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June I July 1998 - Editor I publisher Morley S. Lymburner
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Helicopters: We need action not more studies by Morley Lymburner As we were in the midst of laying out this edition of Blue Line a news story hit th e wires regarding a police pursuit in Toronto ending in the death of a citizen (and two of his dogs) on a sidewalk when the vehicle that started the pursuit went out of control and struck him . As this story hit the media we were laying out page 12 in this edition. It is a submission by ex-copper, now helicopter pilot, Steve Satow giving our readers a rundown on the state of he licopter usage in policing across Canada. As if this coincidence was not enough we also found Sue Pritzker 's article on page 32 which outlines a doubling of auto thefts over the past ten years. Given the recent turn of events in the news it makes for so me very prophetic reading indeed. It is still shocking to me why police agencies can not be a lot more aggressive in the area of helicopter acquisition for general patrol work. The death of this gentleman in Toronto echoes the tragedy experienced by the city of Calgary when they lost a fine young police officer to a teenager in a stolen car being chased. This officer had just laid out a spike belt across the roadway and moved off the road to await the arrival of the young thief. The last thing this officer saw was a young man so desperate to get away that he actually entered the ditch area of the freeway at hi gh speed in order to go around the clearly visible spikes. The shock of this one incident alone was enough to encourage that city to abandon studies, reports and budget approvals and fast-track the acquisition of a helicopter patrol unit. What about the rest of the country? They have stood back and watched as Calgary has reported mammoth successes in curbing car thefts and all nature of criminal activities. In the first year of operation alone they were involved in 26 police pursuits. Not one citizen was hurt. Not one police officer was hurt. Not one suspect was hurt. And the reasons they know that no suspect was hurt is because in all 26 cases every suspect was arrested. [t is pretty foolish for people to ignore numbers like this. Now let us focus on one area that is in serious need of such a program . The greater Toronto region has almost 6 million people living in it. There are 7 large police agencies responsible for the protection of these people. None of the Police Services Boards are convinced that human lives are more important than budgets. Even worse ... none of these police agencies have managed to give an argument convincing enough to encourage them to take action. When the subject was brought up to the Toronto Police Services Board last year the then Commissioner decided it was time for a . study. The study was, in my opinion, very well researched and written. It did not come to any conclusions, however, and left the question of 'yes or no ' up to the Police Services Board. The Board 's decision was that sometime in the next five years helicopters may be acquired ...
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Do police have a duty to the accused as we ll as the victim? I believe they do! I have often said that the vast proportion of police work is simply protecting people from their own mis-adventures. The biggest crime prevention tactic in the world is simply convincing people of the certainty of getting caught. He licopter patrols are just one more tool that can be brought to bear on the foo lhardy in society. ltjust makes good common sense.
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The City of Windsor and the Province of Ontario have formed a partnership in order to construct a new Police Headquarters and Ontario Courts facility. One block west of the Casino, and with a panoramic view of the Detroit River, the building (which is featured on this month s cover) is expected to be ready for occupancy in the spring of 1999. A plan of the second floor level shows the reporting facility for Windsor's Downtown Patrol Unit (on the left), the shared 24-hour Custody area (central) and Court House accommodation (on the right). Each elevator is dedicated to a specific circulation route, including: prisoners, police staff judges, public (Court side) and public (police side). by Barbara Ross Until recently Windsor was a city whose economic life turned largely upon the fortunes of the automobile industry. Since the late 1970's, lasting memories of this downtown are of empty storefronts, pawn shops, bingo halls, and strip clubs. The Detroit skyline lies across the river, providing a constant reminder of how urban decay on a massive scale looks. On my flr t visit to Windsor, on a cold evening in early March of 1995, the CAW union had set up pickets lining Pitt Street. Small groups clustered around bonfires in several oil drums on the sidewalk. The Province's first attempt to breath a little Ii Fe back into downtown Windsor - the temporary Casino - was closed due to a strike. But downtown Windsor isn ' t quiet
anymore. The bonfires have been replaced by visiting engineers. By the fall of 1995, seven tower cranes had been brought to town. Five of them were for the permanent Casino and two of them were on the property at Goyeau and Chatham. The Province's new consolidated Court House was under construction. Meanwhile, the daily ritual of escorting prisoners from the old Police Headquarters to the old Provincial Court building was still practised . Down a steep staircase, under dripping hot water pipes, through a damp underground tunnel, up another steep staircase and slam into a holding cell, which might have worked as a set for a movie in a Dickensian world, if it hadn't been so small. With the new construction of the Provincial Courts, prisoner handling would be brought out ofthe dark ages. The Police would operate a 24-hour shared custody facility for their own, "first stop" detainees, together with those detainees returning from remand for trial. This custody facility would be within the
Courthouse, and would provide direct access to the new Courts and to the new Police Headquarters. Overground transport of prisoners from one building to another today is required for those Courtrooms in remote buildings not served by the tunnel. This would be eliminated with the new shared facility. Indoor prisoner movement would be through dedicated elevators; the dangerous stairways and dripping water pipes would be things of the past. The Justice Facility will occupy a site which locally is known as the west half of the old Steinberg site. It forms the west boundary of "The Esplanade", which is a new, tree-lined urban green space extending from the City Hall to a waterfront park at Riverside Drive. The Esplanade is the central element in a network of open space in Civic Square, which is a focal point in the City of Windsor's Downtown Revitalization Plan. Chatham Street will be the main pedestrian route along which visitors to the Casino are to walk to the restaurant and hotel district. The front door to the Courthouse
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would be on Chatham Street, at the corner of The Esplanade. As construction of the Courthou e began, the City of Windsor was committing capital funds to construct its new Police Headquarters on the east half ofthe Steinberg site. Consideration was being given to the development ofa "shared use" building, involving new accommodation for police operations as well as another use. The challenge would be to find a suitable co-habitant for the Police Headquarters.
Each partner wished to have its own identity, to be a prominent part of the community, and to be seen to be independent of undue influence of any other public agency.
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W e're Known btl the Company W e Keep. Many communities have considered shared arrangements for various police u es. I believe these succeed or fail only partly through the quality of the design, but in very large measure through the choice ofappropriate partners and an appropriate site. Candidates include municipal/regional offices, retail stores, even doughnut shops. In many instances, the presence of a viable partner appears to make the difference between proceeding with a new Police facility, and making do with the old dungeon fo r another few years. The dominant issue must be, what does the choice of co-habitant say about the Police Service who is settling in for future decades of occupancy? Buildings are powerful symbols, and our public buildings are read as the material demonstration of what our society values and how we want to live. Is this police building - and, by extension, the agency which occupies it - part of its community? Is it so entangled in its neighbourhood as to be seen as the " long arm" of one element of society or another? Or does it maintain an objective position? With the possibility of creating a shared police-court house building, a particular version of this set of questions arose among the future neighbours.
Why Would A nybody W ant to do This? The design team heard plenty of the reasons why one might OT want to do this. Negative perceptions which might be fo tered, shou ld the Po lice and the Courts share one building included the idea that the courts would be unduly influenced by the police, or, perhaps that the sole mandate of the police is to prosecute criminals. Out would go community policing, and in wou ld rush a real-live version of the worst of American television dramas. in Windsor, "busting heads and administering the law" would be the order of the day. If the Courthouse and Police Headquarters did not have physical separation and if this separation were not obvious to the passer-by, the very foundations of the Canadian justice system might be threatened. Of course, no-one among the project co-ordinators, the future occupants of the building, nor the design team would have advocated this outcome.
Both Image alld FUllctiollalih): Issues ill Shared-Use Faci lities A " Win-Win", in which both project partners would benefit from co-habitation, would only be possible if the design was thoroughly worked out to: • allow each partner to present its own clear image to the public, through the architectural character of the bui lding, and
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"Functionality" is equal in importance to "image" for the Court I louse in its own way and for the Police Headquarters in its own unique way. The privacy and security of police operations, behind the restricted-access line, is of no less importance than an open image at the front door. In addition to its large Patrol Division, the Wind or Police Headquarters accommodates inve tigation of criminal suspects (who are not always cooperative), analysis of crime scene evidence and handling of co ntrolled substances (activities which are loaded with health and safety issues), intelligence operations, deployment ofESU-EDU specialists, polygraph interviews, and 9- 1- 1 call taking. The design team conducted a eries of very detailed problem-solving eions with police user groups in order to tailor each of these individual work areas. Functional and operations planning would need to take into account the distinction between Police areas which operate around the clock, and those which operate five day a week during business hour. Tracking of access to high-security areas, the location of particularly discreet units, as well as emergency preparedness were all considered in the design . The " Police half' of the Justice Facility will be similar in size to the existing headquarters building in the Regions of HamiltonWentworth, York, and Halton. On move-in day, it will be the home office of 420 people (the facility has been designed to absorb up to 100 additional staff). The "Courts half' is one of three major Provincial ourts which has been in progress since the early 1990's. It will include 10 courtroom, one large First Appearance Court, and offices for judges and crown attorneys. (Hamilton and Brampton are the others in the group.) Functional planning for the Courthou e would be based upon three distinct sets of corridors: one public, one private (for judges and jurors), and one restricted (for prisoner ), with no overlap between any of the three.
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The Justice Facility inco rporates 141 ,000 square feet of Police ll eadquarters, 141 ,000 quare feet of ourthouse space, and 75,000 squ are feet of shared 1100r area. (" Shared spaces" include the large common custody area as well a service pace, exi ts, a loading bay, and a two- torey underground parking garage.) Picturillg It. .. At th e co rner of Goyeau and Chatham Streets (two hundred feet west of the front door to thc ourthouse) i the front door to the Wind- . so r Police Il eadquarters. This corner, is no less conspicuous than the ourthouse entrance. ignagc and entrance to the public lobby on thc Po l icc s ide will be visible from severa l blocks away. Visitors driving across the Ambassador Bridge, or emerg ing [rom the Tunnel, immediately will get the signal that Ole peace is being maintained, on this ide of th e border. Ju t inside the front door is a 2-storey public lobby, which will be filled with light from the outh. The first-time visitor will have clear orientation to reach servi ce counters for traffic reportin g, reco rd s, and patrol. Visitors to investi gative omces and ad ministration will use a public-onl y elevator to reach the third and fourth floors. Within the building is th e 200-strong Downtown Patrol unit, which is the largest of Windso r' neighbourhood uniform divisions. Parking, clevator and stairs, locker room s and reporting areas were designed with their routin e mov e ments in mind . Ins pector Bill tephens drew a cartoon wnich helped the design team imag ine the da ily flow o[ officers in ide the building.
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goal of the agency as a whole and the specific demands of each operating unit were clarified. This was an important step because it enabled the team to "try on" a series of options for different properties, and a variety of building co-habitants. The diagram reflects th e kind of work and rework which is part of th e process. It has taken a whole lot of communication and a whole lot of teamwork to get thi s far. The Wind or Police Service is looking forward to the day when it can "show off" its new home. Barbara Ross is an architect who is employed by Carruther, Shaw and Partners Limited, Architecls in Toronto. She is a member of th e IACP a nd the OAPE and conducts seminar, on a wide variety of issues related to the design of police facilities.
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or know the extent of the growth of the police department in the last year or two. In their work the department has been getting great results, he said. Judge Grundy also acted a chairman and master of ceremonie , e corting the attorney general through the new building. The attorney general stated that the building was the finest for police administration which he ever had the occasion to inspect. Ju.tice Mayor H.W. Wilson, when called upon to make a few remarks, spoke ofthe act ion of the city in turning the building over to the police commis ion, saying that the city had taken a very wise step. Judge J.J . Coughlin eulogized the city council for its foresight in setting aside fund for the building. " I feel that having a good police force and efficient equipment together with the proper administration of justice is a matter of the most importance," the judge said. Following the nag rasing ceremo ny the force, under direction of police Inspector Mortimer S. Wigle, was lined up on the roadway in front of the building and the ~~~~§~~2:~~;::::::.::.~=====:::;a motor equipment consisting of the police n ier, the patrol car, a touring car and the motorcycle equipment turned out and were placed in front of the rows of co nstab les Judge Grundy spoke brieny, praising the while several official and newspaper photoefficiency of Windsor 's police department. lIe graphs were taken. stated that he doubted if the citizens of Wind-
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1998 Sex ual Assault Investigators' Seminar The Toronto Police Service Sexual A sault quad held their annual Sexual Assault Investigators' eminar from March 2 to 6 and it was deemed a tremendous success with close to three hundred in attendance. Police officers from across anada and United tates represented over 37 Police ervices. Aloin attendance were representatives from organizations such as, the Toronto Transit ommission, Bell Canada Security, Victim Witness Programs, hildren's Aid ocieties, ollege of Physicians and Surgeons, Ontario College of Teachers, ollege of Veterinarians, Department of Defence, ocial ervice, orrectional Services, Community Colleges, Un iver itie and exual A ault Care Centres. The week began with a full day presentation by Geraldine Crisci, a specialist in the asse sment and treatment of child exual abuse. he presented a very practicable approach to chi ld interviewing. The audience participated in a hands on exercise of structuring questions for children . During her presentation she covered, cognitive development of children, memory and suggestibi lity, cultural considerations and cues of sexual abuse. Mary Ellen Cullen , an Assistant Crown Attorney from Peel Region lectured the audience on Tuesday morning about third party records. he explained what constitutes a record and the implications of the O ' Connor
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ThreatAssessment, Cu ltural Issues, 8 1O's, and the Internet and Police. Each participant had the opportunity to attend two different workshops during Thursday afternoon . The officer in charge of the Maple Leaf Gardens sexual assault investigation, Detective David Tredrea from 52 Division, presented a case study on th is renowned case. His pre entation was augmented by a video, 'Social Secret Pedophi les', produced by the Toronto Police Service Video Unit in conjunction with Detective Wendy Leaver and three convicted pedophiles. Issues about the media and the' Jane Doe' civil suit against the Toronto Police Service were discussed by Detective Sergeant Kim Derry. He made suggestions to the audience concerning the importance of timely and accurate press releases. At the conclusion ofthe seminar, each candidate received a certificate, as well as information on all the participants. This list was to encourage future communication, expanding the networking which was developed over the course of the week. Plans are already underway for the 1999 Seminar. It will be held at the Colony Ilotel, from March 1 to 5. 1999. The details will be reported in Blue Line Magazine. The Sexual Assault Squad can be contacted directly at (416) 808-7474, fax: (416) 8087472 or on e-mail : mtpsas(j!interlog.com.
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Since its inception, I have enjoyed reading Blue Line Magazine. This is because in my opinion it portrays policing across Canada in a very true and professional manner. Every article hold great interest and is timely in its presentation. I was pleased to ee the article on the government reinvestment of criminal proceeds, however, imagine my disappointment and chagrin when it came to the issue of $20,000 being delegated to the Dryden Police ervice to implement a P COPS Program. Right next to the "Dryden Police Service" is an Ontario Provincial Police Badge. I am sure you are well aware of the climate surrounding municipal and provincial police in this province at this time, and I, along with the other members of the Dryden Police ervice, take considerable exception to this glaring oversight on the part of your magazine and whoever put this article together.
