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Quorum National and International News clippings & press releases Providing members with information on policing from across Canada & around the world 21 June 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 RCMP Taser-death perjury trial judge will allow other officers’ statements as evidence .. 4 A snapshot of New West crime today ............................................................................... 6 RCMP offering weapon amnesty ...................................................................................... 8 VPD defends ticketing poor for jaywalking ........................................................................ 9 Police-homeless tensions on the rise in Abbotsford ....................................................... 10 ALBERTA ........................................................................................................... 12 Lessons to be learned in Vancouver from Calgary police’s time in Twitter jail ............... 12 Teepee aims to bring aboriginal, police into same tent ................................................... 14 Solicitor General not grabbed by car seizure plan .......................................................... 15 SASKATCHEWAN ............................................................................................. 16 Regina police going with shorter, stronger statements as part of force’s rebranding ..... 16 No inquest ordered in death of man held in police custody ............................................ 17 MANITOBA ......................................................................................................... 19 Winnipeg Police Board meets for first time, seeks executive director ............................ 19 New city police board starts up ....................................................................................... 19 Province Announces Two Demerits For Drivers Using Electronic Hand-Held Devices .. 21 RCMP creates auto theft tip line ..................................................................................... 22 ONTARIO ............................................................................................................ 23 Freeze police officers' wages, urges Ottawa board chair ............................................... 23 Former police chief named to national parole board ....................................................... 25 Police board chair says Ontario’s police pay arbitration ‘out of control’ .......................... 26 Police board asked to approve racial profiling policy Monday ........................................ 27 First Day for Kingston's New Top Cop. ........................................................................... 28 Ontario denies union's claim it suspended jail guard training ......................................... 29 Toronto’s auditor general delays independent review of police street checks ................ 30 Ottawa police chief says force doing too much ............................................................... 31 London police loading up for $900,000 in service fee hikes ........................................... 34 Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair must speak up on video allegedly showing Rob Ford: Editorial ........................................................................................................................... 36 QUEBEC ............................................................................................................. 37 Three Montreal police officers suspended amid RCMP probe ....................................... 38 Métro crime on the decline .............................................................................................. 38 NEW BRUNSWICK ............................................................................................ 42 Court of Appeal orders retrial for Saint John police officer ............................................. 43 Saint John needs sex-offender data, deputy mayor says ............................................... 44 NOVA SCOTIA ................................................................................................... 45 Independent watchdog will probe if RCMP ignored woman’s calls before she tried to hire hitman to kill husband ..................................................................................................... 45 Police looking to auction off ‘weird and wonderful stuff’ .................................................. 47 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ............................................................................... 48 Police recognized for enforcement of designated parking bylaw .................................... 48 NEWFOUNDLAND ............................................................................................. 49 Province reaches deal with air search and rescue volunteers ........................................ 49 NATIONAL .......................................................................................................... 50 Pioneering report suggests homelessness costs Canada $7B, affects 200,000 people a year ................................................................................................................................. 50 2 'Gladue' court for Native offenders could be in Ottawa next year ................................... 52 C-42: Enhancing RCMP Accountability Act Receives Royal Assent .............................. 54 Consequences for bad behaviour in the RCMP .............................................................. 55 RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson ‘truly sorry’ for perceived slight against mentally ill . 56 OPEN FOR BUSINESS: THE CENTRE FOR FIRST NATIONS GOVERNANCE ......... 58 INTERNATIONAL NEWS ................................................................................... 59 Macon council seeks hike in police and firefighter pensions .......................................... 59 In Hot Pursuit of Numbers to Ward Off Crime ................................................................. 61 Private force eyed to bolster police in Camden .............................................................. 64 Five Pittsburgh police officers no longer screening recruits ............................................ 64 Chiefs oppose ABC police outsourcing ........................................................................... 65 Watchdog concurs with LAPD on Dorner findings .......................................................... 67 Couple arrested by L.A. County sheriff's deputy win $550,000 award ........................... 68 Seizure of more bulletproof vests worries police ............................................................ 70 Crime In Kansas City: Statistics and Prevention ............................................................. 71 Paying municipal workers for unused sick and vacation days can be costly .................. 72 Scranton police, fire unions seek pension increase ........................................................ 74 Community groups join forces to reduce crime ............................................................... 76 Council rejects tentative agreement with Police Officers Association ............................. 77 Pittsburgh creates criteria for examiners evaluating police academy candidates ........... 79 Harrisburg police contract vote a key step toward resolving city debt ............................ 80 Victoria Police to vet recruits for links with bikie gangs ................................................... 82 City to Settle Pension Suit for Workers Called to Arms .................................................. 83 State judge sides with lieutenants union in toll battle with Port Authority ....................... 85 Stop Lying About Universal Background Checks ........................................................... 86 ATF report: 190,000 firearms lost or stolen in 2012 ........................................................ 90 Delving into crime data and finding flaws ........................................................................ 90 Bratton: ‘No Quick Fix’ for Oakland PD ........................................................................... 92 Recorded crime in Scotland has fallen to a 39-year low ................................................. 94 3 BRITISH COLUMBIA RCMP Taser-death perjury trial judge will allow other officers’ statements as evidence THE CANADIAN PRESS JUNE 20, 2013 VANCOUVER — The trial for an RCMP officer charged with perjury can examine the police statements of all four Mounties involved in Robert Dziekanski's death, a judge ruled Thursday. The statements are a key piece of evidence for prosecutors as they allege the officers colluded to mislead homicide investigators, then lied at a public inquiry to cover up their collaboration. The decision comes partway through the trial of Const. Bill Bentley, who is among four officers accused of lying at the public inquiry that examined what happened when Dziekanski was stunned with a Taser at Vancouver's airport. The Crown asked the judge to allow them to compare Bentley's notes and his statement to a homicide investigator, provided in the hours after Dziekanski died on October 2007, with the statements of the other three officers. The Crown alleges similar mistakes found in all four officers' notes and statements indicate they colluded to come up