Toronto Police Board Head Stepping Down

A CHRONICLE OF NEWS FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY | June 19, 2015 – Vol. 20 No. 25 Toronto police board head stepping down Jun 12 2015 VANCOUVER - The Crown will not appeal a decision granting escorted community outings to a mentally ill British Columbia man who murdered his three children.

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Jun 14 2015 TORONTO - Ontario municipalities are keeping a close eye on provincial police contract negotiations to see if the province can whittle out years-of-service bonuses that communities say are becoming difficult to afford.

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Jun 15 2015 EDMONTON - Edmonton police haven’t been able to write as many traffic fines this year due to an increase in calls for service. Jun 18 2015 TORONTO - The long-serving chair of to the board. But he decided “the time has Page 5 Toronto’s police oversight board will come to move on,” he said Thursday in a pre- Jun 15 2015 step down at the end of July, partway pared speech. TORONTO - RCMP cadets will fi- through his term. According to a source, Mr. Mukherjee in- nally receive training in the use of Alok Mukherjee, who joined the board in formed the mayor only on Wednesday evening carbine rifles and active shooter 2004 and steered it through controversies over that he planned to resign the next morning. situations at the RCMP Training the G20 conference, rising police costs and The source said that Andy Pringle, a Academy “Depot” located in Re- carding, announced his resignation at today’s friend and former chief of staff to Mayor gina, Global News has learned. meeting of the Toronto Police Services Board. John Tory, will step in as interim chair, as As recently as last month, he told The mandated under the Ontario Police Services Page 6 Globe and Mail that he planned to serve the Act, but has no plans to stay on in the role for remaining year of his provincial appointment the long-term. Jun 16 2015 PEEL - Peel Regional Police Chief Jennifer Evans says she welcomes the province’s announcement that it will introduce standardized procedures for “carding”. Page 8 Still, Mr. Pringle - whose seat on the After growing friction with the police practice,” he said. board has expired and is up for renewal - has union and former police chief Bill Blair, Mr. “Codiac is a desirable detachment and applied for reappointment, the source said. Mukherjee had told Mayor Tory last year he we get calls every week from members That appointment must be confirmed by the would step aside once a new chief was se- wanting to come here to live and work in city’s civic appointments committee next lected. Mark Saunders succeeded Mr. Blair our community.” week, and city council as early as next month. as police chief in April. He said carbine racks have arrived at the Mr. Pringle, who joined the board in the In January, the new board voted 6-1 to Codiac detachment and are being installed in fall of 2011, raised money for Mr. Tory’s give Mr. Mukherjee another one-year term, police cars. mayoral campaign and worked for the mayor including a vote in his favour by Mr. Tory. At “A number are being installed now when he was leader of the Ontario Progres- the same time, the board voted unanimously and by the end of this week a majority of sive Conservative Party. to appoint Mr. Pringle to the role of vice- our cars will have carbine racks. As the The businessman came under fire in the chair, though officially, his term had expired. racks arrive they are being installed with fall of 2013 when Councillor Doug Ford re- Council’s Civic Appointments Committee the priority being our marked patrol cars,” vealed that Mr. Pringle had taken then-police has been in the process this month of decid- Beauchesne said. chief Bill Blair on a road trip to New Brun- ing whether to renew it. “Training of our members on the car- swick the year before to go salmon fishing. Much of Mr. Mukherjee’s final year bines is ongoing and the members identified Councillor Shelley Carroll, also a mem- heading the board was dominated by a war of for the next round of training courses know ber of the police board, told The Globe that attrition with then-chief Bill Blair after years exactly when they are scheduled to attend.” she learned this morning of Mr. Mukherjee’s of problems that began during preparation for He refused to say how many carbines resignation and the suggestions that Mr. the G20 in the summer of 2010. have arrived at the detachment so far. Pringle would succeed him. Things nearly boiled over last December “It’s information that could jeopardize However, she said there are many peo- after Mr. Mukherjee posted a controversial safety. Over the past year we have received ple who will help make the decision about note on his Facebook page about American a sufficient number of carbines at Codiac the new chair, and appointing Mr. Pringle police killings, leading the police union to to allow us to properly respond to high risk would likely raise concerns among many on demand his resignation. In the meantime, a calls for service.” City Council, who would need to approve the long-time debate over the issue of carding - (CBC News) choice. the widespread police practice of stopping “He has done some fine work on the and interviewing residents not suspected of Jun 11 2015 board, yes, but council still makes their de- a crime - was bringing Mr. Mukherjee into a CALGARY - Former NHL player Shel- cision in a bigger, broader way, and they’ll confrontation with Mr. Blair. don Kennedy says the sexual-abuse be looking at those bigger issues, such as is Mr. Mukherjee said in his resignation an- support centre that bears his name he too close to the mayor, or is he too much nouncement that carding is a “troubling” is- has been deluged with cases since of the old order, having been a friend of the sue the board will need to confront. opening more than two years ago. former chief, when we’re trying to make a “We have dedicated significant time and change with a new chief,” Ms. Carroll said. resources to this issue,” he said. “And while She said the $90,963-a-year job will like- we now await the direction that the province ly go to one of the citizen members of the has promised to provide, we must set out in board rather than a councillor. no uncertain terms our expectation of the “Toronto Police Service is now so large kind of policing we want to see in this com- that it really is a full-time job to be chair of munity.” the board,” she said. “... You’d very much be (Globe and Mail) looking at a citizen appointee. But you know, council is 44 people and they have a few weeks to think about this.” THURSDAY Kennedy, who brought to light sex JUNE 11, 2015 crimes by former junior hockey coach Graham James, says the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre has seen about 120 Jun 11 2015 cases a month. Codiac RCMP Supt. Paul Beauchesne “We’ve really become a specialized ser- spoke out Wednesday night to deny vice to really handle the worst of the worst ISSN 1704-3913 reports that officers in his detachment cases, if you may,’’ said Kennedy. Copyright 2015 are leaving in droves and it is taking a “The sexual assaults, the really bad Blue Line Magazine Inc. & The Canadian Press Permission to reprint may be obtained in advance from long time for carbines and the carbine child neglect cases, the physical abuse Access Copyright racks to be available to members. cases. Pretty much we take the 10 per cent Phone 1-800-893-5777 [email protected] Beauchesne said in a statement to the Co- of the really heavy-loaded cases, the cases Published weekly by Blue Line Magazine, Inc. as an executive news diac Regional Police authority that 20 mem- that consume the systems.’’ briefing service to Canada’s top level law enforcement personnel. bers have requested to be transferred out of the Most information supplied in this publication is from newswire The centre brings together police, social services. As such Blue Line Magazine does not accept responsibility detachment because of what happened on June workers, medical staff, psychologists and for the accuracy of articles as supplied. 4, 2014, when Justin Bourque shot and killed prosecutors under one roof to try to avoid All rights reserved. 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Daniel Woodall, a 35-year-old of- clusion. of expansion. ficer in the hate-crimes unit, died at the scene. “We’re working closely with the RCMP Jun 12 2015 and looking at satellite centres and building WHITECOURT, Alta. - Four Mounties capacity by building expert pockets through- have been rescued after their boat out our province.’’ capsized on a river in northwestern The Zebra Child Protection Centre in Ed- FRIDAY Alberta. monton also offers assistance to victims. JUNE 12, 2015 RCMP spokeswoman Sgt. Josee Vali- quette says the officers are all doing fine. Jun 11 2015 Jun 12 2015 They had been on duty, patrolling the CAMBRIDGE - A 30-year-old man is in HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s police watch- Athabasca River about 35 kilometres north- custody on charges he tried to kill a dog is looking into an accident in the west of Whitecourt, when their jet boat over- woman and a local police officer dur- Halifax area that sent five people to turned Friday afternoon. ing a violent domestic dispute in April. hospital. They managed to swim to shore and Wesley Laforme faces two counts of at- Halifax Regional Police say an officer phoned for help. tempted murder and a string of other charges was approaching a vehicle parked in Herring Workers with Alberta Environment later in connection with an incident in Cambridge Cove Thursday night when the driver drove found the officers and got them home. that led to a shooting by police. away from the scene and went off the road. Valiquette says it’s not clear what hap- Named as alleged victims in the formal Police say the vehicle flipped onto its pened, but the boat did hit something before charges against Laforme are Keira Stirling roof and the five occupants were sent to hos- it overturned. and Const. Elizabeth Skelding of Waterloo pital with non-life threatening injuries. She added that there will be an internal Regional Police. Investigators determined the vehicle had review into the accident. Stirling was allegedly stabbed “multiple been stolen from Antigonish on June 8. times” with a knife. Two 18-year-old men who were in the At the time of the incident on April 29, vehicle at the time face charges in connection police said a woman and an officer suffered with the incident. SATURDAY stab wounds, while a man was shot by police Halifax police have referred the matter to JUNE 13, 2015 after a 911 call to a townhouse complex just the Serious Incident Response Team. before midnight. Jun 13 2015 The injured officer was released from Jun 12 2015 TORONTO - A former Toronto police hospital the next day, while the man and SASKATOON - A drunk driver who chief will run for the Liberals in a Toron- woman remained in a Hamilton hospital with killed a Saskatchewan conservation to riding in this year’s federal election. significant injuries. officer has been sentenced to 9 1/2 (The Record) years in prison. Blaine Thomas Taypotat, who is 37, Jun 11 2015 pleaded guilty in December to manslaughter PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - Ontario’s po- and drunk driving causing death. lice watchdog is investigating after a Justin Knackstedt, who was 23, was Peterborough inmate died in hospital killed when he stopped to help direct traffic overnight. at a crash near Saskatoon in May 2013. The Special Investigations Unit says a Officers at the scene said Taypotat was 39-year-old man was taken from the Central driving about 100 kilometres an hour when East Correctional Centre to hospital for un- he hit Knackstedt, propelling him about 40 disclosed medical reasons. metres into the ditch. Bill Blair won the nomination for the rid- The SIU says a Peterborough police of- The Crown had argued for a 10-year sen- ing of Scarborough Southwest on Saturday. ficer and a provincial police officer were tence because of Taypotat’s extensive crimi- Blair ended his tenure as police chief ear- there to provide security. nal record, which included previous drunk- lier this year. The agency says that around 1 a.m., the driving convictions. The riding is currently held by the New man became agitated and hospital staff asked He was already prohibited from taking Democrats who snatched it from the Liberals the officers to restrain him. the wheel and had outstanding warrants for in the 2011 election. It says he was pronounced dead shortly other drunk-driving charges. Blair tweeted that he is truly honoured to (CKOM) afterward. be nominated and is humbled by the outpour- ing of support. Jun 11 2015 Jun 12 2015

EDMONTON - An autopsy shows a VANCOUVER - The Crown will not Jun 13 2015 man who shot dozens of bullets at Ed- appeal a decision granting escorted DRAYTON VALLEY, Alta. - The body monton police, killing an officer, died community outings to a mentally ill of a man who tried to evade police by of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. British Columbia man who murdered jumping in the North Saskatchewan The Alberta Serious Incident Response his three children. River has been found. Team says the autopsy has also identified the The B.C. Criminal Justice Branch has de- RCMP say Duncan Laird, 27, of no fixed shooter as Norman Raddatz. cided against legally challenging a decision address, was wanted on several counts of The agency says Raddatz was already by the B.C. Review Board granting Allan possession of stolen property and also on ar- dead before fire engulfed his home earlier Schoenborn supervised day trips. rest warrants from numerous charges out of this week. The ruling was made late last month by Killam, Alta. Police have said they were investigating a three-member panel that spent one month On June 2, while conducting a search the 42-year-old refrigerator repairman for deliberating over a decision that usually takes on Crown land just south of Drayton Val- anti-Semitic bullying of an Edmonton man less than a