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October 24, 2014 – Vol. 19 No. 43 House of Commons resumes after stunning Parliament Hill attack

Oct 16 2014 PARLIAMENT HILL - A retired Mountie who is virtually guaranteed to win the federal byelection next month in Alberta will become the ninth former or serving police officer elected to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s caucus—nearly half of all the police officers elected to Parliament since Confedera- tion in 1867. Page 3

Oct 17 2014 WINNIPEG - Two police officers who saw a 15-year-old girl shortly before she disappeared and was killed may face charges following an internal investigation. Page 5

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OTTAWA - Members of the RCMP Oct 23 2014 marked a milestone on Saturday. Vickers was largely expressionless, save Dozens gathered for the ten-year OTTAWA - The House of Commons for an occasional nod of acknowledgment. anniversary of the RCMP Nation- is back in action, kicked off by an At one point, he appeared close to tears dur- al Memorial Cemetery, which is exhilarating show of support for the ing the ovation, which lasted several min- housed within Ottawa’s Beech- sergeant-at-arms of the House of utes. Several more ovations ensued over the wood Cemetery. Commons, who was among those course of the morning. Page 6 who opened fire Wednesday on the Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivered

Oct 20 2014 gunman who stormed Parliament Hill. a statement to express the government’s grat- Applause from all sides of the House itude for the work of the police and security OTTAWA - It would be foolish to say the Canadian Security Intelli- rained down on a stoic Kevin Vickers as he services, and to reiterate that Canada won’t gence Service has “all the bases carried the mace into the legislative chamber. be cowed by Wednesday’s attack. covered’’ when it comes to moni- Vickers, better known to political wonks as “In this struggle in which we are engaged, toring radicalized Canadians who the ceremonially garbed sergeant-at-arms in which not only our finest values must be have returned home, a senior CSIS carrying the mace to open the Commons each pushed to work, so must be, and will be, the official acknowledges. day, was reported by multiple sources as the highest unity and resolve,’’ Harper said. Page 7 person who shot the gunman. “We will not be intimidated. We will be

Oct 21 2014 SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. - Quebec provincial police are identifying the soldier killed in a hit-and-run incident as 53-year-old Warrant Officer Pa- trice Vincent. Page 8 vigilant, but we will not run scared. We will Canada even rippled through the crowd at he said Canada would never be intimidated. be prudent, but we will not panic. Here we one point. What exactly a redoubling of efforts are, in our seats, in our chamber in the very At the same time, however, politicians, means will be addressed in the coming days. heart of Canadian democracy, and the work police forces and intelligence officials were So many questions swirl around the at- is going on.’’ beginning to undertake the long work of as- tacks: How did Bibeau manage to get through Harper also indicated that an effort to sessing security around Parliament Hill - and the front doors of Parliament’s Centre Block, toughen up the “surveillance, detention and the safety of the country itself - in the wake and will security need to be permanently ad- arrest’’ powers of the Canadian Security In- of the shocking attacks in the nation’s capital. justed? Is he connected to any larger group telligence Service would be forthcoming in The Parliament Buildings remained under that wishes Canada ill? Could someone have short order. close surveillance early today as the RCMP stopped Bibeau before he acted? “They need to be much strengthened, and continued to sweep the area for evidence. The fact that Bibeau struck only days I assure you, Mr. Speaker, that work - which They are still piecing together the events after two Canadian soldiers in St-Jean-sur- is already underway - will be expedited.’’ that led to the fatal shooting of Cirillo and the Richelieu, Que. were hit by a car has only Harper’s remarks ended with the remark- burst of bullets that echoed later inside Parlia- heightened the anxiety around the incident. able spectacle of the prime minister walking ment’s Hall of Honour. The slain assailant, Martin Couture Rouleau, across the floor to embrace and shake hands Michael Zehaf Bibeau, born in 1982 and has been described as a radicalized Muslim. with both Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and known to police in Montreal and Vancouver, Gen. Tom Lawson, the chief of the de- NDP Leader Tom Mulcair. has been identified as the gunman. He was fence staff, issued a statement late Wednes- Earlier in the morning, heavy hearts and killed just feet from where hundreds of MPs day saying they are assessing the “current high security were on full display at the Na- were meeting for their weekly caucus meetings. security environment and evaluating the need tional War Memorial as Harper arrived to pay Three other people injured in the melee for additional security measures at Canadian tribute to the Canadian soldier killed in the were released from hospital Wednesday, in- Armed Forces installations...’’ shooting. cluding one person with a minor gunshot Members of the public are required to use Harper was on hand to lay flowers at the wound. a specific entrance on Parliament Hill where cenotaph where Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was fa- Construction worker Scott Walsh said he there is a security screening area, but Bibeau tally shot by a gunman who then stormed Par- was in a manhole near the East Block build- apparently forced his way through the doors liament Hill before dying in a hail of gunfire ing, between the memorial and the Centre MPs, ministers, staff members and reporters that echoed through the marble-lined halls of Block, when he heard two gunshots echo are permitted to use. the Centre Block. down the street. As Harper arrived, officers swooped in In the ensuing panic, people around him to detain a man who police later said tried started screaming, including a woman push- SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OF THE to breach the crime scene - a reference to the ing a child in a stroller. memorial itself, where Cirillo was serving as He said she started to run, so he went to HOUSE OF COMMONS an honour guard at the time of the shooting. help her. “Get down on the ground,’’ yelled one of- That’s when he saw a man with long ficer as several police, guns drawn and trained black hair, his face covered by a white scarf on the dishevelled-looking man, approached with decals on it and wearing a black jacket. and placed him in handcuffs without incident. “He had a double-barrelled shotgun, he None of the commotion seemed to disrupt was about five feet from me, and he ran right the solemnity at the memorial, where Harper beside us, ran past the woman with the stroll- and wife Laureen quietly laid a bouquet of er and child,’’ he said. flowers, paused briefly, their heads bowed, The gunman then hijacked a dark car at before turning to leave. gunpoint, he said, and drove it up towards the Several other MPs were on hand to pay Peace Tower. their respects. An impromptu singing of O The shootings placed the heart of the national capital under lockdown throughout the day as police scoured the city’s downtown core for other possible assailants. By Thurs- day morning, however, Ottawa police said they believed only one gunman was involved ISSN 1704-3913 in the attacks. Copyright 2014 Const. Marc Soucy said no other assail- Blue Line Magazine Inc. & The Canadian Press ants were being sought, but added the investi- Permission to reprint may be obtained in advance from Access Copyright gation was ongoing. Phone 1-800-893-5777 [email protected] Parliament Hill remains closed to visi- tors, however, and a full investigation into Kevin Michael Vickers was appointed Published weekly by Blue Line Magazine, Inc. as an executive House of Commons security is underway. news briefing service to Canada’s top level law enforcement personnel. Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons As late as 9:30 at night - almost 12 hours in 2006. 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In a televised address late Wednesday, of New Brunswick. 2 Vickers is the recipient of the Queen’s said Thursday the extremist threat has be- (Yukon), also a former RCMP officer; and Jubilee Medal, the Canada 125 Medal and come more complex since the law was passed MP David Wilks (Kootenay-Columbia, B.C.) the RCMP Long Service Medal, and has 30 years ago, adding the dangers to Canada a former RCMP drug squad officer in B.C. been recognized by the Community of Burnt do not stop at the border. Conservative Senator Vern White, a for- Church for outstanding service to their com- As expected, Blaney said the government mer RCMP assistant commissioner who also munity and by the United States Drug En- would also take steps to ensure CSIS can pro- once headed the Ottawa Police Service, and forcement Agency for his “Outstanding Con- tect the identity of its sources - a plan that has Conservative Senator Jean-Guy Dagenais, a tribution to Drug Enforcement”. already rankled lawyers who have experience former Surete du Quebec officer, round out The Sergeant-at-Arms is a position defending terror suspects. the police caucus in the Conservative Party. steeped in parliamentary tradition. The Ser- The bill, to be tabled next week when (Hill Times) geant-at-Arms, one of four positions report- Parliament returns, would clarify CSIS’s abil- ing to the Clerk of the House of Commons, ity to act on threats abroad, he added. Oct 16 2014 is responsible for safeguarding the authority “These tools will ultimately allow CSIS LEDUC, Alta. - An investigation into of the House of Commons, the safety and se- to conduct investigations into potential ter- a man’s death after a violent struggle curity of the Parliament buildings and their rorists when they travel abroad, meaning that with RCMP south of Edmonton has occupants, ensuring and controlling access to those individuals will be tracked, investigat- determined officers acted properly in the House of Commons, the preservation of ed, and ultimately prosecuted,’’ Blaney said. trying to subdue him. order and the management of all Parliamen- Under the CSIS Act, which took effect The Alberta Serious Incident Response tary buildings, assets and related services. in 1984, the spy agency already has the au- Team says Marc Andre Fontaine of Leduc thority to collect intelligence anywhere in the was a considerable risk to the public, to po- world about security threats to Canada. lice and to himself. Blaney offered no details on how exactly Acting executive director Susan Hughson THURSDAY the government would change the CSIS Act, says it was a reasonable use of force to use OCTOBER 16, 2014 what the revisions would allow the spy ser- a Taser on Fontaine twice and to hold him vice to do that it can’t do now, or how sweep- around the neck because several tries to calm ing the new source protections would be. him had failed.

