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A CHRONICLE OF NEWS FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY | OCTOBER 9, 2015 – Vol. 20 No. 41 New chief ‘right leader for the right time’ Oct 01 2015 SAINT JOHN - A dispute between the provincial government and the Saint John Police Force could soon close the city lockup to people arrested by the RCMP. Page 2 Oct 03 2015 CALGARY - The Calgary Police Service says its mental health program is making a difference in reducing stigma and building resiliency within the force, and has now attracted the attention of law enforcement agencies from around the world. Page 3 Oct 06 2015 Chaffin, who joined the Calgary Police Oct 06 2015 CALGARY - Calgary’s new police chief Service in 1986, was appointed chief fol- lowing a six-month search to fill the role after SASKATOON - A Saskatchewan says he’s reminded to keep a level head Rick Hanson stepped down in March. senator is challenging the RCMP every time he picks up his officer’s hat. Inside the red lining, Roger Chaffin Rod Fong, chairman of the Calgary police and the federal government to keeps a photo of his former partner, Peter commission, said the search to replace Han- release statistics proving that Bellion, who died in 2004, to make sure of son was an exhaustive process involving 70 per cent of aboriginal females that. months of consultations with citizens and killed in cases solved by police "He had that sort of amazing bluntness community stakeholders. have died at the hands of other about him," Chaffin told reporters shortly "We are confident that based on the input aboriginals. after he was named Calgary's top cop on that we received from extensive community Page 6 Tuesday. engagement that we have chosen the right Oct 08 2015 "He always used to challenge me about leader for the right time," Fong said. stuff and I just liked that about him," Chaf- Both the police commission and city HALIFAX - A review into the han- fin said. "The ability to speak candidly, and council unanimously approved Chaffin's se- dling of the Rehtaeh Parsons be clear, and drop political correctness to lection. Council ratified his five-year agree- case by the RCMP and Nova Sco- make sure we were doing the right things." ment on Tuesday, which takes effect Oct. 19. tia’s Public Prosecution Service says it was reasonable of the Crown to conclude there was no realistic prospect that sexual as- sault charges would result in con- viction. Page 8 Chaffin previously served as a deputy the bureau of organizational support, which clude courthouse security, detainee transfers chief and has overseen several key investiga- oversees training, information technology, and the execution of court orders." tive units dealing with organized and serious and human resources. No reason has been given. As of Oct. 1, crime, and was seen by many as a viable con- "I noticed (Hanson) leaned on him - and RCMP are still using the lockup. The contract tender for the top job. leaned on him heavily," Burns said. with the city expires Dec. 31. He comes to the position as the city Burns credited Chaffin with solving However, Paquet says the police depart- grapples with significant challenges, such as chronic problems with the police radio sys- ment budget will be able accommodate the stemming the tide of fentanyl use and curb- tem - an issue that didn't generate much pub- new arrangement, if negotiations do not lead ing a recent uptick in gang-related violence. lic attention, but had the potential to endanger to a solution. "Rest assured, we will double down on officer safety if it wasn't dealt with properly. "We've gone through the numbers," said this idea that gang violence and these threats "If you don't handle issues like that well, Paquet."We're comfortable with those numbers." to our community will not go unchallenged," those are the sorts of things that can boil over She says the city accepts about 2,000 de- Chaffin said. publicly," said Burns. tainees annually from the RCMP. Mayor Naheed Nenshi, who praised the Chaffin said he'd like to see the service be- (CBC News) Calgary Police Service as "amongst the very come more innovative and adopt new and emerg- best if not the best" in the world, said his prior- Oct 01 2015 ity for the future chief was focused on building ing technologies to tackle crime under his watch. strong, resilient and connected communities. "There are little things that perhaps peo- The accidental drug overdose of a "I'm particularly thrilled that our new ple don't notice but there are technologies out Nova Scotia man is shining a light on leader of our Calgary Police Service comes there that make us faster, make us smarter so-called "research chemicals" that from within, showing the strength and the (and) take fewer people to do better work," are making their way into the illicit depth of the police service as it now stands," he said. "(It's) something