Cameras Show Police Have Nothing to Hide

January 24, 2014 – Vol. 19 No. 4 Cameras show police have nothing to hide Jan 16 2014 OTTAWA - The RCMP commissioner has quietly warned Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney the government must do more to fight cybercrime - an expanding threat the top Mountie says is undermining the economy and putting Ca- nadians at risk. Page 2

Jan 16 2014 TORONTO - Toronto police have launched an internal investigation into the conduct of an officer who admitted in court to stripping “hundreds” of people naked as part of routine searches. Page 3 Jan 20 2014 Jan 16 2014 MONTREAL - In an age where nearly The cameras are about the size of a smart EDMONTON - Edmonton Police say phone and are clipped to the officer’s chest. Segway usage in the city has been everyone has a camera on their smart so successful, they are looking to phone, a growing number of police In Montreal, the request for the devices add more to city streets. forces are looking to arm their officers came from the police officers themselves, who Page 4 with a recording device of their own. say videos posted online and spread on social From small town California to bustling media often fail to show the full exchange in Jan 20 2014 London, England, law enforcement officials an intervention. TORONTO - The jury at an inquest argue that body-worn video cameras will help “The goal of this is to show both sides examining the police shooting improve transparency and restore public trust of the story. What they are scared of is that deaths of three mentally ill Toronto in the police. people will only see part of the intervention,’’ residents is being taken through The idea is gaining traction in Canada. said Ian Lafreniere, a spokesman for Mon- some 220 proposed recommenda- Calgary has used them in a limited capac- treal police. tions as closing arguments are de- ity since last August and they have also been “This is why police officers would love livered in coroner’s court. tested in cities such as Toronto, Edmonton to have cameras, because you could see it ex- Page 7 and Ottawa. actly what happens. When you’re working in Jan 22 2014 Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto are Montreal, you know that you’ll be filmed not TORONTO - Ontario’s top court considering their wide use. only by personal cameras, but by surveillance has ruled that a man whose case prompted a constitutional challenge to a mandatory minimum sentence for a gun crime should not be sent back to jail. Page 9 cameras as well. ‘’ “It is my view that the government needs Montreal police, like those elsewhere, to focus more on this pillar of the strategy,’’ have found themselves under increased Thursday Paulson says. scrutiny because of videos by citizens January 16, 2014 “This growing threat significantly im- posted online. pacts the economic prosperity of our country, Earlier this month, a cop was captured as well as individual Canadians.’’ Jan 16 2014 on video telling a homeless man he would tie The letter, obtained by The Canadian him to a pole for an hour in the freezing cold WHITBY, Ont. - Three police employ- Press under the Access to Information Act, if his behaviour didn’t improve. ees in Ontario are under investigation was prepared for Blaney as part of an exten- The officer can be seen telling the man that over a YouTube movie trailer spoof de- sive briefing package sent to the new minis- if another citizen complained to police about picting them trying to be re-assigned ter, who was appointed in July. him he would “tie him to a pole for an hour.’’ from court services duty. Accompanying briefing notes say while ef- The introduction of the cameras is intend- Durham regional police say the minute- forts to secure the online world have progressed ed to restore trust in the police force. long video shows the two constables and a under the federal strategy announced in 2010, For the pilot project in Calgary, officers special constable in uniform, inside Durham “a gap remains’’ concerning law enforcement’s began testing out the cameras in November police facilities, and using police-issued ability to effectively tackle cybercrime. 2012, with 50 cameras deployed across the equipment. The offences - which take on “a new police force. The video, produced to appear like a scope and gravity’’ in cyberspace - include Cameras were activated when officers Hollywood trailer, says the three are “forced child exploitation, cyberbullying, Internet- were responding to a call or came across an to serve prisoners’’ and depicts them mop- based mass marketing fraud, identity theft, incident requiring investigation. The city is ping out cells and supplying a prisoner with intellectual property infringement, money planning to gradually expand the program. toilet paper. laundering and illegal goods trafficking. Proponents of body-worn cameras point Another scene shows an officer advanc- However, “limited funding’’ - three per to a scientific study conducted in Rialto, ing through a locker room brandishing an cent of the federal cybersecurity budget - had California, where cameras were introduced in armed Taser. been earmarked to address cybercrime, the February 2012. Chief Mike Ewles says he is concerned RCMP notes say. Public complaints against officers by the video that was posted to YouTube on “There is a significant disparity between dropped by 88 per cent compared with the Wednesday and has launched an internal in- the criminal use of the Internet and information previous 12 months. The use of force by of- vestigation. technologies and the RCMP’s ability to keep ficers fell by 60 per cent. “One employee depicted is a supervi- pace through effective investigations, targeted Lafreniere said Montreal has been explor- sor and that’s even more troubling for me,’’ enforcement and other policing measures.’’ ing the possibility of using the cameras for a Ewles said Thursday, adding he was “disap- One complication is the “rising complex- year, and the major question now is whether pointed’’ on a number of levels. ity and volume of digital evidence’’ gener- its financially feasible. “I have no idea what the motivation for ated by such investigations, taxing Mountie “Buying a camera is just one part of the producing this video would be, but I believe resources. deal,’’ he said, explaining that processing and it is disrespectful to the hardworking men and Last year an internal audit of the RCMP’s storing such a massive amount of video could women of this branch and embarrassing for technological crime program found a backlog end up being far more costly. everyone here at the DRPS,’’ he said. of requests to analyze computing devices - “We have to deal with all the footage af- potentially vital pieces of evidence - at all five Jan 16 2014 terward, because it could be required to deal program units the reviewers visited. with complaints and in court.’’ OTTAWA - The RCMP commissioner There is also an increase in the use of has quietly warned Public Safety Min- technology by organized crime networks in ister Steven Blaney the government Canada, and a need for more broad-based na- must do more to fight cybercrime - an tional and international police co-operation to expanding threat the top Mountie says combat cybercrime through joint operations, is undermining the economy and put- the newly released notes say. ting Canadians at risk. 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The board to begin working on a full-fledged searches. officer said he wasn’t aware of the case law. cybercrime strategy for presentation to the On Thursday the Toronto Police Services Mukherjee told the Star he believes the government. Board demanded a report from Chief Bill report will be made public. The Public Safety Department declined Blair into the actions of Cst. Sasa Sljivo. The board implemented a policy on “lev- to answer questions Thursday, referring them The investigation began after the Star re- el 3” strip searches that dictates when and to the Mounties. ported Sljivo’s testimony at the trial of Lerondo how a search is conducted, as laid out by the The RCMP had no immediate comment Smith, where the officer told court he stripped Supreme Court in 2001. Any evidence dis- on the status of its plans. Smith naked, despite police policy stating that covered during a fully naked search can be must not be done. deemed a breach of Charter rights and tossed Jan 16 2014 Sljivo then told court that was how he from court, thereby jeopardizing a case. TIMMINS - Child-sex charges against a always performed strip searches because There must always be a piece of clothing veteran police sergeant in Moosonee have been withdrawn. Detective Sgt. Randy Cota was charged a year ago with sexual assault, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching. The offences were alleged to have occurred in the Toronto area over a period from 2000 to 2006. However, the prosecutor withdrew the charges on Monday at the conclusion of a preliminary hearing which was held at Old City Hall in Toronto. David Bayliss, Cota’s defence attorney, said, the “Crown withdrew the charges because there was no reasonable prospect of conviction. There never had been and it took them a year to do the right thing.” Cota, who has been with the OPP since 1987, was working in Moosonee when he was arrested and charged by the Metropolitan Toronto Police in the early part of last year. Since then, he had been suspended from active duty with pay. “Randy’s case is a very sad example of how a person’s life and career can be destroyed by an incompetent investigation and prosecution,” said Bayliss. “I was convinced from the very first moment that I met Randy that he was completely innocent of this crime. “I just hope he will be able to recover from what’s been done to him.” Brendan Crawley, spokesman for the attorney general, stated in an email to The Daily Press, “As in all cases, the Crown has a duty to assess the strength of a case throughout a prosecution, and is duty bound to withdraw charges if there is no reasonable prospect of conviction, or if it is not in the public interest to proceed. “The Crown carefully examined all as- pects of the evidence in this case, including witnesses’ testimony, and the applicable law. After completing that review and giving the matter very careful consideration, the Crown was of the view that there was no reasonable prospect of conviction and accordingly, the charges were withdrawn.” (The Timmins Press)

3 on the person being searched. For example, if Jan 16 2014 more than $1 million worth of cocaine the pants and underwear are off, a shirt must EDMONTON - A former chief Crown was allegedly found in his vehicle. be on, and so on. prosecutor has been named the vice- The state attorney’s office says Sylvain Board member Counc. Michael Thomp- chairman of the Edmonton Police Bergeron was arrested last week in suburban son brought the issue forward at the monthly Commission. Chicago after police allegedly discovered he board meeting Thursday. Gary McCuaig was unveiled as the new was transporting more than 900 grams worth “I’m concerned, this board should be vice-chairman Thursday evening, replac- of cocaine. concerned,” Thompson told the board. “If ing Cathy Palmer. Real estate agent Shami Police told an Illinois newspaper, The this is done in a way to intimidate the public, Sandhu was re-appointed as the chairman of Herald-News, that the estimated street value if that’s the case, then it shouldn’t be done.” the police oversight body, a position he ac- of the load was about $1.3 million. Deputy Chief Peter Sloly, in place of cepted last year. A spokesman for