Oct 16 2014 The medical examiner’s office deter- Oct 16 2014 mined Fontaine died of excited delirium syn- KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The first person to PARLIAMENT HILL - A retired Mountie drome as a result of cocaine toxicity. be offered a native sentencing circle who is virtually guaranteed to win the The medical examiner found the Taser in Kamloops, B.C., two years ago is federal byelection next month in Al- and the control hold played no identifiable back behind bars after racking up 15 berta will become the ninth former or role in Fontaine’s death in August 2013. charges. serving police officer elected to Prime Fontaine, who was 27, had stolen two Douglas Jensen is facing several charg- Minister Stephen Harper’s caucus— vehicles, crashed through a barrier, assaulted es - including break and enter, unauthorized nearly half of all the police officers two people and caused disturbances at two possession of a firearm, obstructing a peace elected to Parliament since Confed- convenience stores. officer and possession of stolen property - eration in 1867. dating back to July 10. Retired RCMP officer Jim Eglinsky last Oct 16 2014 Jensen, 37, was released from jail in June week defeated the former mayor of Yellow- VICTORIA - B.C.’s Criminal Justice after serving a 45-day sentence for breaching head County, Alta., Gerald Soroka, to win the Branch says no charges will be laid his probation. Conservative nomination for the Nov. 17 bye- against three Mounties who were in- In September 2012, Jensen was the first lection in the Yellowhead electoral district. volved in a police pursuit in Kelowna, recipient of a sentencing circle offered by the The district has been Conservative terri- where a pedestrian was seriously hurt. Tk’emlups Indian Band, in conjunction with tory since former prime minister Joe Clark The chase happened last December after the Crown and B.C. Supreme Court. first won it in 1979, and Mr. Merrifield gar- a driver allegedly sped from a police check That was after he drove a stolen pickup nered 77 per cent of the vote in the 2011 fed- stop for impaired drivers and ended when the truck into a house on the reserve before lead- eral election. vehicle being pursued swerved in front of a ing police on a high-speed chase and driving Mr. Eglinsky, a 35-year veteran of the police cruiser and struck a man on the grass at a constable. RCMP who resigned from the national police at 60 kilometres an hour. Jensen was in custody for more than 18 force in 2002 and went on to become mayor The branch says the chase was called off, months after the incident on Feb. 14, 2011. of Fort St. John, B.C., after serving there but an investigation found that not all offic- He was granted bail prior to the sentenc- in the local Mountie detachment, will have ers heard the radio command and that more ing circle and placed on a 22-month proba- plenty of company in the growing caucus of Mounties joined the pursuit. tion term. He was also ordered to enter into police officers in Mr. Harper’s caucus. The Independent Investigations Office a four-year contract with the band and to ab- Two of the former officers are members looked into the incident and the agency’s stain from drugs and alcohol. of Mr. Harper’s Cabinet—Heritage Minis- director concluded that an officer may have In May, a Kamloops provincial court ter Shelley Glover (Saint Boniface, Man) committed an offence, although he didn’t judge scolded Jensen for “taking advantage’’ and Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino make any recommendations on charges. of the sentencing circle in 2012. (Vaughan, Ont.). The Crown says that there isn’t a substan- He and his co-accused, Francis August, Most of the other police officers in the tial likelihood of conviction for any of the three are slated to return to court next March for a Conservative caucus hold lower-profile roles. officers involved in the chase, either under the five-day trial. (Kamloops This Week) Members of the Conservative police con- Criminal Code or the Motor Vehicle Act. tingent in the Commons, who formed their The driver who allegedly led the pursuit

Oct 16 2014 own informal caucus, also include: MP Dave faces a number charges that are still before Mackenzie (Oxford, Ont.), a former police the court. OTTAWA - The federal government chief; MP Rick Norlock (Northumberland- plans to amend the law governing the Quinte West, Ont.), a former OPP officer; Oct 17 2014 Canadian Security Intelligence Ser- Daryl Kramp (Prince Edward-Hastings, OAKVILLE, Ont. - The province’s po- vice to give the spy agency more au- Ont.), also once a member of the OPP; MP lice watchdog has been called in after thority to track terrorists overseas. Rob Clarke (Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill a man died following an altercation Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney River, Sask.), an RCMP sergeant; Ryan Leef with officers at a hotel in Oakville. 3 4 The Special Investigations Unit says Hal- It’s not clear whether the officers knew dead and buried, a governing party in elec- ton Regional Police officers were called to a Fontaine’s identity at the time or whether tion mode is reviving alleged threats of its hotel around 5:30 a.m. on Friday where they they were made aware she had been reported resurrection in repeated donation appeals to had “an interaction’’ with a 41-year-old man. missing via the police database. Conservative faithful. The SIU says an officer discharged his The officers were among the last people The government introduced new legisla- firearm and the man was hit. to see Fontaine alive. Her body was found in tion last month to simplify gun licensing, and The man was taken to hospital where he a bag in the Red River nine days later. No ar- also has loudly denounced and reversed an was later pronounced dead. rests have been made. RCMP move to prohibit a couple of guns po- The SIU has assigned seven investigators lice say can too easily be converted into fully and three forensic investigators to probe the Oct 17 2014 automatic weapons. incident. SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - He says he “I don’t want to feed paranoia, but as doesn’t want to sound paranoid, but prime minister I can tell you I share the frus- Prime Minister Stephen Harper is con- trations of our caucus members,’’ said Harper, FRIDAY cerned his own federal bureaucracy is before alluding to “bureaucratic initiatives that trying to bring back the long gun reg- we think are effectively trying to put the long OCTOBER 17, 2014 istry “through the back door.’’ gun registry back in through the back door.’’ Harper courted gun owners and anglers “This is not something we can tolerate.’’ Friday in northern Ontario with a carefully He said the government would ensure, Oct 17 2014 stage-managed question and answer session in future, that such measures “can’t be done GLEICHEN, Alta. - An RCMP officer with invited representatives of the Ontario without some degree of political oversight.’’ in southern Alberta is facing charges Federation of Anglers and Hunters. However, documents obtained by the CBC stemming from an arrest complaint. Killing the long gun registry was a long- through the Access to Information Act show Const. Todd Depagie is a member of the standing Conservative government promise the RCMP notified the public safety minister Gleichen detachment, southeast of Calgary. - and fundraising cash cow. Now that it’s well in advance about - and sought input on He has been charged with assault causing bodily harm and unlawful confinement. RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Sharon Franks says an investigation began after a member of the public complained about an arrest in November 2013. Depagie is to appear in provincial court on the Siksika reserve Nov. 6. Franks says the constable remains on the job but his status is under review.