day. ley, Alta., officers located a variety of stolen and his family. The branch says in a statement its mem- items valued at thousands of dollars, includ- Several officers were at Raddatz’s home bers understand the terrible impact the case ing a jet boat, vehicles and trailers. with an arrest warrant when bullets started has had on the victims and has issued a As RCMP officers approached one holi- 3 day trailer, two men ran out and fled toward Jun 13 2015 Ontario Provincial Police followed suit soon the river and jumped in. NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - Three after, and over the years it found its way into One made it across but Laird was swept RCMP officers were hospitalized after most police and firefighter contracts across down the river. His body was found earlier a crash between two police vehicles Ontario as recognition or service pay. this week. in North Battleford, Sask. Saturday. It gives an extra three-per-cent pay after (CTV Edmonton) Officers were initially called to a break about eight years of service, six per cent after and enter at a residence at 5:15 a.m. about 17 years and nine per cent after about Jun 13 2015 RCMP say the officers were responding 23 years. In Toronto, the base pay of a first- OTTAWA - A provincial police officer to the “serious call” when the collision oc- class constable is $92,433. is facing charges along with 10 others curred at the intersection. Though the provincial government does after police say they raided an illegal Two men and one woman were taken to not control the deals municipalities reach gambling organization in an Ottawa hospital. RCMP say their injuries were de- with their police services, it can set trends residence. scribed as serious and non-life threatening. with the agreements it strikes with the On- Police allege that on Wednesday night, Two of the officers have been released tario Provincial Police. officers conducted a search warrant on an from hospital in North Battleford while the As the Liberal government tries to elimi- “organization keeping a common gaming third is being transferred to Saskatoon for nate a $10.9-billion deficit it has said any house.’’ further treatment. public-sector contracts must have “net zero’’ Police say they seized marijuana, co- An investigation into the crash is ongo- increases, so any small compensation boosts caine, oxycodone, hash, morphine and an ing with the assistance from RCMP collision would have to be offset. undisclosed amount of money. reconstructionists. Neither the government nor the Ontario Ontario Provincial Police Const. Dennis (Global News) Provincial Police Association would say if Hill, 38, a 14-year veteran who is currently retention pay - also known as 3-6-9 - is on on leave, has been charged with being found the table as they bargain a new deal. in a common gaming house and possession SUNDAY But most police service boards are hop- of cocaine. JUNE 14, 2015 ing it is, says their provincewide association. The owner of the house, Darrin Cooper, “Today, 3-6-9 does not serve a practical 49, along with six other men and one woman purpose,’’ says Fred Kaustinen, the executive from Ottawa, a man from Orleans, Ont., and Jun 14 2015 director of the Ontario Association of Police another man from Gloucester, Ont., were all TORONTO - Ontario municipalities are Service Boards. charged with various offences. keeping a close eye on provincial po- Kaustinen said police forces have not The charges range from either residing lice contract negotiations to see if the faced retention issues for some time now, and in or permitting a gaming house to operate, province can whittle out years-of-ser- there are no performance-related benefits as- to various drug offences. All of the accused vice bonuses that communities say sociated with 3-6-9. were released on a promise to appear in an are becoming difficult to afford. “The only impact or relevance...is to in- Ottawa court next month. The benefit, known as retention pay, be- crease the pay of long-serving police offic- gan in Toronto a little over a decade ago. The ers and increase the cost of the overall police

4 wage envelope across Ontario by roughly 4.5 also reported that prime minister David Cam- imagining we’ll be able to correct it from per cent.’’ eron warned social media companies that operations where we have some vacancies The president of the Police Association they have an “onus” to help keep British peo- we’re using to manage it.” of Ontario says the bonus pay may be the rea- ple safe from terrorist attacks. An increase in calls for service is a trend son why retention issues no longer exist. It Orde added: “It’s a statement of the blin- police have been dealing with for the last has now become part of the negotiated salary, dingly obvious that this is endangering na- three years as the city’s population contin- says Bruce Chapman. tional security. ues to grow. In 2013, Chief Rod Knecht was “It’s a dangerous profession and it’s part “Anyone who thinks it’s sensible to com- wondering whether the service was going to of their overall compensation package, which promise investigations is acting in an ex- have 5,000 more calls than the previous year. fairly reflects the duties and the work that tremely irresponsible way. He soon got his answer when the service they do,’’ he says. “It certainly needs to be looked at.” reached an additional 6,300 calls. The mayor of Stratford says municipali- The report also found that Apple has ties are finding it tougher than ever to fund provided encryption services for its users In 2014 that number continued to grow, emergency services - nearly 40 per cent of that are so advanced that the company itself reaching 154,854 calls for service by mid De- the tax levy in his small city goes toward would not be able to decode the messages cember. Police were dispatched to 145,533 of them - and clauses such as 3-6-9 need to be even if ordered to. those calls. taken into account. The UK Government will lead attempts As of last week, police had 4,922 more “It’s not affordable, nor is it sustainable,’’ to create a new international framework to calls for service compared to the same time says Dan Mathieson. encourage companies to comply. last year. In Stratford, the clause was first includ- (The Drum) “Those numbers are very big and they re- ed in the negotiated settlement for police in quire a lot of time,” said Deputy Chief Tony 2009. The city could have gone to interest ar- Jun 14 2015 Harder, adding the increase is primarily in bitration over 3-6-9, but since it was already Investigators with the Montreal po- priority five calls. in other comparable police forces across On- lice have been called in to investigate “We can’t start writing tickets until we’re tario, there’s no doubt the arbitrator would a Quebec provincial police shoot- done with those calls.” have awarded it anyway, Mathieson said. ing during a 26-hour standoff with a In April, city council approved 49 new The Association of Municipalities of On- 17-year-old youth in northern Quebec. police positions - 40 downtown and nine for tario has been pushing for years for changes Const. Emran Abdullah of Montreal po- transit - to help deal with growth pressures. to the system, arguing that arbitrators place lice said the youth was shot in the upper body Graham said the 35% increase in certain traf- greater priority on replicating agreements by Sûreté du Québec officers late Saturday fic fines - announced in the 2015 fiscal budget from similar communities over local fiscal night. His life is not in danger. - will be used to support the costs of the ad- circumstances. Private member’s bills have The shooting was the culmination of ditional officers. made unsuccessful attempts at changing the a standoff that began around 9:30 p.m. on (Edmonton Sun) system. Friday, when the police arrived at a home in

