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For information and catalog call: 800-327-0078 or Fax 305-558-9318 8LU£ L.N£ Volume 7 Number 7 Magazine August - September 1995 BLUE LINE Publisher's Commentary 5 - EDITOR I PUBLISHER - A real photo finish Morley S . Lymburner To the (hollow) point - Blair McQuillan 6 Phone (905) 640-3048 - FAX (905) 640-7547 The nell' Ontario government will noll' - Contributing Editors - welcome legislation to permit hollow Ballistics & Firearms Manfred Benton point bullets for cops. Survival Tactics Craig Best Mounties to get new guns and vests 8 Case Law Gino Arcaro Supervisory Principles Robert Hotston Canada's First Patrol Chopper II Peer Counselling Neil V Thompson HA WC- I takes flight 14 Computers & Technology Tom Rata] Ontario prepares to take flight 18 - ADVERTISING - Calgary announces new chief 19 Mary Lymburner (Toronto) TE - EVEN ews 20 Phone (905) 640-3048 FAX (905) 640-7547 The letter bomb threat ·Bruce Koffler 22 Ron Ganton (Vancouver) After a series of letter bombings it 's time Phone (604) 274-3849 FAX (604) 274-9091 to learn more. Richard Hubbard (United States & Quebec) Mending Fences - Gary Miller 26 Toll Free (800) 268·5503 Fax (905) 513·1377 Bill C-41 comes under the scrutiny of - CONTRIBUTING WRITERS - Gmy 's commentary Gary Miller Myron Love Regina honours fallen officers 27 Craig Best Blair McQuillan The Regina Police Service unveils a Neil Thompson Morley Lymburner Congratulations are in order to the memorial cairn to their fallen members Calgary Police Service on their introduction - ILLUSTRATION - Defeating the paper trail 28 of Canada' first patrol helicopter. This Tony MacKinnon Bette Clark Product ews Real targets 30 new service i a tribute to the determination Dave Sills Dave Bluestein Under vehicle views 31 of both the police service and the General Manager Night vision 32 community. The residents of Calgary were Mary K. Lymburner, M.Ed. Evidence bags 32 behind the project and supported a local Belly-band holsters 33 Blue Line Magazine is published monthly, September community crime prevention fund rai sin g to June, by Blue line Magazine Incorporated with a Explosive detection 40 dri ve to obtain the helicoptcr. mailing address of: 12A· 4981 Hwy. 7 East, Ste. 254, Case Law - Gino Arcaro 34 Pictured on our cover is the algary Markham, Ontario, L3R 1N1 . The Last Noose - Blair McQuillan 36 Police Service's (and Canada's) first patrol Edltonal and copy IS conSidered to be completely separate Blue Line Classifi d 38 flight crew. Standing are (left) pilot Gord from advertising sales No commitment for edltonal coverage can form any part of a sale agreement All articles are protected by Technology - Tom Rataj 42 Jeffrey and Maintenance Director Greg copynght No part of this pubilCalion may be reproduced ortransmltted Taylor. Kneelingare (left) pilotJeff alvert In any form or by any means. electronic or mechanical, including Tom takes us on a tour of cyberspace on photOCOPYing and recording or by any InformatlOO storage or relneval this first of a flI'o part series and the upervisor of the Air ervices system without permission from the publisher Letters to the Editor 46 Unit, ergeant Kevin Brookwell. The authors. adVisors and publisher accept no liability Blue Line Magazine began running whatsoever for any InJunes to persons or property resu~lng from the Patch Profile - AI Evans 46 application or adopllon of any of the procedures, tactiCS or articles a early as five years ago in an conslderalions presented In thiS magazine. 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Just like smok­ ing, drinking and gambling it is a tax that A Real Photo Finish need not be paid by tho e \\ ho u e modera­ By Morley Lymburtler tion or abstenence. Let's tax the living The ri ks one takes when they enter the I must admit that the biggest reason for bejeepers out of those people who wish to political arena are indeed great. A ca e in putting in the photo radar was due to the exceed maximum speed limits and stop point would be the Ontario Conservatives previous governments reluctance to spend the debate dead in its tracks. who rode into power recently on their more money on policing the highways. But speed i a big killer! No one will "Common en e Revolution." Partoftheir The new government has decided to start ever convince me otherwise. I know what "common sense" was to do away with the up special enforcement units to try to I am talking about and I have no political Photo Radar experiment along the Iligh­ clamp down on tailgaters and unsafe lane­ promises to keep. I ha\e no personal biases way 40 I corridor before the test period was changers. This is a