Oct 17 2014 WINNIPEG - Two police officers who saw a 15-year-old girl shortly before she disappeared and was killed may face charges following an internal investigation. Winnipeg police Chief Devon Clunis said Friday he has received a report into the officers’ actions on the day before Tina Fontaine vanished and it will be forwarded to a Crown attorney. “That file was handed to me just this week and probably within a short period of time, the file itself will be forwarded to the Crown for an opinion,’’ Clunis said. He refused to elaborate on what kind of charges or other penalties the Crown might consider. “I think it’s better to have an objective view rather than myself trying to affect the outcome in any way, shape or form.’’ “In a case like this, if we did not move that forward to have an outside look at it ... we’d be scrutinized for not doing that, so we’re taking every step to ensure there is open transparency related to any decision.’’ Police have already confirmed that two officers, who have not been identified, came across Fontaine when they pulled over a vehicle on Aug. 8. Fontaine was in the care of family services and had run away. She had been reported missing more than a week earlier, but was not taken into custody at the traffic stop - an ap- parent contravention of police protocol for handling missing minors. 5 - its decision to ban the Swiss Arms Classic after the RCMP officers responded to the dis- Green and the CZ858 rifles last winter. turbance call. Harper himself was briefed in May 2013 SUNDAY Authorities say the three RCMP officers on issues surrounding the reclassification of OCTOBER 19, 2014 were standing on Sherwood Forest Road with firearms, according to a heavily redacted doc- the man in custody when an SUV drove to- ument obtained by The Canadian Press. wards them. Oct 19 2014 One RCMP officer was in the ditch off the Oct 17 2014 OTTAWA - Members of the RCMP roadway while the second officer grabbed the VICTORIA - Two Mounties involved marked a milestone on Saturday.Doz- arrested man and tried to get out of the way. in a late-night physical altercation ens gathered for the ten-year anniver- The third officer and the arrested man were with a man in Princeton, B.C., won’t sary of the RCMP National Memorial struck by the SUV, which also sideswiped an be charged, but the man who went to Cemetery, which is housed within Ot- unmarked police vehicle. hospital still faces assault allegations. tawa’s Beechwood Cemetery. Shots were fired at the vehicle in an at- A statement from the provincial Criminal “It’s a sacred place for us as members of tempt to stop it, and though the vehicle Justice Branch says an altercation broke out the RCMP and our families, who will eventu- slowed down, it managed to drive away from between the unnamed driver and officers in a ally be entered here,” said Retired RCMP As- the scene. school parking lot early March 22, 2014. sistant Commissioner Bernie Corrigan. The 42-year-old constable who was When the driver was arrested and placed The site was dedicated as the RCMP Na- struck by the vehicle is in hospital with in the back of a police cruiser he lost con- tional Memorial Cemetery in 2004. serious injuries. The arrested male sus- sciousness and was taken to hospital, the It is open to retired and current members tained non-life-threatening injuries. A statement said. of the RCMP, civilian members, special con- second White Butte RCMP constable also Crown counsel reviewed the file, includ- stables and members of their families, and suffered minor injuries as a result of the ing witness statements, police reports, photos civil servants who have at least 20 years of incident. He has received medical treat- and medical evidence, and determined there un-interrupted service with the RCMP. ment and been released. was no substantial likelihood of convicting “We do have I think this heartfelt belief (CTV News) the officers. as regiment as family, so this is an extension of that,” said Retired RCMP Assistant Com- Oct 19 2014 Oct 17 2014 missioner Graham Muir. MONTREAL - The Montreal police EDMONTON - A Rimbey RCMP offic- Muir and his father bother served with the department is disciplining four high- er has sued his fellow Mounties and RCMP for 36 years. ranking officers for failing to take ac- claims a criminal investigation against His father was buried at the RCMP Cem- tion to stop the ransacking of city hall him that resulted in stayed charges etery when he passed away three years ago. last August. was substandard. Since it opened in 2004, about 175 people A police inspector was given notice of a Const. Jesse Charles Lambright, 54, has have been buried at the RCMP National Me- suspension without pay for between 20 to 30 named seven RCMP officers and the Attorney morial Cemetery. days. Three police commanders face suspen- General of Canada in his $150,000 statement “We call ourselves a family, and we’re a sions of between 5 and 10 days, also without of claim. very close knit community,” said Corrigan. pay, for violating the police disciplinary code. In September 2011, Lambright claims, his “It’s nice to know we have a place of rest, The employees can appeal the suspensions. fellow officers began a criminal investigation that final rest, when the time comes, and we The police brass came under heavy criti- of him without receiving any complaint of can join our comrades again.” cism on Aug. 18 for allowing demonstrating criminal conduct. That investigation eventu- (CTV Ottawa) municipal employees to take over the coun- ally led to Lambright being charged with two cil chamber during the city council meeting. counts of assault, one charge of uttering threats Oct 19 2014 Several rank and file police officers stood by and one charge of breaching a court order. Authorities are looking for an SUV af- while protesters damaged the council cham- All those charges were eventually stayed