The municipalities want to see stronger Umiujaq, Nunavik, responding to a domestic Jun 15 2015 fiscal criteria for determining capacity to pay violence call. as police and fire budgets are on the rise, says When officers arrived, the youth shot at CALGARY - Police in Calgary believe Jeff Lehman, the mayor of Barrie and chair of them and then barricaded himself in the house. an attack on a man who was shot the Large Urban Mayors’ Caucus of Ontario. Abdullah said the standoff continued for through the neck with an arrow from more than 24 hours. A tactical team with the a crossbow was targeted. Jun 14 2015 provincial police was also called in as backup. But investigators don’t yet have a motive. Despite wounds to his neck and arm, the It is “blindingly obvious” that Twit- (CBC News) man in his 20s drove himself to an urgent ter is endangering national security care centre. by tipping off suspected terrorists or He told staff he had been randomly hit criminals that they are being moni- with an arrow in an underground parkade. tored by security services, Sir Hugh MONDAY He was transported to hospital in life- Orde, former president of the Asso- JUNE 15, 2015 threatening critical condition, but has since ciation of Chief Police Officers and been upgraded to stable. Northern Ireland chief constable has Jun 15 2015 said. EDMONTON - Edmonton police Jun 15 2015 haven’t been able to write as many TORONTO - Police in London, Ont., traffic fines this year due to- anin say an 18-year-old man has been shot crease in calls for service. and killed after tracking down his lost According to a report to the Edmonton cellphone. Police Commission, police have had to ad- Investigators say Jeremy Cook left his just their projections when it comes to traffic cellphone in a taxi early Sunday morning, but fines due to the massive call volume and an was able to track its location to an address in increased focus on violent crimes. the city’s north end. Jodie Graham, executive director of the Police say Cook and a relative ap- police finance division, expects traffic fines to proached a car occupied by three men around He made the comment after a report re- come in between 95% and 97% of what they 5:15 a.m. leased by David Anderson, the Government’s were last year. This, said Graham, amounts to When the vehicle began to drive away, independent reviewer of terror laws, warned a decrease of about 19,000 traffic tickets and police say Cook grabbed the driver’s side that some communications companies, in- around $1 million in revenue. door. cluding Twitter, have policy to notify users “They are having to go and deal with Police say shots were fired and say they of requests to access their data unless ordered those call volumes which means they aren’t found Cook dead nearby with multiple gun- not to. able to write those traffic tickets,” said Gra- shot wounds. Police are looking for three black men, Orde said the behaviour of Twitter and ham. aged 18 to 21 years old. other technology firms “needs to be- ad “It’s fairly similar to where we were last dressed”, according to the Telegraph, which year, but we had a higher budget, so we are

5 Jun 15 2015 problem within the police force as it relates to VICTORIA - B.C.’s Criminal Justice understanding the longstanding laws relating Branch says no charges will be laid to release,” said Justice Mara Greene in May, TUESDAY against two police officers for alleged- putting a halt to proceedings against Cara JUNE 16, 2015 ly using excessive force in arresting Sabatini, an American citizen who had actu- a drunk passenger who walked away ally been living in Toronto for six years with Jun 16 2015 after a head-on crash. a valid work permit at the time of her arrest. OTTAWA - An Ottawa teen whose al- The branch did not name the officers And earlier this month, Justice Andras leged crank tweets and 911 calls put or the man and says that when a Mountie Schreck threw out Breathalyzer tests at the law enforcement officials from across responded to a collision near Chilliwack in trial of Michigan resident Stephen Provo - North America on his trail is also likely February 2014, two male passengers and a killing the prosecution’s case. to face charges in Florida. female driver in one of the vehicles had left He wrote of Peel Regional Police con- The youth was in an Ontario youth court the scene. duct: “What occurred in this case seems to for the start of his trial for “swatting,’’ a prac- It says the trio was located a kilometre be a systemic problem in Ontario. Previous tice where emergency services or police tac- away but during an attempt to arrest them, judicial condemnation of the practice appears tical units - also known as SWAT teams - are the complainant became involved in a con- to have gone unheeded. This also renders the called out to bogus crises. frontation with two officers. breach more serious.” The youth originally faced 60 charges, The branch says the man filed a com- The Crown did not appeal the Doyon and including causing mischief and conveying plaint to the police complaint commissioner Sabatini cases. false information with intent to alarm, but the four months later, but didn’t mention any al- Residency is “not explicitly listed” among Crown says it is only pursuing 34 counts as legations about facial injuries at the hands of the criteria in the arrest procedure used by authorities in Florida are going to mount their a female officer. Toronto police for detaining individuals, said own case. It says he also complained to the Inde- police spokesperson Meaghan Gray. Prosecutor Kerry McVey delivered a pendent Investigations Office that the Mount- (Toronto Star) lengthy opening statement describing the ie threw him face down to the ground, kicked Crown’s case, which will include teen wit- him in the face and stomped on his head. Jun 15 2015 nesses from California, Florida, Laval, Que., The branch also says that when the man TORONTO - RCMP cadets will finally and Milton, Ont. received medical treatment for his facial inju- receive training in the use of carbine She says the boy used his computer skills ries, he told medical staff that his face struck rifles and active shooter situations at to pose electronically as other teenagers as the seat in front of him during the crash and the RCMP Training Academy “Depot” he made emergency calls and provided false that