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Publisher's Commentary 5 Is there strength in the "Service?" The flame burns brighter 6 A cross country round-down on the Law Enforcement Torch Run in your area Private or public policing 9 The sudden growth ofprivate security raises questions about public poliCing Lessons Hollywood got right 10 The movie "Top Gun" can teach afew things about training Dalhousie graduates first police leaders 14 Range technology getting the lead out 15 Ten-Seven 16 Police urge man to listen Police policies not followed Police chief to be investigated CACP supports gun laws Woman honoured for bravery Association supports gun melt-down Former chief to join talk show Technology - By Tom Rataj 18 Largest communications system in North Amercia opened last February Blue Line Classified 22 National Park Warden Assn. Formed 23 Course on "Reid Technique" to be held 23 Product News 24 The eye of the Raven Money Concepts 25 The Last Noose - British Columbia 26 Alarming response to domestics 29 First Response - Secondary Survey 30
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Spring brings hope eternal... and promises of a new season bring out the wanning thoughts of the bicycle patrol officers. We thought you would enjoy getting a little taste of what lay ahead by seeing Victoria Police Constables Terry Ashbee and John Craig on harbour patrol. Ah yes! It's almost enough to make you want to cancel those summer vacations and just keep on working. (Okay lets get back to reality folks!) This month you will find articles of interest to private security, civilian employees and communications personnel. One feature will introduce you to North America's largest communications centre. The $30 million centre will handle all emergency communications for Metropolitan Toronto's 3 million people. The mammoth project took ten years to complete and Blue Line's Tom Rataj was there for the opening in February. His report is filed on page 18. The annual Cross Country Run-Down of Law Enforcement Torch Runs is presented on pages 6 and 7 this month. Tracy Gridley of the Ontario branch filed this article and by all appearances this year should be the biggest yet. Look up details in your area and participate. You do not have to be a runner to help out. Read Tracy's article and find out more. Dave Brown has submitted an interesting article for people interested in "TopGun" training and this article is fortified by another on page 15 regarding a new advancement in lead contamination reduction . We hope you enjoy this issue as much as you do the fresh spring air.
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THIS TRIGGERED A REVOLUTION.
Time was, once you decided
of the trigger itself. Pull the trigger past the trigger
on a semiautomatic pistol you had
safety and the firing pin block safety is still working.
to choose between single and double
When the trigger has been pulled far enough to
action. Then came Glock.
disengage the firing pin safety, the drop safety continues
The Glock Safe Action trigger system
to be engaged until the trigger is pulled fully to the rear.
offers you three very distinct benefits over conventional double action pist~s. First, the trigger of a Glock is the one and
As soon as you take your finger completely off the trigger, the pistol automatically decodes and each of those three safeties is back in operation.
only operative control. Second is the consistent
Glock was the first to manufacture a pistol that
pull you feel every time you squeeze that trigger.
doesn't require an external lever to render it hot or
It makes training much easier. That's because each
cold. Handgun enthusiasts and law enforcement
and every single shot feels exactly the same. Third, it
officers worldwide have shown a distinct
makes every Glock firearm safe. A Glock is never
preference for this Glock technology for
cocked after a round has been fired.
some time now.
Beyond that, every Glock has three passive safeties. And each one works sequentially off that trigger. The first of those three safeties is built into the face
Undoubtedly; that's why so many other manufacturers have, as well.
Is there strength in the service? By Morley Lymburner Over the pa t several months or so there has been a spate of officer hootings. - In March two Ottawa-Carlton officers were shot and wounded while attempting to apprehend a robbery su pect in an ally. - In April an Amherst, ova Scotia police officer wa shot and wounded outside his police station. - In January a gunman entered a Niagara Regional Police station and shot and wounded two members of that force. Injuries were minor and the man recently plead guilty. - Last September three members ofDurham Regional Police were wounded by an armed gunman at a bank robbery in Port Perry, Ontario. This sudden rash of officer shootings has me concerned on several issues. One concern is the trend toward criminals obtaining firearm . The second is the apparent lack of restraint in using them in the commission ofcriminal offences. The third concern is that there appears to be no hesitation in using them against cops who are themselves armed. The mind simply boggles at this last concept alone. There appears to be little or no restraint on the part of criminals in using force against police officers. Force of any kind appears to be okay for the criminal element. All this leads me to believe there is a depreciation in the image of the police officer as an effective protector of the public. What is going on here? For what it's worth here i my opinion. Police agencies today are into the habit of convincing the public and media that their cops are friendly, cuddly folks who just want to help everyone. The spin doctors at all government levels want to emphasize the fact that cops are really not there to scare the living bejeepers out of the bad guys but to be nice guys to everybody. The recent trend in convincing police agencies to replace the word Police Force with Police Service is one case in point. It is symptomatic of the emasculation of policing concepts of deterrence of crime and protection of the public. It is symptomatic of a mindset toward softening the image of the police as enforcers of the laws which are created by the wilI of the people. I think its high time the police "services" across this country begin an ad campaign that will emphasize the point that cops are out there to catch the bad guys as aggressively as is legalIy possible. If for little else than for the peace of mind of the public. It has been pointed out many times that Sir Robert Peel's main principle ofpolicing was to deter and prevent crime. To this
end the police agency was designed to make crime prevention of utmost importance. To accomplish this task police agencies were set up to instill in the community the confidence that the police really knew what they were doing. That they were real good at catching crooks. In particular the police wanted the crooks convinced of the certainty of getting caught and being punished appropriately. Somehow we got it all messed up today. The police community appears to have gone too far overboard in placing so much emphasis on the crime prevention and community-based policing media hype. I can most certainly see the need for such programs and strongly urge those involved to continue. But I feel that such programs should not be at the expense of all else. The ability to gain respect from the community can be accomplished in many ways. But we need not sacrifice that necessary image ofstrength. The taxpayers want an agency that has the ability to have an iron fist but the intelligence of knowing when to use it appropriately. The unfortunate reality of life is that too many predatory individuals seek out weakness, either
real or perceived, and will take every opportunity to exploit it. This brings me to a recent news story out of Winnipeg where a police uperintendent Bruce Taylor was quoted as to the reasons they chose a more powerful handgun to equip their officers. In the story Taylor said the 40-calibre pistol was chosen for its "flesh-tearing characteristics." The story went on to say Taylor's committee chose the weapon after abandoning the old 38 cal ibre revolvers because police needed a bigger gun capable of firing more bullets without reloading in order to keep up with the increased fire-power of criminals. Taylor continued by saying "stopping power is a simple concept. To be morbid about it, the only thing that stops a person is the size of the hole." Initially I was taken back by reading the forthright hone ty of Taylor's comments. But then I realized the alternative would be to wimp around and find some kind of positive spin to put on the acquisition that would almost sound apologetic to the criminal element. It is obviou that Taylor is no pussyfoot. He knows darn well what me sage he wants to get out to the criminal element and his community. If the crooks want to play hard ball they better be aware that there is a real "force" to be reckoned with in his city. I think if! were a law abiding Winnipeg taxpayer I would rest a little easier at night.
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The Flame Burns Brighter By Tracy Gridley - A si tant Director, Ontario Law Enforcement Torch Run The Torch Run provides law enforceL me White, a con table with the Met- responsibility as Canadian Coordinator. rop litan Toronto Police ervice together He will act as a liaison between the Inter- ment per onnel with an opportunity to with the ntario ociation of hiefs of national Torch Run Council and the Pro- demonstrate their commitment to the comp Ii ej ined the nited tate and tarted vincial Torch Run Directors. Hefacilitates munity and it is a vehicle through which all a Torch Relay in 19 7 with 1,100 law the exchange of information and ideas law enforcement agencies work together enforcement personnel participating. between the provinces, assists in the de- with community members for the bettertat - ide, the Torch Run was created ve lopment of programs and establishes ment of our society. This is one of the best by hief Ri hard LaMunyon of Wichita, realistic goals for the future of the Torch " non-police" activities in which law enKan as in 19 I. I Ii concept included po- Run. forcement is involved. Each member should lice fficer carry the " flame of hope" in Constab le Bakker was inducted into be very proud of this law enforcement! upp rt of pecial Iympic with mon- the International Law Enforcement Torch community event. 1995 Torch Run etary p n or hip from the local commu- Run for Special Olympics, "Richard nity. pecial Iympic i a worldwide chari- LaMunyon Hall ofFame. " It is a cross-province relay involving table organi7ation dedicated to promoting Since its inception in 1991, induction thousands of law enforcement personnel a more active and better quality oflife for to the Hall of Fame has been an honour from all agencies across the country. Desmentally handicapped people, through their bestowed on those law enforcement per- ignated routes through the communities of sonne I who have gone above and beyond each province are established and the law m Ivement in port. The orch Run has grown to the point the nonnal call of duty in their efforts to enforcement agencies existing along each where t day thi event run in 23 countries enhance the Torch Run in its support of the route participate. In some provinces a runner memberwith ver 60,000 law enfl rcement per on- mi sion of Special Olympics. nel rai ing more than 7 million to support pe ial Iympics worldwide! ince its in epti n in 19 I, the Law Enforcement T rch Run ha rai ed over 30 million. Thi make it the large t gra sroot contribut r in the hi tory of pecialOlympic . The n-going upport of the anadian s. o iation f hief: of Police ( .A. .P.) nd the provin ial a sociation of Chief: of P Ii e has greatly contributed to the u e of the Torch Run. Additionally, the program i made up of over I 1,000 law enforcement pers nnel who carry the "Flame of Hope ". In 1994, anada contributed close to 2 million fthe 7 milli n rai ed throughut the w rid . ntario wa awarded for the econd time, the Top Fund raising Progr m A ward at the 9th Annual Internati nal Law Enforcement Torch Run Conferen e held in harlotte, orth arolina. This c nference recognize tho e individu, Is wh ha e demon trated exemplary effI rt thr ugh fund raisingand publieawarene and to share with other how the Torch Run can impr ve. L me White, Director of the Ontario Law Enforcement Torch Run, retired hi Alberta po ition as hair fthe International Torch June 9-16,1995 Run uncil however he will remain as Run into Opening Ceremonies at National hair f the International As ociation of Floor Hockey Tournament, St. Albert on June hi f: f P lice (l.A. .P.) Torch Run 9, 1995. ommittee. I Ie will be re ponsible for overSaskatchewan Contact: Bob LePage, Edmonton Police at June 12-16,1995 eeing the effe tive management, direc(403) 421-3322. ti nand mi ion of the Law nforcement Run Into Opening Ceremonies of Provincial Fund raising Goal: surpass 1994. T r h Run throughout the world consistSummer Games in Weyburn. ent with the p licie of the I. .C.P. Contact: Dave Hoeft, RCMP at (306) 780-5574. on table Peter Bakker of the Chatham Fund raising Goal: $100,000.00 ( ntari ) Police ervice will continue his
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••• Because You Care 3. To create an additional sense of commitment between the local law enforcement agency and their community through the Torch Run. The Final Leg The highlight of the Torch Run is the "Final Leg". This involves law enforcement personnel carrying the torch into the opening ceremonies ofa pecialOlympics Games. This emotional and exciting event takes place in many provinces in which a provincial games is taking place. On June 26 , 1995, a representative of each Torch
hip organization exists. Giving them hirts and lor pin , donations are collected and receipt books are provided for issuing the necessary receipts. Registration fees and corporate sponsors cover all operating costs generated during the runs. With thi type of organization of volunteers all monies raised by the law enforcement personnel benefit pecial Olympics. These fund are directed into program upport and expense for athletes participating in provincial, national and international games as well as training workhops/conference and production of materials such a brochures, poster, newsletters etc. Torch Run Objectives I. To raise fund s for Special Olympics. 2. Toincrea epublicawarenessof pecial Olympics.
