lIoliday Inn in Barrie will be the ite of the 1997 Annual General meeting of the Municipal Law nforcement Officers' A ociation . Watch f or furth er details. eptember 18 - 21 , 1997 a nadian Fellowship of hri tian Peace Officers Annual onference iagara Falls - Ontario The iagara Regional Police ervice will host this year's onference of the anadian Fellowship of hri tian Peace officers. For more detail call 905 846-8273 or Fax 905 46- 407 . eptember 20 - 23, 1997 26th anadian Con gress on riminal Justice Ottawa - Ontario The anadian Criminal Ju tice A ociation will be pre enting thi event which i directed toward the o erall improvement of the criminal ju tice y tern in anada. Intere ted per ons may receive more information by calling 613 7253715 or Fax 613725-3720. ovember 8 - 13, 1997 I.A.W.P. 1997 Training onference Dalla , Texas The International Association of Women Police will hold the 1997 Training onference in Dalla, Texa . The conference will be ho ted by the Dallas Police Department. For further information contact IA WP '97 on ference, PO Box 7977 4,Dalla ,TX75379.
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Murray didn't read Airb\ls letter: Autopsy report says dead man press release RCMP Commissioner Philip Murray did not read the letter sent to Swiss authorities naming Brian Mulroney as a suspect in the Airbus affair before it was delivered, a recent Mountie press release said. "I t has been suggested Murray that I reviewed and ap---proved the letter to wiss authorities before it was delivered," the statement read . " I imply want to state that is not the case. I read the letter for the first time last week in preparation for my testimony at the impending civil trial." But Roger Tasse, the former prime minister's lawyer, clai ms Murray was told about the key contents of the letter in ovember 1995. Tasse told the Toronto Star he personally read exc .rpts of an unofficial version of the letter to Murray before the letter was published in the Financial Post on Nov. 18, 1995 . The lawyer also said he asked Murray if he wanted a copy of the letter but he refused. Tasse said he met with two RCM P investigators on November 15, 1995, and then wrote them the followi ng day asking for both a clarification d apology. They refused , Tasse said. lIe said the government could have apologized at the time and avoided the lawsuit in ovembcr 1995 . The government recently apologized to Mul roney and has agreed to cover the costs of his legal fees, which could reach $2 mill ion. R MP gt. Andre Guertin, speaking on behalf of urray, confirmed Tasse's version of events but said that doesn ' t change anything. "We stand by our statement ... that he had not read it until last week," the local press quoted Guertin as saying. Murray did pu t Tasse in touch with the two Mounties but clearly saw it as inappropriate to take a copy of the letter, Guertin said. Justice Minister Allan Rock has said government lawyers were taken by surprise in early Januarywhen a key police investigator informed them he had leaked information to a journalist. Ilowever, CBC-TV ' s The National reported there was evidence the government suspected a leak muc earl ier than Jan. 2. Neither Rock nor the RCMP have named the omcer who they say leaked the news of the probe to the med ia. But the media has identified him as gt. Fraser Fiegenwald, the lead investigator in the Airbu case. In November 1995, Fiegenwald allegedly told ajournalist that Mulroney would be among the suspects named in a letter to Swiss authorities. Murloncy ued for $50 million after news of
the investigation into the 1988 sale of Airbus jetliners to Air Canada was made public. The CBC reported that the first public reference to the leak came in April 1996 from Mulroney during his re-trial testimony regarding Tasse' s trip to Ottawa. Tasse asked the RCM P to keep the in vestigation out of the spotlight. The lawyer told the CBC the force said the investigation would remain confidential. But, the former prime minister received a fax from Maclean's magazine reporter Stevie Cameron the following day, that he read in court. "We have information that your name is on a letter sent to Swiss authorities on Oct. 3, 1995 by the Canadian government. We also know that Roger Tasse is representing you in this matter and he met with officials of the Department of Justice and the RCMP to ask for a copy of the document." "The RCMP clearly had leaked to Maclean ' s magazine that Roger Tasse had been to see them on my behalf and they put that request there," Mulroney testified. Fiegenwald now faces an internal RMCP inquiry. If the officer's behaviour is found to be in violation of the RCMP code of conduct he could face sanctions ranging from counseling to dismissal.