ter a hit and run early Sunday morning ber, forcing Mayor Denis Coderre to retreat before Lambright reached trial. that struck an RCMP officer and a man to his office. “The RCMP members failed to exercise who had just been arrested. The employees were protesting reforms reasonable care and skill in connection with A disturbance complaint initially called to their municipal pension plans. the investigation and were biased against the White Butte RCMP to an event centre just Coderre was furious with the lax police plaintiff,” the claim reads. west of Regina, when they became aware of response and demanded a full investigation. Lambright claims officers only focused on threats made at a gathering that related the use Last week, the Montreal Fire Department gathering evidence that might implicate him of firearms, authorities said in a statement. suspended union leader Ronald Martin for six and “disregarded or otherwise failed to gather A 56-year-old Regina man was arrested months without pay after firefighters tried to or preserve available” evidence that could ex- break into Coderre’s office the night of the riot. onerate him. The eventual arrest and detention of Lambright was “unnecessary and unreason- able” and lacked any reasonable grounds. After his fellow RCMP members failed to provide prosecutors with all the relevant evidence, the suit states, the charges were stayed a week before Lambright was scheduled to go to trial. Court records show the charges were stayed in Wetaskiwin provincial court in June 2013. Lambright is claiming that the investigation left him with “mental anguish, humilia- tion, injury to his dignity and damage to his professional reputation.” Rimbey is 145 kilometres southwest of Edmonton. (Edmonton Journal)

6 So far, 57 municipal workers, of whom of whether they’ll stick around, said Bonnie service must prioritize efforts to keep its eye 52 are firefighters, face criminal charges re- Reilly Schmidt, a former Mountie who re- on dozens of returnees. lating to the protest. In addition, six firefight- cently completed her PhD dissertation at SFU CSIS says between 130 to 145 Canadians ers have been fired, and another 58 municipal on the history of women in the RCMP. are overseas taking part in guerrilla-style bat- employees suspended without pay for up to “All of them love the work. But they do tles waged by the Islamic State of Iraq and six months for their participation in protest. not like the police culture, which is very mas- the Levant and other groups, as well as sup- Last week, Ronald Martin, president of culine. It has been historically and continues porting extremists through fund-raising and the firefighters’ union, was suspended with- to be,” she said. propaganda. out pay for six months. “Face it. Police work is hard enough. You Canada and other western nations fear (Montreal Gazette) don’t need to have extra stress and struggles that radicalized young people who travel from your peers added on top of the work.” abroad could come home with intent to do Oct 19 2014 Her research found that gender-based harm. Beginning next year, the RCMP is aim- conflicts within the force can be attributed to “It is something that concerns us greatly ing for the first time to enroll just as different policing styles. Men tend to be more and it is our No. 1 priority,’’ Yaworski told many women as men in its training physical and confrontational, whereas wom- the senators. academy in Regina. en tend to focus on communication. The RCMP recently said it has about 63 Some observers are skeptical whether If there’s a bar fight, male officers active investigations on 90 suspected extrem- there’s enough interest among women to would “rather go in and knock heads to- ists who intend to join fights abroad or who reach the 50 per cent recruitment target — gether,” whereas women look for alterna- have returned to Canada. especially when a “masculine culture” still tives, she said. Yaworski says while CSIS knows where pervades the force. Historically, men “insisted that women the returnees are, the spy service must under- But officials say they are determined to react the same way they did — whether that take monitoring in line with its budget. get the makeup of the force to be more repre- be in a bar fight, joking in the office, making “We have to prioritize these investiga- sentative of the communities they serve. sexual comments.” tions. We have to dedicate our limited re- “It absolutely is ambitious. But in my But women had no intention of being like sources to those that we think are the greatest position as part of this national police force the men. “They wanted to be themselves.” threat,’’ he said. I think it’s important that we’re a leader in The RCMP’s recruitment materials now “What does keep me up at nights is those employment equity hiring,” said Sgt. Mar- recognize these differences, telling prospec- who haven’t come across our radar screen.’’ lene Bzdel, director of the national recruiting tive female applicants that “women provide policy centre. a unique policing perspective” and “con- Oct 20 2014 Currently, women represent about 21 per tribute to a balanced approach to resolving KRONAU, Sask. - A 17-year-old male cent of sworn officers. Mounties want to in- problems.” was taken to hospital in Regina for increase that to 30 per cent by 2025. (Postmedia News) juries in a police shooting. In recent weeks, the RCMP has been Mounties say they were called Monday highlighting on its website achievements of afternoon to a home in Kronau, about 25 women over the past 40 years, such as the MONDAY kilometres southeast of Regina, about a dis- first female bomb technician and the first fe- OCTOBER 20, 2014 traught male. male emergency response team member. CTV Regina is reporting that a witness

