A CHRONICLE OF NEWS FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY | OCTOBER 16, 2015 – Vol. 20 No. 42

Former police commissioner warns against carding reform

Oct 08 2015 CALGARY - The is introducing a new tool that will help first responders when dealing with emergency situations involving people with disabilities. Page 2 Oct 09 2015 HALIFAX - Police in Halifax are apologizing for mistakes they made in investigating the Re- htaeh Parsons case. Page 3

Oct 09 2015 TORONTO - Many domestic hom- icides in may have been “predicted and prevented’’ had risk factors such as a history of domestic violence been spotted and acted on earlier, according to

a report by a committee formed Oct 12 2015 in the wake of two domestic mur- TORONTO - When former New York and activists who attacked “stop-and-frisk,” der-suicides. one of his force’s key crime-prevention prac- Page 4 police commissioner Ray Kelly touched down in Toronto to promote tices, as racist and unconstitutional. Oct 09 2015 his memoir, he detected something fa- “There was an agenda driven by activist miliar in the newspaper headlines he attorneys,” Mr. Kelly - whose book is titled A civil suit from a group of RCMP read and the queries lobbed his way Vigilance: My Life Serving America and officers in B.C. claims the force during interviews. Protecting its Empire City - said between handed over sensitive health infor- For most of the 12-year term he spent as bites of a turkey club at the Four Seasons last mation - including mental records Gotham’s top cop, Mr. Kelly’s most persis- week. “But to reduce this valuable tool is a - to the College of Psychologists tent adversaries were not criminal master- disservice to the people of New York City.” without their permission. minds or spandexed super-villains, but rather While he knows far less about Toronto’s Page 5 a knot of civil libertarians, lawyers, judges simmering dispute over carding - the police

Oct 12 2015 “What will stay with me for the rest of my life is the scream the man let out when he got to the crash,” wrote Cst. Vanessa De- Merchant. “This father had just lost his daughter.” Page 8 practice of documenting interactions with Mr. Kelly’s advice is to avoid his city’s in August 2013 but it was delayed until le- members of the public for intelligence pur- path. “It’s a lot of verbal mumbo-jumbo,” he gal proceedings involving two men charged poses - he is just as sympathetic to activists said of the court-ordered procedure that has with child pornography offences in the case here as in New York. “It gets to the funda- replaced stop-and-frisk. “They basically said concluded. mental issue of what we want police officers they’re going to suspend the old policy, com- Segal says the investigation into the al- to do to protect us,” he said. “Stopping those plicate it and give it another name. The more legations was diligent but it took too long for engaging in suspicious activity is what they you complicate something, the less likely we a teenager in crisis. get paid for.” are to do it. The result is police officers back- Police concluded there weren’t enough The fate of carding remains uncertain. ing off. They are being given signals not to grounds to lay charges after consulting with Queen’s Park has stepped in and plans to engage. It’s unrealistic and not properly pro- the prosecution service. introduce a standardized policy for carding tecting the citizens of New York City.” They apologized this afternoon for mis- and street checks, a similar but not analogous Police chiefs in warn that an takes they made in investigating the case. practice used by police forces in the rest of overhaul of street checks could have a simi- Acting Chief Superintendent Dennis Da- the province, some time this fall. Draft ver- lar effect here. They argue that street checks ley of the RCMP says they have made chang- sions of the new regulations are already being are a necessary tool in their crime-fighting es to address those shortcomings. circulated among stakeholders. The process arsenal aimed solely at “people, vehicles or The young woman’s family alleged she has frayed nerves among the policing com- locations known or suspected of being in- was sexually assaulted in November 2011 munity and appears destined for litigation. volved in criminal activities,” according to when she was 15 and bullied after a digi- “If the government does what a lot of people an police handout. tal photo of the alleged assault was passed around Queen’s Park want them to do, which is But Mr. Naqvi said the police definition around her school. to make it impossible for us to use valuable, le- is at odds with the experiences of individual gal tools, there will be legal challenges,” said Ontarians he heard from at consultation ses- Oct 08 2015 Joe Couto, director of government relations and sions across the province, many of whom CALGARY - The Calgary Police Ser- communications for the Ontario Association of talked about random, discriminatory police vice is introducing a new tool that will Chiefs of Police. “We would rather the govern- practices. “There is a lot of anger and anxiety help first responders when dealing ment pass regulations that guide police without that exists and we saw that in many of our with emergency situations involving restricting our ability.” consultations,” he said. “I’m not going to dis- people with disabilities. For his part, , Ontario’s Min- count people’s individual experience. I think The Vulnerable Person Self-Registry al- ister of Community Safety and Correctional that speaks volumes.” lows people with a physical, mental or medi- Services, has not committed to banning card- Anthony Morgan, a policy and research cal condition that may require special atten- ing and street checks outright, as many rights lawyer at the African Canadian Legal Clinic, tion in an emergency to voluntarily submit activists would prefer, nor is he heeding calls finds the minister’s comments somewhat re- personal information, including name, date from police chiefs to leave the practice rela- assuring. “It seems the ministry recognizes of birth, physical description, contact infor- tively untouched. that African Canadians and Canadians writ mation, methods of approach or communica- “If the police are engaging in a process large are not going to tolerate systemic abus- tion, a photo and description of any threaten- where they are stopping someone in a ran- es of our rights,” he said. ing medical conditions. dom and arbitrary way, there is no cause or The ACLC and several other human- First responders can then quickly access reason to do so,” Mr. Naqvi told The Globe rights groups want the province to legislate the data through the city’s 9-1-1 centre, when and Mail. “If they simply want to collect in- a preamble for street checks similar to the a vulnerable person is in danger or distress. formation for their database - not acceptable. reading of Charter rights. Officers would be The information must be updated at least We’ll put an end to it.” required to inform civilians of the reasoning once a year, or it will be removed from the In New York, the courts eventually in- behind the stop and of their right to remain database. Police say the information will not tervened to reform the practice, now a three- silent and walk away. Other demands from be used as part of criminal investigations. stage process known as “investigative en- rights groups include issuing a receipt to citi- The database is an initiative by the Diver- counters.” zens and placing strict limits on how long any sity Resource Team to better serve citizens information arising from the stop would be with disabilities, and was implemented fol- stored in a database. lowing consultations with various commu- “We don’t want a fissure in relations with nity organizations and units within the police police, so we are at opposite sides of a chasm,” service. Mr. Morgan said. “We want a healthy, trust- () ing, reliable relationship. The current practice ISSN 1704-3913 fundamentally undermines that. People feel Oct 08 2015 Copyright 2015 humiliated. People feel violated.” EDMONTON - Edmonton is naming a Blue Line Magazine Inc. & The Canadian Press (Globe and Mail) Permission to reprint may be obtained in advance from new park after a city officer who was Access Copyright killed in the line of duty earlier this year. Phone 1-800-893-5777 [email protected] Constable Dan Woodall Park will be lo- Published weekly by Blue Line Magazine, Inc. as an executive news cated on the city’s south side. briefing service to Canada’s top level law enforcement personnel. THURSDAY The park is still under construction, but Most information supplied in this publication is from newswire OCTOBER 8, 2015 services. As such Blue Line Magazine does not accept responsibility will have a soccer field, baseball diamond for the accuracy of articles as supplied. and playground. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in an electronic database or transmitted in any form or by any Woodall, the father of two young boys, means, electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without Oct 08 2015 was killed in June while executing an arrest the prior permission of the publishers. One Year Subscriptions are $10500 (GST Included). Paid subscribers may make up to four (4) HALIFAX - A review into the handling warrant related to hate crimes. copies of this publication for distribution within their organization. of the Rehtaeh Parsons case by the Norman Raddatz fired dozens of shots RCMP and ’s Public Pros- through his front door, killing Woodall and GROUP PUBLISHER: Morley S. Lymburner ecution Service says it was reasonable wounding another officer. PUBLISHER: Kathryn M. Lymburner B.A.- [email protected] Raddatz then killed himself. NEWS EDITOR: Mark Reesor - [email protected] of the Crown to conclude there was no SUBSCRIPTIONS: Blue Line Store at www.BlueLine.ca realistic prospect that sexual assault “It is a privilege for the City of Edmon- ADVERTISING: 1-888-640-3048 charges would result in conviction. ton to honour Const. Dan Woodall in this The province ordered the review by Mur- way,’’ said Mayor Don Iveson. 12A-4981 Hwy. 7 East, Ste. 254, Markham ON L3R 1N1 ray Segal, a former Ontario chief prosecutor, “His example of bravery, his commitment Phone: 905 640-3048 eMail: [email protected] 2 to this community and his abiding love of fam- in August 2013 but it was delayed until le- to find a team of RCMP officers, some armed ily and sport will be remembered for years to gal proceedings involving two men charged with carbine assault rifles, inside their home. come.’’ with child pornography offences in the case She says it seems excessive to have armed Woodall’s widow, Claire, released a concluded. officers “storm’’ a house to retrieve a computer. statement expressing her thanks. Segal says the investigation into the al- Jessome also questioned why police “I am so honoured that the city has not legations was diligent but it took too long for couldn’t have arrested him when he was only decided to permanently honour my hus- a teenager in crisis. scheduled to go into work the next day. band, but to do so by building a park - some- RCMP Const. Mark Skinner says police where where his children and all children can Oct 09 2015 action during any search is based on a risk play,’’ she said. MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Ontario’s Spe- assessment. “The fact that it will be local for my chil- cial Investigations Unit says it is prob- “In order to prevent injuries to all parties dren is also great. It shows the thought that ing the circumstances surrounding a involved, police may use a number of options was put into this. man’s death this morning in West Lin- when we conduct a search,’’ said Skinner. “In “I know they will play there often.’’ coln, Ont. this case, actions of the RCMP were consist- The SIU says at about 2 a.m., Niagara ent with this approach.’’ Region police officers located a man in the The charges against the 39-year-old man rear yard of the residence. involve fraudulently impersonating another FRIDAY While one of the officers was talking person, living or dead. OCTOBER 9, 2015 with the man, he suffered a gunshot wound RCMP say during his arrest, investiga- and died at the scene. tors seized electronic devices and a computer The SIU has not said why police were from a police-owned vehicle.