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An autopsy performed has determined a man who died in the custody of Calgary police was not subject to assault. "The cause of death was determined to be a head injury. No specific evidence ofan assault was found ," the local press quoted Dr. Llyod Denmark as saying. Derwin Many Fires, 27, of the Siksika Nation reserve died in hospital after being removed from life support in early January. He was being escorted to a holding cell at the downtown police station Dec. 2, when he collapsed. The family of the dead man said that severe bruises from the back of his head up to his forehead suggest he may have been assaulted. Denmark said there was no evidence ofbruising from a separate assault injury and the head injury was consistent with a fall on a nat surface. Calgary police Supt. Jack Beaton said the autopsy was consistent with a police investigation that ruled out the possibility that Many Fires was mishandled by police. Denmark said Many Fires was admitted to hospital on Dec. 21 , he was found to have a blood-alcohol level in excess of five times the legal limit.
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Officer dismissed after fatal collision Government Hearing officer says actions are too dreadful to be mitigated t the conclu ion of an internal ntario Pro in ial Police inquil") in tober, on table Serge l oranger was found gui lty of two couadjudicator rule nt I' discreditable conduct under the Police ct in the 1994 death of ' hal ne orris, 16. I he internal hearing, headed by upt. Bob Fitches, found Loranger had been drinking \~hen he struc\.. orri, \"illing the youth instantl) . Fitches al 0 round the onstable ned the .. ene and then lied about what had ta\..en place. loranger, who wa cleared of riminal charges, aid he thought he had hit a deer in an unmar\..ed rui er a he drove home on the night or ug. 22, I 94, aller leaving a bar. Fitches said the cirum tances or Loranger's a tions are '·too dreadrul to be mitiagted." "'I he c n lusion wa dreadrul and onst. Loranger's attempts to avoid Iiability are dreadrul," Fit hes said in a tatement. 'Tven though I am atisfied that on t. loranger has man) good qualities, should he remain a member ofthi organization, the damage to the reputation and image or the ntario Provincial Police \~ould be t 0 eriou ." Imp, ired driving charges again t the underco~er drug onicer were dr pped at hi criminal trial last year be au e blood amples ta\..en from him were deemed inadmissable. I. ranger was also acquilted ora second charge or railing to stop at the scene of an accident.
Norris ' parents were incen ed that Loranger will get to collect hi s salary or almost 52,000 a year while he appeals. They are lobbying the province to remove that provi ion rrom the Police ervice ct.
Phonebuster receives award n Ontario provincial police onicer was one or 12 recipients or an Amethy t Award at Queen's Park in Toronto recently. Oct. staff gt. Barry Elliot was honoured for his highly successfu l work in protecting Canadians rrom unscrupulous telemarketing and other forms of telephone fraud through coordinating the work or Project Phonebusters. The project is credited with saving the public 8 million in 1995 alone. In that year there was a 41 per cent decrea e in the number of victim in ntario and a 37 per cent drop nationally. The Amethyst Award recognize individual ror their outstanding contribution to the Ontario Public ervice. The award recipients were nominated by Ontario public service employees across the province. total of 60 nomination were submitted from 14 different ministries. The award i named after Ontario ' s onicial mineral.
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bu ine . Ju tice Mini tel' Paul Dunie asked ror the inquiry in early JanuaryafierOpposition Leader Bernard Valcourt suggested in the legislature that there are questionable practices in the operation or video lottel') terminal . The unsavoury tactics include Valcourt's own e idence that certain unnamed coin operator approached the onservati ve party and offered to pay offits debts ifit would change its policy on video gambling machine. al ourt and the Tories are oppo e the use of coin operator to run the gambling machi ne . The machine, found in corner tores and bars, allow gamblers to play games like poker and blackjack. In a TV interview Valcourt gave the impresion the money offer was, in effect a bribe. Valcourt aid the message was clear; the party would be better off if it changed its policy. Ilowever, hortly after the interview Valcourt changed his view. lie aid the party was approached and mo ney was offered if the policy changed, but he aid that it was not a bribe. " It might be immoral, but it's not illegal," the pre s quoted Valcourt as aying. " It' ab 0lutely not a bribe. I never said it was illegal. I'm a la\\yer. [ happen to know the law. It i not criminal." But the justice minister said it may be illegal and, combined with other allegation that coin operators are using strong-arm tactic, he decided it \~ould be best to turn the matter over to the olicitor General' Department. "You can't have these allegations hanging in the air without anybody at [east looking further into them," he aid. alcourt produced an anonymous letter in the legi lature that tates coin operators use under-the-table pa)ments to ecure new location for the profitable video gambling machines. The author of the letter state that he or she is involved in the video lottery busine . Valcourt aid the allegation eems to be borne out by the fact that about 17 owners control about two-third of all video lottery terminals in ew Brunswick. Video Gambling has received a lot of attention since the province's auditor general suggested the Liberal government is losing up to 19 million a year by using coin operator as middlemen . The coin operator have said they are pleased the province ha asked for a police inquiry into the matter.