situation that should or conflicts of interest in the matter other even complete. The promise was kept no have been addressed in concert with the than saving pain and suffering. And any­ matter who gets hurt, and "common sen e" speed reduction program and the funds one who think differently ha never pulled certainly had nothing to do with it. generated from the speed reduction pro­ a mangled per on, adult or child, out of the In their campaign literature the Con­ gram used to finance the special enforce­ wreckage of a eAy, high powered car. servatives boasted that the radar was imply ment squads who, in turn, could concen­ There i no dignity in this type of death but a "Tax-Grab" and did nothing to reduce trate on offences other than speed. ow too many profit from it. speeding on the high volume thoroughfare. that's common sense! So! Are we still interested in the moral A promi e is a promise and the units were The part that really sticks in my craw, high-ground on thi issue. Let's really unceremoniously dumped on July 5th. however, has to do with the "tax-grab" attack this the proper way. In addition to A urvey by a Toronto area new paper label placed on the project. If the Ontario doing away with photo-radar let us al 0 do revealed that 53% of Ontario residents government wishes to take the moral high­ away with all eight cylinder engines. Put were actually in favour of photo radar. ground on this is ue of tax grabs why did governors on all cars so they can not Unfortunately when one is knee deep in a they not reduce the tax on cigarettes and exceed 100 kmlh. Let's teach our youth to political campaign it is very easy to 10 e liquor or at least shut down the casinos and use up their youthful energies on things sight of what portions of the platform do away with the multitude of lotteries. other than the peed of engines. Let' give really got them elected. The survey would The bottom line here is governments reach­ our youth the proper training on how to indicate it certainly was not the photo ing for money from people with a weak­ avoid accidents in the first place. Let's radar issue. Could it have been anything to ness. Addictions to alcohol, tobacco or limit the way in which advertising sell s the do with a very high profile Toronto area gambling are primarily damaging to the sexiness of speed. Let's discourage good car dealership owner who wa given the persons afflictcd. Pcople addicted to speed people from killing good people. job of Minister of Transport? are far too often damaging to other inno- Your cOlllments are expectell.

lIlt's a small world after all" ... with apologies to the Disney Corporation Okay I have to admit it! I took a few heritage in it system of policing in gen­ middle of it. hots at the Mountie - Disney deal. 0 eral and the RCMP in particular. And to be Ofcour e this is the American ideal of doubt just like you did too. It wa custom frank we must admit that no one does a what Canada is all about. made humour too good to turn down. So poorer job at promotion than Canadians. Yes I think it is high time someone we might as well get it off our che t . But no organization in the world does took control of this abuse. To take care of Ilere are a few headlines I am sure you it better than Disney. it the right way mean to enlist the help of have all read; For many years it has been apparent an organization with true global clout and Tlte Royal Canadian Mickey Police that private industry has had it pretty hard-no ed bu ine sense in the enter­ Tlte Magic Kingdom ow Home To much their way when it comes to using, tainment and manufacturing indu try. Mounties - We always suspected it so! and abusing, the image of the RCMP, I should add here that I know of what cheap trinkets and teddy bears to name but I speak. On Christmas Eve last year I and Tlte Musical Rille will trot to tlte tune of a few. my family had the misfortune in being "/t's a Small World After All" The worst I have ever seen is the recent involved in a ride mishap on Disney's But the funniest commentary I heard television scries "Due South" which seems Alpine Way ride when two gondolas col­ came from a talk show host who tated, to have captured the hearts of all brainless lided with ours. After receiving medical "Ladies and gentlemen th e Royal Cana­ Americans and made a sham of the attention for my daughter and myself we dian MOl/nted Police havejllst annol/nced Mountie's true image. came face to face with the stark business their image is going to be right lip there The one (and only) show I saw had the side ofDi ney. Ladies and gentlemen it is with Mickey MOl/ e, Donald Duck and Mountie dressed in red serge 24-hours a a eriou ide