Oct 09 2015 called to the residence, nor release the man’s The Mounties say the accused has been name or age. released from custody and will appear in HALIFAX - Police in Halifax are apolo- Five SIU investigators and two forensic Sydney provincial court Dec. 15. gizing for mistakes they made in in- investigators have been assigned to investi- The Cape Breton Regional Police has vestigating the Rehtaeh Parsons case. gate this incident. said the officer in question has been sus- Chief Jean-Michel Blais was responding pended with pay pending the outcome of the to the findings of an independent report into Oct 09 2015 investigation. the police and prosecution service’s handling SYDNEY, N.S. - The union that rep- They say the officer will be paid for 60 of the matter. resents a Cape Breton police officer days as required by the Police Act, after which He says the force has improved its training charged with identity fraud is ques- time the chief of police will make a decision of officers investigating sexual assault cases. tioning whether appropriate force was on whether he should continue to be paid. Parsons’ family alleged she was sexually used during his arrest. assaulted in November 2011 when she was 15. The Nova Scotia Government and General Oct 09 2015 A report released yesterday found it was Employees Union says the officer, a 15-year - Five Hells Angels on trial reasonable for the Crown to conclude there member of the Cape Breton police force, was on murder and conspiracy charges was no realistic prospect that sexual assault arrested early Wednesday morning at his home. have seen the case dismissed because charges would result in conviction. President Joan Jessome says the officer, of lengthy delays in the disclosure of The province ordered the review by Mur- his wife and his three young children awoke evidence by the Crown. ray Segal, a former Ontario chief prosecutor,