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Commissioner apologizes to natives Chief seeks law to Ontario Provincial Police comwas fatally wounded by police on missioner Thomas O 'G rady apoloSeptember 6, two days after the gized to aborigi nal Canadians in stand-off began. late December for inappropriate The commissioner also apolomemorabilia created by officers who gized to the George family, Sgt. Terry Blace said. participated in the Ipperwash Provincial Park stand-off. The six officers responsible O'Grady made the apology for producing the items were told through a spokesman after an 11that there actions were unprofesmonth internal probe found officers sional, Blace said. had produced about a dozen Team The officers will not face disIpperwash '95 coffee mugs with an ciplinary action because the OPP arrow over the provincial force's feltthey should not be made scapecrest. goats for organizational shortcomInvestigators also discovered ings related to the force's policy and training issues. several dozen Ipperwash '95 Tshirts with the letters ERTand TRU, O'Grady Blace said the OPP responded which stand for the emergency re- -----....::....--- by requiring all officers to take sponse team and tactical response units that courses in native culture, establishing a policy were involved in the stand-offs, and a horizonagainst creating a force logo without permistal white feather. sion and establishing a committee of police and Aborigina l Canadians were outraged over native representatives to discuss policing isthe memorabilia, saying the arrow and feather sues relating to natives. symbolized dead warriors. Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, The OPP established a command post near Ovide Mercredi welcomed the apology, but Ipperwash after 35 Stoney Point natives occusaid they should also apologize to the aborigipied the park near Sarnia. They claimed the nal community of Ontario for being too quick to land was a sacred burial ground. use violence when negotiations might have Native protester Anthony (Dudley) George ended the contlict at Jpperwash.
Prisoner raises cash for robbery victim A British inmate was able to put a smile on the face ofa broken-hearted pensioner who was robbed of the the money she had saved for her sons' Christmas presents. Kenny Tokley was so touched by the plight of Jessica Thorne, 85, that he arranged a collection among fellow inmates at the Kent prison. The convicts managed to raise about $295, almost twice the amount that was stolen from her. The mon::y was sent to Thorne via the local police, along with best wishes for a merry Christmas. Throne's purse containing the $150 she had planned to spend on her two sons, was stolen while she was shopping at a supermarket in October. Tokley, who lived in the same area as Thorne before moving to prison, began to collect cash
for the great-grandmother of five after he read about the theft in a local newspaper. Tokley sent a cheque and a letter to Detective Chief Inspector Terry Gardner, of the Clacton police. Gardner said Thorne wept with joy when he called her and told her about the prisoners' charity. Speaking from her home, Thorne, a widow, said she was overjoyed by the generosity ofthe prisoners. She added that although she didn ' t know the name of the man responsible, but hoped to have the opportunity to meet him and shake his hand. Thorne said she had already managed to scrape enough cash together to buy her sons' Christmas presents, and had not decided what she would spend the donation on.
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New Year's gun fire wounds officer Harassment case . Miami orr~cer Ricky Taylor and his partner, like other flicers patrolling the rougher parts orMiami. tried to ring in the ne\\ year under a bridge. . While th~ pr~c tice ma} seem odd. police are In the habIt of pulling their vehicles under bridges filleen minutes before midnight and stay there for half an hour because of the guns fired into the air b) revelers. But Taylor and his partner received a call about a drive-b) shooting \\ hich led them to Libert) ity close to midnight. Lt. Bill }~Il\Vartz aid t.here was a barrage of ~)L"let~ as I a) lor and hIS partner arrived to InvestIgate the report. ne of the rounds smashed through the cruiser's back window and struck him in the back of the head. raylor, a 21-year Miami police veteran was listed in critical condition aller the incident. 1'\\0 civilians \\ere also wounded . Police who arrived allerTaylorwas wounded \\ere thunderstruck by the scene. "'I h.ere \\ere hundreds of shell casings. Windm"s In apartments and cars all over the place \\ere shot out. unfire, some of it from automatic \\eapo~s, knocked out street Iights and power transformers. I couldn't believe it. It must have been like the OK orral. It was like a war /one," the loealmedia quoted chwartz as sa) ing. Some residents said thousands of rounds were fired . Police don't know ifit was gang warfare or
New Year's revelers that wounded Taylor and the two civilians in the Miami neighbourhood. Schwartz said there is gunfire every ew Year's Eve, but never anything like the scene involving Taylor. ~he o':ficer s.aid thatthere were so many shell caslllgs IIlvestlgators ran out of crime scene markers. ites for casings had to be marked with pop and beer bottles laying nearby.