Stanstead College says Blair, told the board the force has received McCuaig spent 30 years with Alberta Illinois police called a school official to in- the full transcripts of Sljivo’s testimony and Justice, 10 of those years as a chief Crown form him of Bergeron’s arrest. reassured the board that the force follows the prosecutor. This is his second two-year term Ross Murray says the 43-year-old proper procedures. on the police commission. Bergeron is in charge of nightwatchmen “We take this very seriously,” Sloly said. (Edmonton Journal) at the $20,000-per-year secondary school, “We will report back to the board on this in which is about one kilometre from the Que- very short order.” Jan 16 2014 bec-Vermont border. The report will be presented at the next EDMONTON - Edmonton Police say Murray says Bergeron has been a fine, board meeting on Feb. 13. Segway usage in the city has been so loyal employee at the school in Stanstead “Our expectation that in the training that successful, they are looking to add since he was hired in 2006. is built into that. This cannot be casual. It more to city streets. must be legally defensible. There are also re- Jan 17 2014 quirements of approval, so there is a question MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - An Alberta of supervision . . . and not just casually get- agency that investigates the actions ting or giving a signature. of police in serious matters has ruled Sljivo couldn’t be reached for comment that officers did not cause the death of Thursday. two people in a car crash following a (Toronto Star) high-speed chase. Clif Purvis with the Alberta Serious In- Jan 16 2014 cident Response Team says there is evidence A former Toronto police officer and a woman was taken against her will from a his wife were sentenced to five and Costing about $7,600 per machine, Ed- home in Medicine Hat in November. a half years in prison in Norfolk, Va., monton Police say they plan to add four more City police followed a suspect vehicle on Thursday for tricking victims into machines for officers in the future. and, as the chase continued outside the com- paying them more than $1-million for “It’s an amazing tool that at first you munity, RCMP got involved. forged banking documents. might not realize its potential until you get on Purvis says the vehicle was travelling up Cullen Johnson, 66, and Elaine White, it,” said Sgt. Phillip Cutting with EPS. to 177 km/h before it turned onto a secondary 70, were extradited from the Turks and Cai- Forty officers in five divisions have al- highway, then suddenly veered into the path cos Islands in April by the Internal Revenue ready been trained to use the Segways, cost- of a semi truck. Service. They had been on the run since ing about $100 per officer. Branden Anderson, who was 27, and his pas- pleading not guilty to fraud charges in New- It costs about one penny to operate senger Crystal Trotchie, who was 33, were killed. market in 2009. them and they can last five hours on one The truck driver received minor injuries. In a statement of facts signed by Johnson charge, making them efficient modes of in September 2013, he acknowledged that he transportation for city officers, according Jan 17 2014 and White provided clients in Canada and to EPS officials. WINDSOR, Ont. - A Windsor police the United States with fabricated banking “I’ve yet to have a police car beat me to a officer has been demoted for 15 records purporting to show that their fam- call,” said Sgt. Maurice Brodeur, who is part months for an incident involving sto- ily members or estranged spouses had stolen of the Whyte Avenue police beat with EPS. len lottery tickets. money from them. “This thing is phenomenal. I can go anywhere Constable Timothy Kettlewell is going An Ontario Superior Court found that with this thing.” from first class constable to second class con- former Ontario MPP Eric Cunningham was EPS are hoping to add the machines to stable - a demotion that’ll cost him $12,000. victimized by the firm, finding that it pro- other parts of the city to help with policing The 38-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to duced “fraudulent” records that purported to efforts, adding other provincial policing divi- two counts of discreditable conduct under the show he had $2.3-million in offshore bank sions have inquired about the machines. Police Services Act. accounts as part of a messy divorce action. (Metro Edmonton) Last April, Kettlewell found two lottery Johnson and White are alleged to have tickets while investigating the recovery of a worked with Theodoros (Terry) Grontis, a To- friday stolen or lost bag, put them in the visor of his ronto-area private detective who is reported january 17, 2014 cruiser and later pocketed them. to have fled to Greece. Kettlewell had argued it was an honest The Ontario Provincial Police plan to pros- mistake and he mistook the tickets as his own. ecute White and Johnson in Canada after they He pleaded guilty last August in crimi- Jan 17 2014 finish their sentences in the United States, the nal court to possession of stolen property Virginian-Pilot newspaper reported Wednesday. MONTREAL - A senior security guard and received a conditional discharge. (Postmedia News) at an elite Quebec private school is (AM800) facing criminal charges in Illinois after