we have to look at." drug market. Nenshi said. (Calgary Herald) The chemicals are marketed by compa- Chaffin echoed the mayor's sentiments, nies for what they say are research purposes. saying he would continue building relation- However, police forces in North America are ships within the community, and noted the THURSDAY now seeing them emerge as street drugs and police service in Calgary has evolved into "an OCTOBER 1, 2015 say they are being deceptively marketed. instrument of social justice as opposed to an in- The problem, experts say, is some labs strument of paramilitary force" over the years. are making small changes to regulated pre- Oct 01 2015 "I see no need to ever step back from that scription medications, creating these "re- model," he said. SAINT JOHN - A dispute between the search chemicals" that can be marketed with Like Chaffin, the other two deputies who provincial government and the Saint far less government oversight. served under Hanson, Trevor Daroux and John Police Force could soon close In Nova Scotia, the family of Michael Murray Stooke, also applied for the top job. the city lockup to people arrested by Thompson, who was addicted to prescription "All of them could have done the job eas- the RCMP. drugs, were alarmed to find an envelope of ily and they all have different attributes," said Sheriff's officers, who were running the white powder arrive in the mail just two days Howard Burns, president of the Calgary Po- detention centre, will no longer be guarding after his death on March 18. lice Association, which represents the depart- detainees at Saint John's police headquarters. The family says the envelope was from ment's 2,100 rank-and-file officers. That job will now be handled by the Cana- reChem Labs, a Kitchener, Ont.-based com- Sources confirmed to the Herald two cur- dian Corps of Commissionaires. pany, and contained what they thought was rent superintendents applied for the job, and Nicole Paquet, the chair of Saint John's a drug equivalent to Ativan, which is often that the list of external candidates included Police Commission, says the changes follow prescribed for anxiety. RCMP have launched two senior officers who left the force in re- word from the provincial government that it an investigation, part of which generally in- cent years: a former deputy chief and a re- would no longer provide sheriffs to staff the cludes sending a sample to a lab for analysis. tired superintendent who works for a private- detention centre after hours and on weekends. ReChem does not sell Ativan - also sector company. "The arrangement we had before was off known as lorazepam - but it does sell a In his most recent role, Chaffin headed the table," said Paquet. similar chemical called etizolam. The drug, The police department felt there was risk which is 10 times as potent as Valium, is sold associated with having two service providers as a prescription medication in India, Italy - sheriffs on weekdays and security guards and Japan to treat panic attacks and insomnia. at all other times - and elected, after issuing But it is not approved for sale in Canada a request for proposals, to hire the Corp of or the United States. And when it's marketed as Commissionaires. ISSN 1704-3913 a research chemical, that's a red flag signalling Copyright 2015 Tender documents on the city's website deception, according a spokesman for the Unit- Blue Line Magazine Inc. & The Canadian Press reveal the police department was asking for Permission to reprint may be obtained in advance from ed States Drug Enforcement Administration. Access Copyright two guards to staff the detention centre 24 Some companies "try to convince the Phone 1-800-893-5777 [email protected] hours a day, seven days a week - one male user or the consumer, the person on the other Published weekly by Blue Line Magazine, Inc. as an executive news and one female - for a total of 10 positions. end of the computer, they're legal, they're briefing service to Canada’s top level law enforcement personnel. Paquet says unless a deal is reached with Most information supplied in this publication is from newswire safe, they're used for research, or it might be services. As such Blue Line Magazine does not accept responsibility the province this fall, the department has to stop a safe alternative to an illegal drug," Rusty for the accuracy of articles as supplied. taking people into RCMP custody because the Payne says. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, province is unwilling to pay the "rack rate," stored in an electronic database or transmitted in any form or by any "All they want is the sale." means, electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without which is the fee charged by the city to hold peo- In the U.S, those addicted to lorazepam the prior permission of the publishers.

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