3 The five men - all members of the biker Borutski was arrested after a manhunt that Under the state law approved by Oregon gang’s Sherbrooke chapter - were ordered re- kept the village of Wilno, Ont., under lock- voters last year, possession of marijuana in lim- leased today in mid-trial by Superior down for several hours. ited quantities has been permitted since July 1. Court Justice James Brunton. He has a criminal history that includes a But there was no legal way to buy it un- Claude Berger, Yvon Tanguay, Francois conviction for assaulting Kuzyk in December til Oct. 1. Pot shops that already sell medical Vachon, Sylvain Vachon and Michel Val- 2013. He was released from jail last Decem- marijuana made big plans for the historic day, lieres were arrested in 2009 under a wide- ber and placed on two years probation. with some opening just after midnight. spread police sweep against the biker gang In 2012, Borutski was accused of assault- dubbed Operation SharQc. ing Warmerdam, and also accused of threat- Oct 09 2015 Brunton was severe in his ruling, grant- ening to hurt one of her family members and Over the summer, the Texas Foren- ing a defence motion for a stay of proceed- to kill a family pet. sic Science Commission, which sets ings because the Crown only disclosed key Court documents say he was convicted of standards for physical evidence in information in September, while the defence making threats and breaking a door while he state courts, came to an unsettling had been seeking the evidence since 2011. lived with Warmerdam but the Crown did not conclusion: There was something The Crown says it will consider appeal- proceed with the assault charge. wrong with how state labs were ana- ing the decision. The Domestic Violence Death Review lyzing DNA evidence. Brunton is the same judge who ordered a Committee was formed in 2003 in response It seemed the labs were using an out- stay of proceedings in 2011 for 31 Hells An- to recommendations stemming from the in- dated protocol for calculating the probability gels members and sympathizers because of quests into the deaths of Arlene May and of DNA matches in “mixtures”; that is, crime huge delays in brining them to trial. Randy Iles, and Gillian and Ralph Hadley. In scene samples that contain genetic material They were facing various drug-related both cases, the men killed their exes before from several people. It may have affected offences and were arrested during the same taking their own lives. thousands of cases going back to 1999. 2009 sweep. At first, they assumed the update The Crown attempted to appeal that deci- Oct 09 2015 wouldn’t make a big difference - just a re- sion to the Supreme Court of Canada, which NEW YORK - California now requires finement of the numbers. ruled that Brunton did not err in exercising police to get a court order before they But when a state lab reran the analysis of his discretion to order a stay in the case. can search messages, photos and a DNA match from a murder case about to go other digital data stored on phones or to trial in Galveston, Texas, it discovered the Oct 09 2015 company servers in the nation’s most- numbers changed quite a bit. TORONTO - Many domestic homi- populous state. Under the old protocol, says defense cides in Ontario may have been “pre- The California Electronic Communica- lawyer Roberto Torres, DNA from the crime dicted and prevented’’ had risk factors tions Privacy Act was signed into law by scene was matched to his client with a cer- such as a history of domestic violence Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday. It’s only the tainty of more than a million to one. But been spotted and acted on earlier, ac- third of its kind in the U.S. when the lab did the analysis again with the cording to a report by a committee While some states guarantee some of its new protocol, things looked very different. formed in the wake of two domestic protections, only Maine and Utah previously “When they retested it, the likelihood murder-suicides. had comprehensive laws on the books, noted that it could be someone else was, I think, The “vast majority’’ - about 80 per cent Hanni Fakhoury, senior staff attorney for the one in 30-something, one in 40. So it was a - of the 199 cases reviewed by the Domestic Electronic Frontier Foundation. significant probability that it could be some- Violence Death Review Committee between The digital rights group, along with the one else,” Torres says. 2003 and 2014 showed at least seven risk fac- American Civil Liberties Union, news or- The change didn’t affect the outcome of tors, the committee wrote in its report to the ganizations and tech companies, worked for that case because there was other evidence Office of the Chief Coroner. the bill’s passage. They argued that previous against his client, but officials in Texas have just Close to three quarters involved a couple California law dating back to the 1980s was begun the process of correcting the mistake. where there was a history of domestic vio- in desperate need of an update given the dra- “We have to go back and identify which lence, and more than two thirds involved a matic changes in the digital world. of those cases involved DNA mixtures where couple that had separated or was in the pro- But the bill’s opponents, including sev- the lab may have given incorrect results,” cess of doing so, the document said. eral California police groups, argued that the says Jack Roady, the district attorney in Gal- Other common risk factors include ob- measure would hamper the ability of law en- veston. “It’s going to be a herculean task, but sessive behaviour, depression, unemploy- forcement to investigate child pornographers we’re gonna do it.” ment, prior death threats and escalation of and others who commit crimes online. Roady has been cooperating with the violence. Previously, all that was generally needed Texas Forensic Science Commission on fix- “The significance of this finding is that to get the information was a subpoena. Now, ing the problem, and he recalls the scene in many domestic homicides may have been under the new law, a warrant will be required September when he described the situation to predicted and prevented with earlier recogni- in most cases. a meeting of his fellow prosecutors. tion and action towards identified risk factors “There was sometimes moments of col- for future lethality,’’ the report said. Oct 09 2015 lective gasps,” he says. “The fact that this sci- The report comes weeks after the killing SALEM, Ore. - Retailers sold more ence may not have been done correctly in the of three women in a rural area west of Ottawa than $11 million of marijuana during past gives us great pause.” and the arrest of a man who had reportedly Oregon’s first week of legal recrea- It’s unsettling to find out DNA analysis dated all of them. tional sales, outpacing the early busi- can vary like this because it threatens to un- Basil Borutski, 57, is charged with first- ness done in other states that have le- dermine the deep faith people have placed in degree murder in the separate slayings of galized pot, according to the Oregon the technology. 36-year-old Anastasia Kuzyk, 48-year-old Retailers of Cannabis Association. “And it’s not faith they should not have Nathalie Warmerdam, and 66-year-old Carol Oregon retailers had sales of $3.5 million had to begin with,” says Keith Inman, who Culleton. by the end of opening day, Casey Houlihan, teaches forensic science at California State He had a brief hearing in a Pembroke, executive director of the association, told the University, East Bay. Ont., court Monday and is due back in court Statesman Journal. By contrast, Colorado’s Inman has worked with DNA evidence on Nov. 2. first week of sales reached $5 million. In since the 1980s. He says forensic DNA- The bodies of the women were found Washington, sales during the first month hit matching is based on sound science, but within hours of each other on Sept. 22. $2 million. sometimes labs can get ahead of themselves.

