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October 17, 2014 – Vol. 19 No. 42 New missing persons policy announced Oct 10 2014 TORONTO - The Ontario government is immediately ending joint road safety blitzes with the Can- ada Border Services Agency because the feds used one to arrest undocumented workers. Page 3 Oct 10 2014 The First Nation community of Opitciwan says it can no longer afford to keep its beleaguered aboriginal police force up and run- ning, despite an agreement signed in March that was designed to help keep the tiny department afloat. Page 3 Oct 15 2014 BANFF, Alta. - Provincial justice ministers are expected to de- Oct 10 2014 of Canada’s approximately 1,181 murdered mand this week that the federal In the wake of its unprecedented and missing aboriginal women. government recommit to funding report on murdered and missing In an interview with The Globe and the legal aid program. aboriginal women, the RCMP has Mail shortly before the policy was finalized, Page 5 rolled out a revamped national RCMP Superintendent Tyler Bates said missing persons policy, including the forms would reinforce the “gravity” of Oct 16 2014 a pair of investigative tools that missing-person cases and ensure every in- provide a lens into how police ap- OTTAWA - The federal govern- vestigative angle is explored. proach disappearances. The detailed missing-person intake re- ment plans to amend the law gov- The policy, which was circulated to port could prove burdensome for officers erning the Canadian Security In- commanding officers in September, in- who are already “stretched to the limit,” said telligence Service to give the spy troduces two standardized documents: a Inspector Mario Giardini, who heads the agency more authority to track 13-question risk-assessment form and a 10- Vancouver Police Department’s diversity terrorists overseas. page missing-person intake report to help and aboriginal policing section. He also ex- Page 7 ensure certain information is obtained at the pressed wariness over the fact that the risk- outset of an investigation. assessment form asks whether the person’s Oct 16 2014 The documents are part of the federal behaviour is out of character. force’s broader effort to address the problem MONTREAL - Firefighters, police “If it’s out of character for the person officers, blue collar workers and others opposed to Bill 3 marched from Montreal’s Palais des con- grès to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel to meet Treasury Board President Martin Coiteux. Page 7 [to go missing], does that heighten your The verdict against Serge Pomerleau, closed-circuit monitor. response? Certainly it does,” he said. “But Yves Denis and Denis Lefebvre came down The Crown argued at trial that Brown my argument would be that if you answered in a Quebec City courtroom this afternoon. should have intervened but seemed to consid- ‘No,’ it shouldn’t lower your response.” A jury of six men and six women had er the entire situation entertaining and invited The risk-assessment form asks “Yes” been deliberating for several days. others to watch. or “No” questions such as, “Is this person involved in the sex trade, hitchhiking, gam- The verdict involved a criminal case that Brown’s lawyer told the trial there were bling and/or transient lifestyle?” A supervi- was already ongoing against the three men no guidelines in place at the time governing sor must review all missing-persons inves- when a chopper airlifted them from the de- what should be done in such situations. tigations, the form says, but if the answer tention centre courtyard in June. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Selwyn is “Yes” to any of the questions, the matter They became the subject of an interna- Romilly ruled Thursday that Brown was not “requires immediate review and consulta- tional manhunt and an Interpol red alert. out of line in watching the women have sex tion with a supervisor to assess the appropri- All three were captured two weeks later and prisoners should not expect privacy while ate response and resources.” in a luxury Montreal condo. behind bars. The missing-person report, for its part, Romilly called the case “one of the most is comprehensive. Beyond basic questions Oct 09 2014 around appearance and location last seen, it bizarre’’ he’d seen as a judge and was skepti- asks about outdoor skills, personality and re- MONTREAL - Charges have been laid cal about whether it should have proceeded ligion. It also lists specific forensic and DNA against 13 Montreal city employees - even before the trial began last month. items that could be utilized as part of the including 11 firefighters - following a Kamloops RCMP Supt. Brad Mueller investigation, including X-rays and blood rampage during a municipal council said Brown will remain on administrative samples. If the person is a child, the report meeting in August. leave pending an internal disciplinary process asks whether he or she is a repeat runaway. The charges include illegal assembly, that could include a hearing. Insp. Giardini said that’s important because mischief and assault. “It depends on how much further investiga- the person’s file might note where he or she A total of 57 workers are now facing crim- tion needs to be done. Realistically, you’re prob- was located in prior instances. inal charges in the Aug. 18 incident where ably looking at a few months away,’’ he said. The document also includes a page dedi- (Kamloops This Week) cated to search results. That section, for ex- protesters burst into city hall and forced poli- ample, asks if the investigator employed the ticians to flee as demonstrators threw docu- use of dogs, boats or planes in the search ef- ments and other objects from desks. Oct 09 2014 fort. Supt. Bates, who heads the RCMP Na- Of those, 44 were arraigned a week ago. TORONTO - Police are wrapping up tional Aboriginal Policing Services, told The Six firefighters have already been dis- their search in the case a Toronto girl Globe in September the form would “ensure missed for taking part in the protest over who went missing 29 years ago while that every investigational avenue that could proposed provincial government changes to on her way to go swimming with a be pursued, is pursued.” (Globe and Mail) public-sector pension plans. friend. Under the changes, workers would con- Officers renewed the search for signs of tribute a higher percentage to their plans. Nicole Morin on Wednesday after receiving a THURSDAY The Montreal firefighters union called tip from the public. Thursday for a boycott of the world police Close to 40 officers scoured a rural area OCTOBER 09, 2014 and firefighter games to be held in Montreal near Barrie that was previously searched in 2017. when Nicole vanished in 1985. Oct 09 2014 The event usually draws about 10,000 But police say no new evidence has sur- QUEBEC - The three men who made participants from around the world. faced and they won’t return to the site Friday. a dramatic helicopter escape from a Nicole was eight when she disappeared Oct 09 2014 Quebec City detention centre have after leaving her family’s apartment in a been found guilty of various charg- OTTAWA - The Harper government’s west-end Toronto building. es related to gangsterism and drug- resolve to enforce the law against Police, who still regard the disappearance trafficking. marijuana use is unshaken by a call to as a missing-person’s case, have never arrest- legalize pot from the country’s largest ed anyone in the case and have ruled out any mental health and addiction treatment family involvement. centre. (680News, The Canadian Press) Justice Minister Peter MacKay says he’s surprised that the Centre for Addiction and Oct 09 2014 ISSN 1704-3913 Mental Health would endorse legalization LONDON - London’s long-serving po- Copyright 2014 when other respected organizations are warn- lice chief will retire after 36 years of Blue Line Magazine Inc. & The Canadian Press ing about the health risks. Permission to reprint may be obtained in advance from service. Access Copyright He says the Conservative government re- Michael Deeb, chair of the London Police Phone 1-800-893-5777 [email protected] mains committed to finding ways to increase Services Board, announced on Thursday the enforcement, including potentially making it retirement of Chief Bradley S. Duncan, effec- Published weekly by Blue Line Magazine, Inc. as an executive a ticketing offence to possess small quantities tive May 1, 2015. news briefing service to Canada’s top level law enforcement personnel. of dope. 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