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All provincial Torch Run programs will be represented by a Law Enforcement Torch Run Coordinator at the 1995 International Special Olympics Summer Games in New Haven, Connecticut. The 'Final Leg" run will leave New York and finish at the Opening Ceremonies on June 26, 1995.
CANADIAN REGIONAL COORDINATOR: Constable Peter Bakker at (519) 351-8056
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Run program in Canada will participate in the "Final Leg" run into the opening ceremonies of the International Special Olympics Summer Games in New Haven, Connecticut. Any person involved in law enforcement is encouraged to get involved. You do not need to be a runner! Please contact your provincial Torch Run Director and join the many thousands oflaw enforcement personnel by supporting Special Olympics in Canada.
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Prince Edward Island October 1,1995 Contact: Don Smith, RCMP at (902) 566-7157 Fund raising Goal: $15,000.00
Ontario May 28 - June 9,1995 Final Leg - Toronto, June 9,1995 4th Annual Law Enforcement Sports Day, Horseshoe Resort, Barrie on June 10,1995. Contact: Constable Lorne White at (416) 324-0515. Fund raising Goal: Surpass $800,000.00
New Brunswick May 29-June 3,1995 Contact: Lise Roussell , RCMP oJ" Division at (506) 452-3424. Fund raising Goal: $35,000.00
Nova Scotia May 13-20,1995 Contact: Dave Waterhouse at (902) 426-5232 Fund raising Goal: surpass 1994
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Private or public policing The sudden growth of citizens using private security raises questions about the future of public policing and relationships with the community
SECURITY PATRO
For many years the kingdom of the private cop was limited to within the perimeters of the chain link fence. III mallY areas however these jllrisdictionalwal/s are becoming less rigid. By Bob Weber A Winnipeg neighbourhood hire private security guards to patrol its streets and back alleys after re idents fear police can't protect them from a series of arsons. In Ontario, real estate developers wait for what they believe is the inevitable migration of "gated communities" from the United States - walled subdivisions with their own security forces. In Alberta, the provincial government plans to privatize orne prisons. Across Canada, a governments cut co ts and fear of crime grows, more public ecurity is moving into private hands. "There' an old mentality that thinks of policing as sacrosanct, as untouchable," ays Philip tenning, a University of Toronto criminology professor who has studied the issue for 20 year. "The days in which public service are untouchable are gone." But the trend is raising concerns over the training and accountability of private security officers. And some fear a neighbourhood's safety could come to depend on its wealth. The growth of the security industry has been phenomenal, says Justice Wally Oppal of the British Columbia upreme Court. Oppal recently headed a provincial commission that recommended regulation and tandards for the industry. Statistics Canada reports the number of private security guards more than doubled between 1971 and 1991. There are now twice as many private security guards as police officer across the country. The security industry grew by 10 per cent in 1993 alone, says James Preece of
the Canadian Alarm and Security Association. The experience of Winnipeg's Wolseley neighbourhood may suggest why. In June, the community was shaken by three arsons in two nights, one of which gutted a home. Concerned that city police didn't have the resources to protect them, some residents banded together to hire a private security company to patrol their neighbourhood. Police have since made an arrest. Wolseley is back to normal. But having private cops patrol public streets isn't far removed from those gated communities in the United States. Walled subdivisions ofdetached homes with gates controlled by security guard are increasingly common. They exist in Florida, ew Jersey, southern California and evada, says Robert McCrie, publisher of The ecurity Letter and professor at ew York City's John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Those walls are coming to Canada, say people in the industry. "I think there's lots of interest in them," says Jim Ritchie, vice-president of Toronto-based Tridel Corp., which builds restricted-access condominiums. Gayle Aitken ofChubb Security Canada says gated communities were planned during the boom of the 1980s, but were stalled by the following recession. "With the economy picking up and housing starts increasing, it will be on track again." "There's no maybe about it," says
Preece. "We haven't faced the real crunch yet in police departments' budgets. We're getting close to it. "As their re ources dwindle, there will be a migration of (gated communi ties) to Canada." Private security can be more cost-effective, targeting staff training to specific tasks, Stenning says. Some governments are exploring this . Alberta has begun hiring private ecurity firms to monitor offenders under house arrest and has mu ed aloud about privatizing prisons. The Metro Toronto Housing Authority, an agency of the Ontario government, already hand out traffic tickets and patrols 29,000 residences with its own 80-member security staff. "There are almost no conceivab le limits," says Stenning. In 1993 , one ew Jersey community disbanded its entire police force and replaced it with a ecurity firm - although the attempt was later struck down in a statelaunched court case. But tenningsaysimportantquestions must be answered before private policing spreads further. "The concern is that ifquality ofpolicing service depends on how wealthy you are, you could end upwith a two-tier police service." He also says the accountability ofprivate police needs to be strengthened. "You'd want orne formal channels to whom you could lodge a complaint." The Canadian Association of hiefs of Police shares tho e concerns, says executive director Fred chultz. "Being private, there's no democratic elected process to control them." Training standards in the security indu try aren't always high enough, he adds. "It's a very unregulated indu try," says Oppal, whose report was released in September. "There has to be some kind of standardized conduct and code and there ha~ to be some kind of accountability. "Private ecurity people have an enormous amount of power." Oppal's report recommend training standardsforall ecurity agencies and commissionaires, enforced by the province. It also suggests complaints against private security firms be handled much like complaints against police. It's high time for debate over private policing to catch up with the reality, Stenning says. "People are beginning to think more creatively about policing, but there's so little discussion about it. And that's bad!"
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1I0lly ll'ood li tH never been known fo r it accurate portrayal of tile police experience, bill tile movie "Top Gun " provided one very imporlanlles on to us all . .. Train lil. e yo II jiglll!
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pas enger uddenlyemerge from the other ide in a crouch po ition and your command catche in your throat a you ee the passenger rai e an object toward you . There is a bright fla h of light, and then only moving had ow a you truggle to free your gun from the hoi ter. It sure looks as if they took a hot at you and the anger boil up in ide a you finally free your gun from the hoi ter. The had ow seems to bob to the leftju t a you fire off two fa t shot, but you ha e lot of ammunition left as you holster your gun . ow the mind i screaming a ilent " O!" a the gun hit the holster. That' not what you wanted to do, but the body eemed to have a mind of it own. De perately, you truggle to draw the gun again, but the mind and the body seem to be going in two different direction . There is another bright flash of light, and then another. You curse a your foot lide on omething slippery on the road and you feel your elf falling. For orne rea on, you can ' t break your fall with your arms and your face crapes the pavement hard. It doesn't hurt, and you've uffered worse bruises before, but somehow you ju t can't get up. Oh well, you'll maybe just lie here for a econd and try to remember what it wa that was bothering you a few econds ago. Oh, yeah. It wa tho e bright fla he . Guess they weren't hooting after all; there were no sounds of shot . In fact, there eem to be no noi e at all right now. It really i quiet and peaceful down here ... What went wrong?