4 What happened in Texas, he says, is that DNA and saying, ‘Well this one will save us!’ Reichert claims his medical records were labs have been using cutting-edge “testing “ Murphy says. “But I think that both wrong- also shared with senior RCMP staff. kits” that can extract tiny traces of DNA ly inflates DNA’s capabilities, and it also is “Not only to the College of Psychiatrists from crime scenes, but those samples were just overlooking the part of the story of these and Psychologists, but also to the general then analyzed with math that’s not suited to old techniques, where they were used in our membership,” he said outside the Supreme “weak” samples that combine DNA from system for decades without challenge.” Court of B.C. in on Friday. many people. (NPR) “There were members on the force that He says the problem isn’t limited to Tex- had no right to see our medical [files].” as. He says the newest, best analysis method - Oct 09 2015 According to the notice of civil claim, the called “probabilistic genotyping” - takes time A civil suit from a group of RCMP offic- records included psychological counselling to roll out, and that’s put labs in a quandary. ers in B.C. claims the force handed over reports with names, diagnoses, symptoms “There’s this interim time that cases are sensitive health information - including and treatment offered to officers. coming up and the analyst has to do some- mental records - to the College of Psy- “Those members that were involved in thing with it, and they know by definition that chologists without their permission. this privacy breach that are still working, are there is a better approach,” Inman says. afraid to come forward for fear their jobs will Meanwhile, the justice system’s hunger be put at risk,” said Rob Creasser with the for DNA evidence just keeps growing. There Mounted Police Professional Association of are now police departments that have made Canada. swabbing for DNA part of their routine. The force says it will only respond to the “We collect DNA evidence daily,” says case in a statement of defense, which has yet Jim Ferraris, deputy chief in Salem, Ore. His to be filed. department has taken advantage of quicker The civil claim has not yet been certified testing provided by the state lab, and he says as a class action lawsuit, and none of the al- every officer in town is now trained to col- legations have been proven in court. lect DNA. They even swab stolen cars and (CBC News) burgled homes. All that swabbing has paid off. They’ve The lawsuit, filed in B.C Supreme Court, found DNA links between crimes, and names RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson, they’ve found suspects. Ferraris believes the the Minister of Justice, and Canada’s Attor- SATURDAY DNA-swabbing has led to a decrease in prop- ney General among others. OCTOBER 10, 2015 erty crimes. It dates back to 2012 when the force had At the same time, these “touch samples” a falling out and severed ties with Dr. Mike can be very challenging for the labs. When Webster, who worked as a psychologist for Oct 10 2015 you take a sample from a doorjamb, the sam- the Mounties. KAMLOOPS - The decision by B.C. ple may include DNA from several people, in The force accused Webster of not being RCMP brass to move a Kamloops-based roughly equal proportions, all mixed together. objective and launched a complaint about him police helicopter to Prince George will Faced with ambiguous samples like that, with the College of Psychologists of B.C. leave the Tournament Capital “vulnera- results can vary. A lab using one method may The civil suit alleges the medical records ble,” according to a former Mountie and find a match, while another lab, using a more of at least seven officers were submitted as the the spokesman for the Mounted Po- conservative analysis, may judge the same part of that complaint, without the permis- lice Professional Association of Canada. sample to be inconclusive. sion of the officers. “It’s robbing Peter to pay Paul,” Rob In the world of scientific research, this “We have had no response from Com- Creasser told KTW. would be seen as normal; scientific doubt is missioner Paulson,” said Sebastien Ander- “There’s a need for helicopter services considered part of the process. But NYU law son, the lawyer for plaintiffs David Reichert in three areas of the province [outside the professor Erin Murphy says in the world of and Derrick Ross. “As a result we’re resort- Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island] - the courts and lawyers, those doubts aren’t al- ing to the courts.” north, the Interior, to serve the Kamloops ways understood. Anderson says Webster’s relationship area, and Kelowna. “We have this tendency in criminal jus- with the RCMP soured after he was critical “We’re going to leave one part of the tice to look for solutions to the most vexing of the force’s workplace environment. province somewhat vulnerable.” problem, which is, ‘How do we find danger- “The most current and comprehensive Creasser said he’s not sure why the de- ous people and stop them?’ And when we data on the members’ health suggests that cision was made, especially after an RCMP look for those solutions, we like for them to working for the RCMP can make you sick,” report recommended keeping the chopper in be perfect,” Murphy says. Webster had said in an interview with CBC Kamloops. Murphy has written a new book about News in 2012. this called Inside the Cell: the Dark Side of Forensic DNA. She says people should un- derstand that DNA analysis can involve “sub- jectivity,” and she worries about the tendency of juries to look past doubt. “[Juries] are even willing to go a step further and say, ‘We’ll convict on the basis of DNA, even in the face of evidence - non- DNA evidence - that this isn’t the perpetra- tor,” Murphy says. She has a pet theory about this. She says the public has seen other kinds of evidence discredited over the years, such as bite mark analysis and hair analysis. Even eyewitness testimony is now seen as unreliable. So we look to DNA. “I feel like we’re clinging to a life raft of