that not everyone gets to Goofy! .. day as he ran around enforcing the law in, experience. These people really know their Well we all had a few laughs at the of all places, Chicago. Then they showed stuff. I didn't get my money back, I had to expen e of our collegues in red erge but him going home to his log cabin in the pay my own medical bills and no one ever after I had a few conversations and re­ Rockies and then went to court at Toron­ apologizes. ceived more details I relaized that this is to's Old City Hall courthouse wearing a [ have no doubt, and actuall y know for really all for the best. command officer's brown serge uniform a fact, that the Disney organization i the Like it or not this country has a proud and a mountie hat with a badge stuck in the right help the RCMP need. BLUE LINE August - September, 1995 ------18= Magazine To the (hollow) point hy Billir M cQuil/1I1I bcing Ii ted on a warrant for bcing in anada illcgally. During thc search thc unidenti fied man reared back on thc officer and \vcnt for his gun. Thc officer drew his weapon and fircd bcforc thc suspcctcould. Onc bullct passcd through the man' torso and hit Merl/ in the len leg, \\ hcrc thc bullct rcmains to this day. Thc sccond pcnctrated both sidcs of a stcel door 20 mctrcs away before striklllg a ccmcnt stcp. Thanks to thc decision made by Runcllnan it appears a though situations such as thc one imol\ing Mcrl/ vvill be drastically minim ilcd \\ ith the introduction of hollovv-point bullet . The hollovv-point has a ca\ ity in the front of the slug \vhich e'pands into a no\\er petal-shape upon contaet \vith it's target. The bullet i characteristically kno\\ n to la} insldc the body after penetration and slov. suspects, thus reducing the risk of an innocent bystander being injured or killed. The ntario o licitor (accurate) bullet... good for competition" It is nice to ec that Ontrario' ne"v eneral appointed by but "not recommended" for street use. govemment i aiming towards preventing the [P, Da'yid This touched 1'1' a campaign by Blue accident and reducing ri ks as opposed to hri t pher n, refused Line again t the introduction of the taking aim at their collective political foot. bjections truncated cone bullet. During the course of and in arch the the campaign, \: hich panned sixteen MlIllSt of abourruled that officer didn't month, many arguments again t the Media still need them, but they're here any way. truncated cone were brought forth. fhe nc\."ly clected on crvative arc Oneofthe tronge t points was reported confused about look II1g to make good n thei r A pri I in the March '95 i ue of Blue Line which bullet promIse to introduce hollO\ -p int bullets revealed a con frontation between two For scvcral years the media has bccn to ( ntario. officers, equipped with truncated cone confused about the temlinology and fact cc rdingt the new Ii itorGcneral, bullets, who were forced to face an armed twisting on the issue ofhollo\\ point bullcts. Hob Runciman, the appointmcntofholl ow­ and determ i ned mad man. Much of that confusion ha. bcen dealtoutto POll1t ammuniti n can be appr \cd within During the cour e of the confrontation the public in a divying nurry ofadjectivcs. one hundrcd day by making the a total 01'2 bullet were fired between the The Ontario Ministry of the , olicitor appropriatc changes in regulation . . two officer and their mentally ill Gcneral ha. in thc past brought out in The ncv bullet will be u ed in 9mm antagoni t. Four of the bullets fired by the media releases that the bullet used by and AO-calibre semiautomatic pi t Is officers struck thcir target with no effect. pol icc officcr (the truncatcd cone bullct \\hleh arc in the pr e ofbcing i . ued to The re t indi criminately penetrated walls and it predece ·sor the emi-v,:adcuttcr) offieers a ross ntario. and window of arious dwelling in a was a A TO recognized round. t the The propo. ed s\ itch fr m truncated hea ily populated area of carborough. same time media was advised the round one bullcts t h lIow-point c me aftcr Luckily no one was killed on that \\as also a "match accurate" round. The almost two ycars of oppo iti n fr m su h eptember evening in 1994. image given to the public, of cour e, was organilati n. a. the ntario As ociati n In the March commentary the que tion that the round wa good enough to take to of hie!:,; ofP lice, the Policc s ociation of"what will happen next timeTwas raised. war and that it mu t be super accurate. of ( ntario, thc ntari enior fficer' " ext time" took place only 8 week The media was al 0 advised by ome 'ISO wtlon and Blue Line Maga/ine, in later on May 19, 1995. ourcc. that the hollow point bullct was an addl\ion to