R.G. Imrie Chief of Police Dryden Police Service Editor 's Response I WQS, like yourself, horrified to see this error. It is indeed rare but this is no real excuse for such a huge gaff on our part. Not having a police background, our layout and design people rely heavily on the editorial people (like myself) to check their work for such mistakes. Obviously this error was not seen. Silvan Tompkins, a great sociologist, once said that "shame is one step removed from heaven because shame can exist only when someone wants to re-establish a bond. " We certainly feel the shame ofsuch a mistake and wish to apologize for any difficulties that may have arisen. We are very proud of the bond we have established with the law enforcement community across Canada and will work very hard, both presently and in the future, to maintain it. Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. 00
I read with interest your two-part series on the Wild Pigs Motorcycle Club in the February and April editions. While this group of enthusiastic motorcyclists, who happen to be peace officers, may be law abiding, upstanding citizens, perhaps they would con ider a name change to more accurately reflect the desired image. We can all live with "PIG" for it can stand for Perseverance, Integrity and Guts. As for " Wild", the dictionary definition offers up these frightening comparisons: "not civilized, barbarous, unrestrained, disorderly. uncontrolled, tempestuous, violent, infuriated, angry, haphazard, ill-aimed, rash,
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unchecked. undisciplined, uncouth, lacking refinement. " When I add all these comparisons up it spells one thing, Outlaw Motorcycle Gang. Under the banner "The Wi ld Pigs'" I doubt they will ever completely convince anyone that they are who they claim to be. The Blue Knights (connoting society's saviours) is a name more in tune with the image peace officers should strive to convey. I am not a motorcycle owner, yet, but in retirement I hope to motor around on a "HOG" my elf. I will certainly distance myself from any club with a name as scary as "The Wild Pigs." J. Andrew Black Ottawa, Ontario
o I wish to inform your readers of three important aspects of parole warrants. I. In accordance with Section 137 of the federal Corrections & Conditional Relea e Act, all warrants of apprehension issued by provincial parole boards in Canada have an automatic nation-wide application. These warrants are to be executed by any peace officer in Canada. The Ontario warrants of apprehen ion form is being revised to indicate Canada-wide application.
2. An agreement among all parole boards and respective Ministers allows for the transfer of jurisdiction for parolees across Canada. In other words, if an Ontario parolee is arrested in Newfoundland on an Ontario Board of Parole (OBP) warrant, he/she is not required to be transported back to Ontario. lIe/ he can be taken to the nearest detention facility and the parole board which has jurisdiction in Newfoundland, (that is, the National Parole Board) will conduct a post-suspension hearing. There is no requirement for any parolee to be transferred back to the releasing province at the taxpayers' expense. 3. The National loint Committee of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and Correctional Services (Canada), Ontario Region, agreed to establish a subcom mittee to examine ways to expedite warrants of arrest of parolees. The subcommittee is chaired by Nlnspector Don lones of the Toronto Police and has a number of criminal justice agencies including OBP and OPP represented on it. We are all hopeful that this will be a major step towards establishing an improved system of warrant execution. The report of this committee is expected to be presented to the N1COntario in the Spring.
Ken Sandhu Chair, Ontario Board of Parole
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The sloMf road tOMfards helicopters An Overview of the Progress made by the Police across Canada by feve SalolV Vancouver ranks second highest in North America when it comes to car theft. La t year the Insurance Corporation of British olumbia paid out 125 million dollars in auto theft claims alone. ( ource: The I B ) Add to this the fact that helicopter have been hown by numerous independent studies to reduce the occurrence of theft-of and theft-from autos by an average of 10-12% ( ource: Project ky Knight) and there is an overwhelming financial reason to operate patrol helicopters. Yet somehow these simple, but compelling facts are still not reaching those people re pon ible for vetoing the police in their quest for helicopters. I am not suggesting that helicopters should be the' umber One' priority, or that the police do not have many other important things to conider. Of cour e they do. But here in anada the helicopter is still treated as an expen ive toy rather than as a concept of modem policing that will have a significant impact on the service that the police provide to the community. During 1997 the prospects of the police getting helicopters " inched" forward. number of departments across the country are pursuing the goal of airborne support with varying degrees of enthusiasm and success. Olltll Vancollver Island Departments in and around Victoria have begun di cussion amongst themselves, and with local operators and businesses, into the feasibility of cooperating a helicopter. Vancouver and Lower Main land Vancouver has established a contract with a local operator to provide a helicopter on tand-by for ERT operations, but this machine doe not provide any patrol or ground support function to the officers on the street. In the lower mainland area of British Columbia, where the RCMP provide policing in a number of municipalities, they (the RCMP) have recently taken the initiative. Earlier this year the R MP organised a meeting of the chiefs of all the police departments in the lower mainland to explore the implications and posibilities of collaborating in a Regional Air upport programme. Although the results of that meeting are not immediately known it is an encouraging deve lopment. Many pitfalls lie ahead of them - political, financial , administrative and technical being just a few. A lberta In dmonton, a recent operational helicopter tria l wa conducted on a Friday and Saturday night on an average weekend in September last year. During the two nights they netted two armed
robbery suspects, two theft-from auto suspects and an armed highspeed pursuit suspect who discharged a shotgun at an RCMP officer. Edmonton police are amongst the forerunners in the struggle to convince the sceptics on their police services board that the helicopter is a vital tool rather than a toy. They have a civilian group who has expressed genuine interest in raising the money for a helicopter in much the same way as was done in Calgary, but the board, and even some senior officers, are still not convinced that they can afford and justify one. Even the enormous first-hand evidence from neighbouring Calgary's operation has failed to dislodge the entrenched misconceptions that some board members cling to. Recently, four of Edmonton 's seven board members have been rep laced and only the future will tell if they will be more open-minded to the benefits of the helicopter. The success of Calgary's HAWC-I programme is well-documented and a source of very valuable information for the rest of the country and will not be a topic in this article.
Ontario In the city of London, powered by the commitrnent ofChiefFantino to equip his force with the tools of modem policing, it is perhaps realistic to use the term 'close' when it comes to helicopter patrol. London began seriously looking at the use of helicopters less than a year ago and in a relatively short period has clearly identified their need, capacity and mandate. A video,
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illustrating the effectiveness of helicopters, has been made and is in the final stages of editing, and a business plan has been drawn up and submitted for discussion. London 's project has attracted the attention of a local fixed-wing company, who is developing a 'poweredglider ' as a low-cost alternative to the helicopter. Sudbury, with the possibility ofa greatly enlarged jurisdiction in the future, has begun the process of researching the use of helicopters. But it is a long road and they have just taken the first tentative steps. The next glimmer of hope lies in the collaboration between Halton and Hamilton-Wentworth. These two departments have recently been given the go-ahead by their respective boards to begin fund-raising for an operational trial. Initially for one year. Niagara, with its busy border and waterways, has recognised the potential value ofa patrol helicopter. Chief Waddell is interested in the possibility of doing a trial sometime this year but for the moment there seems to be little momentum. A number of the police departments in the Greater Toronto Area (the 'Megacity ') pay lip-service to the idea of he licopters. But, apart from Toronto, the region is bewilderingly silent. The Toronto Police Service has been trying for almost fifteen years to get a helicopter. Their most recent submission to the board was once again refused but we must give them full marks for their tenacity. Out of the embers of their latest refusal already spread the wings of a new effort. And maybe this one will bring them a little closer to their objective. It was encouraging to see Maureen Prinsloo, the ex-Toronto Chairperson, quoted as saying that getting a helicopter is now a question of 'When' rather than 'Whether' . But talk of "five years" is less encouraging. Before leaving her post as head of the Services Board, Prinsloo commissioned a study by an independent research company into the need for helicopters in Toronto. Amongst other things, the report concluded that there is a lack of substantive evidence available in Canada (a fact that needs to be seriously addressed) and that Toronto should consider doing an operational trial. The report is public domain and available on request from the Toronto Police ervices Board. The new Chair ofthe board is Mr. Norm Gardner and his positive attitude toward policing in general should be cause for optimism. York Regional Police continue to romance the idea of getting a helicopter, but recent internal upheaval make it only a dream at the moment. For some years they have used the
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Ontario Provincial Police helicopters, hired fIXed-wing aircraft or helicopters from local commercial operators for such tasks as drugs surveillance, but no operational budget exists. The recent report by the Solicitor General, demanding significant increases in the services and manpower provided by a number of departments, including York, Durham, Halton and Ottawa-Carleton, probably mean that a helicopter in York has become even less of a reality. Kingston, like udbury, is destined for major territorial change. Earlier enthusiasm has had to be put on the shelf for the foreseeable future whi le the lines are redrawn and the responsibilities are reallocated. And that leaves Ottawa-Carleton and the Montreal region. Ottawa-Carleton, much like Toronto, has just lost what momentum they had. This time through a change in Regional Government and the requirements of the olicitor General's report. ln November of 1997 it looked very positive that permission to begin actively procuring a helicopter would be granted from everyone concerned. But, yet again, changes in the political landscape have put the programme on indefinite hold. Ottawa-Carleton has RCMP helicopters stationed on their doorstep, but with all their other responsibilities, these machines are seldom available for the rapid re ponse that is the stock-in-trade of the patrol helicopter. In the Montreal area, Laval has been using helicopters on an occasional and irregular
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basis for several years. They utilise the helicopters of the urete de Quebec or local commercial operators for about 35 - 50 hours of flying a year, mostly for surveillance and special operations. With the exception of Calgary, Montreal Urban Police are probably the only other city
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Frid ay, aturd ay and unday nights. a t of Montreal there i li ttle activity. The R M P or urete de Quebec provide ervices but few of the commun itie are big enough to j u tify operating their own machines. The withdrawa l of the RCMP helicopters from the Maritimes in 1997 (due to fu ndin g issue) ha le ft th e area without any coverage and th e local police now rely on commercial operators to prov ide whatever air upport they need. T he rea on for the stagnation in the process of getting helicopters are multi ple and complex. The main hurdle ha always been that most police board members have failed to inform themselves u ffic iently of the capabi liti es effectiveness and value o r helico pters. And on tho e occasions w he re indi v idu a ls HAV E edu cated th e m elves, the ir tenure a board members is hort-li ved and th ey are repl aced by new a nd unin fo rm ed peo pl e. T hu s the proce tall and tagnates aga in. Offi cer making submisions a proponent of helicopter patro ls should be encouraged to put a much effort into the presentation of their ca e as they do into the contents. The p wer of any ' Business Plan' lies as much in the way it i drafted and presented, as in its content . n occa ions the police, finn ly believi ng that the [acts will peak for themselve , fa il to make an effective case and the process flounder . I do not uggest th at helicopter are devo id o f pro blems. ertai nly there are genuine i ues to be addres ed. But they HAV been addressed in departments all over the world for over 50 years, and workable so luti on have been fo und which make helicopter one of th e mo t effective too l ava ilable to the police. All the argum ents put forward aga in t helicopter can be di proven or defused. Particularly th e big three of Co t, oise an d Danger. Modern machine are not onl y extremely safe,
they are (relative ly) cheap and produce noise signatures well within the to lerance of any urban commun ity. In this article I have made little attempt to present the arguments and evidence to support helicopter operations, the sheer volume of whi ch would fill an issue of Blue Line. But I in vite anyone interested in the subj ect of police av iation to contact me for furth er infonnation. I would like to reiterate one fact that I discussed in an article over a year ago, and which boa rd me mbe rs co ntinu e to avo id . a mely; th at th ey will soon fi nd them elves re ponsible and acco untable for the consequences of OT end orsing helicopters. I would suggest that the police would do we ll to start recording all the situati ons in which a helicopter could have produced a safer, qui cker, cheaper or more effecti ve re olution to an incident and offer this info rnl ati on to their police servi ces board on a regular basis. Perh aps, after enough anecdotal evidence has crossed their desks, th e members will begin to see th e j ustifi cation. Let me conclude by throwing one last pebble into the pool of Police av iati on: In Great Britain, police av iati on is overseen and extensive ly funded by the Governm ent through the ' Home Offi ce'. The perception being that it is the governm ent's responsibility to empower the police to do th eir job. Helicopters are seen as an important part of this process. The Canadian Government recently sanctioned the purchase of a fleet of I 5, bran d new, fan tastically we ll-equipped, EH I0 I onnorant earch and Rescue helicopters for a price tag in excess of 700 million dollars. Whilst I do not deny the need fo r SAR helico pters, 1 wonder whether th e balance between expenditure and va lue to the taxpayer has been achieved? Steve Satow is a fonner police oflicer and Po lice he licop te r speciali st, presently ,""orking as a helicopter pilot for lIeli orth Corporation . You may contact teve by ca ll ing him at 705 693- 0856
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Calgary Police Helicopter Statistics Top 12 Calls July 1995· July 1996 Total Call.\': - 3251
1. Ala rm 2. Suspicious Auto 3. Suspicious Person 4. Break & Enter - House 5. Break & Enter - Shops 6. Stolen Auto 7. Disturbance 8. Miscellaneous 9. Robbery 10. Theft II. Hit and Run 12. Impaired Driver
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FOOTNOTES In Calgary's first year of operation they responded to 26 vehicle pursuits. In 100 percent of these cases vehicles were successfull) stopped without any fatalities, injuries or significant damage. In Warren. Michigan, the two-helicopter unit flies 1500 hours a year. Their entire operation, including fuel. maintenance. part s and administration cos ts around $200,000 (Canadian) a year. In We. t Palm Beach, Florida, the Police helicopter is partly funded by the Regional Water Board in return for anti-vanda lism surveillance of the catchment area. Since the start of the programme vandalism has completely ceased. In Calgary, targeted ' Deterrent Run s' have effected anywhere from 25 to 90 percent reducti ons in the target crimes. In Columbus, Ohio, the helicopter responded to a search for a 5-year-old boy missing for several hours. Most of the regional cruisers from several agencies ,"" ere already involved in the search. The helicopter spotted the boy within ten minutes and the search wa~ called oil' and cars retumed to regular patrol duties.