4 5 Jan 17 2014 Cote said Haitian police traditionally where simple cannabis possession resulted Cst. Sam Cote believes Haiti is mov- focused on the minority of people who com- in a charge only 18 per cent of the time. In ing in the right direction, and the Hali- mit crimes and never engaged law-abiding Vancouver, a city seen as having liberal drug fax Regional Police officer thinks the people. He said police usually stayed at their policies, police laid possession charges 20 per bike patrols he’s helping to implement checkpoint stations and did not do routine cent of the time. there are beneficial. patrols. Citizens never grew to trust officers. The national average is 47 per cent, ac- The bike patrols are considered a major cording to data from Statistics Canada. component of a shift toward community po- The patchwork of possession charge rates licing, he said. across the country comes at a time when the With equipment provided by Montreal marijuana debate is again heating up. police, four people started in the unit. They Simple possession has been legalized or started training Haitian officers, some of decriminalized in multiple states south of the whom had never ridden a bike. border. Colorado, for example, recently legal- Cote said it didn’t take long for officers ized recreational marijuana use. to start talking with citizens, who soon started But it’s not just Americans looking chatting with police. to loosen up on people lighting up. While Now in his second United Nation’s mis- “The Haitian population is really easy marijuana arrest rates have increased under sion to the earthquake-ravaged nation, Cote is to approach. They’re very curious and easy the Harper government, earlier this year the part of a team that is training Haitian cops to to talk to. I think they’ve just been waiting Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police work with people in their communities, often so long to have some sort of … an approach proposed a ticketing system for pot, saying from the seat of a mountain bike. from the police. criminal charges place a significant burden “I’ve always been a big fan of bike pa- “Sometimes, we can’t even ride the bikes on police and court resources. trols,” he said in a recent interview from his for very long because we’re surrounded by Cities closer to Saskatoon’s percentage in- home outside Dartmouth. people who are asking questions about it.” clude Winnipeg (79 per cent), St. John’s, Nfld. “There’s no better tool to improve police Eventually, people started reporting (71 per cent) and Edmonton (70 per cent). visibility and accessibility. That’s the Phase 1 crimes to police and Cote thinks that wouldn’t (Star Phoenix) of our project there, … to try to start building have happened without the program. a trusting relationship between the population It’s a huge challenge, he admits. Jan 18 2014 and the local police.” Haitian police earn the equivalent of TORONTO - Toronto Police are down- Cote, who was in Nova Scotia during a about US$400 a month, Cote said. sizing. Most of its big Ford Crown Vic- recent break, first applied to work in Haiti “That would be a middle-class salary,” toria cruisers – which have not been about two weeks after the devastating Jan. 12, he said, adding that Haiti doesn’t have many built since 2011— will likely be retired 2010, earthquake. He arrived that August for middle class salaries. by 2016. a nine-month mission. People are mostly poor or occasionally Until then, Cst. Wendy Drummond said “I knew that I could help down there. It rich, he said. officers will road test smaller cars and SUVs was chaos really.” Haiti’s biggest city, Port-au-Prince, to determine the best type of replacements. His first mission focused on providing can have more than 300 homicides in three Despite being on the road for months, basic police services for displaced people months, Cote said. It’s a very complex situa- many people have not seen the Toronto Po- who’d lost their homes in the disaster. Tent tion where political protests can turn deadly. lice-marked test autos. cities were erected in open spaces, such as a Cote will soon be back in Haiti for the Drummond said four Taurus “Police In- nine-hole golf course. He did camp patrols last four months of this mission, which will terceptors” and two Ford Explorers are driven and later was put in charge of the patrols at likely be his last there. on regular patrols, which allow “for the col- one specific camp. Since he’s been there, all new police of- lection of data.” He returned to Halifax in May 2011 and ficers have started getting bike-patrol training To maintain its fleet, Toronto Police paid resumed patrol work here. and now some experienced Haitian bike- $5 million for 300 Crowns in 2011. “It’s kind of a slap in the face to come patrol officers have reached the point where The bulk order provided “$1.5 million in back to normal work when you’re involved in they can train their fellow recruits. savings,” Drummond said. Stored and regu- such an intense situation,” he said. “You see (Chronicle Herald) larly test-run, “we were able to deploy those things a different way.” vehicles over the last three years.” A frequent traveller, Cote worked for an- Other forces have bought competitors’ other year in Halifax before he applied for saturday smaller vehicles for several years, including another UN mission, this time to the Congo. january 18, 2014 the OPP, who also use SUVs. He applied, was accepted and went through In 2009, GM announced a new Police Pa- training only to learn the mission had been trol Vehicle (PPV). Based on the Holden Ca- abandoned two days before he was due to go. Jan 18 2014 price, the V-8 powered four-door Chevrolets He was given priority status by the UN and SASKATOON - Saskatoon police are are imported from Australia. was soon offered the chance to return to Haiti. more likely to charge someone caught Chrysler’s new rear-wheel-drive, V-6 or He was happy to go back but did not know what with small amounts of marijuana than V-8 Dodge Charger hit the road in 2006. his duties would be until he arrived there. authorities in any other big city. Some officers complain of feeling By then, most of the temporary housing Incident reports obtained from Statistics cramped due to their bulky personal equip- sites had started closing and the missions