he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. located in Regina, Global News has tips, at one point allegedly telling police an- learned. other boy’s mother was laying on the floor Jun 15 2015 bleeding. TORONTO - Some police forces ap- The 17-year-old boy cannot be named pear to have trouble understanding under provisions of the Youth Criminal Jus- when it is appropriate - to say noth- tice Act. ing of legal - to hold people in custody pending a bail hearing, three judges Jun 16 2015 have recently noted in strongly word- TORONTO - Ontario will regulate but ed rulings, going so far as to call the not ban police street checks. problem “systemic.” It’s not acceptable for police to stop and question a member of a racialized community for no reason then to record that person’s information in a database, Community Safety Minister Yasir Naqvi said Tuesday. An email to high-ranking RCMP officers, “It is clear that the status quo in these obtained exclusively by Global News, lays cases is not acceptable and cannot continue,’’ out plans for nearly 700 new cadets to receive he said. carbine training and active shooter training. But when asked why he wouldn’t elimi- The training could begin as early as nate police street checks altogether, Naqvi July 8. It will be an adjunct to the traditional said it’s important both for police to be able RCMP training syllabus, that new officers to engage with the communities and that In the span of just three months, three will complete after graduation. Carbine train- they’re able to investigate any suspicious ac- cases against alleged impaired drivers in ing is a five-day course. The active shooter tivity. Toronto and Mississauga were thrown out training could be between two to five days. Naqvi acknowledged there is “ample’’ because the courts found police had violated The ramped-up training also follows a evidence of bias and discrimination in po- the accused person’s rights by erroneously detailed report into the Moncton shooting lice street checks. Premier Kathleen Wynne, asserting they had to be detained as they were by retired RCMP Assistant Commissioner speaking at an unrelated announcement in not considered residents of Ontario. Alphonse MacNeil, which recommended ad- Cambridge, Ont., said she wants to put safe- “I infer that this practice is entrenched ditional carbine training and active shooter guards in place to ensure people are not be- in the (Toronto Police Service) release pro- training for frontline officers. ing discriminated against based on their skin cess and likely has [been] for some time and According to the email obtained by colour or background. will continue unless the court denounces that Global News, the carbine training at Depot Under the Police Services Act, officers practice in the strongest terms available,” will “boost the percentages for some divi- already must respect and protect rights guar- Justice Howard Borenstein wrote on March sions over the 25 per cent trained front line anteed under the Charter of Rights and Free- 5, staying proceedings against Melanie Doy- members we are seeking for this fiscal.” doms and the Ontario Human Rights Code. on, a Montrealer arrested while in Toronto Ottawa recently increased funding for But Naqvi said he wants to ensure there is for business. the RCMP by $150 million over the next five “no vagueness’’ around that principle. Two months later, the issue was back be- years. However, it is unclear how much of Under Supreme Court of Canada case fore a different Toronto judge. that will be spent on equipment and training law, police officers already need an “articu- “There is actual evidence of a systemic for front line officers. lable cause’’ to stop someone, Naqvi noted. (Global News) And people are under no obligation to iden- 6 tify themselves to police who stop them in access to government records under an act of initiative that contributes to enhanced public street checks, Naqvi said. Parliament. safety,’’ Ryan said in a statement. “We look “You are free to walk away if you choose An affidavit filed in Federal Court by one forward to working with the government of to do so, under the charter,’’ he said. of Legault’s investigators presents evidence Alberta in support of its review of existing Bruce Chapman, president of the Police the RCMP was being pressured by the public policy and procedures related to bail hear- Association of Ontario, said most members safety minister’s office and the Prime Minis- ings.’’ of the public want to help police protect their ter’s Office to swiftly destroy the records at A survey by of justice and Crown offi- communities. The association also wants po- the same time the government was assuring cials from across Canada revealed a patch- lice check procedures that are consistent and Legault they’d be preserved until her investi- work of policies, but Alberta is the only free of bias, but won’t impede an officer’s gation was complete. province that predominantly relies on police ability to conduct investigations that can lead When asked about the allegation today rather than Crowns at initial bail hearings. to an arrest, he said. in the House of Commons, Harper said his Outside of Alberta, provinces use only “We don’t want to have a situation in the government had passed legislation explicitly Crowns or a combination of prosecutors and future whereby a police officer would have calling for the record destruction and said it police. been able to obtain information that led to the “obviously encouraged’’ the RCMP to do so. The report on Rehn revealed that he arrest of a suspect and didn’t, as a result of a had been a career criminal for two decades flawed policy,’’ Chapman said in a statement. Jun 16 2015 when he died. Between 1995 and 2015, he The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Po- PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Figures show was convicted of 68 offences, most of them lice, meantime, said it wants to ensure an ap- a fired city police officer in Saskatche- property crimes, but some involving violence propriate balance between public safety and wan was paid well over $400,000 over and drug use. personal rights. four-plus years while his case went He was charged with breaching his bail The Ontario Human Rights Commission through several appeals. conditions on 10 different occasions, result- has said police services should limit officer Patrick Robin of the Prince Albert Police ing in 21 charges. discretion to stop and question people, and Service was dismissed in 2010 for attempting He was last in custody in September require officers to tell people they stop about to prosecute a traffic ticket on his own. 2014 on various charges. He was arrested af- their right to leave and not answer questions, He appealed his firing to the Saskatch- ter he was caught riding a stolen motorcycle collect race-based data to identify bias and ewan Police Commission and was reinstated, and carrying a spring-loaded knife. provide transparency through receipts. but the police service appealed and put Robin The officer who represented the Crown The provincial