Thi officer wa highly trained and proficient. Recently re-certified, the officer hould ha e been able to re pond appropriately in pite of a rapidly deteriorating une pected situation. nfortunately, firearm training is only one portion of a learning proce that result in correct handling kills . Practice e ion and even the yearly qualifications al 0 contribute to the de elopmentofautomatic re pon e . Longafterba ictrainingha beencompleted, any continuing error reinforced in practice can negate the be t education. The entire learning proce hould bear crutiny to en ure officer are being trained to respond properly on the treet and not merely trained to pass te t . Top Gun Training Many modem pol ice department may not have the re ource to employ the most ophi ticated training method . Everyone should have a tele ision et. It' time to it back and learn some trick from Iiollywo d. While playing a little 100 e with reality, one recent mo ie provided a fairly accurate portrayal of the trong link between practice and perfonnance. Once past all thewhiz-bangand pecialefTect , themovie Top Gun howed how the nited tate avy keeps a elect group of fighter crews harp by imulating real world combat condition . Long before it was popularized by the mo ie, the avy formed it Fighter Weapon chool at Miramar, alifornia to provide a reali tic training environment for air combat crew . tudents go head to head again t their instructor in competition that clo ely imulates real life. The difference is, all the 10 er get to go home thate'vening and return to the battle the next day, a little bit wi er. There is a valuable Ie on taught here for anyone going into a combat situationwhat you practice, right or wrong, is how you perform on the treet. Train like you will fight, becau e you will fight like you've been trained. While few of us are in any kind of po ition to actually et the standard required in either firearm training or qualifying, we are all in the po ition of being able to monitor our own kill to en ure that we eliminate bad habits creeping into our practice. You should become your own internal "top gun" in tructor to encourage the correct re pon e automatically and eliminate the incorrect one . If you do not wi h to become the officer portrayed in the cenario at the beginning of thi column, watch for tho e little- but potentially fatal--error that can creep in to your training, practice or qualifying. Remember that it i not practice that makes perfect, but perfect practice that
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makes perfect. You may likely go through an entire career without ever having to call upon the e trained re ponses to life-threatening ituation , but if you ever do, there is one guarantee. Only one of you gets to go home that night!
Fatal Errors? As a profe sional firearms instructor, I have had the unique opportunity to see many different training methods and conduct qualification tests on various organizations. ot being aligned with anyone department ha allowed me a certain detachment from the religious adherence to sometime dogmatic departmental procedure. I have ob erved and identified the ten primary error people can make in practice or qualification that are all quite mall in themselve , but collectively or individually, can be fatal. They are also far too common. Do you make any of these mistakes? 1. Unloading techniques that involve
dumping empty brass or empty magazines into hands, pockets or range buckets. Do this in practice and it will be all too easy to turn away from the real fight on the treet, vainly looking for a non-exi tent bucket. Empty brass or magazines hould alway end up on the floor. Dump them and forget them; you have plenty of time to clean up later. Magazines themselves are
4. Beginning a string from unrealistic start positions.
fairly tough. If you break one, it's an expendable item. ure, the department may grumble a bit but the last thing you need in the middle of a real gun fight is an empty magazine.
Gone should be the days when your Range Officer buddy would let you get away with starting with your holster unsnapped and your hand on the grip. They weren ' t doing you any favours. The proper start position should always be relaxed, with hands at the sides and holsters fully secured. Kneeling positions should always begin from standing. Develop confidence in your own ability to complete a fast, mooth draw and you will be Ie s inclined to keep a gun in your hand only because you are nervous. This leads to greater safety for everyone. 5. Shooting under unrealistic physical
2. Firing the required shots and then immediately holstering the firearm in preparation for the next string. Our fictional officer in the scenario above didn't want to holster the gun, it just ended up there. If years of shooting condition you to fire two shots and then reholster, even the best intentioned shooter may find it difficult to keep that gun out of the holster in a real situation. Every string in practice or qualifying should allow sufficient time after the limit to pause with the gun remaining pointed in the direction of the target and lowered slightly from eye level. A slow three-count should be sufficient to simulate checking your target to ensure that all potential threat ha cea ed.
conditions. If you consistently shoot under bright light, what do you do when the majorityof real shoot situations happen at night? Range lights should be dimmed, with as many distractions as can be reasonably added. Maybe have the range lit only by trobes and keep the noise level up with yelling or sirens. (One excellent distraction is a Range Officer yelling in your ear at intervals to ". . . Shoot! . .. ow! ... Faster!")
3. Relying on formal range commands to reload your gun. On the shooting range there should only be an initial command to load and holster. After that point, it is up to the officer to keep the gun loaded. It is highly unlikely that you will always have an instructor behind you to remind you to reload. Use pauses in between strings to check the condition of your gun or, better yet, keep it constantly stuffed full.
6. Always shooting at fIXed, predictable distances.
How many ti mes on the street have you encountered people standing at exactly 25 yards away. et up the targets at random distances
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within the defined tandard. 10 er target r quire a fa t draw and a "Oa h" ight pi ture. The farthe t target require a fa t draw nd a arefulight pi ture. If qualifiati n . tandard call Ii r h ting from 3 to 25 yard, the bult.. f the te t h uld be at the t 7 yard line. Kneeling nd barri ade . ho ting is be t d ne atthe Inger 15 t 25 ard hnes .
and quick peek from around co er allow an officer to determine the location of a target, actually returning fire i be t accompli hed by tanding back from the edge and y tematically ectioning off or "pre- licing" the potential earch area.
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Gripping the gun in your weak hand while leaning around the weak side barricade doe not re ult in ignificantly Ie expo ure of your body, only Ie accuracy in your hot . While there will always be trong debate on the need for weak hand and trong hand hooting, all hooting during qualifying hould be done with a correct two-handed grip. Returning fire with an injured trong arm i a common argument for practicing weak hand hooting, but a lot of time hould not be de oted to a technique with such limited u e. While there will always be anecdotal e idence to the contrary, actual one-handed hooting remain a rare occurrence, but kill uch as a proper draw and an in tinctive sight picture are u ed e ery time out of the hoi ter. One-handed point hooting i another very limited technique that hould properly be confined to contact-di tance only. While ome hooter can connect on target one-handed from the hip r below eye level as far away a three yards it take a lot of practice to do thi reliably. Valuable practice rime i bener pent in a proper two-handed tance imprinting a rapid ight picture acqui ition into memory.
n law enforcement om er that relIshe .. tandmg in the middle of the treet while returnmg fire ha ·een too many John ayne mo ie . Th standing p sition ned t the cl . e t range . ne of the mt \aluable piti n t pra ti e i kneeling be ause it may be adapted t hooting from behind car and ar und trec or it can be ombincd v"ith a barricade to imulate t..ncelmg behind o\er. Whcn y u are being fircd upon, a b~ ic (and hc lthy) Uf\ i al in tinct i to get do\\n a. mu h as tIme or terrain allows. I ra tlcmg the pr per u e f co er mean aequirings meine. pen ivepr p for your rangc. ailbo e · nd nC\i paper boxe n ncn be b rr wcd indefinitely imply b a ' king the pr per authoritie .
8. Improperly IIsing barricades. D e our dep rtment enc urage the pra ti e of using a barricadc a · a re t for th un whileh ting? When that barri, de bee me a oncrete w 11 r a tree, you
9. Wasting vaillable training and qualification time on kill with limited practical application.
may be lost without that crutch that you've been conditioned to rely upon. Wor e, if your department u es em i-automatic ,the chances are good that an ejected shell will bounce off a barricade and back into the ejection port. The proper u e of a barricade i to imulate ho ting from around cover, and the hooter hou ld always remain well back and clear of this cover. While a duck
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10. Qualifying tandard with no requirements fo r a reload. Developing kill uch a a moth draw and a quick reload ha e immen e benefit in a proper mental mind- et during a bad ituation. Practice reloading your gun under tre and it allow you to concentrate on other thing be ide counting your hot. nder tre you will ha e many things to worry about. To think ab ut technical action will only cau e you to low down, but de eloping confidence in the ba i technique will allow the con cious mind to deal with all the afety and legality i ue of your u e of that firearm while the actual handling kill remain a ubconcious re pon e. Itimately, it i the power of the mind that will get you thr ugh thi . You may not agree with all of my point . The e ten small error may seem insignificant to you, and po ibly may never make much difference. But my as i not at ri k here. Are you willing to take a chance? When the unthinkable happen, trust me that it will be 0 er in a fla h while it eemingly happen in a lifetime. It is then far too late to worry about inappropriately conditioned response .
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Other Lessons Learned Train like you will fight is not the only valuable lesson we can learn from Hollywood. The movie Top Gun also stressed the competitive nature of combat. There are few things in life that can sharpen skills better than competition. It is only when there is something riding on the outcome that we can test our own skills. The stakes may only be pride or buying coffee, but the stress of competition remains a good test for reality. This is where good guidance becomes valuable. Students can compete both against each other and with their instructors. Instructors have often been told never to pick up a gun in front of students but few things in pire students more than the possibility of being as good as the teacher. Important points can often be emphasized by a quick demonstration. While few of us may be willing to risk credibility, the best instructors realize that this credibility must be established long before the shooting begins. Good instructors are always the ones that can make others good, not just themselves. One has never been truly fulfilled as an educator until the day that the student surpasses the teacher. Another valuable function of a committed firearms instructor is to be critical in a constant push toward perfection. Because hooting proficiently involve mastering many small technical skills, the use of independent observers as "judges" of performance provides valuable feedback. In air-to-air combat simulations, referees continually graded an aircrew's performance. The same advantage can be obtained u ing your instructor, your partner, or even ju t a mirror to observe and correct any errors creeping into your practice. Do whatever it take to accomplish this. Pay your partner to be extra critical; install mirrors in your bedroom to practice your draw (with an unloaded gun only, please) or olicit feedback from your instructor, but seek out and exorcise those mistakes. (If your pou e begins to question the necessity for mirrors on the ceiling, however. .. you're on your own!) Under stress, humans tend to resort to actions most strongly ingrained. In many ca e , these actions are learned and reinforced every time we pick up a gun to train, practice or qualify. The mind will have much more important things to deal with at the time than how to properly use the gun, so the technical aspects of shooting must become smooth and second-nature. These are the skills that will get you home tonight. It may seem ironic that we stress the importance of a proper sight picture in all our shooting when, in fact, few officers ever report seeing their sights during an
actual encounter. The proof that the sights were seen however, can be demonstrated when we notice that the good marksman are still winning their fights, and the poor marksman are still missing. In stressful situations, the subconscious mind is forced to take over the mechanics of shooting while the conscious mind deals with all the implications of the use of deadly force and the necessity for public safety. Learn and practice the proper techniques now, because you will not have time to learn them later. As actor Tom Cruise responded in Top Gun when asked what he was thinking in the middle of a battle, "You don't have lime to think!"