Feds will pay for bridge police --""""""'" Ottawa assured Prince Edward Is""~IoOiooo!!~ land that the federal government would cover the cost of policing the new bridge to the mainland. Mitch Murphy, the PEl 's at/' torney general, said federal So. licitor General Ilerb Gray promIsed to pay for the policing during a meeting in the nation's capital. "The solicitor general gave us his commitment th.at, yes, it was a federal government responsIbIlity and they would provide the resources to police it," the local media quoted Murphy as saying. "'The stage it's at now is that his officials are talking to our officials and they' re working out the deta."s of the policing agreement." It IS likely Island-based RCMP officers will be on the job when the bridge opens in June.
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A Briti h ~olice officer received a payment to settle a claIm of sexual harassment which resulted in the disciplining of two offi~ers. ~he unnamed officer, who i in her mid 20s, is ~elIe ed to have.received about 125,000 followIIlg her complalllt, but the Dorset police force refused to give any details about the settlement. The officer, who had been on the force for five years, quit last year after complaining of sexual harassment. A spokesman said police would not make any further comment on the case in consideration for the woman's welfare and future career. The two officers, who continue to serve on the force, were disciplined following an internal IIlqUlry, but the Dorset police refused to comment on what action had been taken. Chief onstable, Dirk Aldous said it was the first incident of its kind in Dors~t. Aldous said the incident involved behaviour that is not in any way a part of the force 's culture. lIe expressed his disappointment in the men concerned, adding that they had not only let themselves down, but the entire force. The spokesman said he could offer no defence for the behaviour of the officers, but he doe.s defend the overall reputation of the Dor et polIce and the overwhelming majority of the staff who behave properly. Aldous said he apologized to the woman personally and on behalf of the entire force for the events which occurred in 1994.
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Calgary cops took Mohawks sign policing agreement Mohawk Council of Kanesatake signed consider theirs. prec:autions with an The After the stand-off ended, the federal govagreement with the federal and Quebec governments in late December to establish its ernment began buying up land around the comsuicidal teen, munity to patch together a base for a reserve. own police force . Gabriel said the 20-member Kanesatake force James Gabriel , grand chief of the council of officials say Kanesatake, said the agreement is a stepping will sign an agreement with provincial police to Officers who arrested a Ca lgary boy were warned he was suicidal before he hung himself nd took extra precautions to try and prevent the tragedy, senior police officials said in early '----------' January. Isaac Gerard Mercer, 16, a ward of the province who was living at a home for troubled kids, died on Jan. 7, at about 5:30 p.m. His body was discovered in a room at a district police station in the city' s southeast. Mercer used his boot lace to hang himself in an interview room and become the second teen to commit suicide in the past year while in Calgary police custody. A 14-year-old boy arrested for breaching his probation by skipping school hanged himself on camera in a police cell on May 16, 1996. He wa resusc itated by police and the duty paramedic and taken to the Bow Valley Centre, where he died six days later. Police said the boy stood flush against the bars, so it appeared to the camera he was simply standing still. He tied a sock round his neck, but remained standing still so it wasn't apparent to the camera what had happened. A third person committed suicide while being held at a Calgary reprimand centre. Supt. Jack Beaton said Mercer had been arrested as a result of an investigation into a home-invasion that took place earlier in the month. Mercer was facing charges of break and enter, robbery, unlawful confinement and possession of a weapon. Beaton said the teen was waiting to be transferred to the downtown arrest processing unit. After his arrest, an employee at the Hull home where he was living called the officers to warl. them the youth had suicidal tendencies, Beaton said . "The arresting officers had been notified (of) the concerns of his mental state and had taken extra precautions," the local press quoted Beaton as saying. The superintendent would not comment as to what those extra measures were. Mercer's jacket, belt and personal property had been taken from him shortly after he was taken into custody. But hi footwear wasn 't taken and he used his own lace as the noose, said Mercer' s 17year-old brother Logan. Beaton said an internal investigation is under way to determine if the procedure - which says a suspect in custody must be checked every 10 minutes - was followed. An inquiry is automatically called for when someone dies while in police custody. An inquiry is currently under way in the death ofthe 14-year-old boy who hung himself last year.