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Selling history for future gain by Blair McQuillan
The military police in Halifax will sell the Blueno e schooner in October for the bargain basement price of two dollars to raise money for charity. A handcrafted scale model of Can ada's mo t famous ship is being raffled off to raise money for the Military Police Fund for Blind Children. " It looks just like the dime, only better," raffle organizer Cpl. Ted King said of the model. The replica, constructed by Commissionaire Terry Little, took more than four months and two hundred hours to build. The finished model, which was built on a quarter inch scale, is 42 inches long, 36 inches high and eight inches wide. "[t's the biggest boat I've done so far," said Little, who has been building model ships since he was in high school. King, who became the force's training and media relations CO in April, came up with the idea of raffling off a replica of the Bluenose several years ago. He held off on plans to launch the initiative because up until this year the force had always raised money for the blind fund through an annual marathon. "For the past I0 years in Halifax we have held the Fight for ight Run, but it's been quite difficult to carry on as our manpower has decreased from year to year," King said. "They put out a survey this year and asked anyone who had a fund raising idea to step forward, so I started this up and everything fell into place." King began by approaching Little and asking him if he'd be willing to donate his model of the Bluenose, which was on display in Lunnenburg, N.S. When he agreed to sell it to the charity for cost, King went to work promoting the raffle. "We're going to start the rame on July 2," he said. "Tickets will be sold for two dollars a piece. We will be drawing for the prize on Oct. 15, at the Maritime Command Headquarters in Halifax. The reason we picked October is to commemorate the International Fisherman 's Challenge Cup races. All of (the Bluenose's) cup wins were in October, so it's fitting that we hold the draw then." The Bluenose was launched in Lunnenburg in 1921 . In the same year, Capt. Angus J. Walters sailed the ship into history with its first of three consecutive International Fisherman 's Trophy wins. The Bluenose was only defeated once, by the Boston schooner Gertrude L. Thebaud, in the Lipton Cup in 1930. However, it triumphed over the Thebaud for the Fisherman 's Trophy in 1931 and 1938. The Bluenose was sold to a West Indies trading company in 1942 and wrecked off the coast of Haiti four years later. While the Bluenose replica, worth an estimated $1,200, will never win a racing title, Little is proud of it just the same. He built the model using copies of the original blueprints purchased from the Maritime Museum and the "plank on bulk head construction" method. This method is used by model builders who want to construct their work in the same manner that the actual ship would have been created. "Mr. Little built it as the original Bluenose would have been built," King said. "You lay a keel down and make the ribs. Then you lay the planks
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along. It's the same method of con truction only miniaturized." The replica will be housed in an oak and glass di splay case built by Commissionaire Gerry Mitchelmore. The Bluenose itself is cradled in a dry dock made by Little. A fisherman, built sixfeet to scale, stands on the dock to give viewers an idea of how large the real schooner was. King said he is hoping that the Bluenose, the most modelled ship in the world, will generate lots of interest across Canada. "I'm hoping to sell 10,000 tickets," he said. "Down here in the Maritimes the Bluenose is a big thing. I thought it would be a nice fundraiser because someone would have something to take home with them and the kid would get the money." The Military Police Fund for Blind Children was created in 1957, by Col. (ret.) James R. Stone after his daughter was diagnosed with a form of eye cancer called retinal blastoma.
Wh'lI e vlsltmg ... his . daughter at a Brantford, Ont., school for the blind, the only school of its kind at the time, tone learned that some of the children couldn't go home over the Christmas holidays, or even purchase items at the school's tuck shop because they had no money in their trust fund . tone took it upon hirnselfto provide for those who needed fmancial support. He started by contributing to their tuck fund, then began to collect money from officers while visiting Military Police detachments across the country. By the end of the first year, Stone had managed to collect $2,300. The money was used to send two girls home to askatchewan for Christmas for the first time in three years and ensure that no one would be denied goods from the tuck shop. Since its inception, the Military Police Fund for Blind Children has expanded and now supports all blind schools in Canada. Over the pa t thirtyone years, the fund has raised $2 million to pay for research and supply guide dogs and special equipment to children under 13. King said he is proud to be part of such a noble cause and will work hard to help raise money and awareness through the raffle. "I only wish I could do more," he said. To purchase raffle tickets send a cheque to: The Military Police Fund for Blind Children clo Clp. Ted King Military Police Section Maritime Forces Atlantic P.O Box 99000, Stn. Forces Halifax, NS B3K 5X5. Cpl. Ted King can be reached at (902) 427-0550 ext. 7960.
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When does handcuffing equal control? by Joel A. Johllstoll Tactical COlltrol Editor The followillg is a fictio llal story, but represents simi/ar scenarios tha/ occur across Canada on a dai/y basis. An intoxicated man at home become involved in a violent argument with hi common law wife. The argument i 0 loud and ounds 0 violent that the neighbours call the police. When they arrive the woman an wers the door sobbing, he has a wollen cheek and bruises on her arm. The man comes to the door and attempt to get hi wife to come back inside. The police, eeing the condition of the woman, draw the man out ide and attempt to arre t him . I Ie shrugs the police off and says " crew you, I'm goin' back in my house!" everal additional attempt to communicate the fact that the suspect is under arrest fail. The u pect remains non-compliant and verbally re i tive, "pi s om" lie violently pulls away fr m the officer attempting to arrest him, and begins to walk back to the front door. The man i a large mu cu lar person - used to phy ical contact, very goal-oriented and very uncooperative. lie is not going to be arre ted ifhe has hi way. Unfortunately for the officer attending, they have a legal obligation to arre t this man because it appears that he ha committed a criminal offence, they have a duty to protect the public, and they have a duty to enforce the law. A one officer again approache the u pecl he tum aggressively toward him, raises hi hands and says "let's go!" The officer u e his pepper pray, which has a minimal elTect on the su pect, but does distract him. everal officers then forcibly take him to the ground where they struggle to get the suspect handculTed. Finally they succeed in getting the econd handcuff on. When they raise the man to his feet he begins spitting at the officers, twi ting violently, attempting to head butt the officers behind him, back thru t kicking the officer near him with his work boots, and attempting to t mp their feet. everal officers have been pit on, two have been kicked in the shin and one ha had his foot stomped on. The officer move in clo er to restrain the suspect, fI ur in all, and repeatedly yell at him to "stop fighting!", but in what ome would de cribe as a 'roid rage' or a ' cocaine-like induced psychotic tate', he continue to twist and tum, to thrash about, to kick, stomp and spit, and when one officer grabs one of his hands the suspect attempts to break hi fingers. ventually the officers and the suspect fall to the ground where the suspect strikes his face and body on the walkway (the officers strike their elbows and knees on the ground). lie continues to twist and tum, to spit and kick at the officer who en e they have lost control of the ubject and feel that they cannot imply re train the violent uspect. ach of the officers apply several impact technique to the u pect's legs and body. Becau e of the chaotic nature of the situation one officer who was attempting to forearm strike
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the suspect in the torso strikes him in the head, the other officers apply knee strike and elbow strikes to the suspects legs and torso. In all he is struck nine times (three times by one officer, twice by two officers and once by a fourth officer). eighbours have gathered and the common law wife is now swearing and yelling at the officers. Because of the egocentric nature of confrontation and combat, none of the officers knows how many times, or even if the other officers struck him at all. Finally after the strikes are applied the suspect stops struggling and he is escorted to the back of a squad car 'without further incident' . The suspect has a large bump and cut on hi head, he has a bleeding lip and scrapes on hi elbows and knees. His shirt and blue jeans are tom. The officers ask for an ambulance to attend the scene and assess the suspect. After the suspect has settled down considerably the ambulance attendants treat him at the scene and authorize the police to take him to the lock-up a his injuries are not as severe as they appear. For their part, the police officers are fatigued. Three have been spat upon, two have bruised shins from being kicked, one has a sore foot from being stomped, one ha ore fll1gers from having them twisted, two have sore knees from falling to the ground, all of the uniforms are oiled with spit, dirt and/or blood, and two are tom at the knees. None of it is officially reported mind you. When one is put into the po ition of having to arre t a violent subject this ort of thing is expected, it is ' routine' . However, later after the suspect has been charged with a variety of offence , has sobered up, and has begun to feel some of the pain associated with his injuries he decides to make a complaint to the police department. li e claims that he was having an argument with his wife when the police showed up, pepper sprayed him, knocked him to the ground, handcuffed him and beat him while he did nothing to resist them. His common law wife corroborates hi story. The police department is compelled to investigate such a complaint. The fact that the subject was in handcuffs makes the complaint appear to have more credibility. eighbours are interviewed and they confirm that the suspect was in fact handcuffed, and was in fact struck several times. They also confirm
that the suspect was resisting. In some circles there is the automatic assumption that if a subject is struck while in handcuffs it i necessarily a case of excessive force by the police. Probably becau e it conjures up the Hollywood image of overzealous cops smacking and beating a compliant subject while standing with his hands behind his back offering no resistance. eldom is the scene de cribed above envisioned, and if it is, the police must have done something wrong in allowing such a scene to develop. However unless one has been charged with the re ponsibility of arre ting and detaining a violent, adrenal in-induced, goal-oriented subject, who may be larger, stronger and more skilled, all the while being careful to use only the 'necessary' amount of force so as not to injure the subject, one would have a difficult time envisioning such a scene. Handcuffs are temporary, partial restraint devices. They simply assist in restricting the movement ofa subject's hands. Handcuffs are a step on the way to achieving contro l, but do not in and of themselves indicate that control has been achieved. ontrol is achieved when the upper hand has clearly been gained, when there exists no opportunity to fight back or escape, or when the the subject submits and offer no resistance. For a handcuffed ubject to be dangerous or to injure people he simply has to be 'goal-oriented' and refuse to submit to control. Goal-oriented means that they actively decide they are not going to be arrested, they are going to escape, they are going to injure anyone who gets in their way, they are going to assault a police officer, etc ... etc. A subject who is willing to assault a police officer certainly would not hesitate to attack a citizen. There are widely documented incidents where arrested and handculTed subjects have escaped from, assaulted, stabbed, disarmed, and murdered police officers, and injured and killed members of the pUblic. Police officers have a sworn duty to protect the public, but cannot carry out this duty if they cannot first protect themselves. Handcuffed subjects maintain the use of their primary power ource and their most powerful personal weapons - their hips and and their legs. They have the ability to generate power through movement, they have the ability to head butt, spit, bite, shoulder, elbow, grab, knee, kick, stomp, resist and run away. Handcuffed subject need to be controlled! Most subjects submit after handcuffing, but for whatever reason, some choose to resist, assault, escape, or engage in all of the above. The larger, stronger and more goaloriented (mentally committed) that a subject is, the more difficult they are to control without having to physically impede them, which usually means striking them or rendering them uncon cious. Control of a violent subject is not a 50/50 proposition. Control must be achieved, and achieved as quickly as possible. The longer a
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violent encounter goes on, the greater chance there is For injuries to occur. UnFortunately most omcers use less force than is required to achieve control initially becau e they do not want to injure a subject, for a variety of reasons. However, un less force is used decisively, early on in a conFrontation it is likely to degenerate and ultimately require an e calation of force while extending the time span of the confrontatio n, thereby increasing the likelihood of inj ury to all invo lved. It is important to realize that when officer presence fails, tactical communication (in the fo rm oflawful requests, commands and orders) fails, low level empty hand control (in the Form of escort holds, restraint and pain compliance techniques, etc.) fai ls, pepper spray Fails, then officers must necessarily escalate to higher re po n e options. This may involve striking a subject with empty hand techniques, which include (but are not limited to) hand, Forearm, elbow, knee, and foot strikes. It cou ld mean the use of the impact weapon to momentari ly 'stun' the subject in order to gain control. It may, depending on local procedures, also justify the app lication of vascu lar neck restraint in order to render such a violent subject, who is in immediate need of control, unconscious. All of this is regardless of whether the subject is handcuffed or not. Striking a handcuffed subject does not nece sari ly equate with excessive force. Once contro l has been achieved all force must immediately be de-escalated and appropriate Followup care provided. Officers, no matter how upset, inj ured, and/or angry, cannot play 'catchup' or ' get even' after contro l has been achieved! We have all heard the expression: 'I could take you with both hands tied behind my back' . Well, ome people will try, and some people actually can. Handcuffs should assist in facilitating control ofa resistive, or assaultive subject, but they are on ly a tool. We must make the tool work in conjunction with decisive, competent control tactics and effective teamwork.
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Video surveillance: admissibility and lNeight in crilt1inal courts
Th e R. CM. P suspected four persolls who lived ill a roomillg house in Winnipeg, Maflitoba, oftrajJickillg ill drugs. They plallted a self-collfessed drug addict ill tile roomillg house alld gave him marked mOlley to purchase drugs from one of the suspects. 011 the balcony of a house directly across th e street f rom th e roomillg house, R.CM.P. ojJicers were statiolled with a surveillallce camera. They observed a drug buy alld filmed it. The film also showed the actual arrest oftltree ofthe accused after R.CM.P. blocked th e escape of the suspects' vehicle. The lIIotioll picture film was telldered ill evidellce at the trial of the fo ur who were joilltly charged with cOllspiracy ill the sale of the lIarcotics. The year was 1950 I By the late 1970' anadian police regularly used video camera and recorder during surveillance operations. riminal acts uch a conspiring to commit murder, attempting to commit murder, drug trafficking, then, fraud, gambling, illegal picketing, mischief, and act of gross indecency ha e been recorded on videotape by police and tendered in evidence. 2 urveillance videotape and films are admi ible in evidence in anadian criminal courts if they are relevant, true and accurate reproductions (i.e., reliable), fair (i .e., not misleading), and verified on oath by a capable witness (i.e., authenticated). 3 urveillance videotapes are relevant only iftheir content are material to an issue before the curt. Tapes are not true and accurate reproductions if they contain di stortion (e.g., colour, optical, tape speed, etc.). Editing of the ound (audio) or picture (video) track will result in a tape's rejection by the court, if such editing de troys the equence and chronology of the tape. A surveillance videotape may be authenticated by: (I) the per on who operated the surveillance camera; (2) a person pre ent when the recording was made; (3) a qualified witness; or, (4) an expert wilne s. Witnes es in categories one and two - who ee the event as it is being recorded - are eyewitne e. n eye-witne testifies to two things: (a) what he saw, from memory; and (b) whether what he sees on the monitor screen in the courtroom is the same as what hi memory tells him he saw at the scene. Witne es in categories three and four are
not eye-witnesses, but they can still authenticate the surveillance ~~::::il!alliQ) videotape either because of their familiarity with its subject matter or their knowledge of the operation of the equipment that produced it. An example of a qualified witness is a police officer that watches the event take place on a surveillance monitor simultaneous with it occurrence. If the event was recorded by an automatic surveillance camera (e.g., time-lapse) or one triggered by an alarm (such as a motion detector) then an expert witness would be called to verify the videotape and prove its "technical production". otwithstanding that a surveillance videotape has aforementioned four criteria, a trial judge (as trier of law) has ajudicial discretion to reject a videotape ifits prejudicial effect outweighs its probative value. For example, if the videotape's contents are gruesome, horrific, or would only serve to arou e the sympathy and passions of a jury it may be excluded. Prejudice may also arise if the videotape's soundtrack contains hearsay statements. The weight afforded the videotape is determined by the trier of fact (i.e., the jury or the judge if sitting alone). The veracity of the authenticating witness and the quality of reproduction affect the emphasis that the trier of fact will put on the surveillance videotape. If the authenticating witness is not credible (not believable) then the jury may choose to ignore the videotape evidence. Where identification is in issue, the upreme Court of Canada has held that a videotape alone can provide the necessary evidence to enable the trier of fact to identify the accused as the perpetrator of the crime. If it is of good quality and gives a clear picture of
Footnotes I. e R. v. K,ss,ck and Smallwood (October 18, 1950, a decision of the Honourable Mr.Justice Montague ofthe Court of Queens Bench ofMal1ltoba., as reported III The Vancouver Sun, October 18, 1950, p. 11, Winl1lpeg (Canadian Press) "Mounties use films as dope eVidence: Alleged pedlar photographed as he hands over narcotiCs. "). 2. ee chapter 22" urveillance ofCrimmal Suspects " in Goldstein: Visual Evidence. 3. These same criteria govern the admiSSIOn of surveillance videotapes andfilms in the criminal courts of the United tates, Ul1I ted Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. 4. R. v. Nlkolovski (1996), 141 D.L.R. (4th) 647 (. .C.C.)