formal prote t on the part of It wa on that date North York building "exploding" round. In the minds of some indl idual officer . superintendent 10hn Mertz wa truck in editoriali t it wa feltthatthis "e'\ploding" The trun ated cone bullet wa fficia lly the leg by a truncated cone bullet. The bullet the police wanted \."as far too II1tr du cd by the Ii rmer olicit r eneral unfortunate e ent took place when a police dangerou for the cops to be carrying on February ,1994. Blue Line's editor, officer wa earching a 27-year-old man around. orlc)' Lymbumer, oon di cered that who was wanted for pos e ion of cocaine In the end it would appear that it was a the trunc ted c ne bullet wa a "match for the purpose of trafficking in addition to long battle over adjecti e and politics. BLUE LINE M B9Bzin A ug ust - September, 1995 REMINGTO N ® LAW ENFORCEMENT PRODUCTS BACK-UP PAil l iN ERS YOU CAN COUNT ON

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MCDONNELL DOUGLA~ In early June three Cal­ up to 4 helicopters. by algary Constable Mike Lemore who gary Police cars had their The Calgary Police Service had long advised him there was a car theft taking tires blown out by a for­ been investigating the acquisition of a place at the present time and had been gotten spike belt an of­ patrol helicopter but it took the death of reported on the police radio. So the officer ficer failed to remove dur­ Constable Sonnenberg on October 8, 1993 accompanied Brown on a real-live demon­ ing a chase. Ironically the to galvanize both the pol ice service and the stration of the helicopter's abili ties. chase occurred on Iy weeks community to action. Because the helicopter wa equipped '-...... before the delivery of Lisa Barret, iter of Con table with a Wul fsberg radio and pre et chan­ anada' first police patrol helicopter to onnen berg, decided that nothing was go­ nels, Brown and Lemore were able to that city of 800,000. ing to stop the acquisition of the much provide instantaneous communication with The incident was also a bitter reminder needed helicopter. But the main stumbling ground units, headquarters and the di s­ of a similar incident two years ago when block appeared to be money along with patcher. And the aircraft's communica­ officer Richard Sonnenberg was instantly political will. tions system allowed others on the ground killed while attempting to stop a pursued To offset both these factors "Helicopter at the airport to hear the pursuit unfold. vehicle by using a similar spike belt. Air Watch for Community afety" "We found the thieves almost immedi­ As of la t month these same types of (HA WCS) was formed by a number of ately," Brown later recalled. "They were pur uits v. ould involve the use of the Cal­ Calgary community and corporate citi­ driving through a residential area. At first gary Police ervice's HA WC-I watching zens. Their one and only task was to see I thought it was the wrong car." the vehicle from the sky while it weaved its their city patrolled with proper air support. But when ground units, guided by way through city treets. Although seem­ Early in the program Calgary Police Lemore from the MD 520N, attempted to ingly unchallenged by visible patrol cars requested McDonnell Douglas Corp. bring stop the car, the driver drove off at high one thing i certain. Sooner or later the out their new NOTAR system-equipped speed and the chase began. vehicle has to stop and the occupants must Model MD 520 helicopter to see it per­ Acting as an aerial command centre, leave the car. This is when the "police fOnTI. The new rotorless helicopter boasted the MD 520 tracked that car from about platfonn in the sky" radios the nearest a single engine and relatively low noise 150 metre through the streets of Calgary. police unit to move in for the arrest. level which was felt to be ideal for night The two youths later abandoned the car, Thi complete logic of the use airborne patrols over a city such as Calgary. but were unable to elude police because the technology has been long recognized by McDonnell Dougla was happy to helicopter was hovering above, keeping American pol ice agencies. Police force in oblige and sent out the chopper with a two ground units aware of their movement by the U.S. patrolling communities as small man crew to show the city what it could do. radio. a 100,000 are presently maintaining and During the demonstration McDonnell When the chase was over, the suspects patrolling their communitie with fleets of Douglas PilotTony Brown was approached were captured, the car was recovered and

