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National and International News Clippings & Press Releases National and International News Clippings & Press Releases Providing members with information on policing from across Canada & around the world March 13, 2014 Canadian Association of Police Governance 157 Gilmour Street, Suite 302 Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0N8 Tel: 613|235|2272 Fax: 613|235|2275 www.capg.ca BRITISH COLUMBIA ..................................................................................................... 3 Disarming Vancouver police a foolish idea .................................................................................................... 3 Another West Vancouver cop steps down ..................................................................................................... 4 ALBERTA ..................................................................................................................... 6 SASKATCHEWAN ......................................................................................................... 6 Big shoes to fill ........................................................................................................................................................... 6 Reinstated Tasers get first use ............................................................................................................................ 7 Funding to Regina-based sex offender program restored for now...................................................... 8 MANITOBA ................................................................................................................. 9 148 complaints filed against Manitoba police officers in 2012 ............................................................. 9 ONTARIO .................................................................................................................. 10 Councillor Michael Thompson Resists Attempts to Silence his Criticism of the Police Chief 10 North Bay has 'young police service' ............................................................................................................. 11 Calls for police service on the rise .................................................................................................................. 12 Geoffrey Nelson named new chief of Brantford Police .......................................................................... 13 Toronto Police Services Board chairman wants travel expenses covered .................................... 14 Toronto Police Services board in dispute over vice-chair’s lawsuit that alleges it tried to ‘silence criticism of Chief Blair’ ........................................................................................................................ 15 Horse 'kept me safe,' says mounted police officer ................................................................................... 16 New chief 'couldn't be happier' ....................................................................................................................... 18 Sharing a cop's family secret ............................................................................................................................. 19 One united police board for county could be on tap ............................................................................... 24 Sunshine List: More than a third of Toronto’s police officers earned $100,000 in 2013 ........ 25 On police board, Dhun Noria balances life in the spotlight with battling breast cancer .......... 27 Tasers to be worn by all front-line Sudbury police officers ................................................................. 29 Our police officers don’t need Tasers or guns ........................................................................................... 30 QUEBEC .................................................................................................................... 31 NEW BRUNSWICK ..................................................................................................... 31 NOVA SCOTIA ........................................................................................................... 31 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND .......................................................................................... 31 NEWFOUNDLAND ..................................................................................................... 31 It’s official, there’s a new chief in town ........................................................................................................ 31 NATIONAL ................................................................................................................ 32 Statement from Minister Blaney on the Economics of Policing: National Policing Research Symposium ............................................................................................................................................................... 32 No call for national inquiry in MPs' report on aboriginal women ..................................................... 33 Minister Steven Blaney Honours Women in RCMP ................................................................................. 36 Advocate says victims of crime still lack suitable support ................................................................... 37 INTERNATIONAL NEWS ............................................................................................. 39 New App Lets Police Officers Know If They're Too Tired to Work ................................................... 39 Ombudsman backs police Taser use .............................................................................................................. 40 Chief Invites Public Comments on How Police Officers Do Their Jobs ............................................ 42 The ‘Art of the Watchdog’ ................................................................................................................................... 43 EDITORIAL - Move To Full Civilian Oversight of Police, Too ............................................................... 44 2 BRITISH COLUMBIA Disarming Vancouver police a foolish idea Leo Knight 24 hours Vancouver March 11, 2014 A piece appeared in the Toronto Star recently suggesting that police should be, for the most part, disarmed. Instead, unarmed officers could call in specially trained armed teams if needed. Authored by professor and lawyer Peter Rosenthal, the article has sparked much discussion, even triggering a Facebook page called Disarm Toronto Police. It wasn’t long before the media in Vancouver got on the bandwagon. I got several calls on Monday asking for comment on whether this idea had merit for the Vancouver Police Department. Rosenthal’s article was based on a flawed premise. “Overwhelmingly, the victims of police shootings are in an emotional crisis and have a weapon, usually a knife,” he wrote. “They are not ‘bad guys’; they are people who don't really want to hurt anyone.” Well, that’s certainly true in some cases, such as when Sammy Adib Yatim was shot on a Toronto street car last summer. Part of the incident was captured by a citizen journalist, and no doubt this incident was a trigger for Rosenthal’s thinking. But as is often the case with those who inhabit the rarefied air of academia, Rosenthal’s idea ignores the reality of what police come into contact with on a daily basis. It also exonerates the role of government in failing those with mental health issues and places the blame squarely on the shoulders of the police. And that’s wrong. The average police officer on patrol fields many calls during a shift. A large percentage of these are violent or potentially violent, ranging from a street fight to a domestic dispute. Any violent call can escalate from zero to 60 in a heartbeat. That’s a reality ignored by Rosenthal. Other issues ignored by Rosenthal are gangs and guns. Monday night in downtown Vancouver, two men were shot in a targeted gang hit. If we expect police to fight gang violence, how is it reasonable to expect them to do it when their adversary is armed and they aren’t? 3 The handwringers and champagne socialists can wish for a different world and try to engineer society as they see it. The real world is much different. There are bad people who inhabit it. And too often those people have guns and are prepared to use them. To disarm police and yet expect them to do their primary job — to protect the rest of us — is foolish in the extreme. Put yourself in the place of an officer stopping a car loaded with gang-bangers. Would you want to approach that situation without a gun? The answer is that you wouldn’t choose to be in that position. For the police, it’s their job. View Prof. Rosenthal's article here: http://www.thestar.com/bigideas/experts/2014/02/27/disarm_most_police_officers_p eter_rosenthals_big_ideas.html Leo Knight is a former police officer, security expert and host of primetimecrime.com. http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2014/03/11/disarming-vancouver-police-a-foolish-idea Another West Vancouver cop steps down Jane Sey North Shore News March 12, 2014 A third member of the West Vancouver Police Department's senior management team has left the ranks of the top brass. Insp. Barry Nickerson reportedly packed up his office and left the department on Friday. An announcement about Nickerson's retirement went out to other members of the police department on Saturday. Nickerson becomes the third member of the management team to either leave or announce plans to leave in the past month. Police Chief Peter Lepine announced in February he will not be seeking a renewal of his five-year contract
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