Liberal government had on leave. at the bail hearing in front of a justice of the been hesitant to weigh in on police opera- The commission earlier this year upheld peace noted that Rehn was wanted on out- tions despite mounting controversy, particu- the original decision to fire him. standing warrants and was not allowed to larly in Toronto. But Naqvi said Tuesday that But Robin had continued to receive his carry weapons. But the officer didn’t mention the government will consult over the summer regular pay and benefits while he was on Rehn’s past convictions or his two stints in with community organizations, police, civil leave. federal prisons. liberties groups and the public before bring- Prince Albert Mayor Greg Dionne says Rehn was released on bail. ing in regulations in the fall. the city is looking at how to get back the The RCMP have questioned why Rehn money. was allowed on the streets. Jun 16 2015 (CKBI) Alberta Justice has said that police offic- OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen ers are used for initial bail hearings to help Harper acknowledges his government Jun 16 2015 speed up the court process. pressured the Mounties to swiftly de- EDMONTON - Alberta is reviewing its stroy long-gun registry records, even bail procedures following the murder Jun 16 2015 though they’d been warned it was il- of a Mountie in January. WINNIPEG - A veteran Manitoba legal. The review is to determine who should RCMP officer will have a clean crimi- conduct bail hearings and under what cir- nal record and keep his job despite cumstances, Justice Minister Kathleen Gan- admitting he assaulted a man in a bar ley announced Tuesday. parking lot. “We need to know if an improved bail Cpl. Jeffrey Thomas Moyse, who is 46, process can respect people’s rights but at the was given an absolute discharge when he ap- same time better protect our communities peared in a Winnipeg court today. and the police,’’ Ganley told a news confer- The decision was based on a joint recom- ence at the legislature. mendation by the defence and an independ- It will be conducted by someone outside ent Crown prosecutor. Alberta’s justice system, she added. Moyse had previously been convicted Ganley ordered the review following the and sent to jail for four months following a release of a report into the death of RCMP trial in 2011. For the first time, the government is as- Const. David Wynn, who was shot at a ca- But the Manitoba Court of Appeal over- serting that it encouraged the RCMP to delete sino in St. Albert just north of Edmonton on turned the verdict and ordered a new trial. the data in 2012 - notwithstanding an ongo- Jan. 17. Moyse then pleaded guilty in December ing investigation by the federal information The killer, Shawn Rehn, was found dead to assaulting a man during a confrontation commissioner and a written promise from the hours later at a home east of St. Albert. in October 2008 in Traverse Bay, about 120 public safety minister to respect the law. Rehn had a lengthy history of criminal kilometres northeast of Winnipeg. Information commissioner Suzanne Le- and violent behaviour, but was free after a (Winnipeg Free Press) gault has recommended charges because the bail hearing where a police officer - and not a Mounties knowingly destroyed records that Crown prosecutor - was present. Jun 16 2015 were protected under the Access to Informa- The case raised the question of whether SURREY, B.C. - A motorcycle used tion Act. The matter is being investigated by Crown prosecutors, with more courtroom ex- to evade police in a movie-like stunt the Ontario Provincial Police. perience, should attend all bail hearings. through a suburban Vancouver mall - Legault is also in Federal Court seeking Deputy Commissioner Marianne Ryan even hurtling down an escalator - has to preserve a remaining copy of Quebec gun says the Mounties support the bail review. been seized by RCMP and its owner registry data while championing the right of “The RCMP in Alberta welcomes any fined about $13,000.

7 Mounties in Surrey, B.C., announced “Public trust and community support are would be provided in due course. Tuesday that even though officers can’t iden- critical for the police to be successful within However, a briefing note obtained under tify the driver in the Feb. 20 video of the es- their communities. Interacting with the com- the Access to Information Act shows federal capade, they are holding onto the bike pend- munity is necessary for police to ensure pub- agencies were eyeing October of this year for ing outcome of a civil forfeiture hearing. lic safety and security.” completion of the project. RCMP Cpl. Scotty Schumann said the 58 Evans said street checks have helped It now seems the government will almost traffic violations that led to the fine included solve countless crimes in Brampton and Mis- certainly miss the revised implementation speeding, disobeying a red light and driving sissauga, and have also helped identify mem- date, as the required legal and administrative without insurance. bers of streets gangs living or frequenting the changes remain to be done. “I’ve seen some crazy driving in my time two cities. but I’ve never seen anything where a vehicle (Brampton Guardian) Jun 17 2015 tries to elude police by driving into a build- Nine people will appear before a judge ing,’’ he said. in Quebec Superior Court on June “It’s absolutely amazing that this motor- 17 after a series of drug bust in and cyclist was able first to stay on the machine around the Montreal area on June 16. while riding down an escalator but also WEDNESDAY Police from Montreal, Laval and the amazing that he didn’t strike shoppers.’’ JUNE 17, 2015 Sûreté du Québec carried out raids on Tues- day, June 16, in connection with what they Jun 16 2015 Jun 17 2015 describe as a large cocaine-trafficking net- HAMILTON - Hamilton police have FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick work with ties to organized crime. charged five officers after an internal Police Commission says it has re- The network, operating primarily in the investigation into a discrepancy sur- ceived a complaint from the chief of western portion of the island, is considered rounding 32 tickets. the Fredericton police department one of the most important suppliers of co- Chief Glenn De Caire says a nine-month about one of her officers. caine in the Montreal area. investigation led to the arrest of seven mem- Nine search warrants were carried out. bers of the so-called ACTION team. Police arrested 12 individuals: one in Laval, De Caire says the seven officers are sus- two in Vaudreuil-Dorion, one in Île-Bizard pended with pay and police act charges are and eight in Dollard-des-Ormeaux. also pending. The arrests are the culmination of months A police news release didn’t say why two of investigation by the organized crime divi- officers who were arrested and suspended have sion of the Montreal police department. not been charged along with the other five. Officers confiscated seven kilos ofco- Hamilton’s police website says the AC- caine, $70,000 in cash, body armour, seven TION