The force — which is looking to send Oct 20 2014 saw a youth standing on the lawn in front of almost 1,000 cadets through the training the house when a police cruiser pulled up and VICTORIA - A Vancouver-area police of- academy during the 2014-15 fiscal year — is two officers got out. ficer has been charged with second-de- rolling out targeted advertising campaigns, The TV station reported the witness saw gree murder in connection with a stand- women-only career presentations, assistance what appeared to be an officer draw a weap- off outside a casino two years ago. in preparing for the RCMP fitness test and an B.C.’s criminal justice branch says the on, then there was a bang, and the youth fell accelerated application process. charge was approved against Const. Jordan to the ground. While the force should be pushing for MacWilliams of the Delta Police Department. CTV Regina also reported that when its more diversity, Karen Adams, a member of Forty-eight-year-old Mehrdad Bay- crew arrived, paramedics were working on the RCMP’s first all-female troop in 1974, rami was shot in November 2012 after a person on the ground, and then the person worries about pushing it too far. an hours-long standoff in the parking lot was whisked away by ambulance. “I think there needs to be a push, but not of the Starlight Casino, located in nearby Mounties are giving no other details other to the point where it’s unnatural — to where New Westminster. than to say they have requested the Regina society doesn’t want or demand it or where Bayrami, who was from Richmond, died Police Service conduct the investigation into young Canadians say we don’t want to be in the shooting. several days later. (CTV Regina, CJME, CKRM) that field.” The province’s Independent Investigations She also worries that standards for wom- Office forwarded a report to Crown counsel in Oct 20 2014 en will be lowered. July of last year, though prosecutors subse- The RCMP was unable to say what per- quently requested more information. VANCOUVER - A man who blew up a centage of its applicants are men versus The criminal justice branch says MacWil- homemade pipe bomb in his own face women. Officials have previously said that liams appeared in court today and was released in Vancouver’s Olympic Village early the labour market availability of women in- on bail, with his next date set for Dec. 18. Monday morning won’t tell police why terested in policing is about 27 per cent. or how he made the explosive device. Officials, however, insist that recruitment Oct 20 2014 Around 1 a.m. Monday, paramedics standards between women and men are the called police after they tended to the man at OTTAWA - It would be foolish to say the same and will remain so. Columbia Street and West 1st Avenue and he Canadian Security Intelligence Service “Our target of 50 per cent women (enrol- admitted that the massive cut to his face was has “all the bases covered’’ when it ment in the training academy) is a benchmark from a bomb, according to Sgt. Randy Fin- comes to monitoring radicalized Cana- and not a quota,” Bzdel said. “Merit is impor- cham of the Vancouver Police Department. dians who have returned home, a sen- tant and the people we hire need to be quali- The man, who is “well known to police,” ior CSIS official acknowledges. fied by our standards.” Jeff Yaworski, CSIS deputy director of was sent to hospital with “significant, non — Even if the RCMP is able to attract a operations, told the Senate national security life-threatening” injuries, Fincham said. lot of new women, there’s still the question and defence committee Monday that the spy Fincham said police are still investigat- 7 ing the incident, but haven’t recommended for more than two hours before targeting the were arresting a 56-year-old man in the Ru- charges because officers would need to prove soldiers. ral Municipality of Sherwood early Sunday criminal intent, and “couldn’t find where this RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson says morning. thing was built or where it was lit off.” they are investigating with Quebec provin- The arrested man was also hit and suf- “Sometimes making poor choices in life cial police to “get a full understanding of the fered minor injuries. isn’t criminal,” Fincham said. breadth and the sort of reach this individual Bennett remains in intensive care in hos- (Postmedia News) might have had into other areas.’’ pital in Regina with broken bones and dam- But they think the man, who was later age to his internal organs. Oct 20 2014 shot dead by police, acted alone. His wife Heather said in a statement that EDMONTON - Year-end forecasts are Paulson confirms the man was one of they are hopeful he will be home soon. predicting the Edmonton Police Ser- 90 suspected extremists the RCMP believed She said she is happy to have her husband vice will be at least $1 million over were intending to join fights abroad or who with her and his daughter is happy to have budget. have returned to Canada, and says the Mount- her dad. By the end of 2014, EPS is expected to ies had seized his passport. The family has asked for privacy and will be $1.19 million - or 0.4 per cent - over budg- not be doing any interviews. et, down from the original year-end projec- Oct 21 2014 (CJWW) tions which were calling for an overspend of REGINA - A car thief in Regina doesn’t $2.475 million. have much respect for the Crime Stop- Oct 22 2014 The reason for the overspend? A shortfall pers program. SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. - in Traffic Safety Act (TSA) fine revenue. Police say they are searching for a stolen The man police say drove a car into “This is partly due to an increase in the Chrysler PT Cruiser covered in Crime Stop- two soldiers had been arrested by the volume of calls for service and the increased pers signs and logos. RCMP this summer as he was getting focus on violent crimes,” reads a summary The white vehicle also has a thin black ready to leave the country. report to the Edmonton Police