Dave Brown is a profeSSional firearms instructor at The Firing Line in Winnipeg. Last year he was approved by Manitoba's Department of Justice to qualify armed security guards in the City. He managed to th row out what he considered antiquated and unrealistic course of fire and substituted one more suited to the real world. Anyone wishing to get in contact with Dave may do so by calling him at (204) 7742543 or Fax (204) 775-2704.
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Level 1/: ommullity-Ba ed Policillg Thiscour ewasdeveloped by Dr. hris MurphyofDalhousie niversity ' Department of ociology. It is a proactive and problem-oriented approach to policing which empha ize a partner hip with the community to identify and solve problem pertaining to public afety and ecurity. Through reading and work-related exercises this course will help students develop a clear understanding of the principle and concept ofcommunity-based pol icing and problem-oriented policing. The cour e include such topic a the principle of BP, developing a BP philo ophy for your agency , defining the role ofthe police agency in the community, preparing your agency to introduce BP, defining the duties and respon ibi Iities of BP officers, and e aluating CBP programs. Budgets and Fi cal Management for Police er ice i designed to provide police managers with an overview of the budget proces , the various types ofbudget available to them, the roles that different agency members play in the budget proces , and the purpo es of fi cal management. In addition the cour e will examine the need to evaluate existing programs in order to detenn ine i ftheir objectives are being met and if they are being properly managed by the police agency. For more infonnation or to obtain a program brochure contact J . Roger MacMillan , Program Director, by telephone at (902) 494-6440 Fax (902) 4942598 or Mail: Hen on College, Dalhou ie niversity 6100 niversity Avenue, Halifiax, ova cotia, B3H 3J5.
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Modern range technology is getting the lead out Some in ventions have been so perfect they can remain in service f or a century. Examples are th e "Victory" mouse trap, the Colt pistol, and the '98 Mauser. Now a Canadiall-owned company, Challenger Industries, have introduced the "perfect" bullet trap.
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Ron Coburn, President of Savage Arms, a Challenger subsid iary, was plagued with lead emission problems from his factory shooting range. Air treatment costs were escalating, and range personnel were found with excessive blood lead levels. Ron knew that the problem was atomized lead particles, which then permeated the air, the range, and even the building. These lead particles were generated whenever a bullet hit the backstop, or hit another bu llet in the backstop sand. In a flash of inspiration , he realized that if the bu llet was shot into a cylinder, it would gradually decelerate, as it spun aro und inside the cylinder. With his BB gun and a cardboard model , he quickly proved that the idea had merit. A handmade light gauge steel model stopped even powerful rifle bullets. avage Arms R&D personnel discovered that if the stee I feed ram ps that deflect bu ll ets into the cylinder were 15 degrees or Ie s, the bu ll ets wou ld not break up . They also discovered that if the ramps and cylinder were wet, the bullets would aquaplane on a film of water. Because there is no bu ll et-on-metal contact in this " Passive Trap", there is no lead pollution. In current production traps, the bullets spin inside a two foot diameter drum , and skid to a gradual stop over about 1,400 feet (200 revolutions inside the cylinder). In Montreal , International Firearms installed a Savage Range Systems trap in their function-testing range. The old smashplate range was contaminating both the range and the adjacent warehouse with lead. Mandatory air quality tests proved that this new trap virtually eliminated lead em issions. The " Passive Trap" as it is called, is available in three basic styles, but all feature a cylindrical deceleration chamber. The small traps are the size of a brief case, and permit a gunsmith to test-fire firearms at his desk. A dry version of this trap is
installed in many po lice locker rooms for the purpose of dry firing "empty" firearms, or as a safe backstop during the loading and un-loading of pistols. The box trap version features a square opening of one to four feet. A target can be mounted on this trap, and any room of sufficient length can become a range. The absence of lead emissions means that no special air treatment system is required. Multip le firing point shooting ranges use steel plates to deflect bullets into the
cylinder. These plates convert the entire wall into a backstop, permitting any desired style of target layout. In busy ranges, a small conveyer belt replaces the bullet collection tray, and the spent bullets are carried out of the range, to stee l drum s. These bullets are classed as " scrap meta l", not " toxic waste", and are so ld to the highest bidder. . Range maintenance consists of sweepmg up paper target litter, and adding a bucket of water to the water tank, once a month , to replace evaporation loss. In retrofit installations, considerab le sav ings in operating e~penses have been ach ieved by dlsconnectmg the special air fi ltratio ns systems, and ventilating the range with the standard office air system . The deceleration chamber is fabricated in Mississauga, Ontario, fro m special hardened 3/8" steel plate, man ufact ured at the Algoma steel mill , Sau lt Ste. Mari e, Ontario. The standard trap wi ll stop a ll bullets, up to and including the 500 grain so lid bullet fired from a 458 Winchester Magnum. Diemaco, a firearm man ufacturer and fabricator in Kitchener, Ontario, own a custom 4 foot box Passive Trap. They have fired over 150,000 rounds of 50 cal. M2 steel core machine gun amm o into theirtrap, without sign ofappreciable wear. For further information about th ese products you may contact Ji m Bullock at 905279-2727 or Fax him at905 896-4926.
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Police urge slain man's father to listen Pri nce I bert. ' as\... - Police accused of racism in the shooting death of a name man \I ant to sll do\\n \\ith I ran\... Piche and cxplain \\h) IllS son IS dead, the chiCI' of police said last month I 10) d Pi hc, 28, of I a I ache. "as\..., was hot in the chest b) poll e arch 3 I after he pulled a \...nlle on an orticer outSide a Prince I h 'r\ home. I he pnn ince's cor ncr called al1lnquest Into theshoollng. \I hich wo\... place a \Icc\... after Piche est,lped from a , as\...atehe\l an correcllonal camp. Iphonse Bird of the t hicl Prlncc Ibert m1l1d Council called for a puhlt inquir) and although Pi he's famil) has suggcsted racISm \\,IS hehll1d the shootll1g. policc hid (,rcg Mct ullagh has strongl) denied thiS. lie said he \I ould I i\...e to Sit dm\ n \I IIh Piche's lamil) and e'\plaln to them \I hat happened. IllS effort. to mect hm e been fruitless hm\ever .. e 've oi'lered to meet \I ith him. to Sit d(m 11 at hiS place and at an) lime ,lI1d e'\plain ever) thing to him," ullagh said " lie hasn't h, d the opportunit) to hear the facts"
Police \I ere il1\ etigating a report of a domestic dispute \\hen Piche bolted. l eCuliagh said. n officer chased Piche for about a hlo \... hefore he stopped and turned. \\klding a \...nife. li e was shot once in the chest and died an hour later in hospilal. Piche' father said his son didn't have 10 die. " l le ran because he had been in jail." Fran\... Piche said. "They should have shot him in the leg if he had done a really bad crime. "Thcy shot him to \"'ill him ." I hat claim opens old wound in Prlm;e Ibert. \lherenalivctrapper I co I .achance \I as hal and \"'illed b) an admitted v"hite suprema isl. arne) erland, in
1991. An inquir) into Lachance's death eritici/ed pol ice for not recogni/ing the role raci m played in the shooting. lor Mc ullagh. it's li\...e comparing apples nd orange. " I hat \vas totall) di fferent lhan\\hatlhisis."Mc ullagh aid. "This is t\\O different incidents, and I don't sec hO\l the) 're connected . "We arc prepared to .. . have all those involved lestif) under oath, .0 the community can hear exactly hov" it happened and \lhy it happened."
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Officer tells inquiry police policies not followed PO OKA, Ita. Police did not fol10\\ 'everal tandard '. :~, procedures "hen ar,}l:, re tingand detaining a man \\ho died in his cell. an oflicer said at an inquir) into lhe man's death . onsl. Russell Blac\...jac\... of Pono\...a R MP in central Iberta said he was called out eptember 29, 1994 to help arrest an intoxicated man bel ieved to be wanted by police. hester addlebac\..., 26, \las found dead in police cells the ne"t morning of a suspe ted o'verdose of se'veral t) pes of drugs. Blac\...jac\... aid he didn't take note while arre ·ting addlebac\... becau ehedidn'llhinkthey\\ould be of any value to him . R MP policy says notes hould be taken at incidents of this nature. fhe oflicer advi ed the inquest that pol ice earched addleba \... at a home and found a bottle of pills. But they did not search him
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again after he pic\...ed up a jac\...et at the door \\ hile leav ing. bottle of prescription pills was found in a jac\...et poc\...et "hen it was searched later at the detachmenl. Blac\...jac\... agreed "ith the , addlebac\... family ' la\\)er that , addlebac\... could have had a \\eapon in thejacket and it \Yould nOl have been found . Blackjac\... also conlirmed earlier testimon) that , addlebac\... wasn't the man police were after. Blac\...jac\... said he assumed , addleba \... \\as intoxicated becau . e he staggered. S\\ a) cd on his feet. slurred his speech and smelled of alcohol. lie said he \vas urpriscd at the hearing to learn addlebac\... vvas taking pre cription drugs for a bad bac\... and hadn't con umed alcohol for three month . Blac\...ja \... al 0 . aid a police poli ywasn'tfollowedtogetmedial help forprioners\\hoaredrooling or aim st passing oul. fhe inquir) is scheduled to resume July 4.