5 “There was an RCMP report done and it Oct 11 2015 lead to ineligible people sitting on ju- actually recommended keeping the helicop- WELLAND, Ont. - Two police officers ries, has discovered. ter right where it is,” he said. shot in Ontario’s Niagara region on Seasoned lawyers, initially unaware of the “Kamloops owns the hangar. They do not Saturday evening have been released issue, said the problem raises concerns about own the hangar in Kelowna. They have to from hospital and are expected to whether juries have been properly constituted. pay a lease of $150,000 each year. make a full recovery. “There’s a real risk that potential jurors “So, financially, I think it would make Niagara Regional Police identified the are misled and that some who are actually sense to keep it in Kamloops.” officers as Const. Neal Ridley and Const. ineligible in good faith don’t claim ineligibil- It’s not known when the chopper will Jake Braun, who both work out of the force’s ity and may not be weeded out in the course leave Kamloops, but Creasser said a Kam- Welland detachment. of the jury-selection process,’’ said lawyer loops RCMP employee who works with the Police said the shooting occurred while Brian Gover, who has also been a prosecutor. helicopter told him he was listing his house police responded to a report of an attempted “There’s also the concern about the per- for sale next week. suicide in the village of Fenwick, which is ception that this could create about the ad- The Kamloops-based Mountie chopper is northwest of Welland. ministration of justice.’’ a resource of the B.C. RCMP, not the Kam- A police news release says when the of- In line with other provinces, juror no- loops detachment. ficers arrived at an apartment complex, a man tices in Ontario state that anyone convicted The RCMP’s B.C. headquarters has not left his room and fired shots at them. of a criminal offence is, in most cases, responded to a request for comment, but Sgt. One of the officers underwent surgery barred from serving on a jury. However, Rob Vermeulen has previously told KTW that and has since been released from hospital, the instructions accompanying the eligibil- Kamloops would likely receive a fixed-wing other was treated for a gunshot wound to his ity questionnaire list more than two dozen aircraft from Prince George in exchange for foot and was also released. offences that do not lead to automatic dis- the helicopter. A civilian man was also wounded at the qualification. (Kamloops This Week) scene, but there was no word on his condition. “If you have been convicted of an offence Police aren’t providing further details be- listed below, you may still be eligible for jury Oct 10 2015 cause Ontario’s police watchdog was been called duty,’’ the instructions for Question 6 state. LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The Alberta in to review how the incident was handled. The list includes offences from engag- agency investigating a police shoot- “I am incredibly proud of the courage ing in a prize fight and trespassing at night, ing says the person who was shot on and professionalism of these officers,’’ said to being nude in public place or committing Friday evening had a knife that he’d Niagara police chief Jeffrey McGuire in the an indecent act. taken from a supermarket butcher news release issued Sunday. The Criminal Code recognizes two counter. Police say both officers are recovering groups of crimes: indictable offences, and The Alberta Serious Incident Response at home. less serious summary offences. In so-called Team, which investigates officer-involved hybrid offences, it is up to the prosecutor shootings, says police in Lethbridge received to decide whether to go the summary or in- multiple 911 calls about a man with a knife dictment route. in a Safeway. MONDAY According to Ontario’s Ministry of the The agency says callers believed the man OCTOBER 12, 2015 Attorney General, the Juries Act was changed was impaired and was acting irrationally, but in mid-2010 to exclude people convicted of he was gone by the time police arrived. hybrid offences - in addition to those con- They say officers later found the suspect, victed of indictable offences - from serving Oct 12 2015 who turned out to be 17, and that he appeared ag- as jurors. itated and was armed with a large-bladed knife. Women’s advocates are sounding the The problem is that three of the offences An officer shot him with his service pis- alarm about a shortage of forensic listed on the questionnaire as not affecting tol, and the teen remains in hospital with seri- nurses to administer rape kits in many jury eligibility became hybrid as long as five ous but non-life-threatening injuries. hospitals across Canada. years ago. They include impersonating a po- ASIRT says it has spoken with some wit- Squamish, BC councillor Susan Chapelle lice officer, committing an indecent act, and nesses to the shooting, but hopes to find the says women who want a rape kit in her region making indecent or repeated phone calls. occupants of a newer, red SUV that would have to travel for an hour or more to Vancou- As a result, legal experts say jury pan- have had a good view of the incident. ver General Hospital, sometimes in the back els created on the basis of the questionnaire of a police car. could be tainted. Chapelle says the issue comes down to “That list is inaccurate. It’s flat out wrong under-funding and her research shows that in at least three instances,’’ said longtime SUNDAY some women in B-C have to travel as far as criminal lawyer Tony Bryant. OCTOBER 11, 2015 200 kilometres to get a kit. “That would mean some jurors, quite Rape kits are exams conducted by high- inadvertently, may well have filled out that ly-trained health-care staff to collect evi- form thinking that they are eligible - but they dence that can be used in court, such as fluid are in fact not eligible.’’ Oct 11 2015 samples, swabs and photographs. While it’s unlikely an Appeal Court , Ont. - Police in Thun- Access varies widely between provinces, would overturn convictions solely based on der Bay, Ont., say a police firearm was but advocates say the problem is most acute the eligibility-form problem, experts say stolen this weekend. in remote and rural parts of Canada, and re- such a challenge might succeed if a lawyer Police say an officer’s personal vehicle mains a huge barrier to justice for sexual as- raised the issue at trial without success. was broken into, and his backpack was taken. sault victims. Notified about the problem, the Attorney The backpack contained a police-issued Nova Scotia has also been criticized for General Ministry said it would be making Glock 26, known as a “baby Glock’’, and a lack of resources, but the province says it changes. ammunition. currently has three regional teams of forensic “We are taking immediate action to ad- Investigators say the break-in happened nurses and plans to add two more. dress the discrepancy and are instituting ad- between 11 p.m. Saturday and 5 a.m. Sunday. ditional processes to screen out any prospec- Oct 12 2015 Police continue to investigate the inci- tive jurors who are ineligible,’’ spokeswoman dent, and are asking for the public’s assis- TORONTO - The standard form sent to Heather Visser told in an email. tance in locating the gun. prospective jurors in Ontario contains inaccurate instructions that could 6 Oct 12 2015 An arson at the old Kanesatake police station is renewing calls for the Quebec government to fund a detachment of Mohawk peacekeepers on the territory. According to early reports from the com- munity, a Chevrolet pickup truck was seen driving away from the abandoned building as it caught fire shortly after 2:30 a.m. Monday. By the time fire trucks from Oka, Mirabel and Pointe-Calumet arrived on scene, the sta- tion had burned to the ground. The vehicles had to carry their own wa- ter because Kanesatake does not have a sys- tem of fire hydrants. The Sûreté du Québec, which has patrolled the territory since 2004, sent arson investigators to the station. Reached for comment Monday after- noon, Grand Chief Serge Simon was furious, claiming the lack of a local police force has created a “free for all” environment in Kane- satake - a Mohawk settlement with a popula- tion of about 1,400. “Same old story, we’ve had three fires in recent years, all arsons,” said Simon, the band’s Grand Chief since 2011. “Two years ago, it was a small administrative building next to the gym. Then it was some vandals trying to burn down the canoe club. Now this. I’m sick and tired of it.” Simon and other locals claim that, in re- cent months, outside construction companies have been using Mohawk territory to dump discarded materials along the shores of Lac des Deux Montagnes - about 45 kilometres west of Montreal. “I’ve got idiots coming in here and they’re burying old plywood, insolation foam, concrete, shingles, you name it,” he said. “There’s this attitude of, ‘Oh, go dump on Indian land, there’s no law over there, no one’s going to stop you.’ We’ve been lobby- ing the provincial government to try to put a stop to this. “If we had our own police force, our own conservation officer, we could put a stop to this, kick these companies out and sue them for damages,” Simon continued. “We’ve tried with Quebec, we’ve tried with the fed- eral government because this is Crown land, but they keep passing the buck to each other.” The old peacekeeper station was the site of an armed standoff in January 2004, when Grand Chief James Gabriel brought in 50 outside police officers to seize the build- ing from local officers. Gabriel said the raid was meant to rid the reserve of corruption and drug dealers, but his tactic was met with fierce resistance. Just minutes after the takeover began, lo- cal men and women surrounded the station and eventually ran the outside police force out of town. A fringe, but infuriated, group walked over to Gabriel’s house and burned it down. The peacekeepers were subsequently dis- banded and the building was abandoned. For years, the band council tried to fund projects that would see the station converted into a lo- cal gym or another type of service for Mo- hawk youth but nothing materialized.

