Blue Line Magazine 1 AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2006 Blue Line Magazine 2 AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2006 August / September 2006 Volume 18 Number 7 Publisher’s Commentary 5 The great “Wizard of Ottawa” is still at work Blue Line Magazine 12A-4981 Hwy 7 East Ste 254 Policing the rock 6 Markham, ON L3R 1N1 North America’s oldest police force Canada Blue Line advertisers at the CACP 12 Ph: 905 640-3048 Fax: 905 640-7547 Web: www.blueline.ca eMail: [email protected] A committment to public safety 14 — Publisher — Morley S. 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Among his first duties will be to — Pre-press Production — welcome members of the Canadian Associa- Del Wall Finding fact instead of fault 38 tion of Chiefs of Police to St. John’s in late August. On page six in this issue Danette — Contributing Editors — The potential to mislead 40 Communication Skills Mark Giles Dooley, Blue Line’s East Coast correspondent, Police Management James Clark gives you a more detailed background about CASE LAW 43 Chief Browne and the most intriguing history Tactical Firearms Dave Brown • Joint possession based on all circumstances Technology Tom Rataj of the RNC. 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You BACK OF THE BOOK 78 can also check out a think piece in the Back of Canada Post - Publications Mail Sheep, wolves and sheepdogs P. S. A. No. 40051073 the Book about sheepdogs, wolves and sheep. Blue Line Magazine 3 AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2006 Blue Line Magazine 4 AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2006 The great “Wizard of Ottawa” is still at work by Morley Lymburner Now if I were an American I would be vide them with life preservers you will find they looking rather puzzled if not actually amused are quite buoyant.” by all this. So okay then... I’ll write the script Well so ends my attempt at screen writ- There is a great Wizard in Ottawa who is for Rick Mercer. ing. But you can see the point here. Just as the sitting behind an emerald curtain who flicks CAPTAIN — (addressing the Great Wizard of Wizard was a great illusionist in the Oz story great switches that keep the RCMP on the move Ottawa): “You want to have a joint program with someone in Ottawa is thinking in these same into half-baked ideas, projects and programs the U.S. Coast Guard to capture border runners. terms. As long as no one pulls back that emer- which stretch the imagination and mandate of Well send over some of your Canadian Coast ald curtain to show the Wizard that it is a dan- an otherwise competent police force. And with Guard officers and we will give it a try.” gerous world out there with little room or sym- every screwed up mess the Mounties have to WIZARD: “Sorry! Coast Guard officers have no pathy for the unprepared and foolhardy, this wear the stigma attached. guns and we have not given them any enforce- type of random thinking will always land on I am reminded of a great quote from the ment or arrest powers.” the backs of the RCMP. Wizard of Oz, “You are talking to a man who CAPTAIN: “Okay then... how about Canada Every contract policing province has a has laughed in the face of death, sneered at Ports Police?” shortage of officers. Perhaps it is time for the doom and chuckled at catastrophe.” WIZARD: “Ah! Sorry we disbanded them before RCMP to go back to basics and do what they The latest ill thought out idea placed 9/11 to save... money... we think.” actually do very well...that is police. That does CAPTAIN: “Okay then... ummm... how about Mounties on U.S. Coast Guard ships to patrol Canada Customs officers?” not mean duplicating someone elses job or ex- as a unified force in the Detroit-Windsor area. WIZARD: “Well you see... they don’t carry guns... pertise. If the RCMP actually counted up how The theory is terrific and no one is more in fa- and... ah... their job does not include actually many officers they have doing jobs that oth- vour of inter-departmental co-operation than me. patrolling the border... only the ports of entry.” ers are doing as well or better, there might not Brilliant as the idea is the brilliance became con- CAPTAIN: “Well... then... you have a great idea be a shortage. Let CBSA do everything that siderably dimmer when executing the plan. with no one available to work with it.” has to do with the border.