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chief. wh has been critici7cd ror his handling or sex-abuse allegations at the Kingsclear rerorm school. Ma'\ Ilyde, rormerpolicechier or ussex, .B., and James Winston Clark, deputy chief of the Metro Toronto police f, rce. were named by council April 3rd to inve tigate how the chier handled the allegations in 1985. hief Mac arli Ie and Insp. Lillian Ripley were har hi) criticized in the report or an inquiry into abu e at King clear. ounci I voted to refer the complaint again t Ripley to the city' acting policechier, Ron Cronkhite. Mayor Brad Wood ide aid Ilyde and Clar\... were elected by city taff. Ilyde received his early train-
ing as a member of the RCMP. lie retired with the ran\... or staff sergeant and became chiefofthe Sus'e'\ force. lie retired as chief in 1994 aller rour years. lar\... is one of the most 'enlor officer on a force or 4.900 uniformed members in loronto. lie has an e'\ten i've bac\...ground in the study. and control or child abuse and in management and administration of police force. Woodside aid the cost or the inve tigation and the salary of the t\\O in've tigating officers hasn't been Iinali7ed. The in've tigator havc 20 da) to report to council and thc) could request an additional 20 day .. "We'd li\...e to have it re olved as quickly a po sible." said Wood ide. A di ciplinar) hearing must be held b) council \\ithin 0 days of thedi ciplinecommitteereceiving the in e tigators' report.
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Chiefs want Justice Minister to stick to his guns
!lalifax Poli ce Chief l'ince MacDonald, President Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police.
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• anns registry. The Canadian Association of hiefs of Police aid on April 3rd that Rock hould weather criticism from the gun lobby and follow through with hi proposal to catalogue the countl) 's seven million firearm. Mandatory regi tration is the most contentiou measure in the federal gun-control bill introduced in February. "We must emphasize that we view this as pivotal to the entire package," association president
Vince MacDonald told a news conference . Under the bill, failing to regi ter a firearm would be a criminal offence and could result in a prison term. Critics sa) the penal tie are too stiffand question the registry's value. MacDonald said universal registration would help police track smuggled weapons and encourage gun owners to be more responsible about securely toring firearm, said MacDonald. The Canadian Police Association, which represents rank-andfile officers, said last week itwould upport the bill if Rock makes failing to register a gun a regulatory rather than criminal- infraction on a first offence. MacDonald denied suggestions that the chief and police on the treet are split on the issue. "I certainl) don't ense any bad feeling between us and the rank-andfile." lIe said the chiefs are open to fine-tuning, but any changes to the bill should not give gun owners a green light to break the law. "We are concerned about the efforts of the gun lobby to undermine the legislation by preaching noncompliance, civil disobedience and even worse." MacDonald also said Rock gave assurances during a meeting that the federal government - not police departments - would foot the cost of registering the country ' s guns.
Association Supports Efforts to Short Circuit Gun Deal
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by Myron Love The Winnipeg Police Association is supporting City Councillors in their . efforts to block a • gun deal with Glock Inc. of Austria to equip the police service with new semiautomatic sidearms. The sticking point is that the 700,000 deal calls for the company to accept the Winnipeg police services' present I, 100 .38calibre revolvers. Glock has a deal to sell the weapons to a orth Carolina dealer for sale oversea . "It is always preferable to destroy weapons like this and take them out of circulation," says Jack Haasbeck, head of the Winnipeg Police Association. " We support City Hall in its efforts to find a olution to this. " Haasbeck and City Councillor Harry Lazarenko are urging the city to follow the example set by Ontario in banning the sale of old police guns. Councillor Amaro Silva, chair of the civic protection committee. has invited local businesses and individuals to come forward and buy the guns - worth about $150 each - to have them melted down. The city ' s legal department is presently studying the situation. •
TORO TO - ' Former police chief William McCormack has joined Toronto radiostation FRB as a commentator and consultant on police and crime stories. McCormack will appear every Wednesday on the Free For All panel show, which runs from 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. and deals with topical issues. Hewillalsoserveasacon ultant when a major police or crime story is developing. a news release aid. " He can explain to CFRB listenerswhat is happening and why," said CFRB operations manager Steve Kowch.
Woman honoured for bravery TORO TO - A petite 60year-old woman was honoured by Metro Toronto Police last month for single-handedly routing two hoodlums who were beating an unconscious cop. Doreen Pringle was given a police citation for bravery forcoming to the rescue of onst. Michael Quinn a year ago last October. ''I'm just happy to be here," said Quinn. 50. who attended the presentation . 'And if it wasn ' t for Doreen, I probably wouldn ' t be," Quinn wa off-duty and on an errand to a local plaza late at night
to pick up hi pregnant wife when he came acros two men drinking outside the convenience store where Pringle worked. After telling the men to take the alcohol behind the plaza., Quinn was slugged unconscious from behind and shoved through a plate glass door. One thug then proceeded to kick the officer. Pringle, a grandmotheroffive, kneed one of the hoodlums who took off. She then pushed the other thug off the unconscious Quinn. The two thugs were caught and received IS-day sentences.
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The lIew 1etro Torollto Police ervice ommullicatiolls elltre is North America's large\t illtegrated emergellcy commullicatiolls system. ituated 0 11 DOli Mill Road th e elltre comes complete with a duplicate back-up system at police headquarters ill dowlltowlI Torollto. By Tom Rataj ol1lputen alld Techllology Editor hief David B thby proudly marked the ffi ial p ning fthe new communiati n centre for Metropolitan Toronto, on r'ebruary 24th, 1995. The 30 million I~ ilit , which had been 10 year in the mal-.ing, i the mo t ad anced integrated p Ii e ommunication centre in orth meri a. The tate-of-the-art facility combine the mo t advan ed mergency 9-1-1 telorth America, with a u t m de igned omputer Aided Di pat h ( AD) Y tern, over 4, 100 mobile and p rtable oice radio, a network of er 400 mobile data terminal (MDT), and a digital voice logging y tern. Bing the large t municipal police agen y in anada, the Metropo litan Tor nt Police(MTP)annuallyhand leover2
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million dispatch call, while providing all emergency 9-1-1 call taking ervices to the ambulance and fire departments. A VIS ION Because of rapid growth experienced through the 1960's and 1970's, the old MTPCommunication entre had evolved into a patchwork of equipment. In the early 1980' ,an in-house developed Unisys mainframe dispatch system rep laced the handwritten computer punchcard based sy tem. Then, over 400 MDT brand mobile data terminals were added to this, a long with a variety of remote terminals accessible from over 30 sites scattered across the city. The di patchers and call-takers worked from cramped quarters, communicating with the field through an aging 1960's vintage GE mobile radio system and a variety of Motoro la, and Marconi portable
radios. A the old radio system literally began falling apart piece by piece, due to old age, work began on a replacement y tern. Planning eventually progre ed to encompa s a completely integrated communication system that could provide an effecti e olution to the e er growing ervice demand. During the early part of the de ign and de elopment pha es, uperintendent Tom Parish took overthe reign at ommunication ervice . It was largely hi determi nation to develop and implement a no compromi e state-of-the-art sy tern that brough t this new centre to life. Pari h explained that any new communications y tem mll t be developed a a tool to manage police operation by providing timely and accurate information. "Viewing it simply as a 'di patch system' would be short-sighted," he aid . While developing the new centre, Parish aloin i ted that the equipment and systems should be assembled and integrated by vendors who specialized in particular fields. He said in this manner he would get the enhancements and know ledge the vendor had gained from imp lementing sy terns for previous cu tomers." In contrast to this insistence, the old communications centre had been a embled and integrated by MTP per onnel. "There ultingsystem worked adequately," Parish aid, "but could have been much
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better. Instead ofletting the vendors spend all the re earch and development money to produce the systems we did, and the old system suffered because of it." otonly did the old system suffer from the 'home-made' approach, but it never got the advanced features which had been promised to front line personnel. This left many officer feeling frustrated and cynical when promises were made about the new system. The overall respon ibility forthe project greeted Mr. Roger Mahabirwhen hejoined the MTP a director of Computing and Telecommunications in 1992. Roger had previously directed the implementation of large scale computer projects while working for Bell Canada and Suncor. He said that beginning this world class facility online wa the most complex project he had ever worked on because it brought together so many different technologies. "The 'mission critical' nature of this sy tem," Mahabir said, "meant that we cou ld not afford to lose even one call." His experience in dealing with a multitude of vendor proved very valuable. Sharing this experience with the other people involved in the project helped them to collectively bring it to a successful conclusion. IN VOL VEMENT BY USERS The partic ipation offront-line uniform officers, d i patchers, techn icians and other users of the system was sought from the very beginning. Almost 20 different comm ittees and workgroups consisting largely of system users met regularly to make the decisions required to produce the system. A number of consultants were also brought on-board to supplement in-house and vendor expertise. Although none of them had ever worked on such a complicated multi-discipline project, their expertise, combined with the in-house and vendor expertise, proved to be a winn ing combination. In most cases the users participating in the proce s saw their work through from start to fini h. Some of these users even developed and held the training sessions for other users prior to final implementation. Feedback from many of the users involved in this process indicated that they found th is 'hands-on' participation to be a very rewarding experience. The sense of ownership and resultant pride instilled by this approach, also helped these users to sell 'their' system to other personnel. THE VENDORS The heart ofthe entire centre had to be the computer aided dispatch (CAD) system. The contract for this was eventually awarded to Intergraph Canada, the Cana-
dian subsidiary ofIntergraph Corporation of Huntsville, Alabama. Although Intergraph already marketed police dispatch systems through its Public afety unit, it was required to complete an elaborate customization process to meet the terms of the agreement. The Intergraph system consists of 52 call-taker and 36 dispatch workstations, and 8 dispatch supervisor workstations located at two sites. The system also features a development workstation for internal system support. A redundant fibreoptic network connects all the workstations to four"lnterserve 6705" Series Communications Servers and three "[SMP44 Database Servers." Perhaps to no one's surprise, Bell Canada, won the bidding to supply the state-or-the-art phone system. Their new 9-1-1 Publ ic Emergency Reporting System (PERS) which uses Northern Telecom's Meridian I hardware and enhanced call centre applications software, is connected to the city using fibre-optic cable. Connected to Bell's provincial phone database, it instantaneously transmits the telephone number and actual service address of the incom ing 9-1-1 calls to the call-taker's [ntergraph workstation. Motorola Canada Ltd. was selected as
the voice radio system vendor. They developed a complete custom voice radio communications system, using their computerized PH-7000 system. [t is a software based system capable of controlling the entire network of radios and 16 antenna sites located city-wide. The system uses 2,350 MTS 2000 II I portable radios, and 1,761 Spectra mobile radios located in cars, on motorcycles and within buildings. Each radio features Motorola's new "FLA Hport" technology, which allows each radio's functions to be changed using a software down-load process. The 60 conventional and 10 trunked radio channels, allows the system to handle the projected volume of 100,000 portable radio calls in a typical 24 hour period. A state-of-the-art voice recording system by Dictaphone rounds out the communications centre. Using their"ProLog" system of network based digital recording hardware, the voice recording system is a completely flexible solution for controlling and managing communications recording. High quality digital audio, which allows for instant search and playback, as well as multi-level recording, quality and security controls, also allows for easy expandability. [nitially, incoming audio is recorded
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Th e Illtergraph di~patch er wor/.. \tatiolls cOllsists of olle mOllitor for dispatch queuing allrl olle for a lIIap di play capable of showillg vital illformatioll about resources fII'ailahle at all)' particular time. Th e system is also capable oftrackillg duplicate calls to the sallie illcidellt.