BLU£ LIN£ A ugust - September, 1995 -=0------Magazine the police reported that "\\ith utthe heli­ copter, \\e\1 lil1l1 he looking for them." Ith the release or this t ry even one of" the more skeptical ne\\spaper in the CII) dropped It~ ohJections to the acquii­ tlon of the helicopter. ncr a little over one year or cam­ palgnlllg to raise funds II W S finally raised the ()\er 1.5 million necessary to get II W' I ofTthe ground. On May 17th tillS ear 'algary Police announced they selected the 'v1cJ)onnell Douglas M J) 520 as the centreple e of Its ne\\ alrhorne la\v enforcement program. 'algary now .loins ten other police aQcncles around the \\ orld that ha\ e se­ Ie 'ted the J) 520 series heli opters. Experience Tells All "This 'platform in the sky' has all the hases eo\ ered," \\ as the response \\ hen Blue l lIle aga/ine inten le\\ed Sgt. Patrollillg his beat i Mesa, Ari:;olla, Police ergeallt WaJ'lIe Baker Oil a tJ'pical a ne Bakcrorthe 1esa, Ari/ona Police evellillg patrol. rhe illitial startup cost" of a good helicopter progralll call he .\lll'ed Ilelicoptcr l nit. The im e. tigation was to ill the prel'entioll 01 j llst olle police pursuit. /11 today 0\ hig"'y litigoll.\ \{!c!ety it i\ ometillles far easier for police agell cies to \ettle out of court for a few lillI/lOll lhall determllle h< \\ mailer police agencies taJ.. e a c"ance Oil II' IIal a j urJ' might \ay. manage a helicopter program such as the one started in algary lat month . aITe ts or car thie e ha gonc up dramati­ can now Simply dart over the area and The population of Me. a, rizona, i cally be ause the thieve imply kno\\ confirlllifthe cause orthe.lam IS a stalled limall hut the statistics loom large in this once a police offi er ha \ ie\\ed them and car, an aCCident or Simple \ olume alone. soutll\\ estern meriean cit that boast. a given the location to the hopper they \vill You can Imagine the man-hours this can police force \\ ith t \\ 0 patrol hel icopters. bc caught anyv.ay. "It's not difficult ror clear up over a year!" But numhers

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'rlmlllais an't outrun r easily hide II W I helped search ror a u pect after rocus that can light up an entire schoolyard from 'algary's ne\ police heli opter. a hooting in a downtown park. "The or be pinpointed onto a mall area such as II W ' I can/ipacr thecityinac up Ie helicopter pro ided high ground a doom;ay or window. The Air , en,ices of mlllutes and it. inrrared e e can peer observation support to the Tactical nit," nit will vary it tactic in re pon e to the Into the darl-.ness to find . u pe ts. he ay. In spector herlock. The helicopter's requirements orthe situation. "We will be cI onnell Dougla T R-equipped i ualrangeis30time thatorapoliceunit able to do tactical insertion in v.hich two D5_0 helicopter \\-ill pr \-ide field n the ground, plu it We cam inrrared to rour officer in rull tactical gear will be support l'or crime-in-progre si tuati ns amera can detect u pects hiding in the no\\n in on the helicopter kids," says such as housebreal-.ings, h pbreaking , dark or in bu hes. In pector herlo k. "We don't expect to robberies, prow lings and pur uits. It \ a The helicopter wi ll also be u ed a a do thi much, but want the capabi lity ju t put IIlto operati n July 16, 1995 . command platrorm ror major incidents in ca e it i needed." "The helicopter' most out tanding uch as nood ,airplane cra he ,hazardous "The helicopter will be deployed ror attribute. arc its peed or re pon e to materials incident and fire . maximum errecti\-enes , taking into L n \\ here in the city and it alue a an The Fire Department equipped the account operational demand ," he says. obser\ ation platrorm, coordinatinggr und hclicopter with an electronically-operated II A W -\ can ny ror up to two hour bef'ore resources," say In 'pector Bill herlocl-., "Bambi" bucket ror di pen ing water and reruelling is needed. commander of the , upport ection, which fire-fighting chem ica l . II A W I may Ir the helicopter i in the air or on in lude thc ir ervice Unit. a si t the R MP in pur uit leaving or tandby, officer in the field wi ll be able to "Particularly in high- peed pur uit , mo ing toward the ci ty, and could be u ed request it upp rt through Di spatch . At ground unit. \\-ill be able to lower their ror earch and re cue within the city. other times, field officer can request it speeds and let the helicopter do the work. The helicopter's inrrared y tem can though the regular call-out procedure. The It io.; impossible to outrun the helicopter," earch an area in one-fifteenth the time helicopter can be ai rborne within three herlocl-. added. " t 220 kmlh, it can needed ror a wound search. "We'll be able minute or recei ing a call. 0\ er the \\-h Ie city rrom one end to to ee 10 t people or u pect