events and the perpetrator, the videotape may provided the best evidence of the identity of the perpetrator. The number of video surveillance cases has more than doubled in the last decade. Canadian criminal courts have demonstrated a positive attitude toward the use of videotape to pre ent evidence. In fact, the upreme ourt of anada has commented that a videotape " may indeed be a silent, trustworthy, unemotional, unbiased and accurate witness who has complete and instant recall of events. It may provide uch strong and convincing evidence that of itsel f it will demon trate clearly either the innocence or guilt of the accused." 4 The many uses for videotape by law enforcement officers will be discussed in future articles. tay tuned! I' lliott Goldstein. B.A .. LL.B . is a Toronto area lawyer who practices civil and commercial litigation and consults to the security industry Ov~r the past 17 years Mr. Goldstein has \Hillen and puhlished over four dozen articles and two hooks on the topic of videotape and photographic e\·idence. lllesc articles ha\e been published in Canada, the United States, England, and South Africa. Mr. Gold stein has lectured extensivcl) throughout Canada on the legal aspects of video surveillance to the RCMP in Regina, the OPP in roronto. the Canadian Police College in Ottawa and at the Justice Institute of British Columbia in Vancouver. Mr. Goldstein is a member in good ~tanding of the I.aw Society of Upper Canada and has heen practising law in Ontario since 1988. Prior to that he was a member of the Bar of British Columbia since 1984. Mr. Goldstein's interest in the application of \ ideo technology to the legal process hegan in 1980 when he was in la\\ school in Saskatche\\an. Mr. Goldstein subsequently \\TOte one ofthe first articles ever published in Canada on the use of videotape to record and present evidence in ei\il and criminal courts. Mr. Goldstein 's latest book entitled Visual Evidence : A Practitioner's Manual was publ ished in 1991 by Carswell Legal Publishers. It is now two volumes and contains chapters on the law of video surveillance of criminal suspects. casino suneillance, and video conferencing. Mr. Gold stein has agreed to write a continuing column for Blue Line Magazine on the suhject of video evidence. For more infonnation or feedhack call (905) 709-3936; fa" (905) 709-3844 email : e1 gold.flshaw.wave.ca.
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Two tactical officers enter an open door at the front of a building. A shotgun is racked . A iren wails in the distance and a man is hurled to the ground. o it wasn't a police take-down, it wasju t some of the exhibits and training seminar that attendees saw at Response 98. Response 98, Blue Line Magazine' second annual trade show, took place on April 21 and 22 at the Le Parc Conference Centre in Markham, nt. During those two days more than 600 police ervice members and security officer had an opportunity to view, te t and buy the thou and of products on di play. Martin Ransom, the forensic identification supervisor for the North Bay Police ervice, said hc wa impressed with the variety of product and ervices he aw at the show. "This trade how has been excellent," he said. " It' been a valuable experience." Darren Montour, of the ix ations Police ervice agreed. " It' a very good venue," the sergeant aid. " I've seen a lot of interesting displays." In fact, Response 98 hosted more than 70 exhibit r who displayed everything from criminal investigation software, to telecommunications equipment and all-terrain vehicle. And let' not forget the pen . Robert Matte, president of Matte Indu trie Inc., did a brisk business at the show. Many of the officer and security personnel who attended Re pon e 98 were intere ted in hi line of durable, all-weather Fisher pace Pens. "They all eem to migrate toward the pens," Matte explains. "What Space Pens do i the) write underwater, at minus 50 or plus 250 degrees Fahrenheit on carbonles paper." " Officer generally use them for writing out tickets and not being stopped by rain or
other weather factors. 0 it's really a tool more than a pen." Smith & Wesson al 0 had a lot of traffic around their booth where Law Enforcement Manager John Podergois displayed a range of weapons and handcufTs. But while the shine of stainless steel handguns may have drawn people in, it was the company's new mountain bikes that seemed to interest attendees. "We've had an excellent response with the bikes," Podergois said. "We so ld five bikes at the show and five (mountain bike) light and siren packages." But Response 98 didn ' tjust ofTer attendees a chance to look at and purchase products.
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Show organizers and interested companies also scheduled a total of nine seminars on topics including tactical ground control manoeuvres, shotgun techniques, firearms training and how to use the late t inve tigation software. "We also had a u e of force trainer demonstrating an innovative padded suit for use in hand-to-hand and baton training," said Dave Brown, Respon e 98's seminar director. "And a company that displayed some very durable tactical clothing and helters." Brown aid that most seminars attracted a fairly large crowd. "On average, the turnout for the seminars was quite good," he said. "The officers who attend the show are already motivated to learn about what's new in their profession and when they have a chance to take part in an exerci e or u e a piece of equipment first hand, they're more than willing to do so." Blue Line Magazine publisher Morley Lymburner said the entire reason for starting the Response Trade how was to allow law enforcement personnel to have access to the products and ervices they need to carry out their jobs efTectively. " It's good to see that 0 many officers are intere ted in this venue," Lymburner said. " It's important that officers have an opportunity to view the tools ofthe trade and see what's avai lab le to them." But Lymburner was also quick to point out that although the Re pon e Trade hows are stationary, officers will have a chance to see some other products in difTerent venues acro the country this summer. "The Ontario Association of Chiefs ofPolice will be holding their annual show in Windsor in June and the Canadian Association of Chief of Police has a show in Edmonton in August," he said. "Both of those shows, like our Respon e how, allow officers to take some time, meet the people who are selling thc products they use and deal with them on a more personal level." When a ked what's in store for Response 99, "We'll ju t have to wait and see," he said. "But one thin g is certain, we'll be back next year, and the how will keep getting better."
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by Dave Brown "Where else can you work all day and then drop a line over the ide of your cruiser to catch your evening meal?" enthused onstable Duncan Babchuk as he invited Blue Line along for what wa to become the last RCMP patrol of northwe t ntario 's Lake of the Woods. The thought of/ishing for my supper did not exactly thrill me, as I have been known to hook variou appendages; none of which even remotely resemble the gill-breathing variety. I even squirm at the thought of baiting my own hook. Ilowever, the idea of"/ishing" for some larger "ganle" did sound exciting. I volunteered to accompany onstablc Babchuk and onstable Kevin Walker on a three day patrol of the lake. With its 14,000 i lands and over 65,000 miles of coastline, the Lake of the Woods is the second large t inland lake in Ontario. One million visitors are aid to pass through the area each year, but it was the "unauthorized" visitors that most interested Babchuk and Walker. Lake of the Woods is unique in that it straddies the border of two Canadian provinces and one US state. In fact, the United tates border splits the lower half ofthc lake, and multitude of inlets and passages ensure that illegal acti ities can take place almost undetected. The purpose of our patrol was to possibly intercept any smugglers operating in the patrol area, but mostly to provide a very vi ible R MP pre ence on the lake in the hopes of deterring uch activities, at least for a period of time. We also planned to conduct safety inspections on many of the numerous boats we would encounter.
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The RCMP, the Ontario Ministry of atural Resources and the Ontario Provincial Police all operate boats from Kenora, Ontario, but the sheer size of the lake ensures there is little chance that all these patrol boats will bump into each other. Thi means that the three enforcement agencies in the Kenora area have to be creative in maximizing their limited resources. Together with the Kenora Police Service, they work hard at maintaining a spirit of cooperation among themselves and resolving differences quickly. With uch a vast area to patrol, there is little room for inter-agency rivalry. Officers will often share a patrol with another agency and cooperative training exercises are common. Even with all these agencies, many areas of the lake may not see an enforcement officer for years. Motoring around one quiet bay near the western edge of the lake, the cottagers
gaped at the obviously unfamiliar po lice boat. "You would think a UFO has just landed here," wryly observed onstable Babehuk. Part of the patrol mission was specifically to travel areas of the lake that are traditionally under-enforced. I was certainly surprised at the reception we received. The vast majority of safety inspections were conducted with friendly cooperation and often a sincere "thank you" for being out on the water protecting the citizens. One week before this patrol, Constable Babchuk even managed to save a boater's life when he saw him tos ed out of a small boat after an unexpected sharp turn. While the victim could swim, he was not wearing a lifejacket and his physical size made it impo ible to reboard his boat. Tiring quickly in the cold water, he wasju t about exhausted within the two short minutes it took to speed over and recover him onto the police boat. Providence and the sharp eyes ofan officer who happened to be in the right place of the lake at the right time prevented a possible tragedy. Not all boaters we stopped were quite so glad to see u , however. The police on the lake have a policy of zero-tolerance on life-anddeath items such as life-jackets, safety equipment and drinking on board. Even having an effective ound- ignalling device on board seems pretty minor, until you run out of gas or suffer a breakdown in the middle of the lake one night. If you do make it safely to shore, there are still a million square miles of bush out there where your only companions are hungry bears. In fact, our first stop of the day was to a
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tioner's boat. I noticed the RCMP vessel even seemed to magically grow omewhat in engine displacement and top peed throughout the course of a day. "Actually, there are many boats on the lake that we would not have a hope of catching," admitted Babchuk. " I would love to have a faster boat, but then we would also be burning more gas than this one." And it does burn a significant amount. This was illustrated as we fuelled up at 6:30 one morning at a lodge along the Rainy River. The owner apologized profusely for sleeping in, even though we woke them early on a Sunday morning, hoping for full tanks before we tackled the huge breakers sweeping across Big Traverse Bay. 150 gallons later, the owner's wife helped untie the boat and pushed us away with a very sincere wish to "Come back. Plea e. Anytime!" Pulling into the dock at the Kenora detachment many sore hour later, we concluded a successful three days on the lake. Maybe we did not catch any smugglers, but the unexpected presence ofa police boat along the miles of undefended border certainly made some of
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them rethink their career path. Every taxpayer dollar that was spent on fuel for the boat was made up at least two-fold in ticket revenue. The IllOst significant result, however, was an increased awareness that the police were out there, watching out for the safety and wellbeing of the hundreds of thousands that use the lake. We never did have time to drop a line over the side of the boat to catch supper but I came away with a new appreciation for the importance of border patrols and boat safety inspections. The first thing I did when J got home was to count the life jackets on board my own boat and make sure the fire extingui her was fully charged. ow, if I could just get the ground to stop rocking up and down. FootNote Shortly after this patrol took place in the late summer of 1997, the RCMP removed their patrol vessel from the Lake of the Woods. Citing budgetary considerations, they are also rumoured to be closing the detachments in Kenora and Fort Frances. They will provide allfederal policing in the Lake of the Woods area from Thunder Bay, 500 kilometres to the east. This brings to an end many decades of RCMP presence in this major recreational area ofCanada, first by the Northwest Mounted Police and finally by many dedicated members of the RCMP over the years. Raised in an RCMP family, this author will certainly be one more person sad to see the detachment house disappear where he and his brother and sister once grew up.