7 Monday’s fire, Simon says, reminds his of flying, but Const. Brian Griffith says that great-grandmother were also seriously community of a moment in its history that’s Air One is still in great shape. injured in the crash. best forgotten. “The thing that’s different about helicop- Marco Muzzo, 29, has been charged with “Seeing the station burn down, it’s reliv- ters from say an automobile is that at certain a dozen counts of impaired driving and six ing a trauma,” he said. “That’s why I’m ask- times in their lifespan they get a complete re- more charges of dangerous operation of a ing people to come forward if they saw any- build, a complete overhaul.” he says. “And motor vehicle related to the incident. thing. We’ve had calls about a pickup truck Air One has had that; I believe it was at the He remains in police custody pending a driving away as the fire started. There’s tire 11 year mark.” bail hearing next Monday and his high-pro- tracks in the parking lot. We need to find the Air One was purchased in 1999, thanks file defence lawyer has said it’s premature to people responsible for this.” to a fundraising effort spearheaded by indicate how Muzzo will plead. Between 2004 and 2009, the SQ spent 630CHED’s own Bob Layton. The maximum sentence for impaired $36 million policing the territory, whereas a Const. Brian Griffith says it got so much driving causing death is life in prison and funding agreement between Quebec and the use, that EPS bought another chopper, Air Neville-Lake says it’s crucial for politicians Mohawk peacekeepers cost less than $2 mil- Two, a decade later. and the courts to know the public supports lion a year. “...with the intent of having one always that ruling. Only a handful of the province’s 34 First available, even if one was down for mainte- Nations communities are patrolled by the nance.” he says. “And I would suspect that Oct 13 2015 SQ. Most indigenous territories have either it’s used a lot more than initially expected or TORONTO - The trial of a Toronto po- a locally-run police department or operate more than people actually realize.” lice officer charged in connection with alongside the SQ to overcome language and EPS is looking to upgrade to a new chop- the shooting death of a teenager on a cultural barriers. per by the end of 2016. But that doesn’t mean streetcar two years ago has been de- (Montreal Gazette) that Griffith loves the old bird any less. layed until next week. “Air One is great.” he says. “I’ve been The postponement in Const. James For- Oct 12 2015 flying a long time, and I can tell you, that ma- cillo’s case comes because his defence law- “What will stay with me for the rest of chine, as experienced as it is, is one of the yers and Crown prosecutors need to make le- my life is the scream the man let out best helicopters I’ve ever flown.” gal arguments on certain matters to the judge when he got to the crash,” wrote Cst. (630 CHED) presiding over the case, outside the presence Vanessa DeMerchant. “This father of the jury. had just lost his daughter.” Forcillo is charged with second-degree TUESDAY murder and attempted murder in the death of OCTOBER 13, 2015 18-year-old Sammy Yatim. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. Yatim was shot and killed on an empty Oct 13 2015 streetcar on July 27, 2013 - an incident cap- STETTLER, Alta. - An RCMP officer was tured on surveillance and cellphone video injured when a police vehicle rammed on which nine shots can be heard following by stolen truck in central Alberta. shouted commands to drop a knife. It happened on Monday in the industrial The teenager’s parents and his younger sis- area of Stettler. ter were at the courthouse on Tuesday, as were Police answered a call about a suspicious Forcillo’s wife and some of his supporters. vehicle and found a black pickup that had Opening statements in Forcillo’s trial - been stolen. which were expected on Tuesday - are now DeMerchant is one of several Mounties When Mounties put on their lights and anticipated next Tuesday or Wednesday. from Atlantic Canada writing on an RCMP siren, they say the truck took off past the first Forcillo, who has been free on bail, has web page about traumatic experiences they marked cruiser. been working at Toronto Crimestoppers in an have had on the job. The pickup changed direction, acceler- administrative role. The project is part of a national cam- ated, and drove directly at the second cruiser, His lawyer has said his client is eager to paign, run through The Canadian Association ramming it. tell his side of the story at trial. of Chiefs of Police, called Operation Impact. The officer inside the cruiser was taken to It’s aimed at getting drivers to focus on the hospital, treated and released with minor injuries. Oct 13 2015 importance of safe, sober driving. The three people in the stolen vehicle EDMONTON - An Alberta man who Police are also sharing stories and real- were arrested. shot at an RCMP officer and ran over time information about stop checks on Twit- another with a truck has been sen- ter, using #DontDrinkAndDrive. Oct 13 2015 tenced to 12 years behind bars. According to the RCMP, impaired driv- TORONTO - A grieving mother who Michael Leslie Johnson was originally ing is the No. 1 criminal cause of death in lost her three children and her father charged with 36 offences, including four Canada. in a horrific crash north of Toronto is counts of attempted murder. Operation Impact ran through Thanks- harnessing a wave of public support On Jan. 6, 2014, two Alberta RCMP of- giving weekend. It began as a single-day and outrage to push for tougher pen- ficers were injured during a standoff inan campaign aimed at increasing seat belt use alties against drunk drivers. area between Vegreville and Tofield, east of across the country. Jennifer Neville-Lake says returning to Edmonton. Several Saskatchewan RCMP detach- the site of the crash on Thanksgiving week- One RCMP member’s arm was grazed by ments and police services are taking part. end inspired her to launch what she called her a bullet, and was treated and released. “final bit of advocacy’’ for her children. The other had surgery after being run Oct 12 2015 Nine-year-old Daniel, Harrison, 5, and over by a vehicle at the rural property. After just over 15 years, Air One, two-year-old Milly Neville-Lake were killed With credit for time served, Johnson will Edmonton’s police helicopter, cel- along with Gary Neville, 65, after the van spend another nine years and five months in ebrated its 10,000th flight this past they were in was T-boned by an SUV in custody. weekend. Vaughan, Ont., on Sept. 27. (Global Edmonton) That translates to around 13,200 hours The children’s grandmother and