Commission. and red stripe across the sides and a graphic Superintendent Martine Fontaine says As of August 31, EPS generated over of a person in a jail cell on its side and back authorities met with 25-year-old Martin Cou- $9.2 million in TSA fine revenue, compared windows. ture-Rouleau as recently as October 9th. to $8.3 million generated at this time last year. The car, which was no longer being used But she says there wasn’thing to suggest The 2014 year-end forecast predicts the by the program, has been missing for about any violent behaviour was in the offing, add- total number of TSA fine revenue to come in a month. ing Couture-Rouleau seemed open to ideas at roughly $13.7 million, down 14.9 per cent Police say the person using the vehicle on how to “change his ways.’’ from the budgeted revenue total of $16.1 does not represent Crime Stoppers, a non-prof- Mounties began investigating Couture- million. it charity that works with police to fight crime. Rouleau last June when they saw on his Face- (Edmonton Sun) Anyone who sees the car is asked to call book account he was “radicalizing’’ himself. Regina Police or Crime Stoppers. But Fontaine says they can’t arrest someone for having radical thoughts. TUESDAY Oct 21 2014 Couture-Rouleau was eventually arrested OCTOBER 21, 2014 SASKATOON – A nine-year member of and questioned in July as he was preparing to the Saskatoon Police Service is facing leave the country for Turkey. Oct 21 2014 a charge of attempting to obstruct jus- Provincial police, meanwhile, identified SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. - tice involving the disappearance of a the soldier who died in Monday’s hit-and-run Quebec provincial police are identify- victim’s statement. southeast of Montreal as 53-year-old warrant ing the soldier killed in a hit-and-run Const. Steven Nelson was charged fol- officer Patrice Vincent. incident as 53-year-old Warrant Of- lowing an internal investigation by the pro- The second soldier’s injuries as less seri- ficer Patrice Vincent. fessional standards section. ous and police say his life is not in danger. Nelson is alleged to have attempted to obstruct justice between August 2012 and Oct 22 2014 October 2013. SYDNEY, N.S. - The Cape Breton Re- Results of the investigation were forward- gional Police will receive a 13 per cent ed to Saskatchewan Justice and the prosecu- pay increase over the next five years. tion branch recommended the charge be laid. Their last collective agreement expired Nelson has been suspended with pay and on December 31st, 2013. is also subject to an investigation to deter- The officers are represented by Local mine if there have been any breaches of dis- 1995 of the Nova Scotia Government and cipline under the Saskatchewan Police Act. General Employees Union. He is scheduled to appear in court on The agreement was reached following Police say a car was driven deliberately Nov. 20. lengthy conciliation talks with the Cape Bre- into two soldiers yesterday in Saint-Jean- (Global News) ton Regional Municipality. sur-Richelieu, in what Public Safety Minis- The wage increases break down as three ter Steven Blaney called an act of violence per cent in the first year and 2.5 per cent in against Canada that was “clearly linked’’ to WEDNESDAY each of the next four years. terrorist ideology. OCTOBER 22, 2014 The new contract will expire on Decem- Blaney says the government is taking ter- ber 31st, 2018. rorist threats seriously. Council approved the deal yesterday, The second soldier is in stable condition. Oct 22 2014 while regional police officers approved the Provincial police Lieutenant Guy REGINA - The family of an RCMP of- contract in a vote last month. (Cape Breton Post) Lapointe says the act was deliberate and that ficer that was hit by a vehicle outside one of the two soldiers was in uniform. of Regina thanks everyone for their Oct 22 2014 Police and federal government officials support and well wishes. say there is clear evidence the suspect had Mounties are still looking for the driver WINNIPEG - Police say they have charged been radicalized, and police say the man sat of a Jeep Grand Cherokee that struck Const. a woman who was renting a Winnipeg in his car in the shopping centre parking lot Keith Bennett while he and other officers storage locker where the remains of six 8 babies were found. come to Ottawa from Vancouver to secure a Andrea Giesbrecht, who is 40, faces six passport, often prayed with two Somali men charges of concealing a body. THURSDAY in the shelter in an east-facing window in ac- Const. Eric Hofley says it could be OCTOBER 23, 2014 cordance with the Muslim faith. months before police find out if the woman is One of them, Abdel Kareen Abubakrr, de- related to the dead infants. Oct 23 2014 nies his new friend’s actions had anything to He says there are no homicide charges do with his faith. right now and police aren’t interviewing any KITCHENER - A Waterloo regional po- Abubakrr says Zehaf Bibeau was a drug other suspects. lice officer jumped up and over the addict who wanted to leave Canada to get Hofley says the ages of the infants is still hood of a stolen car when a man tried treatment - but began doing drugs again in unknown but they are believed to have been to run him down early Wednesday the days prior to the shooting. newborns. evening in a Kitchener, Ontario park- Workers were taking inventory of a delin- ing lot. The officer wasn’t seriously hurt. He Oct 23 2014 quent storage locker on Monday when they joined the chase of the Cadillac CTS as it found the remains of what police believed TORONTO - Security concerns re- sped away and moments later arrested a sus- mained high at the Ontario legislature were three or four infants. pect hiding in a nearby apartment. Thursday, one day after a gunman attacked Parliament Hill, with talk of Oct 22 2014 The officer was checked over for minor injuries