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The Next Big Thing The Shape Of The Challenge And A Formula For Survival by R obert F. Lunney Make no mistake; policing is in deep trouble. lobalization of the economy is an unstoppable force, and competitive pres ures are demanding efficiency and economy from the public sector. Pru trated governments are desperate to reduce expenditures. An increasingly capable and aggressive private security industry i probing for opportunities. The slow but steady erosion of market share we are now experiencing could rapidly escalate, driven by economic necessity. Private eCllrio) Private security is both a valuable partner and a potentially serious business competitor. Security firms now provide efficient protection to privately owned assets throughout Canada. This role is most often carried out in privately owned spaces and in a style complementing and assisting the police. Lately some companies are probing opportunities to expand into the patrolling of public spaces. This is a new development in our country, but common in the United tates, where private ecurity outnumbers the police by a ratio of eight to one. At the top end ofthe scale, consulting firms are pursuing an aggressive business trategy, providing pecialized investigative and asset protection services in sectors where the capabilities of the police have been reduced by budget restraint. When a privately financed toll road was under construction in Ontario, it was rumoured the Province would employ private ecurity for traffic control. This was later denied, and today the OPP patrols the road, but the spectre remains: Why not? Private security wage rate undercut police salarie by approximately 60%. Most agents may not have the kills and education of the entry level police candidate, but when the tasks are es entially the watchman variety, the agent is adequate for the job and the savings are compelling. Security companies are con tantly improving their producI, displaying improved appearance and standards of deportment. Many of the young people entering the security field are graduate of College Law Enforcement programs. Increasingly, they are quality people, and their managers are capable and well qualified, many with a police background. Parallel w ith Nursillg The experience of the Nursing Profession is in tructive. Years ago, hospitals began to transfer the lower skilled tasks of the professional nurse to aides and auxiliaries, reducing the number of Registered Nurses. Hospitals satisfied their need to lower the cost oflabour. This occurred despite the excellent public image of the nurses and high standards of competence and education ensured by the Nur ing olleges. When the health sector adopted a bias for cost efficiency, administrators responded with a multi-tier system of human resource management. Public SlIpport Por the past twenty years, accentuated by the practice of community policing, the Police have
focused on responding more precisely to Two Tier Policillg alld a New public desires. This should have guaranteed Compellsation System a firm foundation of public support as eviRe-structuring the levels of work while denced by a recent international study awardmaintaining organizational integrity will ing an 80% approval rating for Can aboth modernize the police and provide dian police. Although this could be inthe vehicle for reducing costs. A few terpreted as unwavering public compioneering forces have taken measmitment to policing, it is less cerures to reduce non-essential layers tain that this support will stand up of rank, but to this point there is ifhigher property taxes are the cost no accepted organizational theory of maintaining service, particuor body of experience to guide the lady if a cheaper alternative is process. This issue deserves conavai lab Ie. Brand loyalty often certed study, but pending the adcrumbles when price is a factor. vent of a more considered [orPublic Policing has the option mula, in my opinion there are but offinding new ways of holding the four legitimate full service ranks in support and confidence orthe puba police organization. lic, or ri k becoming marginalized. Tier DlIe - Full Service With the aggres ive positioning of the Policillg private ector, the police may find * Front line Officers (Patrol and General themselves confined to providing limInvestigation) ited services to the least privileged of * Supervi orsiSpecialists society, in a shrinking locality. * Managers Surviving the Challeuge *Executive A formula for the survival of full servWith the use of extended pay bands ice policing rests on two major strategic to mitigate compression and provide inresponses. The first is to build upon a pubcentives, this structure can deliver lower lic appreciation that justice in a democratic total salary costs and a fair method ofrecsociety depends upon maintaining public ognizing merit and contribution. control over those forces empowered to Tier Two - R egulaton) Elljorcelllellt maintain the public peace and to enforce ~ alld COllllllllllio) Service the laws of government. Delegating or ab* Community Service Officers (limited rogating this responsibility to private enterprise law enforcement duties) risks arbitrary decision making and loss of demo* Auxiliary Officers (supplementing full cratic control. Business may argue that its servservice officers) ices are subject to government regulation, but past * Citizen Volunteers (supplementing police experience does little to instill confidence. Pricivilian staft) vate security has a vested interest in protecting Below the level of full service police officits business position against external scrutiny, and ers, the levels and grades oflimited appointments of course, a profit margin must be included in (Special Constable; Community ervice Officer), the cost of service. could be expanded, replacing full service officA second critical factor is that the Police must ers for many routine complaint taking and reguconsistently demonstrate high ethical standards, latory duties, including walking beat patrols and a commitment to service, and a dedication to pubroutine traffic law enforcement. There would be lic accountability. This in itselfmay not be suffilower entry qualifications for the lower tier, based cient to tip the balance back to uncritical support on educational and skill factors, but all tier two of the police, but the absence of high standards positions would be fully integrated organizationwould be deadly. ally. This is where real savings may be realized. Cost Reductiolls SllIllIllan) The real challenge is in the arena of economic Police organizations must develop and install performance. Thus far the police have responded a new standard structural model for policing. With with load shedding, outsourcing, limited de-Iayefficiencies in hand, the police may even restore ering, reduction in numbers, postponement ofimsome lost capacity to investigate business crime. provements and a host oflesser efficiency measThe proposals for change sketched out here ures. Real productivity is advancing, prompted are very basic and preliminary. Yet the challenge by technology. Yet police executives, civic adis clear: Ifpolicing is to survive as a full-service ministrators and elected officials know that these public institution of government, methods must options will not be sufficient. Drastic methods be found to reduce the costs of labour. The chalwill be needed. lenge of delivering on demands for economy and Policing is a labour intensive activity. In most efficiency must be met on its own terms. police services, eighty to eighty-five percent of the total budget is allocated to salaries and benefits. If policing i to fend off the challenge of Robert Lunney is available by private security, the cost of labour must be reFax at 416597-8211 or by duced. Email atrf.lunney@Sympatlco.ca
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Five Quick Tips That Call Help Yo u Survive A Hostage-Takillg Any officer is vulnerable to offender attack, whether working on the street, in jails and correctional facilities in the military or in probation/parole settings. And what you don ' t know about hostage officer dynamics can quickly get you into deep trouble. No two officer hostage-takings are exactly alike. And no two are resolved exactly the same way. Yet the attributes they often hare can provide a trained officer with the opportunity he or she need to regain control and survive a hostage ordeal. Among the many principles the video Hostage Officer Survival teaches about offender motivation and hostage strategies are these five tips: I. U e "tactical communication" as a tool to gain freedom. As a hostage, the way you verbally communicate with your captor can be a tactic to build rapport, buy you time to spot an opportunity to e cape, employ a well-rehearsed physical control technique, or use deadly force to ave your life. One of your early goals is to calm your assailant by reassuring him that he 's in control. Don 't bark orders, argue, belittle or judge him. Try to present yourself as a non-threatening collaborator working with him to help solve his problem. (In Hostage Officer Survival you ' 1I1eam the 3 primary motivations of officer hostage-takers and how to use these as psychological leverage in gaining your freedom.)
2. Recognize and take advantage of the inevitable vulnerabilities that betray your captor. Over time, hostage takers do make themselves vulnerable to your practised physical release/ control move by changes in their positioning, their tension level, the strength of their grip on you or on their weapon, their fatigue level, and more. Be aware that there are three distinct stages during a hostage-taking when physical release/control tactics are most likely to work. (Hostage Officer urvival shows up close and in detail more than a dozen easy-to-Iearn physical tactics to defeat a hostage-taker holding you at gunpoint or with a knife to your throat.) 3. Carry extra handcuff keys ... in clever locations. Against the po sibility that your own handcuffs may be u ed against you, con ider hidden handcuff keys a regular part of your duty gear. For example, a couple might be taped inside your trousers belt (not inside your duty belt! It's a good bet that's going to be taken away). But to acquire proficiency in unlocking handcuffs while wearing them requires exten ive practice - especially since stress can erode your fine motor skills. (Other defeats of handcuffs as well as e capes from ropes, duct tape and car trunks are presented in Hostage Officer urvival.) 4. Keep an eye out for a tactical team response. At some point during a hostage-taking, tactical team members may arrive with the appropriate fire-power. As the hostage, stay alert for subtle movement off in the distance where a marksman and forward observer would take up positions. And if you are aware of their pre ence, be careful not to telegraph their location with your head or eye movements. (Hostage Officer Survival provides important instruction in how to work with responding officers so they help, rather than endanger, your safe relea e.) 5. Prepare yoursel f for the emotional aftermath. A traumatic experience like this will likely generate feelings of anger, relief, fear. One overriding need i compassionate treatment by your peers and supervisors at the scene. This will affect your recovery.. later. (Hostage Officer urvival shows what should take place at the scene and offers revealing insights into hostage experiences from surviving officer .)
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The Ontario Provincial Police's Special Squad received more than $3 million in funding from the provincial government in May to help crackdown on biker gangs. "With this additional funding, our law enforcement agencies will be better equipped to combat the criminal activities of outlaw motorcycle gangs," Sol icitor General Jim Flaherty said. Among other things, the special squad will use the additional funds to continue and improve their work with 16 local police services in Ontario and the RCMP. "They will now be able to launch utained, co-ordinated and proactive strategie against this growing threat to the safety of our communities," Flaherty aid. "We do not want Ontario to experience the violence that warring biker factions have brought to our neighbours in Quebec." Quebec has been plagued by a biker gang war over the province's lucrative drug trade in recent years. The battle has claimed more than 50 people, including an ll-year-old Montreal boy who was killed in August 1995, by shrapnel from a car-bomb. The Ontario government, which will contribute 3.4 million to the squad for the 1998/ 99 fiscal year and 2.7 million in subsequent years, plans to get tough on biker gangs, according to Bob Wood, the MPP for London outh. "Zero tolerance is the only approach that will work against these outlaw biker gangs," Wood said. "Any gang that wants to expand its activities or move into Ontario will now face
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Stopping crime in its tracks The Calgary Police helicopter (IIAWC I) worked in tandem with the police Canine Unit to catch two suspects in a convenience store robbery just after 4 a.m. on January 4, 1997. The helicopter crew spotlighted the culprits, who dropped their weapon and stolen goods as they ran from the scene. A canine omcer and police dog tracked the suspects to one of their homes. The suspects were arrested and charged. During February 1997 The Calgary Police helicopter darted to the scene ofa reported auto theft - a parkade where a witness said several people were trying to steal a white car. Only 10 seconds after receiving the call, the police helicopter was circling above the parkade. Using a cell phone, the witness reported the suspects leaving the parkade, and moments later the flight crew saw a van emerge, followed by a car with its lights off'. The police helicopter quietly followed the vehicles, telling officers in patrol cars that the suspects were heading northbound. As the police cars converged on the two suspect vehicles, the car fled eastbound, losing control on a northbound turn and rolling onto its side. Police immediately arrested the occupants. The van tried to escape northbound but was boxed in by other police units. The driver and passengers were arrested. Police found two stolen, loaded weapons in the vehicles. One adult and four minors were charged. The Calgary Police helicopter was on routine patrol Feb. 15, 1997 when the flight crew heard a report of a vehicle evading a CheckStop. A police Traffic Unit was attempting to stop the vehicle, which had jumped a median to avoid the barrier. When the flight crew trained their searchlight on the vehicle, the driver immediately stopped without incident. Besides searching for suspects in 1997, the Calgary Police helicopter responded to 75 traffic col li sions involving injuries, one aircraft accident, two hazardous material spills and 60 fires, including several the flight crew spotted first.
High Tech Is Key To Stolen Cars Ford of Canada hopes to deter car thieves with an anti-theft ignition system. The new "SecuriLock" features a special ignition key with a digital code in its head. Every key in the anti-theft system is unique and its signal can't be intercepted because it only has a range of eight centimetres, Ford officials said. Each system is capable of accommodating eight keys, each with a different code. Only a Ford dealer can cut and program spares. The vehicle's engine won ' t start without one of the keys. The SecuriLock system costs less than $100 and a Ford spokesman stated it will be standard equipment on all Ford vehicles within the next year.
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Search Incident to arrest A six hour delay between arrest and search - R v. Caslake (1998) by Gino A rcaro
The simplicity of the common law authority to search after an arrest is apparent in most cases. After a lawful arrest is made, the police may automatically search the accused and immediate surroundings without forming reasonable grounds that the accused has possession of weapons or evidence. After most arrests, searches incident to the arrest are conducted immediately or with minimal delay. However, the common law authority does not specify the amount of time that may elapse between the arrest and the search, or whether an " inventory" search of a vehicle after an arrest may be conducted without a warrant and consent, several hours after the arrest. The Supreme Court of Canada, in R. v. Caslake (1998) ruled on admissibility of evidence seized as the result of an inventory search of a vehicle six hours after arrest without warrant and without consent.
The accused was convicted. His appeals were based on the grounds that the search violated section 8 Charter and that the evidence should be excluded under sec. 24(2) Charter. The accused argued that the six hour delay between the arrest and the search was excessive to make the search " indecent" to the arrest. Appeals to the Manitoba Court of Queen 's Bench and to the Manitoba Court of Appeal were both dismissed because no substantial wrong or miscarriage of justice had occurred .
S.c.c.: The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the accused 's appeal. The Court was unanimous in deciding to admit the seized evidence. However the reasons given by the majority differed from the minority. The majority ruled that a sec.8 Charter violation occurred but admitted evidence under sec. 24(2) Charter. The minority ruled that no sec. 8 Charter violation occurred.
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I. possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking 2. pos ession of cocaine
1. The three main purposes of an incident to an arrest are: i) ensuring the safety of the police and the public ii) Preventing destruction of evidence iii) discovering evidenee which ean be used at the accused 's trial A search conducted after an arrest must be truly incidental to the arrest, meaning that the police must be attempting to achieve a valid purpose relating to the arrest. 2. Ordinarily the accused has the onus to prove the commission of a Charter violation except in cases involving warrantless searches, which are unreasonable unless the Crown proves otherwise. Consequently, the Crown has the onus to prove that a warrantless search is reasonable. In order to be reasonable, a search must be authorized by a statute or common law. If a search is not authorized by law, a theft or trespass may have occurred. There arc three ways that a Crown may fail to prove that a search was authorized by law: i) no statute or common law actually authorized the search. ii) the search was authorized by law, but was not executed in accordance with the regulations stipulated by law iii)the search exceeded the scope ofthe search authority, relating to factors including the place, items seized and time of search . 3. The Crown relied on the common law search incident to arrest authority to prove reasonableness. No readily ascertainable limits exist
Circu1I1stallces: A natural resources officer saw a car parked by the side of a highway and stopped to investigate. The officer saw the accused tanding in tall grass, about forty feet from the roadway. The officer questioned the accused, who stated that he was relieving himself. They returned to their respective cars, and the accu ed drove away. The officer returned to the area where the accu ed was standing. A garbage bag containing about nine pounds of marijuana wrapped in cellophane was found and seized. The officer returned to the cruiser and contacted the RCMP, pursued the accused stopped him and arrested him. An RCMP officer arrived at the scene and took custody o[the accused, transporting him to an RCMP detachment. The accused 's car wa towed to a garagc. Approximately six hours after the arrest, the RCMP officer went to the garage, unlocked the accused 's car and searched it without a warrant and without consent. According to the officer 's testimony, the search was conducted pursuant to RCMP policy requiring that inventory be taken ofa vehicle 's condition and contents, seized during a investigation . The officer testified that this was the so Ie reason for the search. The search resulted in the seizure of two packages containing one quarter gram of cocaine each, and $1400 cash.
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relating to the scope of this search authority because it is a common law power. Consequently, the courts are responsible for establishing procedural boundaries that may limit the authority. 4. The scope of the search incident to arrest extends to both persons and places, including vehicles. The Supreme Court of Canada, in this decision, stated that this power to search may be used to search automobiles if it constitutes the accused 's immediate surroundings because no"heightened expectation of privacy" exists to prohibit the search. However, some limits are imposed relating to vehicle searches incident to arrest. The reasonable of a vehicle search incident to arrest will depend on certain factors including: i) the basis for the search, ii) the location ofthe vehicle in relation to the place of the accused 's arrest, and iii)other relevant circumstances such as "temporal" factors, referring to the time that the search was conducted after the arrest. 5. No specific amount of time exists that may be used as a procedural guideline to determine when a search of a vehicle is " incidental" to an arrest. Time limits do exist and are derived form the same principles that are used to determine whether a search ofa vehicle incident to arrest is reasonable. A substantial delay between arrest and vehicle search will not automatically make the search unreasonable . A reasonable explanation may justify a substantial delay. 6. In this case, the six hour delay itself was not the problem. Instead, the officer 's reason for searching, to conduct an " inventory search", caused the search to fall outside the scope of the common law authority. An inventory search does not serve a " valid objective in pursuit of the ends of criminal justice." The inventory search in this case constituted a sec. 8 Charter violation . Despite the commission ofthe Charter violation, the evidence was admitted under sec. 24(2) Charter because the trial was fair, the Charter violation was not serious, and the exclusion of evidence would have a "detrimental impact" on the administration of justice. The S.C.C. minority ruled that no sec. 8 Charter violation occurred for the following reasons: -a search incident to arrest extends to an accused 's automobile as part of the accused 's immediate surroundings -the inventory search was justified because its purpose was related to the lawful arrest and impounding of the car, and was " incidental" to the arrest.
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New youth strategy announced Canada' Young Offenders Act could be scrapped under a new strategic proposal aimed at reducing youth crime, Ju tice Minister Anne McLellan announced in May. "T he current system is not working as it should in many significant areas," McLellan said. "We need to do more to prevent youth crime in the first place , to develop meaningful A nne M cLellan responses to youth crime that emphasize responsibility and respect for the victim and the community, and to deal more firmly and effectively with violent and repeat young offenders." The strategy is based on three key directions that work together to better protect the pUblic : prevention , meaningful consequences for youth crime and intensified rehabilitation . ome of the proposals include: • replacing the Young Offenders Act with a new youth criminal justice act that will put public protection first and that will command respect, foster values such as accountability and responsibility, and make it clear that criminal behaviour will lead to meaningful conseq uences. • a strong prevention component linked to other federal government initiative aimed at children and youth, including the 32 million Crime Prevention Initiative , National Children's Agenda, and response to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. • encouraging the development of a full range of community-based sentences and effective a lternatives to the justice system for nonviolent young offenders that foster respect, emphasize responsibility to the victim and community, help youth understand the impact of their actions, and allow them to see a clear connection between the offence and its consequences. • expanding the offences for which a young offender would be liable to adult sentences from murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, and aggravated sexual assault to include a pattern of serious violent offences. In addition, the age limit for young offenders who are presumed to be liable to adult sentences would be lowered from 16 to 14. • permitting the publication of the names of a ll young offenders who have been conviCfed and qualify for an adult sentence. Publication of the names of 14- and 15-year olds convicted of murder, attempted murder, man laughter, aggravated sexual assault or who have a pattern of convictions for serious violent offences could also be permitted. • estab lishing a special sentencing option for the most violent, high-risk young offenders.
