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Inside This Edition Volume 13 Number 6 June/July 2001 Correspondence 4 Blue Line Magazine Publisher’s Commentary 5 12A-4981 Hwy 7 East Suite 254 Will that be coffee or tear-gas Markham, ON L3R 1N1 in the morning? Phone: 905 640-3048 Fax: 905 640-7547 e-mail: [email protected] Peel Regional Police cyberproof students 7 - Publisher - Morley S. Lymburner OACP 50th Annual Convention 11 e-mail: [email protected] - General Manager - Delivering your message 14 Mary Lymburner, M.Ed. e-mail: [email protected] Police services look ahead 16 - Editor-In-Chief - to hiring boom Blair McQuillan e-mail: [email protected] The pig in the python phenomenon 18 - News Editor - Les Linder Province to open one-time law school 19 e-mail: [email protected] Vitality 20 th - Advertising - Occupational readiness and physical fitness The Peel Regional Police, hosts of the 50 Mary Lymburner Annual Ontario Association of Chiefs of Po- Rhonda Shuker Mounties apologize to community 21 lice Conference, are leaders in Internet safety Bob Murray for children. In this issue, Sgt. Doug Wilson explains how the service’s Internet safety pro- - Pre-press Production - More than meets the eye 22 gram works and what the nation can expect Del Wall The psychological influence from it in the future. To learn more, turn to of the police uniform - Contributing Editors - page 5. Communication Skills Terry Barker If you plan on attending the 50th Annual Police Leadership Robert Lunney There are no good shifts 24 Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police Con- Tactical Firearms Dave Brown Technology ference, turn to page 11 for a complete list of Tom Rataj Evolution on the street 25 Case Law Gino Arcaro exhibitors and a detailed floor plan. If you are Enforcement key to curbing gangs interested in the OACP itself, and its rich his- Blue Line Magazine is published monthly, September to June, by tory, turn to page 12. Blue Line Magazine Incorporated with a mailing address of: Toronto police officers found 26 12A - 4981 Hwy. 7 East, Ste. 254, Police agencies in Canada are facing some Markham, Ontario, L3R 1N1. guilty of misconduct manpower challenges during the next three to Individual magazines are $3.50 each. Subscriptions are $25.00 five years. How are law enforcement services per year or $40.00 for 2 years. (Foreign - $50.00 U.S.) Hard hitting legislation to deal with 27 planning to replace the large number of officers ©2001 - All articles are protected by copyright. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by gangs and officer protection who will soon be retiring? Les Linder, Blue any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying Line Magazine’s News Editor, asked this ques- and recording or by any information storage or retrieval system without permission from the publisher. Internet activity is Bandwagons 30 tion and the answers he found are on page 16. monitored and use or reposting of material on the Internet Bring back the traffic units Street gangs plague every city in the coun- is restricted. All material submitted for publication becomes the property of try. The ages of the members are as varied as Blue Line Magazine unless other arrangements have been made Technology 32 the crimes they commit. The approach to com- with the publisher. bating them has been swift and hard hitting. On The authors, advisors and Publisher accept no liability The world-wide-wait is over whatsoever for any injuries to persons or property resulting from the page 25 of this issue, Editor Blair McQuillan, application or adoption of any of the procedures, tactics or files a report on the street gang situation as seen considerations presented in this magazine. Readers are cautioned Technology 32 and advised that articles presented herein are edited and supplied through the eyes of three city police officers. for your personal awareness and should not be used for further In addition to being a firearms expert, Dave action until appropriate advice and guidance is received from a Research targets stress of jury duty 34 supervisor, Crown Attorney or other person in authority. Brown is an avid fan of the cinema. For your Established in 1988, Blue Line Magazine is an independent enjoyment, Brown has stuck his tongue in his Lessons from Hollywood 36 publication designed to inform, entertain, educate and upgrade the cheek and explained how to write a Hollywood skills of those involved in the law enforcement profession. It has no How to film an action adventure movie direct control from a law enforcement agency and its opinions and screenplay that would make most law enforce- articles do not necessarily reflect the opinions of any government, ment officers wonder where movie moguls get police, or law enforcement agency. Blue Line Magazine is a Case Law 38 private venture and as such is not funded through any their