nc nventionalc mputerhard-drive .Archival . torage u e Digital Audio Tape (D T) artridge . ra h D T tape cartridge is pable of t ring up to 340 hour ofre rded material by u ing Dictaphone' " Digi a" compre. ion technology . total of . i, network.ed n de , two upervisory n de. and three playback. unit c nnected t per onal computers (P ') provide complete coverage. THE MDT ARE NEXT! I he vcr 400 aging MDT mobi le data t rminals are the only part of thi new state-of-the-art y temthat i not new. The replacem ntofa chip in each MDT, a well s the repla emenl of ome k.ey-cap , proVIded much needed improvement in the e "antiques." n overhauled interface, and conne tion to the new Intergraph AD . y. tem, will allow the e early 1980' vintage term ina I to be u ed forthe 2to 3 year it i. e pe ted to tak. e to elect and in tall repla ement . \ m bile terminal wi ll be the cr wning glory for thi already top-notch sy. tem . With digital mapping built into the Intergraph D y tem, and variou other in-h u e sy tem capable of being conne tedtothem,anti ipationfornew MDT' already building. A NEW HOME
The old communication cen tre had been h u. ed on the econd fl r of th e old p Ii e he dquarter . When the new headquc rter. bui lding pened in the late 1980' , the new mmunication centre wa eventually upp ed to move in to one of the upper fl r . Plan changed and the new entre wa built on 2 of3 floor et a ide for the p Ii e in a completely refurbi hed ffi e tower in the uburb . T P r the line ergonom ic eat ing at
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specially designed desks is provided for all di patchers and call-taker . Height adju table k.eyboard tray and fle ible ta k lighting round out the de k . The envi ronm enta lly contro lled centre boa t virtually every tate of the art feature de igned to provide the mo t comfortab le and ergonomically correct working condi tion po ible.
PROBLEMS ... A one might e pect with uch a state of the art y tern, Day I didn't arrive without a few problem . The new centre was delayed everal times because of the leading edge natu re of its hardware and oftware component. During the final two years, the low and often fru trating death of the old G voice radio system was watched with baited breath. A day did n't go by where a part of the system did n't fail either temporarily or permanently. Becau e ofthi ,the initial implementation of the new Motoro la radio ystem wa brought forward. An interim trunked ytem u ing one antenna site in downtown Toronto, managed to ervice the MTP for over a year. When de lays with the AD system further de layed fi nal imp lemen tation of the complete project, the voice radio y tem wa brought on-l ine more or les fully two month prior to th e October 24th cut-o er. A number of the cu tom featu res in the CAD sy tem al 0 added to the delay and prob lem experienced during development and final implementation of the new centre. SAFETY FOR OFFICERS One of the biggest benefi ts of thi s new communication y tem is the increa e in
Recycling Architecture Architects today are spending more time and talen t renovating and retrofitting existing building than designing new ones. In 1991. architects Dunlop Farrow were retained to convert a nine-storey, 150,000 sq.ft. suburban Toronto office building into a high security, Post Disaster facility to house the Metropolitan Toronto Consolidated Communications/Computer Centre. A technical audit of the 20 year old building, vacant for years, uncovered structural deterioration of the exterior masonry cladding, lack of appropriate reinforcement of concrete elements, and ubstantial deficiencies in the mechanical and electrical ystems. In reclaiming the sub-standard building, Dunlop Farrow was able to provide the new occupants with a secure, modem, comfortable and efficient working environment.
The tructure was completely reclad with a ' pre ure equalized' , insulated cladding system, giving the building a white, pristine fini h. Vented sull sash units were installed over the existing glazing to improve thermal performance. To provide earthquak.e resistance and meet current code requirements, additional steel reinforcement was introduced. While a large portion of the existing mechanical plant was deemed reu able, a new penthouse addition wa required for additional mechanical plant and e>..tensive new electrical system . eCllrity issues were a major design consideration in the office building. Dunlop Farrow's interior de ign group, Interior Design Collaborative Inc. completed a user needs study and pace pla nning for the building interior, and coordinated the move and furniture acquisition. A a result of this research a safety feature for staff, the majority of whom are IN men, \... as the redesign of the entry Ie el for the installation of a security portal to control acce s to the elevators.
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officer s·afety. Radio equipment was purchased in enough quantity so that every officer ha a radio available when leaving the station. Each radio is also equipped with an emergency button . When the emergency button i pu hed it sends a signal to the computer that runs the radio system. This computer identifies the radio and sends the in formation to the CAD system. Once received by the CAD system the information i proce ed, providing the dispatcher with almost in tantaneous details about the officer using that radio. FUTURE WATCH The flexibility designed into the integrated communications centreallows many changes to be made without incurring sign ificant expenses. Because the system also provides a broad range of statistical information dea ling with all facets of daily operation it is a very effective management tool. uch features a the " FLA Hport"technology in the voice radios, and the indu try tandard distributed hardware platform and mod ular oftware architecture used by the Intergraph CAD system, al 0 allows for rapid response to changing priorities. Both the Northern Telecom " Meridian I E 9-1- 1" phone system and Dictaphone' s "ProLog" systems allow for easy additions, modifications, and upgrades. The rep lacement of the aging collection orMDT's will also add more tlexibilitytothe y tern. All existingMDTwill be replaced and an additional 200 or so MDT will likely be added to the system, providing greatly enhanced functionality and access to uch features as digital mapping and in-house data-bases. All peop le involved in this project can un derstandab ly be proud of their accomplishments. For more information about this system, or to arrange for a tour, contact upt. Tom Parish at (416) 324-6056, or Mr. Roger Mahabir, at (4 16) 324-6268.
• • .has benefits for police officers 1. Eliminates blind spots on both sides of a vehicle by providing a much greater range of visibility. 2. Helps reduce accidents. 3. Increases view of the rear seat for visual supervision of rear seat occupants and prisoners. 4. Allows officers almost 360 degree visibility when vehicle is stationary allowing visibility of persons appraoching from rear 5. Increases visibility while reversing. 6. Eases neck and back strain while driving for extended hours. 7. Replacement rearview mirror for all vehicles. 8. Equipped with special day/night feature to reduce glare and improve night driving . When you consider the millions of miles your officers log each year, Lanechanger II provides safety, comfort and a positive approach toward accident reduction at a very reasonable price. Individual discounts available fo r officers Volume discounts for agency purchases of over 10 units. - - - - - - - - - Phone, Fax or Mail your orders to - - - - - - - - 601 Auguste Mondoux, Aylmer, Quebec, J9H 5E1 ,
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Up-Coming Events In) 27 - 30, 1995 rimc , toppcr ntnrio Trnining onference IIi ton - ntario I his 11th nnual I raining onferenee \\ ill be held at the ollawasaga Inn . I his session \\ill focus on training and police the medlll I"or further details contact Johanna Robin on at 1-800-56720·1 or FA (705) 726-3067. In 2 - Jun e I, 1995 Poli e • ducator' on ference Bonrd of nnnda I rederlcton - e\\ Bruns\\ ICt... I he conference is open to anyone II1terested 111 Imining from a Im\ entbn:ement p..:rsp..:cli\e. I hiS) cars theme IS" iolence in . ociet)" and \\ill II1clude se'ments on famil) violence. racial" IOlence. "iolence 111 the police famil) . elder abuse and \ lolence In schools. lor further details conta t Insp. [ riC Fiander at ('i06) 152-9701 or I erreneeQuesnel tit ( (6) 4 14-·14 <) \In I - Jun e 2, 1995 Rndio omm 95 I oronlO - Ontario Dele 'ates from the Radio omm ssociation across orth merica arc e peeled to allend this e'posilion of over 100 companies and 200 boolhs sh(mll1g the latest in communications hard\\are and software at the Metro loronto omenllon entre Furtherdetails contact J...arl [ lehner a1(416) 4472265 . la y I - Jun 3, 1995 P Poli e Dog rials \\mar"el - ntario RegIOn 17 ( anada) and Ihe Y rk Regional Police \\ill hold Poli e D I trials in an effort to allow police service d gs to be certified in variOLiS spe itlilies. [vent will be held tit Yor" Regional Police ssn . 16 55 Ba)"le\\ e. e\\m, rt...et For further information onta t Pat lie. ter 905 476-4127 or Steve eabro t.. 905 773-1221 Fa'\ <)0 841-0665.