at ni ght u ing The helicopter i equipped with a another in three t rour minute, but we are the in rrared camera," he ays. "The in rrared computerized mapping and addre y tem, 10 I-.ing at 1.5 t two minute general y tem will enable us to earch ror u pect ad\ anced avionic Iradio package and dual resp mse tim when it i on patrol." who are on foot. u pect tend to go to cone public addre , iren ystem. II I ne\\ into a tion ror the fir t ground and try to hide when a helicopter i All of the high-technology pol ice tlllle III ' algary on June 30, the day the above. Thi make it ea ier ror the anine equipment I operated by a Flight fficer I. milli n helicopter wa pre en ted to Un it to find them. It' a one-two punch." \\ho accompanie the pilot during patrols. the 'algary P Ii e ervice by the on tab le The heli copter al oha a 30-million IIA W -\ normally operate with two Ricl-. , onnenberg Memorial , ociety. candl e-power earch li ght wi th adju table (Colltil/ued. .. ) BLUE LINE M agazln 8- August - September, 1995 Federal Hollow Point Ammunition Available Through R. Nicholls Distributors Inc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SIGSAUER SSG 3000 Precision Rifle

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BlU£ L.N£ August- September, /995 ~~------M a g azine Police Association fights Settlement reached in for disgruntled ex-chief drug raid shooting death r or perhap the money. Fifteen people will be hooting quickened hi demi e. - first time in poli - Mayor Brad Wood ide, one awarded over 170,000 in com­ Eight people in the hou e ing hi tory a Po- ofthe 10 councillor who voted pen ation after a man wa hot during the hooting \vill get g/ Ii e iation i to terminate the chief aid that by police during a drug raid in over ... ,000 apiece. ~.:..!.... fighting for the re- enior civil ervant are imply Ottawa. The three omcers involved in~tatcment I' an omcer in a not allowed to open eparate A total 100,000 for pain in the shooting incident will management poition. account with taxpayer' ca h and uffering, in addition to not have to face discipline hear­ I his bold move on the part of and begin purchasing $45,000 for legal fees was given ing or civil suit. the Fredri t n Poli e s ocia­ unapproved items. to the familyofVincent Gardner. The settlement tates that ti n am only wech. after The mayor has called for Gardner, 49, wa hot by both the force and the mcer hief Ma arli Ie wa fired an audit of the book. on t. John Monette in ajoint­ admit no guilt or liability. The from the for e by city ounci!. arl i Ie wa ubj ct to an force drug raid. ettlement al 0 calls for a coro­ n June I ,the Fredricton R MP inve tigation early in Police expected to find ner' inque t into the event. it, coun il di. co ered that June. Document obtained by armed drug dealer, in tead of ince 1993 the omcer in­ arl isle was the nl, individual the redricton Daily leaner a group of reggae mu ician volved ha e been facing disci­ with . igning p wer for the indi ated that the inve tigation getting ready to practice. plinary charges which include r redri t n P Ii e Force Build­ re ulted fr m que tion ur­ Gardner died seven week unnece ar; violence and ne­ in' a c unt. M ney in the e­ rounding the police building after the incident. The omcial glectofduty. Theomcer could cret a count wa u ed to pur- account and vehicle rentals dat­ cau e was liver cancer, but up­ 10 etheirjob iffoundguiltyof hase a refrigerator for the po­ ing back to February 1984 and porters of Gardner ay the the e charges. Ii e lounge, gift , fI r vi iting period during 1990 and 1995. dignitaries and to ho t hri t­ The R MP cleared him of mas tree-trimming partie . charge, but the council fired embers of the ociation him an way. Supreme Court forces feel that there were di crepan­ In March, the former chief cops to give up evidence ies in the pro es v"hich led to wa upended after Ju tice his di<;missal. r his wa the en­ Richard Miller criticized hi I n a rather odd ca e, the Ju tice David Ty oe de­ timent related b John Lally, the handling of a complaint of B. . upreme Court ruled that manded that police return all sso iation president, who re­ exual abu e by a guard against R MP and B.C. Finance Min­ ei7ed documents to ational portedl, de lined further c m­ boys at the King clear reform i try ollicial illegally eized Industrie owner, Allan ment due to the I~ t that arli Ie chool in 1985. cu tomer Ii ts from a mail-or­ Ma icotte. has laun hed a law uit again t A follow up report con­ der tobacco retailer in Ontario. Ma icotte's lawyer, Allan the it . ducted by a Toronto deputy po­ As a re ult of the rul ing MacDonald, said the judge Rough I, 6,000 wa pa ed lice