8 Oct 13 2015 According to a police patrol workload hundreds of crimes a month. GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - When there’s analysis request, the force is seeking a re- Vancouver police say they acted on a tip a robbery, you usually call the police, view of current operational demands, work- that owners of a convenience store on King but RCMP in Grande Prairie, Alta., are flow bottlenecks, resource allocations and of George Boulevard in Surrey were taking in turning the tables and asking the pub- overall asset deployment. large amounts of stolen property. lic to help them recover weapons and The document points to the need to find Police allege the operation acted as a so- ammo stolen from a parked, locked information on how many calls Delta Police called predatory fence, purchasing property police vehicle. receives for service, how quickly it’s getting that had been stolen by drug addicts support- RCMP say the robbery took place either there, what demand for policing is there in ing their habits and then selling it back to re- the night of Oct. 8 or early the next morning. the community - both now and in the future tailers, at flea markets or sending it overseas. One or more thieves took an RCMP-is- - and more. Investigators used search warrants at the sue Smith and Wesson 9 mm service pistol; “We have a new chief who started this business and two homes in Surrey and seized three RCMP-issued magazines with ammu- summer and he’s just looking to get a com- $10,000 in cash and about $100,000 in stolen nition for the service pistol; and one extend- plete picture of Delta Police and how various property. able black police baton. aspects of it function, one of those aspects Police say they also seized over-the-coun- The service pistol had a trigger lock de- will be the patrol section,” said A/Sgt. Sarah ter medications they believe were being sold vice on it and was secured in a locked gun Swallow, spokeswoman for the force. to produce methamphetamine in illegal labs. box inside the car. “Pending the review, any recommenda- Three people, ranging in age from 49 RCMP are asking anyone who may have tions made by the reviewers will be consid- to 61, were arrested and have been released seen anything suspicious or who know about ered to ensure we continue our model of ex- pending approval of criminal charges. the whereabouts of the stolen items to contact cellence in policing.” them immediately. Neil Dubord, former Transit Police chief, Oct 14 2015 was appointed the role of top cop in Delta in CRANBROOK, B.C. - A prosecution Oct 13 2015 late April. has been stayed against a B.C. Mount- TORONTO - Belleville’s chief of police The force has an annual operating budget ie who was on trial for the careless has been recognized with the Award of approximately $32 million and employs use of his firearm. of Tolerance for her role in gaining a 252 people, including 177 police officers. The charge against RCMP Const. Rich- greater understanding of discrimina- The review request, posted on Oct. 6, points ard Drought arose from an Oct. 2, 2012 in- tion, hate and working towards change. towards the Tsawwassen First Nation and its vestigation into a carjacking complaint and expected “massive growth” in the near future police chase near Cranbrook, B.C. as one potential upcoming concern. Drought was accused of firing his weap- (24 Hours Vancouver) on into a vehicle containing two people, in- juring the male driver. Neil MacKenzie of B.C.’s Criminal Jus- tice Branch says Drought’s trial began Oct. 6 WEDNESDAY in Cranbrook but the Crown decided to stay OCTOBER 14, 2015 the charge on Wednesday morning. He says inconsistencies appeared in Oct 14 2015 the evidence given by the complainant be- EDMONTON - A grieving family is hop- fore and during the trial, and new evidence ing a meeting today with two Alberta emerged about the location that affected anal- Cory MacKay, along with Chief Kai Liu government ministers will result in a ysis of the shooting. of Cobourg and Chief Jeff McGuire of Nia- public inquiry being called into the MacKenzie says the Crown concluded gara Region, was presented with the Friends death of a 46-year-old woman. that there wasn’t sufficient evidence to pro- of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) Pre- Colleen Sillito-Kruger was killed at her ceed and directed a stay of proceedings sents the Award of Tolerance last week in Fort Saskatchewan home on Oct. 2 by her against Drought. Toronto. former boyfriend Paul Jacob, who then killed Oct 14 2015 MacKay was recognized for her effort to himself. gain a greater understand of the Holocaust on Colleen’s mother, Joyce Sillito, says a EDMONTON - What started as a stop a FSWC Compassion to Action mission and small family delegation will meet with Sta- for not having a bell on a bike turned for continuing to work the FSWC to further tus of Women Minister Shannon Phillips and into almost 20 charges for an Edmon- tolerance education in her community. Justice Minister . ton man. MacKay was introduced to the group in Sillito says the family is impressed with Police stopped the 25-year-old for riding 2012 when she was invited to take part in the how quickly the meeting was arranged, laud- on the sidewalk and not having the bell. Compassion to Action mission, touring Po- ing the ministers for being “very prompt’’ in Police say they gave him a false name, land and Israel. responding to the family’s request. so he was arrested for obstruction of justice. “We saw first-hand the horrors that have She says her family is not looking to While officers were trying to arrest the happened,” she said. “It was a life-changing blame anyone, just to make sure the right man, a knife fell out of his pants. experience.” tools are there for the next person dealing That led to a full search of his backpack, “A lot of it was on the education of what with a family violence situation. where police say they found a sawed-off hate and discrimination can do. Even the The family has said Sillito-Kruger was a shotgun, drugs and trafficking paraphernalia. smallest of acts.” victim of escalating threats and violence and The cyclist is now facing charges relat- The mission - including a visit to Aus- had obtained a peace bond from the RCMP ed to weapons, trafficking, obstruction and chwitz - made a lasting impression on the chief. that was violated many times. breaching conditions, along with the ticket (Belleville Intelligencer) (CHED) for not having a bell on his bike. (CHED) Oct 13 2015 Oct 14 2015 Oct 14 2015 Delta’s new police chief has ordered VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver a review of the department’s patrol of- and Surrey, B.C., combined resources OTTAWA - The commissioner of the ficers in an attempt to improve perfor- to break up a sophisticated theft op- RCMP says he has “every intention” mance and public safety. eration they say was responsible for of recognizing the officers who helped 9 take down a gunman who stormed said. There are “certain thresholds and cer- McCloskey also had a box of evidence related Parliament Hill last October. tain criteria that have to be objectively met to to the Oland case in his office, against normal Responding to a TV report that said four be able to qualify individuals to each level.” procedure, McCloskey said he couldn’t recall. Mounties had not received formal recogni- Paulson said he expects a private cer- McCloskey was also asked about a clan- tion for their actions in bringing Michael emony for family members will be held later destine meeting King alleged he had set up Zehaf-Bibeau’s rampage to an end, Bob this year and a news release will identify each for him one night at midnight at the Boston Paulson told the on Wednesday award recipient and achievement. Pizza parking lot on the city’s east side. he understands why some officers feel frus- “They acted incredibly bravely, (they King said a man, whom he believed trated with the apparent “bureaucratic slow- were) incredibly responsive to a difficult and to be an RCMP officer, got into his vehi- ness” and agreed the recognition to date has rapidly emerging threat. I’m very proud of cle, told him to drive to the yacht club in not been sufficient. everyone one of them,” he said. the city’s north end and instructed him But he said it didn’t make sense for the “It’s just unfortunate that this is becom- that if any calls came into dispatch re- force to contemplate handing out awards un- ing the story now.” garding suspicious activity in the area, til after multiple reviews of the incident were (National Post) King should redirect his officers from completed in June. responding. “It’s understandable some of our officers Oct 14 2015 Defence lawyer Alan Gold revealed that are wondering what’s going on,” Paulson said SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Police a boat search related to the Oland case had CTV News reported Tuesday night that Force’s new chief has ordered an in- been conducted at the Royal Kennebecasis while former sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers vestigation into allegations that Dep- Yacht Club. received a standing ovation in the House of uty Chief Glen McCloskey suggested McCloskey said the meeting had nothing Commons for his role in killing Zehaf-Bi- another officer lie under oath about to do with the Oland case, but rather was re- beau, four Mounties who helped corner the the Richard Oland murder case. lated to a “high level RCMP investigation” gunman in the Centre Block had not received he was not at liberty to discuss. formal recognition and were told days after Richard Oland’s body was discovered in the incident that the narrative focusing on his investment firm office at 52 Canterbury St., Vickers had “left the station, but you guys on July 7, 2011. He had suffered 45 sharp and will get internal recognition.” blunt force injuries to his head, neck and hands. Paulson said Assistant Commissioner Dennis Oland, 47, who was the last Gilles Michaud, commander of the RCMP’s known person to see his father alive during National Division, was not trying to diminish a meeting at his office the night before, has the actions of the officers in his private meet- pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. ings with them. (CBC News) “They were understandably scratching their heads as the huge media response fo- Oct 14 2015 cused on the sergeant-at-arms. We take no is- Chief John Bates has directed the force’s TORONTO - Blue Jays fever almost sue with that,” Paulson said. “All Gilles was professional standards unit to look into the is- turned criminal in a way you probably trying to do in saying that to those people was sue, raised Tuesday by retired staff sergeant wouldn’t expect this morning and to say, ‘Look, that’s not how we roll. We need Mike King during his testimony at Dennis even Toronto police were taken aback. to assemble facts, we need to be transparent, Oland’s murder trial and denied Wednesday we need to have external bodies come in and by McCloskey. examine these things. The Saint John Board of Police Commis- “It’s just not how the police works to start sioners and the New Brunswick Police Com- handing out medals before the thing is thor- mission have both been advised, Bates said in oughly understood. That’s what he was trying an emailed statement to CBC News. to convey to them.” Bates will “be in consultation with the NBPC Zehaf-Bibeau stormed the Centre Block with regard to conducting a thorough investiga- on Oct. 22 after fatally shooting a soldier, tion into the allegation,” the statement said. Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, in the back at the Na- McCloskey, who served as the force’s tional War Memorial. acting chief between Bill Reid’s retirement in An un-redacted copy of the Ontario Pro- April and a few weeks ago when Bates took On Wednesday, just after 8 a.m., police re- vincial Police’s independent investigation of over the role, remains on active duty. ceived a call from a man asking to go to jail so the incident obtained by the Post’s John Ivi- On Wednesday, McCloskey denied that he could watch the do-or-die baseball game son in June concluded that Const. Curtis Bar- King’s allegations that he suggested he alter this afternoon against the Texas Rangers. rett and sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers “fired his testimony about McCloskey’s presence in Officers responded to the call, worried their weapons and neutralized the threat.” the bloody murder scene. about what the man might do to get arrested Barrett had advanced toward the gunman He suggested during his testimony at but couldn’t locate the caller. in the Hall of Honour with three colleagues - Dennis Oland’s trial that it was King who lied If this seems like a good way for fans Sgt. Richard Rozon, Const. Martin Fraser and on the stand because he was angry about be- to catch the game, Const. Jennifer Sidhu is Cpl. Dany Daigle - in diamond formation. ing passed over for a promotion to inspector. about to burst your bubble. The gunman came out from behind an Bates said it would be improper for him “No, there are no TVs in the holding cells alcove and fired a shot at the officers. At that to comment on any of the testimony. at police stations or at court,” she told CBC point, Vickers, who emerged from a nearby King testified that some time last year, ei- News. “But I don’t know whether detention office, dove to the floor and began firing at ther before or during Dennis Oland’s prelimi- centres have them.” the gunman. Barrett also returned fire. nary inquiry, McCloskey, who was an inspec- Sidhu said that if the man had been on Paulson said he has received submissions tor at the time and his supervisor, referred to scene and got arrested, he would have been to formally recognize 14 RCMP officers, five another officer as being an “idiot” for having taken to a police station for processing before House of Commons security personnel and said that McCloskey had entered the scene. going directly to court. So, by the time he the former sergeant-at-arms with Governor King said his reaction was, “You were in the would have arrived at a detention centre, he General’s Awards or RCMP commendations room.” McCloskey’s reply, according to King, would have already missed the series finale. for bravery or performance. was, “Well, you don’t have to tell them that.” York Regional Police seemed to have an- The submissions are being processed, he When asked about King’s allegation that ticipated this kind of move last week. They