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June 9 - 10,1995 eorginn ollege L A Reunion Bnrrie - Ontnrio Jeorgian ollege LA A program IS hosting a weet...end 25th nni\ersaf) reunion for all graduate. consisting of wine & cheese social. sports day and dance. on tact anc) Wagner at (705) 722- 1535 Fa'\ (705) 722-5 175. Jun e9- 12, 1995 The Pas Peace Officer Fi hing Derby Internntional The Pa - Manitoba Members of rhe Pas R MP region invite you to this annual event. etivities include competition s. banquets. fi h ff) and trophies. Ihose interested in registering and obtaining lodging arc to contact Ke"in McKenna or Malcolm Iioliell at (204) 623-6491 or Fa'\ (204) 623-5346. Jun e 12 - 16, 1995 dvan ed 1I0micide eminar Toronto - Ontario The Metropolitan Toronto Police Ilomicide quad \\ill be holding its I thannual seminarallhe t...ydome Ilotei. For further details conta t the Ilomicide quad at (416) 3246150 or Fa'\ (416) 324-6151. June 17, 1995 Police ire & orrection anadian ational Bench Press
and social activitie . For further details contact Dave tewart at (905) 831-2013 FAX (905) 831-1929. June26 - 2 , 1995 O.A. .P. Police Trade how t. atharine - Ontario 'I he OA P will hold it annual Trade how in conjunction \\ith it annual onference. The Trade how will be held at the Parb"a) Inn and i expected to draw over 100 companies. The show will be open toall member of police ervices as well as fire and ambulance per onnel for the entire three-day how. Further detail contact Ken Gan el at(905) 688-3911 Ext. 4420 or Fax (905) 685-5081 . June 25 - 27, 1995 Association of Quebec hie!: of Police - Trade Fair Troi Rivierre - Quebec Thi annual conference will present a trade fair which will be open to all member of police agencies at the Delta Inn . The ho\~ will include around 50 booths of products and ervices of intere t to law enforcement. For further details contact iles Tremblay (819) 378-5433 . July I - 2, 1995 NWMP 120th elebration hoal Lake - Manitoba The police and Pioneer Museum along with the hoal Lake R MP Detachment \\ill be hostinga 120th Anniversary Celebration to commemorate the arrival of the orthWest Mounted Police. Thi will al 0 coincide with Canada Da) and Manitoba' 125 celebration . For further details contact E\"en Booth at (204) 759-2390 or Fax (204) 759-2704.
en' , women ' s and master diviion. Open to all current and retired police. fire and correctional omcers in anada. ompetition to be held at dmonton Police HQ. For furtherdetail and regi trationcall Gary MacLean (403) 42 1-2829.
July 3 - 7, 1995 anadian Identification ociety Halifax - ova cotia Th is annual conference has a Trade how as ociated with illhat i open tomember of police ervice . The event is expected to allract20 corporate booth displays from companie intere ted in forensic ident issues . For details call Ron Yeomans (902) 426-1279 Fax (902) 426-8845.
June 22 - 25, 1995 anadian & International Police Motorcycle hampion hip Race hannonville - Ontario fhe anadian Police Omcers Road Racing Team are happy to announce thi event in as ciation with the FA TRiding chool.Eventinclude training 'e ion priorto race day for all conte tant as well as a banquet
eptember 14 - 16, 1995 M.O.I.A. onference London - Ontario The Michigan Ontario Identification Association onference will include guest speakers, plenary sessions and a trade show of intere t to per ons involved in Forensic Identification . For regi tration infonnation contact Mr. 01 zew ki
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at (519) 661-5614 or Fa" (519) 661-6494. eptember 15- 17, 1995 International Police Diver ympo ium Hamilton - Ontrio Thi eminar and demonstration exerci e i the large t of its kind in the world and is open to all police, fire, military and medical per 'onnel. Events will include eminars, lectures, exercises and practical demonstraion . Intere ted persons should call Rick Rozo ki at Ph nel I a'( (905) 574-6817. eptember 21 - 23, 1995 Haza rdou Material onference orth ork - Ontario The Metro roronto Ilazardous Materials ommillee is pleased to pre ent an educational conference on hazardous materials. The conference will have five main guest speaker and over fort) workshops dealing with the ubject ofha/ardous materials. For further information contact David t\\ell at (416) 394-8585. eptem ber 23 - 29, 1995 33 rd International ociation of Women Police onference Milwaukee, " i co nsin I hi s year's conference will be ho ted by the Milwaukee Police Department at the Pfi ster Ilotei. Conference will consist of guest speaker and training sessions. For regi stration information \\fite IA WP PO Bo'\ 37872. Mih~aukee, eptember 30 -October 1, 1995 Police Martial rt A ociation olumb ia fhe two day sessions will feature confrontational analysi s, advanced phy icaltraumashock suppression, police baton training etc. Pre-regi tration is required . For more detail contact the Association at Phone. Fax (506) 387-5126.
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National Park Warden Association Formed It's been talked about, it's been thought about, • now it's here! The a.. tional Park Warden As~~ ~ sociation has been 'f~ formed and they are looking for members. In April of 1994 a small group "of Park Wardens in the Ontario Region got together to initiate the formation of this ational A sociation. In anada there are currentl} over375 ational Park Wardens mandated to protect special areas of this country. An association wi II provide upport for the e professionals, which until now, ha not existed on a national level. There are three levels ofmembership in the Association; Full Members: All Park Wardens \~ho have been i sued with a PC 4 ard or other officer. whose status enables them to protect lands administered by Parks Canada. This includes ational Parks, II istoric ites, Historic anals and other lands; As ociate Member: Other law enforcement officers out ideofParks anada, mandated to protect natural resource , and who meet the
criteria for member hip in this category. This may include provincial park wardens, conservation officers, fi hery officers and federal wildlife officers; Honorary Me mbers: All of those people above that have retired and meet the criteria for this type of member hip. In the near future the Association will have hats, t-shirts and lapel pin available and a national newsletter will be released shortly. The A ociation is currently working on several projects including an attempt to get proper protective equipment for all Park Wardens in recognition of the risks involved while dealing with heavy hunting rines. All are invited tojoin. There is something for everyone in this a sociation. Remember, it'sthemembers that make the association. so join up and be apart of thi s organization. If you have any suggestions or que tion about the Association or would like further information, call Mark Ilalley at (519) 322-2365 or Fax (519) 322-0011.
Course on "Reid Technique" to be held in October The Criminal Investigation Divi ion of the Dartmouth and Bedford Police Services along with the Military Police will beco-hosting a seminar on the "Reid Technique of interviewing and Interrogation" in October 30 to November 2, 1995. Tentative plans are slated to hold the seminar atCFB Stadacona, with free accommodation for out of town investigators. The internationally recognized firm of John E. Reid and As ociate , originators and developers of the technique, will be conducting this seminar. Reid has taught his techniques to numerous American
police personnel but this will be the first time this seminar will be offered in Canada. It is felt properly training investigators in interviewing & interrogation make for greater solvability rates for criminal investigations. The cost of the cour e wi II be $375.00 (U . .). Therearea limited number of seats available and registrations will be taken for those departments \\ ho are interested on a first come. first serve basis. If you are interested contact Cpl. Bud now or Cst. Darrell Gaudet at 902 464-2534 or FAX 902464-2150 or OIR S30032.
Advanced Homicide Seminar Toronto· Ontario June 12 . 16, 1995 The Metropolitan Toronto Police Homicide Squad will be holding its 13th annual seminar at the Skydome Hotel. For further details contact the Homicide Squad
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In the eye of the Raven hI' Bluir McQuillun I n order to prevent crime, ecurity per. onnel ,nd poli emu t wor" together. To f1ll1her e pand the elTon Dalcom ommunications has been in olved in the mar"eting of, n ad n d ystem "nown a the R, ven 9000 . The Raven 9000 i ,remote vide and audi surveillance y tem which u ilize tandard telephone line t operate camera nd recei e image . The Ra en9000+ i. a s ft. are ba ed sy tem apable of transm itting up to 16 video image to a de ignated I ation from remote ite, in any ar a, with full duplex audio tran mitted ov r the . ame ph ne line. Ine idea, wh ich \ as in itiated by the ew Bruns\ i k Teleph ne om pan)" \ a de eloped due t th need to pro ide emcient e urity at an e on mical price. A ide from the finan ial tandpoint h \'vever, the y tem ha ' many ther practical, d antage . n u h adv, ntage i a great reducti n in false alarms compared to that of ther se urit)' . ),stem due to the fact that the Ravcn 9000 i a visual y tem. Acording to police, 90°0 of the calls which ome from c nvcntionally alarmed ite
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Savage Range Systems' revolutionary new 'Passive' trap stops bullets without the destructive force that produces airborne lead contamination . A bullet fired into a 'Passive' trap is deflected at a very shallow angle into a wet deceleration chamber. After hydroplaning on a film of water for 100 to 200 revolutions, bullets dropout the bottom, to be sold as scrap lead. Thewetdeflection plates and chamber prevent the lead dust producing metal-<X1-metal contact.
b)' up to 40° '0 in the first year of operation and up to 90°'0 in sub equent years. A previou I)' mentioned the Raven 9000 i oftware ba ed which make updating imple. Fore ample, the number of camera to be utilized may be increased by simply adding modular camera card. Updates can be made by adding EPROM chips to the system. This enable the ytem to incorporate new advance developed by Dalcom. Another ad antage of the oftware ystem i it ability to monitor and record automatically from elect sites and cameras. This aid greatly in identificat ion mea ure which may be conducted by ecurity per onnel and police. The introduction of surveillance by tandard phone line i definitely a tep in the right direction. The mea ure ha greatly aided police and ecurit), per onnel in their effort to build bridges between their repective field and minimi7e crime. Dal om ommunication is wholly anadian owned and is currently the on l)' anadian company that develope and manufactures a remote video and audi urveillance y tem. More detail about the y tem can be obtained by contacting ary Dore, 800 567-7286, or fax 514 737-6650.