teams consist of officers who are de- weapons and ammunition. ployed to hotspots around the city on foot and (Montreal Gazette) bicycle patrol. Police say last September, tickets were Jun 17 2015 discovered in a shredder box and an internal The commission says in a news release EDMONTON - They came to honour a investigation was immediately launched. published on its website that the allegations father, a husband, a son and a friend. Investigators have interviewed some of centre on the misappropriation of funds from the citizens named on the tickets. the New Brunswick Police Association. The five constables facing criminal It says it’s processing the complaint charges are Bhupesh Gulati, 31, Steve made by Chief Leanne Fitch. Travale, 40, Staci Tyldesley, 29, Dan Wil- The commission says the member of the liams, 32 and Shawn Smith, 37. police force has been suspended with pay. The charges include multiple counts of It says the association has publicly stated fabricating evidence, conspiracy to commit that it intends to lodge a criminal complaint an indictable offence and breach of trust. against the individual in the case. The five officers suspected are to ap- The commission says at that point, it will pear in court July 13th to face the allegations suspend the processing of the complaint it against them. has received until a criminal investigation is But Const. Daniel Woodall, Regimental completed. Number 2829, was also recognized as a dedi- Jun 16 2015 (CKHJ) cated police officer who had only begun to PEEL - Peel Regional Police Chief tap his talents as protector of the abused and Jun 17 2015 Jennifer Evans says she welcomes the bullied. the province’s announcement that OTTAWA - The federal government ap- Woodall came into his own when he it will introduce standardized proce- pears set to miss another target date was assigned to the hate-crimes unit and his dures for “carding”. for delivering a border tracking sys- Evans says her department’s “street tem that could stop homegrown ter- “tragic and senseless’’ death means a “life checks” aren’t random, don’t target individual rorists from joining battles overseas. work cut short,’’ Edmonton police Chief Rod groups, and already follow a directive that lists And with just days left in the parliamen- Knecht told mourners at the slain police- the six circumstances in which officers can tary calendar before a fall election, it’s not man’s funeral Wednesday. conduct them. The directive has been in place clear when - or even if - the necessary legis- “It was this last posting, more than any for years, and is reviewed annually, she said. lative and regulatory changes will come. other, that brought out elements of his per- But a provincial procedure will ensure Under the Canada-U.S. perimeter secu- sonality that made him such an effective po- consistency by all police services across On- rity pact, the federal government committed lice officer. He helped those that were abused tario, she said. to begin collecting records of people leaving or bullied and ... those who needed assis- “I welcome the announcement by Minis- Canada on international flights as of June 30, ter (Yasir) Naqvi and look forward to having 2014. tance,’’ Knecht said. a voice in the consultation process,” Evans It missed that deadline and would not re- “Dan invested time and effort in many, said Tuesday. veal a new date, saying only that information many Edmontonians. He served faithfully,

8 modestly and proudly with an incredible Jun 17 2015 behind the assault on federal sites. depth of commitment.’’ ST. GEORGE, N.B. - Police in south- The government stresses it has since in- Woodall was shot and killed last week as western New Brunswick have charged vested energy and millions of dollars in a na- he was trying to arrest a man he’d been inves- a 27-year-old man after someone tional cybersecurity strategy. tigating. Norman Raddatz was believed to be broke into the RCMP detachment in “Cybersecurity is an issue that we take behind vicious anti-Semitic bullying that had St. George and proceeded to trash the very seriously,’’ Blaney said. led an Edmonton family to fear for its safety. building. Woodall’s work spoke volumes, said Ed- RCMP Const. Jullie Rogers-Marsh says Jun 17 2015 monton Mayor Don Iveson. police received a 911 call around 3:40 a.m. WHITEHORSE - Yukon Mounties say “Dan’s work with the hate-crimes unit Wednesday about a break-in and damage at they have charged a RCMP officer speaks to the kind of city that we are build- the detachment. with assault and uttering threats aris- ing. We will continue Dan’s good work and She said there was extensive damage to ing from an incident with a prisoner. build upon his exemplary leadership, reach- most of the exterior windows as well some Staff Sgt. Brad Kaeding says police re- ing across communities to forge deep and office equipment inside and the building it- sponded on May 15 to a complaint in the lasting relationships with one another, human self. community of Carcross, south of Whitehorse, and arrested a 34-year-old man. being to human being. A number of police and personal vehicles He says after the arrest an RCMP mem- “We are truly grateful for the example parked outside were also damaged. The break-in happened just after officers ber reported that he was involved in an inci- that Dan has set for all of us.’’ had ended their shifts and left the building at dent while transporting the prisoner. Woodall’s widow, Claire, and the cou- 3:30 a.m. An investigation by the Yukon RCMP ple’s two- and four-year-old sons, watched Rogers-Marsh said it doesn’t appear that Major Crimes Unit and a review by the Al- from the front rows in a cavernous conven- any private or police information was ac- berta Serious Incident Response Team con- tion centre as colleagues and friends paid cessed during the break-in. cluded charges were appropriate. tribute to the 35-year-old officer, who came Later in the day, Nolan Joseph LeBlanc Kaeding says Const. Jason Potter is to Edmonton in 2007 after starting his polic- of Saint John, N.B., appeared in Saint John scheduled to make his first court appearance ing career with the Greater Manchester Po- provincial court to be formally charged with in Carcross July 28 and also faces an internal lice in England. breaking and entering. code-of-conduct investigation directed by the “My first thoughts were that he looked force. like a 12-year-old in uniform,’’ said friend Jun 17 2015 He says Potter has served with the RCMP and colleague Dave Ainsworth of the fresh- OTTAWA - No personal information for five years and is currently performing ad- faced young man who walked into the police was compromised during a cyberat- ministrative duties at the Carcross detachment. station in Manchester in 2002. tack that temporarily crippled some “He quickly offered to walk a beat with federal government websites, says me where many wouldn’t and I quickly found Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney. out that this was Dan,’’ recalled Ainsworth, THURSDAY who stopped several times during his eulogy JUNE 18, 2015 to compose himself.