The regime would require the e offenders to participate in intensive rehabilitation and treatment programs and be subject to extended periods of controlled supervision in the community once released. • reducing the legal complexities in determining whether voluntary statements by youth can be admitted as evidence. The government's new youth justice strategy also proposes provisions that would s implify and streamline procedures so that the system works more efficiently, placing less of a burden on victims and families, and en uring that young offender see a clear
connection between their offence and the sentence they receive. Emphasis will also be placed on providing more support to victims, ensuring better victim notification and improving public participation and information in the youth ju tice system. "We are responding to calls for necessary changes to the law, but we are doing much more than that," McLellan said. "Our new youth justice strategy looks beyond legislation and even the youth ju tice system itself to explore ways society as a whole can address youth crime and associated factors such as poverty and child abuse." The minister indicated that the provinces and others working in the youth justice ystem will be immediately consulted on the development and implementation of the proposals, and that detailed measures, including new legislation, will follow. The government's strategy responds to recommendations made by the House of Commons Standing Committee that conducted a year-long review of Canada's approach to youth justice. The Committee travelled across Canada hearing from victims' organizations, the law enforcement community, municipal and provincial officials and many others on how Canada's youth justice system could be improved. The committee issued its report in April, 1997. " anadians want a youth justice sy tem that protects ociety and that helps youth avoid crime or turn their lives around if they do become involved in crime," McLellan said. "The government's youth justice strategy will accomplish this."
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Reasons fo r collisions focus of research group by Sue Pritzker Over the past 34 years, the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) has worked with many groups, including the Canadian government to reduce the number of road user fatalities. A non-profit group, TIRF, examines the high ri sk driving groups, including young, inexperienced drivers and hard core drunk drivers. In order to prevent road collisions, TIRF launched a total of four programs aimed at improving the driving safety of these two groups. In 1994 ova Scotia, and Ontario in reaction to the high level of collisions among new drivers instituted a new program of graduated licensing. The acceptance and understanding of the program was at a high level with both the parents and the drivers affected, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. While there is no concrete evidence avail able to substantiate the validity of implementing graduated licensing in Canada, New Zealand reported a 25 per cent decrease in the first year of the program. In 1996, TlRF published a study which found that while drivers education course do teach vehicle safety, the methods are not put in to practice by young drivers. Reasons for this remain a mystery, but TlRF is looking into ways to keep the skills learned in use. Other new programs they have begun to look into are the Administrative License Suspension and Vehicle Seizure and impoundment. This program targets hard core drivers, and the risk they pose on the roads. TIRF defines hard core drivers as individuals who continuously drink, and drive especially with high BACs. In November [989, Manitoba introduced these two programs. Their Admini trative License Suspension (ALS) imposed a 90 day driving suspension on those drivers who are found to have a BAC over the legal limit, or refuse to have a breath sample taken. This suspension was independent of the courts, and was separate of any sentencing to be placed at the time of conviction. The guide lines of the Vehicle Seizure and Impoundment (VSI) allowed an officer to seize and impound the vehicle of any driver whose license has been suspended, disqualified, or otherwise prohibited from driving. In the six years following the implementation of the ALS and VSI programs in Manitoba, the rate of drinking driver fatalities decreased 12 per cent. The net decrease in casualty crashes over the same period of time was 40.8 per cent. Since VSI has been introduced the rate of people driving while suspended has declined 38 per cent. Some of this decrease may be contributed to the new enforcement strategies as well. Overall, ALS and VSI have proved a significant aid in the war against drunk driving. Another interesting initiative is Alberta's Ignition [nterlock Program. The alcohol ignition interlock is a small device which attaches to the ignition of a motor vehicle. It prohibits the driver of the vehicle from operating it unless they blow into the device and have a BAC lower than the legal amount. Offenders are often ordered by the driver
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Innovative drinking driver book has a different perspective by Blair M cQuillall
When a drunk driver causes an accident, everyone involved i victimized . No one knows this better than Kathleen Ferguson. When Ferguson 's long-time friends, Ri n and Alex Van Ilemert, lost their daughter, son in-law and unborn grandchild in a car accident caused by an impaired motorist, she saw first-hand the pain and uffering that such a tragedy can bring to a family. "Witnessing what they went through was terrible," Ferguson aid. "You never really get over something like that." But Fergu on, 44, isn't one to dwell in the past. Instead, she has taken an active role in helping to prevent further tragedies like the one her friends went through from happening. ince 1992, Ferguson has been the vicepresident ofa volunteer organization called Prevention oflmpaired Driving Injuries. Launched by the Van Ilemerts, PIDI is a ewmarket, Ont., ba ed organization that tries to raise awareness about the dangers of drunk driving. Over the past six-years, Ferguson has dedicated much of her time to doing everything from scheduling and taking part in speaking engagements, to organizing fund-raising drives throughout York Region. Ilowever, her latest endeavour in the crusade again t impaired driving has taken her in a new direction . On April 27, Ferguson officially released a children's book entitled Wailing For Dad. Two years in the making, Wailing For Dad
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the offender's family because they' re victims too." While Ferguson used words to capture the emotion and tell the tale, she enlisted Sheridan College student Robert Glazer to illustrate the scenes. Ferguson said she learned of Glazer and his artistic ability by chance, while swimming at a local hotel owned by his parents. "I happened to be speaking to his family about what PID I was doing," she explained. "His mother mentioned that her son was at Sheridan in the animation department. We got to talking and he volunteered his talents." Fergu on said that both she and Glazer collaborated on picture ideas, but she left it up to the artist to decide how to present the story visually. "I had an idea of what I wanted to see with the illustrations," she said." I blocked the story as I wanted it to appear on the pages. But ultimately he came up with the design . He did a fantastic job." Ferguson said she is pleased with the work she and Glazer did and that they aren't the only ones who are glad to have the book in print. "Addiction ervices was really happy seeing they work with families in crisis," said the married mother of three. "The police were real excited to see it and the York Region Board ofEducation would like to have it in all of their schools." The York Region police are thinking ofincluding the book in their RIDE program, but distributing that many copies is an added expense that neither the police, nor PIDI can afford to undertake. PIDI is already looking for a corpomte sponsor to pay for the books to be used in RIDE progmms. However, the seven-member organization was able to print 10,000 copies of Wailing For Dad and will be distributing them free of charge, thanks to private and corporate sponsorship. "The book is free," Ferguson said. "Obviously we'd love donations, but we want the message to be free for anyone." And what message does Ferguson want readers to find? "I hope that a child that's going through this can find some support in the book," she said. "But more than that I hope that children will be encouraged to talk about the issue of drinking . "From the adult's point of view, I hope they look at it and ee that their choice to drink and drive will affect the whole family." As for future publications, Ferguson is already working on a sequel. The second book will tell a story from the victim's point of view. "It's the story of a little girl that was hit by a drunk driver," she said. While Ferguson expects the book to be completed in less time than the first, she said no definite release date has been set. "It depends on the donations that we get in." To order bulk copies or Il'ailing For Dad contact : Gar) Welch Garson Graphic Sen-ices Inc. Phn: 1-800-832-0406 E-mail: glwclch0)nterlog.com For individual copics of the book or more infonnation on PIDI contact: Kathleen Ferguson (905) 836-1827.
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Rendering racial tolerance by Blair Mcquillan and emergency crews in Toronto's 13 Division have been raising awareness about their jobs and promoting racial tolerance in the community over the past three years thanks to an annual open hou e. Held on or before March 21, the International Day for the Elimination of Racism, the open house helps to bring the community and police closer together, said Const. Harold Webber. " We 've held an annual open hou e in conjunction with that day since 1996," the school liaison officer with the public and media relations unit said. "This division is in a very multi-cultural area. We have a mix of the richest peop le in Toronto and the poorest people in Toronto. This is a way of bringing everybody together and getting the community involved in policing." But this open house doesn ' t just break down barriers by allowing members of the public to meet face to face with fire, ambulance and police service members. This open house promotes brotherhood and community pride through an art exhibition that gives local children a chance to display works expressing their views on racial harmony. " It's a way to bring people in and get the kids involved in the community," Webber said of the exhibition. " We run it for grade five students in elementary schools in 13 Division." Webber said the art exhibition concept was created by two constables, Kimberly Quigley and John Pierrepont, in an effort to give youngsters a forum to display their talents and promote the annual open house. " When it tirst started we decided we needed some kind of attraction here at the station," Webber said. "We thought that if we involved the kids we'd be more likely to have parents come out and get involved." The officers were right. This year an estimated two hundred people passed through 13 Division on March II during the three-hour open house. Organizers chose the 11 th to hold the event because children were on March break during the 21 st. "All of our offices were open to how the different units within our division," Webber said. "Any officers that were walking through were in conversation with the community members. " It' a way to open it up because mo t people would never get to see past the front desk." This year citizens had a chance to tour the station and take in displays created by emergency crews and members of the community who work with the Toronto force. They also had the opportunity to view art work from the eight elementary schools that took part in the event. Webber said it's hard to get schools involved because many teachers don't have time to include the event in their schedule. "It's something else added on to their cur-
riculum," he said. "It depends on their school and whether they have time for it." But the bicycle patrol officer is quick to point out that eight schools is enough. " [fwe had everybody participate we would need a station the size of headquarters to display everything. With eight schools our hallway were full." Webber said police generally begin to invite local elementary chools to take part in the exhibition in January. This gives the children plenty of time to decide how they want to express what racial harmony means to them. And their art isn ·t confined to a piece of paper. "They can do anything from culptures to posters," Webber said. "We didn't put any constricting guidelines on it. I figure as long as I can get it into the van and bring it to the station it's tine. If it' too big for the van, it's too big for our hallways too. " After viewing the works during the open house, citizens have the opportunity to vote for their favourite piece. This year's winner was Alexandra leghel from Cedarvale Community chool. Sleghel, who came to Canada from Romania last year, drew a picture which she said attempted to show the earth a a home and people as residents who live in different rooms. "The piece of work was quite unique," Webber said. For her hard work and effort, Sleghel received a trophy which will be displayed at her school for a year. The award was donated by Toronto police officer Joseph Eves prior to his retirement in 1996. Plaques for the first, second and third place winners, are donated by the Toronto Raptors basketball team . Aside from having the chance to di play their work and win prizes, the open house gives children a chance to learn about the police, their community and racial tolerance, Webber said. " You have to tart young. It's hard to change older people, but it's not too hard to get young people to think in that way."
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Left handed firearms holster and the magazine release button problem
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rhe Coaldale Alberta Police Service, alollg witll Lethbridge, Medicille Hat, alld the RCMP are all usillg Smith & Wessoll 5946 9mm pistols. We carry this weapoll ill a Saf arilalld Level III holster. rhe problem arises with left hallded police officers. rhe weapoll carried 011 the left side leaves the magazille release buttoll completely exposed, where as 011 a right hallded persollthe buttoll is illside towards the body. I COlltilllllllly must check the magazille as the buttoll is easily pushed alld the magazille is released. rhe magazille must be clicked back ill several times a sll ift. Arm rests 011 cllairs, seatbelts ill the car, a simple bump agaillst sometllillg all result ill this occllrrillg. I religiollsly check this, however, it is all obviolls safety isslle f or left halldlers. Worse case scellario would reSlllt if the weapoll is drawlI alld the magazille falls to the street. Is this 1I0t happellillg across the COlllltry alld what call be dOlle? Jason Dobirstein Coaldale Police ervice. Alberta
We found out • .• Bille Lille went to work on this quickly due to the serious nature of the problem and the potential danger to officer. We received positive information from Michaels of Oregon regarding a h I ter solution and from igarms, mith & Wesson and even the R MP Armourer Office in Regina with regard to a firearms solution. Initially we contacted a few firearm manufacturers and we were advised by ome that the problem could be the holster manufacturer's problem as well. TIle official line of some gun manufacturers was that not only would it be major re-tooling to accommodate an ambidextrous mag release but presently trained letl handed officers would have to be retrained to the right hand thumb release process as oppo cd to the more e tabli hed left hand index finger release procedure. oupled with thi would be the incompatibility of magazines from the weapons carried by right handed officers. The Firearm SO /lI tiO Il hecidng with R MP Armourer Norm Fradet in Regina revealed they were made aware of the problem with the first issue of mith & Wesson
Model 5946 weapons that went with officers to Haiti several years back. They were so conccmed that they sent one of their people down to check out the problem and make a temporary alteration until a permanent solution could be found. Further investigation revealed that & W has got a model 5946 which can be ordered specifically with a right side thumb release for the magazine. He advised that it was only about a $10.00 adjustment on price. When the Armourers looked at the model 3953 weapons there was no similar solution. These are a more compact weapon and more suited for smaller hands and plain clothes work. To solve this problem they asked Smith & Wesson for the design prints and went to work milling an in-house solution to the problem. They were successful and re-issued their own customized version two years ago. Bille Lille received word that the ig aur model 226 comes with a left-hand mag release option. Ontario Provincial Police gt. Brent Thomas advised that they were aware of the left handed officer situation and original specifications for a firearm suggested a left handed officer mag release option on the right side of the firearm. TILe Ho/ster SO /lI ti01l The OPP and RCMP solution was okay for a larger agency, which would include roughly 500 and 1500 weapons respectively. This is not a real solution, however, to smaller agencies who may
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ReMP planning conference on money-laundering MO TREAL (CP) - Despite the advantages of computer banking, some people still prefer making deposits the oldfashioned way - especially when they have suitcases full of$I,OOO bills. The cash-stuffed luggage is the most obvious element in moneylaundering, a giant criminal industry that 's the focus of an international conference the RCMP will hold In Montreal Sept. 21-23. "Getting your money into a bank legitimizes your ill-gotten gains," Wayne Blackburn, a security specialist and former Mountie, said at a press conference last month . "Then you can move that re latively easily, by just giving instructions to whoever runs the financial institution." Crooks are also eager to get money into a bank "so it won't get stolen," said Blackburn, director of corporate security services for Deloitte and Touche, a chartered accounting firm. "The problem when you have large sums of cash is that a lot of the criminal element don ' t trust each other - for good cause," said Blackburn, of Toronto, who spent 28 years in the RCMP. RCMP Insp. Yves Duguay said the conference will draw about 500 delegates, who
will listen to 27 speakers. Discussions will be in English, French, Spanish and Italian . Bankers must be suspicious when dealing with businesses with an absurdly high income, said Duguay, citing the example of an Edmonton pizza parlor that was only a front for drugdealing. " Within the year and a half that we investigated, there were very few pizzas that were sold. [t was actually cocaine that was being sold. There were daily deposits of around $60,000 in cash." The case led ReMP to seize more than $1 million from a Swiss bank account, said Duguay. Every year in Canada, $ 15 billion to $30 billion in dirty money gets laundered, he added. Duguay said ReMP want tighter limits on how much cash can be brought into Canada from the United States. Blackburn said once dirty money gets into a bank, criminals can transfer it anywhere electronically and they gain the appearance of respectability through the banking connection. He said if someone tries to buy a mansion "with a suitcase full of a million dollars cash, everybody looks at you. "I fyou write a cheque and it clears through a bank, people think maybe you're an astute businessman." For further information contact S/Sgt. Fred Pratts at (6 13) 998-6050.