10 tweeted about their television-less cells be- The investigation in Gibbon’s death contin- ally assaulted in November 2011 at the age of fore Game 1 of the American League Divi- ues and police are treating his death as a homicide. 15 and then bullied after a digital photo of the sion Series last Thursday. The killing has rattled the community alleged assault was passed around her school. (CBC News) and police are urging people to stay vigilant Last week, a review into how Nova as it’s not known whether the public is at risk. Scotia police and prosecutors handled the THURSDAY (CKGL, CTV News) case found school board officials apparently OCTOBER 15, 2015 thwarted a bid by a police investigator to talk Oct 15 2015 to students at Parsons’ school. HALIFAX - Concerns raised in a report Education Minister Karen Casey says Oct 15 2015 about the Rehtaeh Parsons case have school board officials properly followed a LILLOOET, B.C. - Five patients re- prompted a review of how school protocol that had been established earlier be- mained in hospital overnight after an boards deal with police investiga- tween the board and police. attack at a First Nation band office in tions, according to Nova Scotia’s edu- However, Casey says the concerns raised ’s Interior that left the cation minister. in the report have prompted a review of each suspect dead. Parsons was 17 when she taken off life- school board’s protocol with police services RCMP were called yesterday morning to a support in April 2013 after attempting suicide. to determine if any need improvement or if a report of a man with a weapon at the Bridge River Her case attracted national attention provincewide policy is needed. Band Office near Lillooet. when her family alleged she had been sexu- They say officers arrived, found the suspect restrained, unconscious and unresponsive, and de- spite performing CPR, the man died at the scene. Michaela Swan of the Interior Health author- ity says 10 people were initially taken to hospital. She says five were released but five re- mained in hospital overnight. Swan says two remain in critical condi- tion, two in serious condition and one is deal- ing with non-life-threatening injuries. Investigators with the BC Coroners Ser- vice and the Independent Investigations Of- fice have launched investigations.

Oct 15 2015 PLACENTIA BAY, N.L. - A man who raised a stink at a town office in New- foundland over sewage on his prop- erty says his tactic may have been extreme, but it worked. RCMP were called after Jim Murphy brought a bucket full of waste he collected from his property and spilled it on the front desk of the town office in Placentia. Murphy says raw sewage has been back- ing up into his house from a nearby munici- pal lift station since the early 1990s. He says hours after the incident, a mu- nicipal crew showed up to make repairs. Placentia Mayor Wayne Power says council had not been made aware of the prob- lem prior to Tuesday’s incident. The RCMP say Murphy has been charged with mischief under $5,000 and will appear in court in December. (VOCM)

Oct 15 2015 KITCHENER, Ont. - Police say a man charged in a pellet gun shooting in Kitchener, Ont., is also a person of interest in the death of a 60-year-old man who was found with an arrow in his chest earlier this month. Eric Amaral, 29, faces several weapons-relat- ed charges after police allege he shot an officer in the face and hand during a traffic stop on Tuesday. He appeared in court Wednesday and was re- manded until his next hearing next Tuesday. Police say they had been seeking to speak with Amaral in connection with the death of Mi- chael Gibbon, who was found lying outside a home in Kitchener on Oct. 5.

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