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Quorum National and International News clippings & press releases Providing members with information on policing from across Canada & around the world 27 September 2013 Canadian Association of Police Boards 157 Gilmour Street, Suite 302 Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0N8 Tel: 613|235|2272 Fax: 613|235|2275 www.capb.ca BRITISH COLUMBIA ................................................................................................ 4 Victoria-Esquimalt harmony first step in police regionalization: mayor ........................................ 4 Mayor and police board dismiss DTES complaint of discriminatory ticketing .......................... 5 Leaked report maps out how a single police force for region might work .................................. 9 ALBERTA ................................................................................................................ 10 Medicine Hat’s police second-highest paid in the country ............................................................... 10 Calgary police consult Crown over possible charges in sovereign citizen dispute ............. 11 RCMP celebrate 100 years in Wood Buffalo region ........................................................................... 13 Use-of-force incidents by Edmonton police continue to drop ......................................................... 14 A fine response to bullies .................................................................................................................................. 15 SASKATCHEWAN .................................................................................................. 17 Frustration evident over crime numbers: Grabinsky ........................................................................... 17 Corman Park police board fires chief .......................................................................................................... 18 Regina red light cameras bring in big bucks ........................................................................................... 19 Police fight racism with charity run ............................................................................................................... 20 MANITOBA .............................................................................................................. 21 ONTARIO ................................................................................................................. 21 Sudbury's police chief tapped for top job Victoria ................................................................................ 21 Police board reappoints Carl Nicholson .................................................................................................... 23 Final submissions in / Stirling Rawdon Police Board matter .......................................................... 24 Police chief explains process of paying informants ............................................................................. 27 Toronto police chief eager to collaborate with Ontario’s incoming SIU head ........................ 28 Departing SIU head Ian Scott still fighting for police accountability ............................................ 29 Tasers for Toronto police raise concerns in the community ........................................................... 32 Challenge police on human rights ................................................................................................................ 33 Program to keep young people away from gangs announced in Dorset Park ...................... 34 Police watchdog exonerates Ottawa officers in man’s death ......................................................... 35 Other chiefs would have acted sooner ....................................................................................................... 36 Commentary: Council gains upper hand amid shifting sands of police board ...................... 38 Arbitration, tax assessments crunch Region budget .......................................................................... 40 Port Colborne cop shop may close .............................................................................................................. 42 QUEBEC .................................................................................................................. 44 Federal judge denies request to destroy Quebec’s gun registry data ....................................... 44 Student protests: Montreal police chief Marc Parent defends department’s action ........... 45 New police chief vows to push out organized crime ........................................................................... 47 NEW BRUNSWICK ................................................................................................. 48 NOVA SCOTIA ........................................................................................................ 48 Judge quashes nine police informations ................................................................................................... 48 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ................................................................................... 50 Police pay tribute to fallen officers who died on duty ......................................................................... 50 NEWFOUNDLAND .................................................................................................. 51 NATIONAL ............................................................................................................... 51 Commissioner Sued Again ............................................................................................................................... 51 Feds deny plans to reintroduce lawful access legislation ................................................................ 52 Drug-sniffing dog searches to be clarified by Supreme Court ....................................................... 55 2 INTERNATIONAL NEWS ....................................................................................... 56 The Record: County police merger: Jonah in the whale ................................................................... 56 Surat police's Setu mobile app a hit in floods ......................................................................................... 57 Policing & Crime Prevention ............................................................................................................................ 58 Toward improved police community relations ........................................................................................ 58 Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis resigns .................................................................................... 59 Las Vegas Police Protective Association wins raises in arbitration ............................................ 61 Arbitrator: Chicago cops owed $1 million for NATO summit OT .................................................. 63 Raising the public’s confidence in police .................................................................................................. 65 Predicting the Epicenter of Crime: Analytics Tool Cuts Crime Rates ........................................ 66 Boston’s Police Chief Plans to Step Aside ............................................................................................... 68 How Would Native Americans Have Rated the Police (If They’d Been Asked)? ................. 70 Police experts dig into the new policies for Seattle cops .................................................................. 71 Poll: Gun violence, mental illness connected ......................................................................................... 73 Terrorism, cyber crime and budget woes face new FBI director .................................................. 74 Law officers push for preschool as crime prevention tool ................................................................ 76 Police pay may entangle candidates ........................................................................................................... 77 Detroit manager seeks to freeze pension plans .................................................................................... 79 What Will a Police Officer Do in Weston High School? ..................................................................... 81 Online policing: Service must address borderless threat ................................................................. 83 U.S. Jails, Filled With Mentally Ill, Are the 'New Asylums' ............................................................... 85 New Baton Rouge Chief Wants His Cops to Talk Nice ..................................................................... 86 How Street Stops Influence Police Legitimacy ...................................................................................... 87 3 BRITISH COLUMBIA Victoria-Esquimalt harmony first step in police regionalization: mayor KATIE DEROSA / TIMES COLONIST SEPTEMBER 20, 2013 The Victoria Police Department needs to fix its broken relationship with Esquimalt before it can convince Greater Victoria mayors and citizens that a single department is viable, officials in Saanich and Esquimalt said in response to a leaked VicPD regionalization report. “I’ve always said that if we can get our house in order in terms of Victoria and Esquimalt, then we are a model for those naysayers to look and say, ‘Yes, they can make it work,’ ” said Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins, who has read Victoria police’s regionalization report, which was leaked to the Times Colonist. Since the forced merger between