“He was first to step up. He had my back Jun 18 2015 and I had his. His biggest fear was letting you TORONTO - A new report finds that down. He had compassion when he needed to Canada is increasingly using provin- and strength when required.’’ cial jails to imprison non-criminal mi- Ainsworth also remembered Woodall’s grants. wicked sense of humour and how his friend The University of Toronto study says laughed the loudest at his own jokes. thousands of foreigners are being held in Michael Catlin, a New York Police De- maximum-security conditions, sometimes The Anonymous online collective partment officer who met Woodall at a polic- for years. claimed responsibility for the attack - which ing conference in Calgary last year, said the Renu Mandhane, with the school’s In- shut down several federal sites and played two of them immediately hit it off. They liked ternational Human Rights Program, says the havoc with email - as a protest against the re- to talk about everything from their tattoos to report reveals “shocking gaps’’ in the rule of cent passage of the federal anti-terrorism bill. martial arts to snappy suits to their Jeeps. law. Early Wednesday afternoon, Treasury Catlin said Woodall never pretended to The research finds that the Canada Bor- Board President Tony Clement tweeted that be anybody but himself. der Services Agency has almost unfettered until full service was restored, the public “Dan was the purest form of himself. He discretion to have someone locked up. should use 1-800-OCanada. stood a gentleman among men. He stood a The report makes several recommenda- Several hours of government silence on cop among police.’’ tions, including establishing an oversight the incident, known as a denial of service at- Knecht also acknowledged the strength body for the border agency. tack, followed. and grace shown by Claire Woodall, who he As it stands, it says, treatment of mi- The federal Cyber Incident Response said has herself become an inspiration. He grants frequently amounts to arbitrary, cruel Centre, which routinely publishes alerts and promised her she would always have the sup- and inhumane treatment. advisories, posted nothing about the events. port of the police force. “We are working on restoring services as That composure wavered momentar- Jun 18 2015 soon as possible,’’ said a brief, late-afternoon CHARLESTON, S.C. - U.S. Attorney ily when Knecht presented the widow with statement from Dave Adamson, the govern- General Loretta Lynch says a suspect her husband’s cap, belt and the flag that had ment’s acting chief information officer. is in custody in the fatal shooting in- draped his coffin. “We continue to be vigilant in monitoring side a historic black church in down- The thousands of service men and wom- any potential vulnerabilities.’’ town Charleston, South Carolina. en, who a short time earlier had marched Denial-of-service attacks, which bom- “I can confirm that there is a suspect in shoulder to shoulder in a procession through bard a site with traffic, are a common means custody,” she said. sombre streets lined with onlookers, then of shutting down a web server. She gave no other details. stood as his coffin was carried away and of- There was no immediate confirmation Nine people including the pastor were fered one final salute. that the loosely knit coalition was actually killed in the Wednesday night shooting. An 9 intense manhunt followed. more privileges. Bourdages says the officer remained in Police earlier identified the suspect as The board also allowed Kachkar access hospital Thursday afternoon with injuries 21-year-old Dylann Roof of Lexington, to the hospital and grounds while “indirectly that are not considered life threatening. South Carolina. supervised,’’ and maintained his access to They released surveillance video pho- the general community while accompanied Jun 18 2015 tographs of the gunman and a dark colored by staff for necessary medical, legal and KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A man accused of sedan he may have used to get away. compassionate needs. shooting a Mountie in Kamloops, B.C., Charleston police Chief Greg Mullen Kachkar has also been granted passes has pleaded not guilty to charges that says Roof stayed at a prayer meeting for for up to 10 hours to enter the region of Dur- include attempted murder. nearly an hour before he opened fire. ham while accompanied by staff. Ken Knutson, who is also facing an ag- Among the dead was state Sen. Clementa gravated assault charge and two firearms-re- Pinckney. Jun 18 2015 lated charges, appeared in court by video link. (Associated Press) HALIFAX - Police in Halifax say an of- Cpl. Jean Rene Michaud was critically ficer was injured Thursday after crash- wounded during an early-morning traffic stop Jun 18 2015 ing his motorcycle on a highway ramp. on Dec. 3 and is still recovering at home. TORONTO - The Toronto Police Ser- Halifax Regional Police say the accident Michaud has since revealed that he was vices Board has voted unanimously happened at 10:40 a.m. on a ramp off High- shot in his elbow and torso. to rescind the latest carding policy in way 101 in Bedford. Knutson was arrested after a day-long favour of returning to a previous one Police say the officer lost control of the manhunt and has remained in custody, but was until the province introduces regula- motorcycle after running over some fluid on recently transferred to a facility in Surrey. tions in the fall. the road. His defence lawyer told a justice of the Carding had been on hold since January. Sgt. Pierre Bourdages says police be- peace they are electing for trial by jury, and Mayor John Tory at first supported the lieve the liquid was transmission fluid, which a four-day pre-trial conference has been set practice, then vowed two weeks ago to made the road surface slick. for July 13. abolish it completely and now is amending (CHNL) the practice. The changes the board has approved include officers issuing receipts to those they stop and whose information they record and advising community members they have no legal obligation to stop and talk to police. Chief Mark Saunders says he will im- plement the policy in the interim, but will also wait to see what the province wants to do over the long term. Ontario’s Liberal government has said it will regulate but not ban police street checks and will hold consultations over the summer before standardizing the practice province-wide.

Jun 18 2015 TORONTO - A man who killed a Toron- to police officer with a snow plow four years ago is being moved from a high- security unit to a lower-security one at the mental health hospital where he’s detained.

Richard Kachkar has been at the Ontar- io Shores mental health hospital in Whitby, Ont., since he was found not criminally re- sponsible for killing Sgt. Ryan Russell. The Ontario Review Board, which de- cides if and how NCR patients should be detained, held its second annual review of Kachkar’s case earlier this month. In a decision released this week, it ruled that Kachkar should be transferred from the secure forensic unit of the hospital to the general forensic unit, where patients have