stone forward into the ultimate resolution ofthe grievances of our community. Under the deal Ottawa will pay $650,000 to support the Mohawk police force while the Quebec government will chip in an additional $600,000, Solicitor General Herb Gray said. The policing agreement runs until March, 3 I, 1998. The three parties wi II work on a permanent agreement prior to that date. "This will help assure not only law and order but the overall quality of life in the area," the local press quoted Gray as saying. "I feel it will establish a climate for resolution of concerns which may not have existed in past years." Kanesatake, a Mohawk community 53 kilometres west of Montreal, is not an official Indian reserve. Lands are inhabited by both Mohawks and non-natives. Quebec provincial police have stayed outofthe community since the Oka crisis in 1990. The 78day stand-off began over a land-claim dispute. One provincial officer was killed before it ended. The incident began after Mohawk Warriors put up a barricade to stop the town of Oka from expanding its golf course onto land natives
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Vancouver homicide rate remains stable Thirty people were slain in Vancouver in 1996, the same number of people killed in the city in 1995 homicide detectives said. But the last five victims of 1996 were murdered during the last week of the year. The 29th and 30th victims were sister-inlaws who were gunned down New Year' s Eve outside their home. Phuong Thanh Nguyen, 27, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder and police seized an unregistered firearm . The 26th murder victim was slain on Christmas Eve. Police are still trying to outline the last movements ofJason Nichols who was stabbed to death and discovered on the west side ofthe city. Of the 30 dead, 12 were stabbed, II were shot, five were beaten and two were strangled.
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Shut down negligent trucking companies, Notes may be used in proceedings, CAA says rrucldng companies that risk the lives of motorists and their employees hould be put out of business, anada's national automotive a sociation says. rruc\..ing fines should al 0 be higher than the cost of maintaining their fleet of truck, Brian Il unt, president of the anadian utomobile ssociation said in early January. Ilunt wa urging all province to get tough with negligent truch.ing companie . Ilunt made the omment in the wake of a number fineident on ntario highways over the past year. Ontario provincial police have inve tigated over 30 incident of runaway truck wheels in the past 13 months, including an accident on Il ighway 4 I in Oshawa, Ont., that killed Robina ampbell, 58, and her daughter, Mary Jc. iman, 40. P lice aid the wheels that broke free from the truch., which wa travelling about 100 kilometres an hour along the highway, showed signs of being poorly maintained . failed bearing who e leaJ...ing oil should have been detected during routine pre-trip check likel} caused the \\ heels to come loose and lam into the car, police said. Police also said there \Va evidence the bearings had been leaking for some time. If a imilar defect had been di covered at an inspection station, the highest fine would have been 400 f(.Jr failing to maintain the vehicle. Ontario, \\ohich has the highe t trucking fines in the eountr), recently increased exi ting roadside fines from 90 to 400. ourt is ued fines rose from 2,000 to 20,000, but police have been reluctant to issue these fines because it tah.es a long time for the cases to reach the curts, \\ here the) are ollen reduced. rhe incident involving ampbell and Jessiman was close to the pot where a flying tru k wheel h.illed ngela Worona, 31, of Whitby, Onl., two years ago. Il er death was followed by that of James
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Tyrell, 31, who was killed in April 1995, after a wheel came loose on the Queen Elizabeth Way west of Toronto. No charge were ever laid in connection with the Worona and Tyrell deaths. Ilowever, the incidents sparked a 17-day coroner's inquest that called for weeping changes of Ontario's trucking industry, including making it mandatory for all truck wheel in tallers to be certi fied. The inquest al 0 recommended that driver training be upgraded, tougher licensing standards be implemented, stricter inspections take place and fines be raised. The province did implement many of the recommendations. Wheel installers must now be certified and the maximum fines have been raised to $20,000. But police as well as victims of previous runaway wheels and now the CAA, say even the increased fines aren't enough. The latest tragedy marked the 3 I st time wheels separated from transport trucks in Ontario in 1996, police said. In September, 48.5 per cent of 379 trucks inspected on Il ighway 400 north of Toronto were taken off the road. And just hours aller the Oshawa incident, a set of wheels flew from a tractor-trailer near Burlington and struck three vehicles on the Queen Elizabeth Way. No one was injured in that incident.
Security firm wants to take over police duties civilian agenc} want to tah.e over some of the duties currently handled by the R MP in Surre}, B. . Interstate 'ecurit} and Investigations Ltd. hopes council will approve a plan that will allO\ their securit} guards and patrol dogs to respond to burglar alarms in tead of police officers. Inter. tate president Marcell Patrignani said there are ccrtain duties that civilian agencies can fulfil. "The p lice would till receive the call but they would call the ecurity firm to attend," Patrignani wa quoted as saying. If council appro e the plan, guard will be dispatched to alarm calls. II' they di cover the call is a false alarm, as was the ca e in 97 per cent of the calls la t year, they would leave behind a notice and a bill payable to urreyat the pro pert) . When there is evidence ofa break-and-enter the guard would be responsible for calling the p lice.