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At preci ely 00:0 I hrs., January 01 , 2000 - the world won't end. There will likely be ome very big problems though . The Year 2000 (Y2K) problem, or "Mi llennium Bug" as ome people refer to it, threatens to be a very big prob lem for all of modern society. If you haven't heard about it yet, or have and don't understand it, read on becau e it will almo t certainly affect you personally and profe ionally. In e ence, the Y2K problem is one involving computers and computeri ed sy tem and how they deal with the year portion of the date. Instead of using all four number to repre ent the year, many computer and software programs u e only the last two number of the year, assuming that the first two will alway be "19". Therefore, when the interna l clocks on the e computer rolls over from 23:59 on Friday, December 3 I, 1999 to 00 :0 I on Saturday, January 0 1,2000, they will continue to assume that the fir t two numbers of the year are 19 in tead of 20. It i at this point that many expert have suggested that problems cou ld be encountered in uch things as older airplane
navigation systems, older software programs and even elevators and other systems relying on dates burned into microchips. Big problems could result in untouched historical data in financial institutions or other archival databases. Histon) In the binary language of computers, each character, whether a letter or a number is represented (dependent on interpretation) by a number of "bits" of code. Therefore, using all 4 numbers for the year wou ld require more bits than using on ly 2 numbers for the year. In the early days of computers, the savings in process-
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ing power, memory, and information storage space, made this process a logical and acceptable practice. It soon became the industry norm and its eventual ramifications were apparently not well contemplated. Many of the people and companies involved in the early days certainly did not in their wildest dreams assume that 30 or 40 years later, their equipment, or at the very least, their software would still be in widespread use. Besides that, it wouldn't be their problem to fix anyway. In addition to this, the year-end bonuses offered to Information Technology (IT) Managers have always been based on reaching certain goals within the business year. Devoting significant resources to solving a complex (and future) problem such as Y2K would almost certainly interfere with meeting the goals and hence endangering the often-generous yearend bonus. It is no wonder that many in the industry have procrastinated for so long. The recent rapid increases in computer power, and the almost unbelievable price reductions for such things as memory, haven't induced the industry to tackle the problem (i.e.: endanger the bonus). Instead, complacency and a focus on surviving the lean economic times of the early 1990's resulted in many industries putting the problem on the back burner. And since there is nothing better than deadlines to spur on work, many industries have finally begun to tackle the problem. Some report into this issue suggest that nearly every desktop computer manufactured before 1996 will fail to work on January 0 I, 2000. The problem though, is not just with computers themselves. Many high-tech devices with built-in computer chips are not compliant, and simply will not work anymore or will not work correctly. These may be as simple as the VCR in your house, where the builtin calendar for programming recordings only goes to December 31, 1999. Others have no date sensitive chips in them, but the data they generate will cause problems for other systems that use the data.
Are Yo u R eady? The mad rush towards Y2K compliance seems to be picking up momentum. A recent tatistics Canada survey estimated that 54% of private sector fmns are dealing with the problem in some way, while the remaining 46% are doing little or nothing about it. On the other hand, the Federal Government is hard at work on the issue, with an estimated $1 billion spending al located to the problem, and a reported 44% completion rate on mission critical applications. The government has established a deadline of April 01 , 1999 for completion of all projects, allowing for 8 months of fmal te ting. All the big names in the industry are involved, with teams headed by SHL Systemhouse Inc.,
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IBM Canada Ltd., DMR Consulting Group Inc., ED Canada, and others. Despite this, major non-compliance problems plague such organisations as the Canadian Blood Agency, which will soon replace the Red Cross as the national blood supply service. After having spent tens of millions of dollars on a new computerised system, the lead vendor was dismissed, and industry projections suggest the agency will not be ready with a new system in time for the new millennium. The Gartner Group, of Stamford, CT, a major American consu lting company, has rated Canada as the best-prepared country in the world, just ahead ofAustralia, and significantly ahead of the Un ited States. In Europe, the Y2K problem is even further complicated because of the introduction of the new "Euro" currency, which begins to get phased in on January 0 I, 1999. Because the Y2K problem is so big on its own, several members of the European Monetary Union have urged th at the transition to the "Euro" be postponed until we ll after the Y2K problem has been successfully dealt with. Germany's Lufthansa Airlines is even so worried about the problem, that they have already planned their schedule so that their entire fleet of aircraft will be parked on the tarmac or in a hanger on the evening of December 3 I, 1999. Some organisations, such as Nav Canada, the organisation that oversees the Canadian airtraffic control system, is in the process of replacing its system with a brand new system that is being designed from the ground-up to be compliant. South of the border though, the American equivalent of av Canada, has already publicly admitted that they expect that their system will not be ready in time.
Liability The legal commun ity is already licking its proverbial chops on this mess. everallawsuits have already been filed in the US, alleging economic losses, lost customers and other damages as a result of non-compliant systems. [n one of the first cases, a retailer sued their cash register vendor and manufacturer because the system could not dea l with credit card trans-
actions when the expiry date of the card was anywhere in the year 2000. Many large corporations already have their lawyers doing an in-depth audit of their contracts to determine Y2K liability and/or exposure. Recommendations are already being made as to how companies can protect themselves against general and specific li ability issues. Many of the recommendations deal with wordings in service agreements and contracts for computer hardware and software. Even Y2K specific insurance coverage is already being made available.
R ecommendations " Right now" is the main recommendation being touted in the industry. With so many companies not even having started to work on the problem, immediate action is required. The problem in many ca e seems to be far more complicated than many people expect, and any degree of procrastination will certainly be a prescription for disaster. There are a number of Y2K comp liance testing and repair software packages on the market both in the mainframe and desktop markets. Check under "So You Want More Information" below for a list of site containing testing utilities. For single desktop PCs the following test was posted on several Web sites. It tests to see if the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) chip correctly rolls the internal clock over to the year 2000 when the machine is turned off at the be-witching hour. Additionally, it checks to see if the PC correctly deals with the year 2000 as a leap year. • et date and time to 12/3 1/99 II :59:00pm • Tum system off and wait at least I minute • Turn system on and enter BIOS setup • Verity date reported by BIO setup is 1/ 1/2000 • et date and time to 2/28/2000 II :59:00pm • Turn system off and wait at least I minute • Tum system on and enter BIOS setup • Verity date reported by BIOS setup is 2/29/2000 • Reset your date and time to the current settings
So You Want More In/ormation! [n addition to the basic information in this article. there is a mountain of information available in books. periodicals. and of course on the Internet. Here are a few sites that provide general information, as well as specific product information and services that deal with the issue: Toronto Computes Newspaper -- www.tcp.ca/gsb/pc/y2k.htmIArticles with a variety of general information about the Y2K problem. Computer Associates -- www.cai.com. · Their Discovery 2000 package. consists of several components which deal with tackling the problems in programs written in COBOL "cipher Systems Ltd. (Calgary) ~. www.ciphersys.com .. Their Renaissance2000 Plus is a COBOL conversion tool which analyses COBOL code. automatically expanding all dates and other related fields at over 1.500 lines per minute. You may also phone them at (800) 661-9961. Microsoft Corporation - www.microsoft.com Their Web site features a complete section on the issues, dealing in general terms such as how products deal with dates. two-digit dates. common errors, as well as testing recommendations. Not-ell Canada Inc. - www.llovell.com/canada - Novell's NctWare 3.2 Enhancement Pack and intraNetWare products are fully Y2K compliant and are available today.
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'" Acquitted : An Ontario Provincial Court judge acquitted four Peel Regional Police officers of charges relating to a pur uit in February 1996. The suspect was wounded during the early morning pursuit, which covered approximately 15 kilometres. Charges were brought again t the four officers following an investigation by the province's pecial Investigation Unit. In his summation, the judge noted that there was insufficient evidence to support the charges. Officers Bruce Thomson , Donald ou ineau and William McGarry were di charged of all charges on April 8 . Const. Napolean Quimpo was acquitted on March 4.
Confiscated : Ajoint forces operation resulted in the seizure of a biker gang c lubhouse in April. The clubhouse seizure is believed to be the first of its kind under the federal proceeds of crime legislation. The raid on the Satan's Choice clubhouse in Hamilton, Ont., followed an 18-month investigation. The investigation, which was conducted by HamiltonWentworth , Toronto, Thunder Bay, Durham, Halton, York and the provincial police, was partially funded by the solicitor general through the Criminallntelligence ervice of Ontario as part of the national strategy to combat outlaw motorcycle gangs.
Filed : A justice minister should have no part in potentially sensitive criminal investigations like the Airbus affair, according to a report relea ed in April. M ulroney I n t ern a tional requests against high-profile suspects should be handled by senior officials, said the 83-page report commi ioned by the federal government after the Airbus scandal. In 1995, justice officials sent a letter to authoritie in witzerland alleging former prime minister Brian Mulroney was involved in a kick-back cam over the 1988 sale of Airbus planes to Air anada. The federal government eventually apologized to Mulroney and agreed to pay 2 million to cover hi legal fees and other costs after he launched a libel suit. lIealth Minister Alan Rock, who wasju tice minister when the letter was sent, said he never knew about the letter. Rock also told critics that a minister shouldn't get involved in a police inve tigation. The report upports Rock's philo ophy by concluding that, in order to remain free of political innuence, such requests should never be reviewed by the minister of justice.
Hired : The Ontario Provincial Police named Dr. Peter Collins ofToronto's Clarke I nstitute of Psychiatry as the head of the force's new fo rensic psychiatry unit in April. The unit, which is part of the OPP's behavioural sciences section, will help investigators with a variety of crimes including arsons, sexual assau lts and homicides. The new unit will also train officers to deal with emotionally disturbed people and hostage negotiations. The new psychiatry unit will also be available to lend its services to other po l ice agencies across the province.
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to a suicide warning for Isaac Mercer. The 16-year-old hung himself by his shoelaces in a police station interview room in January 1997. Justice Minister Jon Havelock ordered the review following a fatality inquiry report which said police botched the arrest, detention and charter of rights of Mercer. The Alberta Justice review found the initial police investigations of Mercer 's death to be thorough and complete. "I'm very pleased," Calgary Police Chief Christine Silverberg was quoted as saying. "I had a great deal of confidence in my investigators and the findings support my confidence in the thoroughness and fairness of the investigation ."
Absorbed: Municipal police in Dalhousie, .8. replaced their old uniforms and guns with the sidearm and red serge of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The Mounted force officially took over po licing in the town during a ceremony in late April. The municipal force was comprised of 10 officers, including the chief and one civilian emp loyee. Busted : An organized drug trafficking ring operating out of bars and cafes in northern Montreal was broken by police in April. Police said the raid resulted in the seizure of $1 15,000 in heroin, cocaine , hashish and marijuana. Authorities also confiscated five cars and $30,000 in cash. Seventeen people were charged with various weapons and trafficking offences. Running: Former Montreal police director Jacques Duchesneau ended months of rumours and officially announced he was running for Duchesneau mayor as head of a new party, New Montreal.
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Corrected: Justice Department officials and the RCMP have worked out a discrepancy over gun-related crime statistics, an assistant RCMP commissioner said. The discrepancy was found last year when researchers were gathering information on the use of firearms in violent crime in Canada as part of the background work for drafting new gun-control laws. Of 88 , 162 violent crime investigations , RCMP statistics showed that 73 firearms were involved, whi le the Justice Department reported there were 623 . But in a recent letter to the Ottawa Citizen, assistant commissioner D.C. Cooper said police and justice researchers fixed the problem in December. "There was simply a different methodology used by the RCMP and the Firearms Smuggling Work Group," Cooper was quoted as saying. "We were focusing on criminals incidents in which a firearm was actually used in the commission of a crime" whi le Justice researchers recorded "all firearms recovered by police" even if they weren ' t used during the commission of a crime.
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June 22 - 27, 1998 Canadian Law Enforcement Games Guelph - Ontario The organizers hope to welcome you to this year's games. Open to law enforcement officials and their spouses, this year's games will include mountain bike racing, martial arts, golf, running and the toughest cop al ive competition. Call Mike Mathieu at (613) 226-2815. June 22 - 28, 1998 SaskTel Ericsson Can-Am Police-Fire Games Regina - Saskatchewan Plan now to be part ofan event dedicated to the physical excellence and positive public profile of pol ice and fire protection services throughout North America. For information call the games office at (888) 229-2698. June 26, 1998 Can/Am Mounted Police Competition Toronto - Ontario Sponsored by the Toronto Police Mounted Unit, this event will have competitions including equitation and uniform dress in addition to an obstacle course. For more details call Sgt. Lorna Kozmik at (416) 808-1730. June 26 - July 1, 1998 Disaster Forum '98 Edmonton - Alberta Local authorities, individuals and organizations who plan for, respond to and recover from disasters should plan to attend this year's conference. For more information regarding registration fax (403) 422-1549.
f . June 29 - July 3,1998 21st Annual Conference on Forensic Identification Kitchener - Ontario This conference, hosted by The Canadian Identification Society, will be held at Conestoga College. Contact Don Taylor at (519) 623-5388. July 12 - 15, 1998 29th Annual NASSLEO Conference Toronto - Ontario The National Association of School afety and Law Enforcement Officers is holding a 3-day conference. Regi ster early as spaces are limited . For detail s contact T. M. Dorward at (416) 394-6865. July 27 - 31, 1998 Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Winnipeg - Manitoba CCSA Consultants Inc. and Security Training Acadcmy of Manitoba is sponso ring a certificate five-day seminar on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Des ign with the creator of the CPTED training program, Timothy D. Crowe. For further information, contact Herb Stephen or Kevin Gamble at (204) 982-6837.