information from. For a humourous look level of government agency, union or association. “Reasonable” to whom? at the silver screen, turn to page 36. Printed in Canada by Garson Graphic Services Inc. A case involving a stolen World Series cham- - Affiliations- Blue Line Classified 40 pionship ring, a police informant, and a search International Association of Law Enforcement Planners warrant have all led Gino Arcaro to ask, “What Canadian Advertising Rates & Data Summit officers praised 42 does reasonable mean?” To find out more, go to International Police Association The Police Leadership Forum by security minister page 38. The Canadian Press Newswire The recent Summit of the Americas in Que- Periodical Publishers Exchange A successful Response 2001 44 bec made headlines world-wide. Now, Robert ISSN #0847 8538 Stevens supplies us with his views on the pro- Canada Post - Canadian Publications Mail Back of the Book 46 tests and the underlying issues that beg to be Product Sales Agreement No. 176796 The right to protest examined. June/July 2001 3 Blue Line Magazine Although Mr. Stevens correctly identifies On reading the May issue of Blue Line I The Kop Shop 519-539-1155 that cooperation between police and private turned to page 9, and read your “Publisher’s Tri-Tech Inc. 800 438-7884 security will be to the benefit of all, initiatives Note” indicating that the duty bag was manu- True Traffic Safety 604 277-5652 aimed at making this a reality seem to have died factured by a BC company no longer in busi- Unifold Shelters Ltd. 905 528-4448 a slow death. The national conference on po- ness. This is the duty bag that we, at Tetragon U.S. Cavalry / Cavpro 800 200-9455 lice and private security held in Toronto in -Tasse have advertised with you for quite some Viking Metals & Military Supply 902 456-1284 November 1999, was a good first step. Many time, and then to add insult to injury, your list Visual Planning Corp. 514 739-3116 did not include our name, even though our name of us left that conference optimistic that some- is listed in your February Supply and Services one would take a lead role to ensure the process Guide. continued. Unfortunately, the ground-breaking I have just finished reading Gino Arcaro’s Joyce McLorn discussions from that conference appear to have commentary in the May issue of Blue Line (Bring Tetragon-Tasse been forgotten, and the recommendations of the back the cadets). I want to say that I fully agree Mississauga, Ontario workshop participants seem destined to remain with what he so eloquently said. as simply the final pages of the conference I am without a doubt what he coined as a Publisher’s Note: Not only that but we for- record. WBUPO (Wanna-be uniform police officer). got another 15 companies on the next page of In the United States, where police and pri- Having finished my first year in college, I have the guide. Thanks to Joyce for bringing this to vate security have recognized the importance firmly set my goals on the uniform police of- our attention. If indeed you wish to get the bag of working together, The Bureau of Justice As- ficer, and perhaps at sometime in the future, I that was pictured you may contact TetragonThis edition of Blue Line News Week has beensistance, sponsored in cooperation by: with the International will specialize in something else. Tasse at 1-800-387-6542. They will be happy Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the I think that Mr. Arcaro’s suggestion of to help you out. National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA), and the bringing back the rank of cadet is one that should Now to be fair to everyone else left off the American Society for Industrial Security be taken seriously, as it would promote more list of 17 from last month here are the remaining (ASIS), has initiated “Operation Cooperation”. people to look toward uniform policing. marketers of duty bags: It represents a major national initiative to en- Matt Johnston Michaels of Oregon Co. 503 655-7964 courage partnerships between law enforcement Niagara Falls, Ontario North Sylva Co. 416 242-4867 and private security professionals. Pelican Products 780 481-6076 Perhaps there is something we can learn Pro-Tech Equipment 819 682-2861 from our neighbours to the south. Spike Camp Wilderness Supply 780 461-5700 Let me start by congratulating Robert Colonel R.J. (Sam) Houston Strong Holster Co. 978 281-3300 Stevens on his article “The incredible shrinking Commandant/Chief Executive Officer Tactical Advantage 604 931-6351 police service” published in your May 2001 Ottawa Division The Current Corporation 604 461-5555 edition. Canadian Corps of Commissionaires June/July 2001 4 Blue Line Magazine Will that be coffee or tear-gas in the morning? by Morley Lymburner for protecting the people who live in the city of ment personnel must be there.

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