But if suspect were to emerge from the property before officers arrived and refused to be detained, they would be confronted by a guard dog. " lI e has the option of being taken down by one of our patrol dogs. They will bit him, but they are not going to maul him," the press quoted Patrignani as saying. Patrignani said the plan, referred to council's police committee in early January, could save the Vancouver suburb of Surrey hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. urrey R MP Const. Grant Learned said police responded to 18,000 false alarm calls last year, 14 per cent of all police call . Mayor Doug McCallum said he i interested in studying the plan. McCallum also said the trategy has worked in other orth American cities. Interstate ecurity and Investigations Ltd., has been in operation for the past 10 years. urrently, the firm is responsible for patrolling provincial buildings and schools.
A police officer's notes may be used in mi conduct proceedings arising from public complaints, the Ontario Court of ppeal ruled in mid-Janaury. 'The fact that an officer con not be forced to testify (under a provision of the Police ervices Act) doe not mean that hi notebook cannot be admitted into evidence," the appeal court ruled . The ru ling came as the re ult ofa complaint made against two Toronto police officers by a carbo rough man. The man alleged that the two police officer made threats, u ed unnecessary violence and refused to identify themselves when they mi took and arre ted him instead of another man . At a subsequent civilian Board of Inquiry, the Police Complaints Commi ioner, Gerald Lapkin, sought to have extracts from the officers' notbooks admitted into evidence as verification that they were the officer invovled in the incident. The Board held that since the officer could not be forced to te tify, it would be unfair to use their notebooks against them . As a result, the complaint was dismissed. Lapkin appealed to the Divisional Court, which upheld the original rUling. But the Court of Appeal overturned both deci ions, ruling that "the principles of fundamental justice, fairne s and, in particular, the principle again t elf-incrimination ( as embodied in the Police ervices Act) do not prevent thePolice omplaints ommi sioner from relying on the extracts of the officers' notes at the hearing once tho e portion have been authenticated." The court further stated that "when the police officers prepared their notes, no complaints had been made against them. Officers of the Metropolitan Toronto Police are required to make notes of events occurring while on duty. The essential purpose of requiring the officers to make note is not to accumulate information that can later be used against them. Rather, the notes are made in the course of the officers' investigation of the wrongdoing of others. The notes were not compiled in a etting where it was contemplated that the officer and the tate would be adversarie ." The three-judge panel stated that keeping notes is part ofan officer'sjob: "".police officers are required to make notes of their dealings with other, and persons who become pol ice officers are aware of the obligation to keep notes when making their decision to join the profession ." Ilowever, the appeal panel went on to say that "the mere pos ibility that the information of the officers' record in their notebooks may later be used in an adversarial proceedi ng, does not mean that the State is guilty of coercing these individuals to incriminate themelves." Lapkin said he will instruct his legal counsel to begin the proce s of having the matter referred back to the Board oflnquiry for a public hearing of the evidence.
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Man sues over Stanley Cup riot shooting Police seize A man is suing the city of Vancouver and six police officers, claiming police were negligent for shooting him in the head during the 1994 Stanley Cup riot. In early January, Ryan Berntt, 21, told the B.C. Supreme court that the last thing he remembers before being shot in the head with a plastic bullet is shouting obscenities at the officers and walking away. "I don't know what happened after that," Berntt said. "1 woke up in hospital one month later. 1 was in diapers and my right side was screwed - I couldn't move my right arm." Berntt is currently serving a one-year sentence for his part in the riot. He was convicted ofassaulting an officer and possessing a weapon. The downtown riot occurred on June 14, 1994, after the Vancouver Canucks lost the final game of the Stanley cup to the New York Rangers. Berntt said he swore at a line of police officers and lifted his shirt to display the welt in the middle of his back caused when he was struck minutes earlier by a projectile fired from a Arwen gun. "Look at what you did to my back," he recalled saying to pol ice just before he was shot in the head. Berntt said officers were standing about 20 metres away when he threw a stick and kicked a smoke canister back at them . After he had committed the acts he was shot in the back. He said the shot knocked the breath
out of him and he fell to the ground. Berntt said he then decided to return home and had an ambulance crew examine his back injury. But he said he got mad and decided to confront police, when he was shot in the head . After being shown a large screwdriver, Berntt said he didn't recall brandishing it during the riot. Richard Brooks, Berntt's lawyer, said his client had to be hospitalized for several months and now suffers from memory problems and has difficulty speaking. Police have said the second shot was aimed at Berntt's body, but he ducked at the last second and the round hit him in the head.