Canada for 2012 show that police in Saska- ment plus computer consoles. Many don’t were changing. toon laid marijuana possession charges in like front–wheel drive while others have A police officer from Montreal was start- more than 82 per cent of incidents involving lauded the smaller cars. ing bike patrols and Cote, a former member possession of less than 30 grams. Drummond said a decision on new re- of bike patrols in the Montreal Police Service, That number contrasts drastically with placement cars is expected in November. got into that program. more lax jurisdictions such as Halifax, (Toronto Sun) 6 Jan 18 2014 when encountering an emotionally disturbed Jan 20 2014 OTTAWA - Canada’s secret eavesdrop- person with a weapon. MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - A police officer ping agency has been reviewing its The inquest has heard that when an offi- in London, Ont., has been charged with policies on sharing information with cer is faced with an individual advancing with dangerous driving following a crash the Americans and other key partners. a sharp object, their response is based on the last fall that left two pedestrians hurt. A newly declassified memo says the person’s behaviour and not their mental state. The Special Investigations Unit says a move was prompted by the massive intelli- The inquest also heard from the officers London Police Service officer was travelling gence leak by former US spy contractor Ed- who fired the shots in the three cases being to a robbery-in-progress call around 11 a.m. ward Snowden. examined, and all of them said they feared for on Oct. 6 when the cruiser hit another car. The memo from Communications Secu- their lives before they pulled the trigger. The SIU says that car then hit two people. rity Establishment Canada chief John Forster The inquest’s five-member jury - which A 23-year-old woman was taken to hos- says the breach also sparked a CSEC exami- began hearing testimony last October - is not pital with non-life-threatening injuries and nation of its practices for protecting the pri- tasked with finding fault or laying any blame. the second person was released with minor vacy of Canadians. injuries. Obtained by The Canadian Press under Jan 20 2014 Cst. Leah Constance Laari is set to ap- the Access to Information Act, the memo was TORONTO - A lawyer for the Ontario pear in court on Feb. 27 to face the charge of prepared last year after Snowden’s leaks be- government says the public was put dangerous driving. gan making global headlines. at “undue risk’’ when a review board The leaks revealed the US National Se- granted community privileges to a Jan 20 2014 curity Agency had obtained access to a broad man who killed a Toronto police offi- TORONTO - Target says cross-border spectrum of emails, chat logs and other infor- cer with a snowplow. shoppers may have been impacted mation from major Internet companies, as well The Crown argues that the Ontario Re- by the massive credit and debit card as data about a huge volume of telephone calls. view Board made a mistake by ruling that security breach at the retailer over the hospital staff were allowed to escort Rich- holiday season. Jan 18 2014 ard Kachkar on trips into the community of The Minneapolis-based company says SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia’s po- Whitby, Ont. that some Canadians had their names and con- lice watchdog confirms that it has been Kachkar was found not criminally re- tact information stolen when they shopped at called to investigate a shooting inci- sponsible for killing Sgt. Ryan Russell and U.S. stores between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15. dent that left one man dead in Surrey. has been detained since the verdict last year But the company says unlike its U.S. cus- The Independent Investigations Office at the psychiatric hospital Ontario Shores. tomers, it believes only personal information says Surrey RCMP reported that its officers Crown attorney Eric Siebenmorgen says was stolen, not payment data for their debit responded to a call to check on an adult male doctors can’t agree on a specific diagnosis for and credit cards. on Friday night. Kachkar, so not enough is known about his Target sent an email to some Canadian The IIO says police went to the man’s condition and what triggered his psychotic customers on Monday saying that the stolen residence and during the course of events the break to be able to manage his risk in the information could include a person’s name, man was shot by an officer. community. address, email or phone number. The man was taken to the hospital but did Siebenmorgen says if there was an al- Spokeswoman Lisa Gibson says the not survive. tercation during an outing, hospital staff email was only sent to shoppers who Target The IIO was notified at around 10:15 p.m. wouldn’t be allowed to physically intervene believes could have had information taken. and sent investigators immediately. and they would have to call police, which The security breach is believed to have would again put Kachkar in conflict with an involved 40 million credit and debit card ac- officer. counts and the personal information of 70 monday Kachkar’s lawyer says the psychotic million customers. january 20, 2014 break that led to the death of Russell didn’t come out of nowhere, rather he appeared to Jan 20 2014 unravel over about two weeks, so hospital WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg police con- Jan 20 2014 staff would be able to assess his condition be- stable is no longer facing child sex- TORONTO - The jury at an inquest ex- fore any outing. related allegations. amining the police shooting deaths Lawyer Hymie Weinstein said Crown of three mentally ill Toronto resi- Jan 20 2014 prosecutors dropped their case against Cst. dents is being taken