at hospital and sent home, said Staff wider user of metal detectors but still CHATHAM - Chatham-Kent Police Sgt. Mike Mercer. no plan to arm security officers. Chief Dennis Poole thought about Interim Progressive Conservative Leader The incident started when a female em- quitting law enforcement early in his Jim Wilson said he “doesn’t feel particularly ployee approached her car in the parking career. Instead, he persevered and as- safe’’ at Queen’s Park, and hasn’t since armed lot and found a man sleeping in the back cended the ranks to reach the top spot police were removed from the legislature in seat. He jumped into the front seat and 1997. with the local police service. sped away, leaving her behind. The woman Wilson said he talked to a half dozen wasn’t injured. legislative security officers during the height Police then started getting calls about a of lockdown in Ottawa Wednesday, and they Cadillac being driven dangerously in Kitch- told him they want guns. “You know if somebody comes running ener, Mercer said. up the steps with a gun, these guys have a ba- An officer spotted the car and saw a man ton and a set of handcuffs,’’ he said. “I don’t in the driver’s seat as he approached on foot. mean being armed to the nines, but a nine mil- The Cadillac sped at the officer as it crashed limetre around here wouldn’t be a bad idea.’’ into several police cars and a retaining wall in NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said the the confined parking lot. government would have to strike “a deli- “I’m told the officer positioned himself to cate balance’’ between security concerns and jump up over the hood of the car as it came at keeping the legislature open for the public. him,” Mercer said. “We need to do everything we can to keep Poole will retire in April 2015, more than people safe, while at the same time recogniz- As the car raced away, the officer re- three decades after the time he considered quitting. ing that we have to function and we have to gained his footing and joined in the chase. “It wasn’t what I thought it would be,” allow the people of Ontario access to their A Kitchener man, 40, faces charges of Poole told The Chatham Voice in a candid public Parliament building,’’ said Horwath. assault with a weapon (the car), dangerous interview. “It was my second or third year. “I don’t believe that it’s necessary to arm driving, theft of a motor vehicle, possession I’d seen enough human misery. It affects you. everybody to the nines, and to have a situa- of stolen property, and failing to remain at a tion where people don’t feel comfortable be- You don’t know how other people live until collision. cause there’s such a level of security that the you enter their lives.” (Waterloo Record) building becomes inaccessible.’’ Poole, who grew up in Chatham in a middle Speaker Dave Levac said there was no class neighbourhood, said he didn’t realize the Oct 23 2014 talk about arming legislative security officers depths to Chatham’s dark side when he signed at the last review, and admitted he was disap- up to the Chatham Police Force in 1980. OTTAWA - Those familiar with the Par- pointed they did not agree to make everyone “I didn’t really think bad things happened liament Hill gunman in his final days entering the building go through a metal de- in Chatham,” he said. say he was angry about failing to get a tector. But Poole gutted it out, despite seeing a passport and struggled with drug ad- Currently, only people without passes who wish to enter the legislative chamber great deal of human heartache over the years. diction. Norman LeBlanc, a 60-year-old former have to go through a metal detector before “When I was an investigator, I did a lot of truck driver who frequents the downtown entering the public galleries. child abuse cases. You start to wonder what Ottawa shelter where Michael Zehaf Bibeau “All of that will be taken into considera- people are thinking,” he said. “It’s one thing tion during any reviews that we consistently was bunking, says he so angered some of the to deal with the murder of an adult – it’s ter- do to ensure that this place is still the bed of men at the facility that there was almost a rible. But with a child, it’s the exploitation of freedom, and (ensure) accessibility for peo- fight in recent days. our most vulnerable that’s disturbing.” ple in a way that security is still not compro- LeBlanc says Zehaf Bibeau ranted at Poole worked his way up the local polic- mised,’’ Levac told reporters. “We have to length about how much he hated Canada and ing ranks, reaching what he thought was his make sure we don’t shut democracy down for was furious about having failed to get a pass- the sake of security.’’ dream job as a detective with the Chatham port in order to leave. Premier Kathleen Wynne said the Ca- service. He became deputy chief and then He says the griping almost prompted nadian Security Intelligence Service and the took over from Carl Herder as chief in 2009 some of other men at the mission to take Ze- RCMP are sharing information with the On- after Herder retired. . tario Provincial Police and with local police haf Bibeau outside and beat him up. Despite being only 54, Poole truly be- forces about possible threats to government Others at the mission say that following lieves it is time for someone else to take over. buildings. the shooting Wednesday, police descended “In this type of position, your time expec- “We want Ontarians to know that our po- upon the shelter and removed a duffel bag tancy is five to seven years,” he said. “After lice and our paramedics and firefighters are from Zehaf Bibeau’s locker that was so heavy seven years, your energy levels and ideals trained and are prepared for any eventuality,’’ it required two men to haul it outside. Wynne told the legislature. have probably been implemented.” (The Chatham Voice) Zehaf Bibeau, who told people he had