Crime rate declines Despite a record number of murders and a number of high-profile crimes that sent shockwaves throughout the country, the overall crime rate in Winnipeg declined sharply in 1996. Winnipeg Chief David Cassels said crimes against persons dropped four per cent and crimes against property fell by 10 per cent for the first 10 months ofthe year compared with the same period in 1995. Overall, there were 5,224 fewer crimes in the city during that time, a nine per cent decline. Cassels said the perception that crime is on the rise is fuelling fears that the city is a much more dangerous environment than it actually is.
Peace Officers have a good understanding how close help is for every citizen of this country because they provide that help. When it comes to their own needs, however, they are not so sure.
weapons cache Edmonton police seized about 90 guns, including a sub-machine gun, from the home of a man they arrested for allegedly threatening his wife in early January. Police charged a 47-year-old man with offences including uttering death threats, forcible confinement and pointing a firearm. The man's name was withheld in order to protect the privacy of his wife. Police issued a search warrant for his house and discovered the cache of weapons. They included restricted handguns, rifles and a submachine gun . Officers also found and seized an illegal crossbow-type weapon that can be fired with one hand. "It's going to take them quite a long time to go through this number of guns and tag and do all the work they need to do," police spokeswoman Annette Bidniak was quoted as saying. The man could face an add iti onal 10 charges, she said. Police arrested the man after a woman complained her life was threatened during a fight with her husband . A nanny and the couple's 14-month-old daughter left the house unharmed prior to the man's arrest.
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Freon smugglers take northern gas down south Canada is a favourable source of contraband air-conditioning gas smuggled into the United tates, Canadian officails say. Smugglers are taking truckloads of chlorofluorocarbons south of the border. The situation has, in part, prompted our southern neighbours to announce a sweeping crackdown on the banned refrigeran t, Ottawa said. "' It's coming from our stockpile in Canada that was produced legally, and it's going to the United tates," Guy Martin, EnvironmentCanada ' s chief of inspection was quoted as saying. "'They buy it from anywhere they can. It's a bad situation because we ' ll have to replace it with some other materials for the maintenance of (air-conditioning) equipment. " Martin said the smugglers use all the usual routes of the trade, such as sleepy border crossings. Production of chlorofluorocarbons, also known as CFCs or freon , for domestic use was outlawed in Canada and the United States as of Dec. 31 , 1995. But stockpiles of the ozonedepleting chemical still exist here. Third World countires have, under international accord, until 20 I 0 to stop manufacturing the coolant. Freon is mainly used for automobile air conditioner . Daniel Couture, Environment Canada' s di-
rector of enforcement said unlike Canada, the United States imposed a costly surtax on existing supplies, which opened the door for the black market. Smugglers can purchase CFCs illegally for a little over $6 a kilogram in Canada, then sell to black market dealers in the U.S. for more than $50 a kilogram. Canadian officials are working with the U.S. to stop the trade. As of mid-January, 700,000 kilograms have been confiscated. However, Washington estimates nine million kilograms crossed into the country last year alone. United States Attorney General Janet Reno has declared war on the chemical smuggling trade. "To CFC smugglers we say: ' We will find you. We will shut down this black market. We will not let you endanger our ecosystem," the press quoted her as saying.
Customs officials want more power The union for Canada Customs inspectors is pushing the fede ral government to give customs officials the authority to bust drunks trying to drive into Canada. The union says over 5,300 suspected drunk drivers were allowed to pass into Canada from the United States during the past 18 months. Customs officers will continue to allow them into the country because they don ' t have the power to stop them, says Ronny Moran, national president of the Customs Excise Union. Moran said it's up to Ottawa to give border guards the autho rity to conduct breathalyzer tests and lay charges under the Criminal Code. But he said the government's inaction means customs officers can only take note of the suspected drunk driver and call police after watching him drive into Canada. "Revenue Canada's policy on intoxicated drivers is dangerous and does nothing to prevent drunk drivers from causing more senseless deaths and injuries on Canadian roads and highways," the press quoted Moran as saying. Revenue Canada spokesman Michel Cleroux wouldn ' t comment as to whether border guards will eventually be allowed to detain or charge impaired drivers. The federal government asked Customs Canada to keep track of the number of drivers its workers suspected of being impaired. Cleroux said those drivers weren ' t simply waved across the border. Cleroux said customs officers stopped the impaired drivers, butthey didn't have the power to arrest them.
Border guards can ask suspected drunk drivers to pull over, request a sober passenger take the wheel, call someone who lives nearby to pick the individual up, suggest a taxi , or a cup of coffee. Cross-border drunks have been responsible for killing people who lived or were travelling near border towns in British olumbia and Ontario, said Pam Wiley, executive director of Citizens Against Impaired Drivers in Manitoba.