through some EDMONTON - A man is in critical con- Kenneth Jack Anderson at a brief provincial 220 proposed recommendations as dition after he crashed into the back of court hearing in Stonewall on Monday. closing arguments are delivered in a large dump truck after fleeing from Anderson, who is 53, agreed to enter into coroner’s court. police in Edmonton. a peace bond to keep the peace and avoid Reyal Jardine-Douglas, Sylvia Klibin- Investigators say officers were in a north-end contact with a male youth who RCMP alleged gaitis and Michael Eligon were all gunned neighbourhood Sunday night when they tried to was inappropriately touched when he was 10 down after approaching officers with edged pull over a car that had allegedly been stolen. years old in 2006 in the RM of Rockwood. weapons in separate but similar incidents. The 31-year-old driver stopped briefly Weinstein said the peace-bond agreement The province’s police watchdog cleared and a passenger got out before the vehicle is not a finding of guilt and will not register as authorities of wrongdoing in all three cases, sped away with police in pursuit. a conviction against the veteran officer. prompting calls for justice from the families A police helicopter was tracking the car Anderson was appearing for the start of of those killed. with no cruisers in sight before the driver his preliminary hearing after previously en- The coroner’s counsel has been reading tried to change direction and suffered mul- tering not guilty pleas to charges of sexual a list of proposed recommendations that in- tiple injuries when he slammed into the back assault and sexual interference. clude suggestions from the victims’ families of a semi involved in snow removal. RCMP arrested and released Anderson that police consider a person’s state of crisis in December 2012 after a complaint was 7 forwarded to them by the child protection following a crash in Cape Breton that killed Charges against the trio include con- branch in Winnipeg months earlier; he was Angela Smits, 19, and her 20-year-old boy- spiracy to import cocaine, conspiracy to formally charged last February. friend, Michael MacLean. traffic cocaine, possession, trafficking, and (Winnipeg Free Press) possession of proceeds of crime. Jan 21 2014

Jan 20 2014 Officials say the investigation began in CALGARY - A routine traffic stop in Nevada in October 2012 when a traffic stop TORONTO - The public is being invited Nevada more than a year ago has found 45 kilograms of cocaine packaged in for the first time to nominate Greater led to charges against three Calgary Toronto Area police officers, firefight- vacuum-sealed bundles in a hidden com- men allegedly at the centre of a mul- ers and paramedics for “hero” awards partment beneath a pickup truck. timillion-dollar smuggling and traf- sponsored by the Intercultural Dia- Investigators believe the suspects are logue Institute. ficking operation. behind the drug-trafficking operation. The Jan. 15 arrests are the result of a The awards, administered by the Inter- The three are believed to be a major joint investigation between Alberta law cultural Dialogue Institute (IDI) since 2011, cocaine distributor in southern Alberta and are also for the first time recognizing “public enforcement teams and the United States are alleged to have routinely used couriers heroes” from the Greater Toronto Area – Dur- Drug Enforcement Administration. to import cocaine from the southern U.S. ham, York and Peel – as well as Toronto. In the past, they focused on Toronto Police, Fire and EMS, and the nominees were chosen by a committee of community leaders. This year, four candidates from each category will be nominated for each region for displaying these qualities: altruism, dedication and community involvement. Nomination forms can be found at publi- cheroes.org. The deadline for nominations is March 22 and the awards will be handed out on April 23 at Toronto’s Japanese Cana- dian Cultural Centre. IDI is a non-profit group that promotes understanding and respect between people of all faiths and cultures through discussion and personal interaction. (Globe and Mail)

Tuesday january 21, 2014

Jan 21 2014 HALIFAX - Halifax police are warning all Nova Scotia residents about a man who is deemed a high risk to re-offend after serving a seven-year sentence for impaired driving causing death. The police force issued a statement under its high risk offender protocol saying 55-year- old Michael Gerard Cooper is expected to move to the Halifax area after his release today from New Brunswick’s Dorchester Penitentiary. Cooper’s case attracted national attention after the parents of a teenager who died in a 2007 collision with Cooper’s vehicle asked Nova Scotia authorities to post pictures of Cooper in liquor stores and bars. After Cooper’s conviction, the Parole Board of Canada said he told them he would not stop drinking and driving, which prompted the board to deny him an early release. As part of his release, Cooper must meet several conditions, including a lifetime driving ban and a two-year order to abstain from buying and drinking alcohol. Cooper was convicted in 2007 of two counts of impaired driving causing death