Large ranges report maintenance requirements as low as half day per year Rifle and pistol bullets are gradually stopped, over several seconds The standard 'Passive' trap will handle all handgun and rifle calibres, up to the 460 Weatherby Magnum. Because the toxic lead dust inherent in ' smash plates' is eliminated, expensive air filtration systems and clean up procedures are eliminated as well.
"Passive" traps are available in all sizes, from the small, desk-mounted Gun Smith or "Check-It" traps, to the 12" to 36" box traps, to complete multi-bay firing range systems. Range-sized passive traps are made in Mississauga, Ontario from special steel milled at the Algoma Steel Mill, Sault Ste. Marie.
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Out of the patrol car and into the station
The much heralded "Pro Copper" eat has now moved into the station. This eat. designed by fonner law enforcement officers to relieve bad.. upport problems for people in patrol car. can now hare it benefits with station duty per onne!. The "Pro Copper Duty hair" is de igned to en ure alertness. productivity a well as back support to all law enforcement and civil emergency personne!.ldeal for Administrator. communications personnel. desk sergeants. lockup
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British Columbia This is the eighth of a series outlining the details surrounding the last persons to hang in each province 8\' !JIm,. McQuillan aron " Bud" Jenk.in. wa born in ole Valle)" ova c tia n July 14, 1935. Bud 'rew up n a farm near ody, ew Brun wick.. r he youngest of two brother and three si. t r , Bud wa a loner and regarded ,s bcin ' "different" by member of his famll
Bud gre\ up in a geographical 10 ation and a repre ed time which did not condone behavi n\hich wa not deemed to be "nornlal". The fact that he wa rai ed in a strict Angli an ramily did not help the pre. sure to lead a traditional lire. I eo nthony Mantha wa born on D ember 22, 1926. Mantha \ a a native I' crdun, uebec and lik.e Bud, had been raised by agmg parents. lie gre\ up under the Roman atholic raith which wa the enter pic e in an unhapp)' childhood . ncr pa ing the eighth grade at the , g of lineen, Mantha dropped out of ho I. lie began to work. at the . . yard in Pointe, 1.- harle · to help upport hi ramily. 1 co had hi lir t e,ual encounter a year later. " I rell in with a rellow who hung around with a gang at home. He wa attending college then . I wa work.ing. He wa a '0 d-looking guy. lie didn't tay home long, though , b cau e he went into the ministry. lie be ame a prie t." I h twas l.eo' lir t homo e,ual relationship. Torn between hi raith which ondemned gay to hell and hi attraction towards th . ame e , Leo joined the avy sat k.er. While n tour he continued to b in 01 ed in relation with other men . Bud Jenk.in wa a top tudent who re IV d abov -a erage grade in both unday ch 01 and the high chool from which he graduated in 1954. After lini hin ' . cho I he began a career a a bank clerk III u e be~ re being promoted to a imilar placement in aint John. Whil in aint John , Jenkin was per ued by an older man . The arrair that foil wed b th intrigued and revolted Bud. As a re ult, he began dating a woman n, m d 1 rraine and volunteered at the ngli an church to help rid him elrofthe guilt he relt. In d ubt of hi ma culinity, Jenkins j ined the a y in Jul)' 1955. uperior olli er deemed him to be a "very poor
recruit." In a report i sued in AugustJenkins wa regarded as "highly effeminate and emotionally un table." Bud soon discovered that all he had to do to find men was to wear his uniform while on leave. He entered many anonymous homose ual relations which alway left him feeling guilty when he returned to hi ship. avy records indicate that in 1957 Bud began to wear women's clothe and inve tigated the po sibility of having a ex-change operation . lie was removed from active duty and given a job a a pay writer due to tension and depre sion he was uffering. After arriving at the H.M.C. . aden base in quimalt, B.c. Bud received help from a avy neuropsychiatrist named Dr. Dougla Alcorn. Dr. Alcorn listened to Jenkins tell him or his sexual behavior and of the numerous opportunities he had to engage in sex on ervicemen. Alcorn came to the conclusion that Jenkins was a " Homo exual of the feminine type." Leo Mantha was discharged from the avy in April 1956 under part of the aval ervice Act created to "promote economy and efficiency." He moved to Victoria to work as an engineer the same year. During his aval career Mantha, like Jenkins, sought out many encounters with men and drank to drown the guilt. He also received many reprimands which ranged rrom impaired driving to going AWOL. On one occasion Mantha stormed onto the bridge of the Haida to lecture a captain on the quality of the food being served on the ship. Mantha was a regu lar at a bar known to gays in the military in Victoria. It was there that a bartender, Donald Perry, introduced Mantha to his cousin, Bud Jenkins. Jenkins was a fantasy come true for Leo. The two spent most of their time drinking and having sex until Leo had to ship out. However, he stayed in close contact with Bud writing to him twice a week. During Leo's ab ence Bud became wary of the thought of having a permanent homosexual relationship. As a result, Leo found a letter from Jenkins upon returning
to Victoria in Augu t which explained that he wi hed to be Mantha' s friend and nothing more. Leo wa crushed, but determined to gain back Bud ' s love. After Leo made attempt to confront his love, Jenkins decided it wa time to have a talk with his persistent admirer. Jenkin told Mantha he had ju t u ed him andhismone . lIeal oclaimedthathewa going to marry a girl named Margaret and that Leo could ave himselfby becoming an Anglican . Leo wa angry and frustrated at the lecture Bud wa reciting. Later te t howed that Mantha hit Jenkins with uch force that mall fragments of his skull were driven into hi brain . After the fight Bud went back to the aden ba e. Leo decided to kill him elf. Ju taftermidnighton eptember6, 1958, Able eaman Ronald ooke awoke to the creams ofa dying man. Cooke turned on the light to lind the dead body of Bud Jenkin . He had a cut acro hi forehead and a deep \ ound at the ba e of hi neck . With the e ception of the individual who tood around the body there wa no one in the barrack . A bloody knife with a ten-inch blade wa discovered a rew feet away rrom the body. After eamining the body a avy doctor concluded Bud had committed uicide. In Bud' lockeramongothermi cellaneou item detective found po tcards from Leo. A the morning light began to break the police wentto visit Mantha to ee ifhe had any information which may help them determine why Jenkin killed himself. When Mantha learned that Jenkin was dead he thought the detective werejoking at fir t. However, once he accepted the truth he revealed to the officer that after the fight between him and Bud he went to the ba e and killed him . Mantha al 0 told the officer that he had et out to kill himself after taking a dozen a pirin and drinking a twenty-sixer of rye. His plan was to drive overa clifrbut he was interrupted by an M.P. on patrol. Leo then drove into a parking lot and made his way to Bud's barracks without being detected. Mantha maintained that he only wished to talk to Jenkins. Mantha selected George Gregory to be his lawyer. Gregory came across evidence which suggested that Bud had not been killed by the knife but by the punche he had taken to the head during the light with Mantha. Gregory knew ifhe could prove this to ajury Leo would have to be found
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gui lty of manslaughter instead of murder. De pite the fact that Gregory made a strong ca e based on medical evidence and the te timony of re pected physicians, the Crown and the jury both seemingly refu ed to listen. Il owever. the entire courtroom sat on the edge of their collective seats when Mrs. ve lyn Higgins took the stand. Higgins revea led a secret Mantha had kept since his child hood when she told the court she was not hi sister but h is aunt. ince Mantha was born he was raised to believe his grandmother was his own mother. Hi real mother he had known as his ister, dith. The family's beliefin the church led them to keep the secret until Edith revealed the truth to her son by accident during an argument. "After that," explained Evelyn "Leo withdrew into himself." Dr. A Icorn, the same man who treated Bud, was brought to the trial to give his diagnoses ofMantha. He told the court that Mantha had a sickness known as Kemp's disea e. Alcorn al 0 stated: "He has been, as he was brought up in astrict, re ligious Catholic home, fully aware from chi ldhood of the unacceptable character of his tendencies. He has shown the features which I encounter frequently in
homosexuals. These are that the individual only with the greate t degree of mental effort secures control. Society expects from the homosexual a degree of chastity and a total deprivation of any expression of their emotional drives that would, under other circumstances only be expected from a person who had taken a vow of celibacy. This results in time in gross mental disturbances." Dr. Alcorn told the court that Kemp's disease leads to "an acute state of panic, fear or rage that occurs in homosexuals. During this period the patient is capable of violence directed both towards himself and to other people." The murder of Bud Jenkins was evidence ofthis. Ajury ofMantha's peers found him to be guilty as charged. Leo Mantha was hanged on April 27, 1959,just after midnight in an abandoned elevator shaft that had been transformed to serve as a gallows.
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