HeMP officer made Bermuda's deputy commissioner A senior RCMP officer has become Bermuda ' s new deputy police commissioner. RCMP Chief Superintendent Jean-Jacques Lemay was scheduled to take up the new position in mid-January. Until the appointment Lemay was the director of officer staffing and personnel at the RCMP ' s national headquarters in Ottawa. Lemay joined the RCMP in 1965.ln 1993, he was appointed by the United Nations as commissioner of civilian police monitors for the UN mission in Haiti. Lemay is not the first Canadian to join the higher ranks of the Bermuda police force. About 25 years ago, Lawrence Clark of Hal ifax , who had joined the Bermuda force as a constable, was appointed commissioner of the force. Clark retired in the early 1980s.
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Humourous tales of laughable oddities from both sides of the thin blue line
Thieves make a The case of the little lumberjack Excerpt: From Tlt e Cop Sltop - By Peter MacDollald comeback It 's amazing-and ometimes o'clock."
uthoritics in au It teo Marie were urpriscd to catch thc crooks that got away. Pol icc thought the, had mi ed their opportunit, to nab two uspe ted car thieve after thc) lost them during a high-speed cha e. But thc suspccts turned up ju t a few hour latcr in \\hat police a, \\a yet anothcr stolen vchicle. ftcrthc initial carcha e, the u pectsj umped out ofthc ychicle and fled on foot. A short time latcr, pol icc conducting spot checks for drunk dri\ crs thought two teenagers they had pulled mcr lookcd familiar. I hc two male were taken into custody and chargcd \\ ith thcft, po session of stolen propcrt) and dangcrou driving.
Speeder pays in instalments Ilc onl) had to payoff 50 more cent on his spccding tickct, but an ntario man has decidcd to kcep paling the government off in instalmcnts. Fn:d acKcnzie of t. atherine recently mailed thc Port Ila\\ke burycourthou eacheck for a quartcr. " I can't bclicyc the money the court spent scnding mc thc lirst bill and I'm an,iou to ee ifthc, \\ ill do it again," MacKenzie was quoted ,s sa) ing b, thc local prc S. MacKcnlic was vacationing in ape Breton last summcr \.hen he was nabbed for peeding. Ilc scnt 107 to pal the line, but on Oct. 25 rccci\cd a nast, letter from the courthouse, \\ hich statcd he still owed another 50 cents and could be arrested ifhe didn't pay.
amusing-how certain childhood memories keep returning. They're often triggered by a ight, a ound, a mell, or some other timulus, but sometimes they pop into the mind for no apparent rea on. That's the way it's been with Alex McKay, who's lived all hi life in the mall town of Port oy, cotland. Alex was just a wee lad when he had his lirst brush with the law, and whenever he recalls the event he immediately starts to chuckle. "Just before the start of World War II, when I was only about six, I started chopping down a tall pole near our home," he ays. " I kept hacking away with a small hatchet and the pole started to sway. Just then I heard omeone coming around the corner on a bicycle. I dropped the hatchet and put my hand on the pole to stop it from falling. Then, 10 and behold, the local bobby rode up on his bike." The bobby asked Alex, "What are you doing here at this time of night? It's nearly seven
Alex said he was holding up the pole, and the bobby told him not to be cheeky and get along home. But Alex didn't budge. "I still stood there," he report, " 0 the policeman took hold of my ann and pulled me away from the pole, which immedi ately started to fall. li e looked up, flabbergasted and frightened, and I houted, 'I told you so,' and ran like hell. ' Two minutes later the bobby was at Alex's front door, returning the hatchet to his mother. l ie aid to Alex in a kindly way, "Learning to be a lumberjack, are you? Don't worry, laddie, it was an old pole that was due to come down soon anyway. There's no harm done, my boy." Alex recall that his mother bawled him out, but his father had a good laugh when he heard about the incident. "I've never forgotten the look on that bobby's face when I let go ofthe pole and it started to fall, " says Alex. "And I' m sure I never will."
Would-be robber quick to give up 1'0 be a bank robber one mu t have a methodical mind, a preci e plan and nerves of stcel. I hose who la k the e qualitie but attempt to pcrpetrate thc crime anyway will urely fail. Fortunately there are tho e who realize this bcfore the, go t 0 far. Such was the ca e in late December, when a Illan \\ ho \\alked into a bank in Devon , England and gavc a teller a hand-written note demanding 16,000. uthoritics said the man al 0 suggested he had an e'plosive device. Instcad of handing over the ca h, the bank staff soundcd the alarm and called the police. Thc 46-,ear-old man left before officers arrived. lie walked straight to the local police station and turned himself in .
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