8 Jan 21 2014 Chinese engineering student Jun Lin. ordered a new trial for a man who OTTAWA - Canada’s highest court Lawyers representing University of was shot and wounded by Edmonton has ruled that a group of Hells Angels Ottawa criminologists had argued the police. members who received a stay of pro- 2007 interview with a subject known un- Percy Davis was holding a butcher ceedings because of lengthy delays der the pseudonym “Jimmy’’ should be knife when he was shot twice in the park- in their case will not have to stand kept confidential. ing lot of a mall in northeast Edmonton in trial anew. The attorneys said Magnotta partici- 2008. The hearing took place before the Su- pated in the study as part of a survey of sex The Alberta Serious Incident Response preme Court of Canada today, with the ruling workers under the condition his interview Team ruled the officer was justified in firing coming directly from the bench. would remain confidential. his gun. Quebec Superior Court Justice James Davis was convicted of assaulting a po- Brunton ordered the stay of proceedings for Jan 22 2014 lice officer, assault with a weapon and pos- 31 Hells Angels members and sympathizers TORONTO - Ontario’s top court session of a dangerous weapon. in 2011. has ruled that a man whose case He received a suspended sentence and They had been arrested as part of the prompted a constitutional challenge one year of probation. 2009 police sweep dubbed SharQc and were to a mandatory minimum sentence The high court recently ruled the trial charged with various drug-related offences. for a gun crime should not be sent judge made an error by ruling Davis had the The Supreme Court ruled that Brunton back to jail. burden of proving that the officer had used did not err in exercising his discretion to or- Leroy Smickle was in his cousin’s house excessive force. der a stay in the case. in his boxers, posing for a Facebook picture Davis had argued his Charter of Rights It agreed that defendants would be preju- with a loaded handgun, when police burst were violated. diced by the lengthy delays and that they in with a search warrant for the cousin, who “The appeal is allowed and the appel- would not face a trial in a reasonable delay as they believed had illegal firearms. lant’s conviction is quashed,’’ wrote the court. required by the law. Smickle was convicted of possession “As the parties have requested in such

Jan 21 2014 of a loaded prohibited firearm, but the trial an event, a new trial is ordered on the same judge ruled a three-year sentence - the man- charges.’’ TORONTO - A Toronto police officer datory minimum enacted in 2008 - would Court previously heard Davis, then will be in court next month for alleg- be cruel and unusual so she declared it un- 26, was holding the knife while riding his edly punching a suspect. constitutional and gave Smickle a one-year bike in the parking lot, when a police car Police say a man placed under arrest on conditional sentence. showed up. He charged at the open window Dec. 29 allegedly attempted to break police Late last year, Ontario’s Appeal Court on the driver’s door with his knife raised. property, and spat on the arresting officer. struck down the mandatory minimum as The officer inside ducked, got out of the Investigators say the 32-year-old offi- unconstitutional but said Smickle’s sen- cer is alleged to have punched the suspect car and demanded Davis drop the knife. tence was “totally inadequate’’ and ordered several times. Davis walked away and headed towards Cst. Gary Gould - an 11-year veteran of his lawyers to return to court to argue his the mall. The officer followed him and de- the Toronto police - is charged with assault. sentence. cided to shoot when it became clear that Gould is scheduled to appear in court in In a ruling released today, the Appeal Davis would not drop the knife. Feb. 28. Court says Smickle completed his sentence Davis was hit in the neck and right long ago and has spent the last two years as chest and reportedly lost the use of a lung a law-abiding father supporting his family. and an arm. wednesday The court says Smickle should have The man’s father, an evangelical pastor, january 22, 2014 originally been sentenced to two years less said at the time that his son was a loner who a day, but it has imposed a permanent stay had grappled with anger issues. He said the of the sentence, meaning Smickle won’t be officer should have been carrying a Taser to Jan 22 2014 sent back to jail. subdue his son. MONTREAL - A judge has prevented “When, as in this case, the sentencing of Montreal police from getting their an accused has been delayed by a lengthy ap- Jan 22 2014 hands on a confidential academic pellate process, and the accused has served SAINTE-ADELE, Que. - A 17-year-old video interview with accused killer the sentence imposed at trial, the imposition boy died on Wednesday after being Luka Rocco Magnotta. of a ‘just sanction’ demands that those fac- shot by Quebec provincial police The Canadian Association of University tors be taken into account,’’ the court wrote. north of Montreal. Teachers welcomed the Quebec Superior “The respondent completed the sentence A police chase began early in the after- Court decision, saying it upholds research- imposed on him long ago. He has spent the noon after reports of a stolen car. ers’ rights to protect confidential informa- last two years in legal limbo uncertain as to Montreal police said the teen was head- tion needed for their academic work. whether he would be required to return to ing toward the patrol car in a vehicle he was The association’s executive director says jail and, if so, for how long. Those hardships driving and was putting the officer’s life at in a statement the ruling represents the first must be taken into account.’’ risk when the shooting occurred. court recognition of researcher-participant Smickle is now working two jobs, devel- The incident occurred in the community privilege. oping his own business, has a “stable, loving of Sainte-Adele in the Laurentians. Montreal police had sought to gain ac- relationship with his fiancee’’ and a close It happened near a secondary school but cess to a copy of the interview for evidence relationship with his two children, who he Montreal police said that at no time were the they’re still gathering against the 31-year-old supports financially, the court noted. lives of students in danger. Magnotta, who is charged with first-degree Because of local police involvement in the murder in the slaying and dismemberment of Jan 22 2014 incident, Montreal police were called to the OTTAWA - The Supreme Court has community north of the city to investigate. 