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March 2003 2 Inside This Edition March 2003 Inside This Edition Volume 15 Number 3 Publisher’s Commentary 5 Blue Line Magazine The truth about journalism... 12A-4981 Hwy 7 East Ste 254 and Greek weddings Markham, ON L3R 1N1 Canada Moose Jaw chief inspires excellence 6 Ph: 905 640-3048 Fax: 905 640-7547 Doing it right the first time 9 Moose Jaw Police Service eMail: [email protected] — Publisher — The journey to community policing... 10 Morley S. Lymburner are we there yet? eMail: [email protected] The journey to community policing — General Manager — Collecting digital evidence 12 Mary Lymburner, M.Ed. eMail: [email protected] Police don’t see eye-to-eye on armour 16 — Editor — Blue Line’s cross country survey proves Mark Reesor policies vary dramatically eMail: [email protected] Police career goal helps beat cancer 18 — News Editor — Les Linder VITALITY 19 eMail: [email protected] Quantitative vs. qualitative performance measures — Advertising — Mary Lymburner When even the waiters in local restaurants, Dean Clarke Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs 20 without any prompting, say your police service Bob Murray eMail: [email protected] Cutting the costs of conflict 22 is one of the best in the country, you must be doing something right. In his six years at the — Pre-press Production — The power of the pen and the public’s 23 helm, Moose Jaw Police Service Chief Terry Del Wall right to know Coleman, Blue Line’s featured chief, has turned — Contributing Editors — Ontario Police College Pursuit 24 the force around with common sense strategies. Communication Skills Terry Barker Continuum Chart He asked residents what kind of policing they Police Management James Clark wanted and then made it happen and empow- Tactical Firearms Dave Brown POLICE LEADERSHIP FORUM 25 Technology Tom Rataj Forum educates and inspires ered officers to make decisions. Dave Brown Psychology Dorothy Cotton went to Moose Jaw recently to talk to Coleman Case Law Mike Novakowski BLUE LINE SEMINAR SERIES 26 and profiles the chief and his department. An- Blue Line Magazine is published monthly, September to June, by other long-time Coleman fan, Dr. Dorothy Cot- Blue Line Magazine Incorporated with a mailing address of: Milwaukee police lieutenant retires at 86 27 12A - 4981 Hwy. 7 East, Ste. 254, ton, tells us how he’s gone beyond lip service Markham, Ontario, L3R 1N1. and implemented community policing as an or- Individual magazines are $3.50 each. Subscriptions are $25.00 DEEP BLUE 28 per year or $40.00 for 2 years. (Foreign - $50.00 U.S.) Top ten reasons for mental illness training ganizational strategy. All material submitted for publication becomes the property of Blue The first rule of collecting digital evidence Line Magazine unless other arrangements have been made with the On the million dollar road again 29 publisher prior to publshing. is to first do no harm — it’s easy for first re- The authors, advisors and Publisher accept no liability whatsoever CASE LAW 30 for any injuries to persons or property resulting from the application or sponders to destroy or render it useless if they adoption of any of the procedures, tactics or considerations presented in • Unreasonable search product of arbitrary don’t know exactly what to do. Debra this magazine. Readers are cautioned and advised that articles presented detention herein are edited and supplied for your personal awareness and should • Intent enough for care and control charge Littlejohn Shinder wrote the book (literally) not be used for further action until appropriate advice and guidance is received from a supervisor, Crown Attorney or other person in authority. • Credibly-based probability enough on handling ‘digital crime scenes’ — in an ex- Established in 1988, Blue Line Magazine is an independent for warrant cerpt from Scene of the Cybercrime, she ex- publication designed to inform, entertain, educate and upgrade the skills of those involved in the law enforcement profession. It has no direct plains what to do until the techies arrive. control from a law enforcement agency and its opinions and articles do not New CSA respirator standard 33 necessarily reflect the opinions of any government, police, or law now in effect One thing’s clear from Blue Line’s national enforcement agency. survey of body armour policies — police forces ©2003 - All articles are protected by copyright. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any PERSONAL COMPUTING 34 don’t see eye-to-eye. Some have no policies at means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording When the bits hit the fan or by any information storage or retrieval system without permission. all or leave the decision on whether to wear Internet activity is monitored and use or reposting of material on INCREDIBLE 35 armour up to individual officers; others have the Internet is restricted. very specific rules. News editor Les Linder TECHNOLOGY 36 talked to 15 forces across the country and found Accurate fingerprinting without ink some surprising results. This publication is a private venture and receives no CORRESPONDENCE 37 In other stories, we continue our CISC se- subsidy or grant from any level of government. ries on organized crime, look at the costs of — Affiliations — PRODUCT NEWS 38 cutting conflict and hear how media training International Association of Law Enforcement Planners Calgary receives police funeral coach 39 can help officers deal with the press, which is Canadian Advertising Rates & Data just one of the interesting seminars we have International Police Association The Police Leadership Forum COMING EVENTS 40 planned for the Blue Line Trade Show (April The Canadian Press Newswire 29 & 30). In other regular features, Mike Anti-terrorism operations centre opens 43 Printed in Canada by Janson Printing Service Novakowski has case law and Danette Dooley tells us how a New Brunswick man’s burning ISSN #0847 8538 National Youth Justice Policing Award 44 Canada Post - Canadian Publications Mail desire to be a police officer helped him over- THE BACK OF THE BOOK 46 come cancer. Product Sales Agreement No. 176796 Happiness is a warm, unregistered 4-by-4 March 2003 3 The truth about journalism... and Greek weddings by Morley Lymburner charges laid were in a part doesn’t want cops to know of the city that is a magnet those demographics; all it “I was wondering if you would like to make to the drug trade and attracts wanted them to do is wait for some comments on television about the ques- blacks from the entire re- the punch and react with po- tionable leadership of Chief Julian Fantino.” I gion who are looking for le- litical judiciousness. was taken by surprise and the question, from a gitimate fun and entertain- This same Toronto Po- Toronto television station producer who’d ment. On evenings and lice Service has an ethnic tracked me down at our west coast correspond- weekends, this area swells mix of police officers unpar- ent’s office, went unanswered for several sec- with a racial mix unlike that alleled by any other in onds. in any other part of Toronto. Canada. Their recruiters are “What makes you think his leadership is Expecting it to have the masters at seeking out suit- questionable,” I asked. same ethnic mix as other able candidates that will help “Well you know... the recent complaints of areas would be like suggest- improve an already excellent racial profiling and the drug squad officers un- ing that only six per cent of picture. der investigation. It pretty much points toward the attendees at a Greek I have no idea why a leadership with no control over their offic- wedding are Greek because Julian Fantino ever wanted ers.” that is the number in the to be Toronto chief of police. I felt my blood pressure rising and knew it city. The story was so For some reason he felt com- was time to take a few deep breaths before I flawed that it can only be pelled to take the job but the continued laying waste to his argument. described as preposterous. city doesn’t deserve people Several incidents discussed were issues that Toronto Police had of his calibre. There’s no pre-dated Chief Fantino’s leadership — unfor- made great strides improv- doubt he is determined, loyal tunately it is he who must do the clean-up — ing communication with the and courageous but I cer- but the one issue I found disturbing was the ethnic mix of the commu- tainly do not envy the task ‘racial profiling’ accusation. Over the past sev- nity, despite regulations that that lays ahead of him — one eral years, Toronto has been rocked by gang worked against them. This wasn’t simply win- made all the harder by yellow journalism, mind- warfare like it has never seen before. Almost dow dressing but hard work born from a uni- less journalists and political control freaks. all is due to a city living in an era unprecedented versal police recognition that the best way to So what about that television interview... for the openness of the drug trade and a social deter crime is to know your community and no return calls yet! I never was much good at polarization that simply exacerbates an already seek their support. No easy task in a city that holding my breath. tough situation. In 1989 the job of Toronto police chief was hampered further by a police commissioner with an agenda. She and her board passed a regulation that prohibited the force from keep- ing statistics on crimes by race. There are not enough words to describe how flawed this was on so many levels.