September 3 - 6, 1998 Canadian Police Canine Association Seminar & Championship Dog Trials Edmonton - Alberta The Edmonton Police Service's Dog Unit hosts this conference offered to all law enforcement dog handlers. For further information on the event and seminar contact the Edmonton Police Service Dog Unit at (403) 496-8618. September 19, 1998 25th Anniversary Antique & Custom Car Show Cambridge - Ontario Hosted by the Waterloo Regional Police Service the show will displaya number of classic cars along with displays by officers from the canine, tactical and scuba units. Admission is free with a non perishable food donation . For additional information call (519) 653-7700, ext. 786.
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Police agencies need better resources to battle organized criminal groups, Scott told Law enforcement officers from dian public and the political folks are not going to dedicate the resources a ro the country had an opportunecessary," Fantino, the head of the nity to peak with olicitor General Andy coll in April about what they organized crime committee of the Canadian Associations of Chi efs of Poneed to catch criminals. The olicitor general met with 40 lice, was quoted as saying. police officer and prosecutors dur"And it's foo lishness to expect ing a day-long se ion on how to that the law enforcement community combat organized crime. be held accountable for public safety Julian Fantino, chief of the Lonsolely." don, Ont., police, aid organized The meeting heard that organized crime is generating illicit profits of crime has changed so much over the Fantino $20 billion annually. year, law enforcement agencie are Scott said the federal government thinks it ha ing trouble keeping up. can do more to help combat criminal groups. rganized criminal group have the technology and money to tay ahead of authoriHe said he hoped to use what he learned during the meeting to develop a plan of action to ties, Fantino aid . take to the cabinet. "We cannot any longer be held accountHe added that any plan would have to be able for optimum public safety if the Cana-
Blue Line writer now Justice of the Peace by Morley LymbuTller ary Miller, a long time contributor to Blue Line Magazine, has accepted an appointment by the Ontario Attorney eneral as a Justice of the Peace in Toronto. Gary will be fond ly re- - ------- membered (or not, depending Miller on your point of view) for his biting editorial commentary in Blue Line Magazine over the past five years. l ie wa al 0 a frequent contributor of feature torie for Blue Line and everalofhi exposes have made considerable impact over the years. Gary ha indeed covered a wide array of topics. In 1994 he presented a erie of artiIe regarding women in policing which was followed by a second erie on the problems as ociated with aging police personnel and its impact upon policing ervice . In more recent year he produced an insightful serie on Parole Board and their function . A life-time re ident ofToronto Gary joined the Toronto Police ervice (Metropolitan Toron to) in 1964 and retired with over 32 years of service. Late last year he wa offered and accepted the opportunity to serve as a Justice of the Peace. li e was sworn in on March 16th this year.
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affordable and have wide support from the provinces, police and justice officials across anada. It has been suggested that one of the things the federa l government should do is reinstate the anada Ports Police because ports are most often used as a gateway for drugs entering the country. The ports police were disbanded last year by Transport anada as part of a restructuring of port administration. Fantino said there is no immediate solution that will help the law enforcement community catch up, but added that hitting criminals in their pocketbooks through proceeds of crime legislation is the best way to fight back. colt said he plans to meet with provincial ministers in the fall to discuss the results of the April meeting.
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United Nations to host global drug su".,,,.,it tating that "a grand alliance of nations can and will conquer the global plague of drugs," UN Undersecretary- General ~_i(!iIIi;~:::: Pino Arlacchi announced last month that heads of state and government leaders from 186 UN member states will participate in a General Assembly pecial ession on the world drug problem. The event, to be held in ew York on June 8-10, 1998 is expected to be the largest multilateral gathering ever held on combating illegal drug trafficking and abuse. The Drug Summit marks a critical new juncture in the global fight against drug supply and demand. For the first time, national leaders from throughout the world will gather together to agree to: - The first truly global strategy to control drugs; - The goal of substantially reducing and eventually eradicating the illicit cultivation of opium, coca and other narcotic crops in the next ten years; - The first international agreement on demand reduction; - Find solutions to the problems posed by amphetamines and "designer" drugs; and - Identity specific timetables to strengthen and harmonize member states'law on money laundering, extradition of drug traffickers,
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and sharing information on drug cartels. The UN announced that leaders who have expressed interest in attending the Drug Summit include the heads of state or government from Canada, the United States, France, Mexico, Colombia, Ita ly, Belgium, Sweden, Peru, Spain, Ukraine, among others. According to Mr. Arlacchi, who also serves as Executive Director of the U International Drug Control Program and the U 's Office of Drug Control and Crime Prevention," arcotics and organized crime are the major threats to the world in the next century. With the involvement of so many world leaders, we now have an opportunity for the first time to meet a g lobal threat with a global response." Mr. Arlacchi, who previously served as a leading strategist in the Italian government's successful campaign again t organized crime tated that "This is a fight that can be won, given the political will illustrated by the international community's participation in this Drug ummit." "G lobal coca leaf and opium poppy acreage totals an area less than half the size of Puerto Rico. There is no reason it cannot be eliminated in little more than a decade." The Drug Summit will feature Plenary essions for adopting specific political declarations and operational resolutions, as well as six symposia devoted to topics such as: I. Attacking the Profit of Crime;
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Feds, province enter prison agreement ew Brun wick and Ottawa announced major changes to the province's prison system in April, which wou ld allow the two jurisdiction to exchange prisoner and share ervice. The exchange of ervice agreement i exclu ive to ew Brunswick, but other province are intere ted in entering a imilar deal, federal olicitor General Andy cott said. The program will allow the provincial government to place it more eriou offenders into federal prisons, while federa l parolee will have an opportunity to u e provincial rehabilitation ervices. "What we're doing is taking advantage of our experti e in federal prisons in terms of programming, which i world-renowned and the province' experti e in term of community ervice," cott was quoted as aying. ormally, anyone sentenced to two years les a day i sent to a provincial jail. nder the new correction agreement, ex offender erving ix months or more and other criminal entenced to a year or more, will be con idered for placement in one of ew Brunswick' two federal prisons, olicitor General Jane Barry aid. raham tewart of the John Iloward ociety of anada aid he had concern about placing hort-term prisoners into federal pri on .
" I'm worried about short-term people being he ld in facilities that are oriented towards long-term prison offenders," he was quoted as saying. "The environment is generally perceived to be higher risk." But Stewart also said he didn't have a problem with offering special groups, such as sex offenders, the best services at a nomina l cost. ew Brunswick plans to gradually transfer about 125 provincial offenders, roughly one-third of the province's tota l prison popu lation, into federal jails. The transfer will save the province more than $1 million annually. New Brunswick has already closed four provincial jai ls over the last couple of years to save money. But Barry said the province i n 't just trying to cut costs. "This is not about clo ing jai ls," she was quoted as saying. "This is about maximizing services between the two jurisdictions." Canada has the second-highest rate of incarceration among deve loped cou ntries with a rate of 133 prisoners per 100,000 people, Scott aid. The United States has the highest rate with 600 inmates for every 100,000 people. The average annual cost of keeping a federal offender in a Canadian prison is roughly 50,000.
"It's important for Canadians to know that we do incarcerate more often than most and we should be looking at ways to provide a lternatives to incarceration where appropriate," Scott was quoted saying.
Prisons to hire additional guards Federal pri so ns will be able hire 1,000 new guard over the next two to three years to improve security and safety thanks to an increase in funding. An estimated $40 million a year will be needed to cover the cost of salaries and benefits for the new correctional offic ers, but a n in c rease in security is needed because the pri son population is growin g and changing, olic itor General Andy Scott said. everal federal prisons already have part-time workers and many of those will be hired full -time. The dec ision to increase staff was made af1er Co rrecti onal Services Canada workers sa id th ey don't feel as safe on the j ob as they used to. The new guards will bring the tota l number of federal con'ectional officers up to 6,5 00.
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aint John police are taking a harder tance again t the city's drug trade following - • the April bombing ofa poIice station. Investigator aid • .s'~/11 :<."c, they believe the bombt JOhn Poll'~ ~o ing was an act of revenge orche trated by local drug dealer . "It's a direct retaliation as a result of our ongoing, aggres ive manner in topping drugs in the city and other criminal activity that's going on," gt. Pat Bonner said. The early morning bla t followed a raid on a crack house three days earlier, Det. Bob Powers aid. Threats had been made against police at the time. onst. Gordon Redfurn, who was off duty, di covered dynamite on the doorstep of the station about 2 a.m., gt. Bonner said. The quickthinking officer ran around the ide of the building and yelled at the officers inside to get out. The bomb went offwhile officer were attempting to leave the building. The station was" everely damaged" by the bla t Bonner said. A door was shattered and ome damage was caused by nying glass. -
"We're still working out of it now," he said. "There's some major work to be done to the doorways and entrance ways." Three officer were taken to hospital with minor injuries and later re leased. Police are "very actively" continuing their investigation of the incident, Bonner said. Meanwhile, police have tightened security at their stations and tepped up operations against local drug dealers. "That didn't slow us down any," Bonner
said. "That made us step it up more." Direct attacks on police facilities are rare in Canada. In December 1996, a bomb blew a hole in the wall of the police headquarters building in Sudbury, Ont. Arrests were made in the ca e exactly one year after the bombing. In the I 970s, a bomb was planted on the roofofthe police headquarters in London, Ont. It was afely removed by the force's bomb disposal unit.
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This Saint John police station was bombed on April 23. Th e bomb was placed on the deck of the side entrance (arrow), Const. Gordon R edfurn discovered the bomb alld alerted officers inside.
CRACK/DOWN Provincial force swears in new police commissioner
Commissioner Gwen Boniface The first female Ontario Provincial Police commissioner was sworn in at police headquarters in Orillia on May 28. Gwen Boniface, a 20-year veteran of the
Ontario set to hire 115 police cadets The Ontario government will spend $6 million to help get more provincial police officers back on the streets, olicitor General James Flaherty said in May. The government plans to hire 115 police cadets, over 18 months, to perform operational support duties currently handled by police officers. "The work of the cadets will free up officer from non-operational duties and let them get back on the street," Flaherty said. Among other duties, cadets will answer non-emergency calls from the public, respond to basic inquiries by phone at detachments and as ist in processing reports at collision reporting centres. The government feels the cadet program will appeal to young adults looking to gain experience in the policing field. "This is a wonderful opportunity for cadets to learn about policing first hand," Commissioner Gwen Boniface said. "It will also allow more of our front-line members to get back to what they do best, protecting the people of Ontario." The program is part of the provincial government's recent five-year commitment to invest $150 million to make Ontario communities safer.
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provincial force, replaced Thomas O'Grady who retired after 40 years of service. Boniface began her career with the OPP in 1977 as a constable. ince that time, she has held a number of positions including Superintendent in the First ations and Contract Policing Branch, and Chief uperintendent in the Organizational Development Bureau. he was the Chief uperintendent, regional commander in Western Ontario, before accepting the top job. The new commissioner holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from York University and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law School. She is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police and is a director for the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. Aside from being a police officer, Boniface has contributed to the field of justice as an adjunct profes or at the University of Western Ontario Law School and her appointment to the Law Commission of anada in 1997. "She is capable of taking the Ontario Provincial Police into the 21 t Century," former Solicitor General Bob Runciman said.
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British Columbia introduces chase regulations Regulations outlining police chas e procedures came into effect in Britis h Columbia in late April. Under the new rule s police can only engage in a chase when an ofDosanjh ficer has reason able grounds to bcIicvc the seriousness of a suspected offence outweighs any risk to the public that may result from a pursuit. "These regulations try to create a balance between apprehending criminals and public safety," Attorney General Ujjal Dosanjh was quoted as saying. The main difference between the old and new rules is the focu s on pursuit. "Pursuit is now defined ," lIal Yacowar of the ministry's criminal justice branch was quoted as saying. "There is a requirement for risk assessment." Another change involves the use of lights and s irens. Police used to be able to keep their light s and siren s off to close the distance between them and a suspect. While they still have the option to use the tactic under the new rules, they must always use both lights and s iren when passing through a red light, stop s ign , school or playgrow1d area. The need for pursuit regulations was sparked by the 1995 deaths of Erik Thomson, 19 and Krystal Bartusek, 18. The two teens were killed when an RCM P vehicle struck their car as they returned home from a famil y reunion in Kamloops. The office r, travelling between 125 and 140 kilometres an hour, didn't have his car 's siren or emergency lights on. The Mountie was later acquitted of dangerous driving caus ing death by a B.C. Supreme Court jury. Police feel that the new regulations strike a balance between justice and safety, Abbotsford Chief Const. Barry Daniel said . He also pointed out that criminals initiate pursuits, not police. "Stronger sentences are needed for those who cause the pursuits," Daniel was quoted as saying. Dosanjh also said the government will payout a total of 480,000 for new spike belts and police training.
Owen Sound swears in new chief of police The Owen Sound, Ont., police force swore in a new chief in May. Tom Kaye , who wa s promoted from deputy chief, said hi first priority will be to create a management team and set a firm direction for the police se rvice. Owen Sound Police ervices Board Chair Rick Beaney said Kaye was the on ly person considered for the job because he excels in trainin g, community policing and communi-
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Humorous tales of laughable oddities from both sides of the thin blue line
Elderly women defend their homes against would be thieves in two separate incidents ran downstairs as s he men inside ransackTwo elderly women defended their homes "I hit h im over the h ead w it h ing her house. ye lled at him to get out of and drove ofT burglars in two separate inciher house. my umbrella, then 1 poked "One of them dents between March and April. The burglar fled the In the late t ca e, a 79-year-old woman said to me as he was him in the back and said, walking towards home and ran right into used a pillowcase to drive off two knife-tot'You get out and stay ou t !''' me that somebody two security officers who ting thieve who broke into her home. - Annie MacDouga ll had been a lerted by a had broken into the The woman, who didn 't want to be identiL-.::;===-------------=' _ house and he was pa ser-by. fied, aid she awoke at about 12:45 a.m., after A 17-year-old youth trying to look after a light came on in the hallway. it," MacDougall was quoted as saying. and an 18-year-old man were charged with The woman aid she reacted quickly after " 0 I told him to get out right away and [ break and enter. realizing the hadow in the room was too tall hit him over the head with my umbrella, then I In an earlier incident, 70-year-old Annie and thin to belong to her iter, whom she lives MacDougall managed to frighten off two burpoked him in the back and said, 'You get out with. and stay out! ", glars with an umbrella and sti ll make it to " I jumped up and grabbed the pillow sham She gave the econd suspect the same treatchurch for morning mass. and hit him in the ment and then led them both to the door. The Sydney, .S., face," he was resident was on her way Two men were arrested by police, who quoted a aying. " I "I jumped up and grabbed were notified of the break-in prior to to church from her apartdidn't stop to think. the pillow sham and hit him MacDougall's encounter with the intruders. ment when she stopped to It happened too fa t in the face . 1 didn 't stop Despite the ordeal, MacDougall almost check on her vacant famto be scared." to think." made it to church on time for Sunday mass. ily home. A fter the VVhen she unl ocked " Oh, I was a few minutes late," she was woman hit the - E lderly victim the door she found two quoted as saying. home invader, he
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