9 to reflect the community. Jun 23 2014 thursday “They bring a whole different set of lan- L’ISLE-VERTE - Thirty elderly people january 23, 2014 guage skills, a whole set of skills to under- are unaccounted for after an intense stand other people, a whole set of cultural night-time fire destroyed a Quebec se- knowledge and background.” niors’ residence that was only partially Jan 23 2014 That includes different ethnicities, reli- equipped with sprinklers. BUFFALO, N.Y. - The owner of an On- gions, disabilities and the LGBT community, tario trucking company has pleaded Dodd said. guilty to smuggling hundreds of kilo- “I think it’s important to reflect the com- grams of cocaine across the border in munity that you’re policing,” said Kirk Law- western New York in his trucks. rence, who is finishing a justice studies de- The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Buffalo gree and hopes to become a police officer. says 39-year-old Parminder Sidhu of Bramp- “It helps especially with victim relief, ton, Ont., pleaded guilty to conspiracy in fed- victim assistance if you feel more comfort- eral court Wednesday. able around people you can relate to.” Investigators say that between 2009 and Jessica Mardones is from Chile and hopes And many of the missing had limited 2011, Sidhu’s trucks - equipped with false to become a volunteer to build bridges from movement and were confined to wheelchairs compartments - were used to smuggle more her community to the police force. and walkers, according to a local official. than 1,700 kilograms of cocaine into Canada. “You know we might be able to see you The blaze began during a bitterly cold He faces at least 10 years in prison when know some difference in them and more trust night at Résidence du Havre, a 52-unit home he’s sentenced in May. because that’s the word, is trust.” for senior citizens in L’Isle-Verte, in the Low- Two co-defendants have been convict- (CBC News) er St. Lawrence, 230 kilometres down river ed of similar charges and will be sentenced from Quebec City. in April. Jan 23 2014 The front part of the residence, which WINNIPEG - Winnipeg police have ar- was built in 1997 and got heavily damaged in Jan 23 2014 rested a robbery suspect - six years the fire, didn’t have sprinklers, unlike a newer CALGARY - The Calgary Police Ser- after someone left false teeth at the wing that was added five years later. vice is trying to entice people from scene of the crime. A witness described a dramatic scene, all communities to get involved in the Police say a woman with a knife held up a with firefighters struggling to help seniors organization. Winnipeg convenience store in October 2007 with limited mobility, some residents jump- and stole an undisclosed amount of cash. ing from the second and third floors and Officers say she dropped her false teeth children trying to rescue their parents from as she fled. flames that was fanned by wind gusts. The teeth were seized as evidence and Most of the residents were over 85. They DNA testing eventually led them to a suspect. either required wheelchairs or walkers or suf- An unnamed woman was arrested fered from Alzheimer’s disease, acting mayor Wednesday and charged with robbery. Ginette Caron told reporters. “The rest were semi-autonomous, prac- Jan 23 2014 tically no longer autonomous,” Caron told The force hosted an open house at its CALGARY - Officials have concluded a a news conference. “Wheelchairs, walkers, northeast headquarters on Wednesday night, Calgary officer was justified in shoot- people who can’t move around. People with drawing hundreds of Calgarians. ing a driver who struck two pedestri- Alzheimer’s, in the last stages of life.” “Whether as an officer or civilian mem- ans as he was fleeing police. Local resident Mario Michaud, who lives ber, volunteer, or participant in one of our The Alberta Serious Incident Response across the street from the residence, said in an youth programs, there are many ways to join Team says the uniformed officer probably interview Thursday morning that he saw one our team,” police said in release. saved the married man and woman, both 78, of his neighbours try in vain to bring a lad- Amina Gillani, who has volunteered with from more serious injuries. der to rescue his mother from a second-floor the service for eight years, says she is able to Police were investigating a case outside balcony inside the complex. reassure people who are afraid of the police. a bank last May when a man started driving Mr. Michaud said his neighbour was able “I come from a country where there is a away, hit a parked police car then struck the to place the ladder but couldn’t get to his very poor perception of the judicial system. seniors on a sidewalk. mother because the flames were too intense. So when there is a crime in Pakistan people The driver had reversed and was driving “He couldn’t reach her. She burned on the are scared to report the crime because there towards the couple again when the officer balcony. Her boy, he broke down. It wasn’t is so much corruption there versus here,” shot him in the head. pretty,” Mr. Michaud said. she said. The 38-year-old driver survived but is The neighbour had to be taken to hospital CPS recently dropped its three-year resi- permanently blind. to be treated for smoke inhalation, his brother dency requirement for volunteers in a bid to The female pedestrian underwent surgery said in an interview. be more inclusive of new members of the for a broken elbow and hip and her husband (Globe and Mail) community. wasn’t seriously injured. Sgt. Bill Dodd said the police service has 10