chief tated that Miller's police had to rerum documen­ ruled that police over stepped through the a ount after a ken­ remark were overstated and tation proving that cu tomers their bound \~hen the, ei/ed nel IUb rented space in the that arli Ie' u pen ion failed to pay taxe on cigarette documents in Ontario for use department's unfinished gun hould be lifted. City council bought from ational Indu - in an British Columbia based range 0 re eipt were kept, in tead decided to keep him trie , a mail-order cigarette com­ inve tigation. ho\\ ever arl isle ha not been under u pen ion until other pany located in udbury, n­ The March earch of dire tl, a u ed of tealing the i . ue. had been in e tigated. tario. Mas icotle' home-based busi­ ness was carried out in an effort Bad timing to crack down on cigarette con- leads to wrong umer who were trying to avoid high cigarette taxes in B. . by arrest purcha ing them from ntario. man wa cha ed, rammed Ma icotte aid he can buy b, a poli ear, pepper- prayed cigarette wholesale for about and then arrested after a rob­ 20 a carton and pay I 040 bel) in algar;. T for each and ell them at I he arrest \~ uld ha e been 28.50. In B. . a carton sell ' even more spe ta ular ifpolice Canada 's National law Enforcement News Magazine for about 48. had apprehended the right man. o charges were laid orne had. some i simpl) funny s robbers fled the Road again t a icotte or hi com­ or insightful. An) way yOU 100" King I ru k t P an unidenti­ code meaning "out of ser ice" pany as a re ult of the earch. at it, ho\\c\er. you \~ill find itlO fied n1.ln left at the ame time. or unaHlilable for calls. 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3475 Boul. des Entreprises Terrebonne, Quebec J6X 4J9 1-800-477-8914 10 Browning Trail, PO Box 20122 Barrie, Ontario L4N 6E9 interest people as named in the harter of Right and freedom, allegedly in need of thi. kind of protection, a nagging qucstion stuck 111 back of my mind. Now we have two tiers of justice I there no\\ a tacit admission that e\erity of. entence doe in fact influence or)' Miller criminal offender. - that a heavy sentcncc When I returned to acti\ treet patrol c1usively with their own problems. The might dctcr them from thc criminal act or aller many year buricd in thc riminal court, taffed and administered mainly by persuade them not to repeat it? That's ourts, I couldn't help noting how politi­ whites were dismissed as "Euro-centirc" quite an admi sion, given what ha hap­ eiled our \\ rk as pol icc officers had be- and unable to appreciate native and black pened to entencing in recent years. ome. , 0 much of our di. cretion had been problem. One law For Everyone removed L nd dlrccti c from thc Attor­ BIll C·41 Thl i another tire ome hartcr-in- ncy's eneral and thc olicitor's eneral The ultimate direction of the political pired e:\ample \\here the rights and office flowcd as thick and fast as any we war of the la t decade ha finally been freedom of specified group of citilens recel\ed fr m our mmanding officer. realized. It ha brought u to a place that are enhanced, accelerated, pri\ ilegcd, pro­ Dome. tiC onflicts of the most trifling wemay oonrealizefev ,ifanyofu ,\\ant tected and \alued more than th sc ofregu­ naturc demanded police and urt in­ to be. That i a two tiered system ofjustice. lar citi7en . Thcre hould be one lav, for \ Ivemcnt \"Ith often tragic con cquencc ne et of rule for "Til EM", another set everyone. for the famllie imohed. The landlord for" ". Enter Bill -41. The ' harter' tated purpose was sup­ became a pariah, the tenant a victim. The Trial judges have alway had the lati­ po ed to champion the indi\ idual over the pollee, it turned ut, were alway made out tude to take the circum tance of victim of collecti\e, but it trongly and effectively t be sy temicall biased. criminal violence into account when pass­ point lawmakers in the opposite direc­ Thep Ii e\"erebeinga. ked not merely ing entence on the perpetrator. These tion. The harter, by naming pecific to uphold the la\'" and keep the peace, but learned per on c uld be counted on to group for protective "amelioration", en- to aid in ad\aneing political agenda. With drav" upon their broad training and expe­ ure unfairne for all indi\ iduals \\ ho each change 111 government, we had be­ rience to exerci e the appropriate discre­ are e:\c1uded. Perhaps the harter' thrust come somebody's political police. Each tion. 0\\ the new H TE crime la\\, Bill made Bill -41 ine\ itable but no less change 111 g \ crnment heraldcd morc mi - -41, change all that. It direct ajudge to offensive. chiCI' making, more intrusion, morc bla­ impose a har her penalty where the \ ictim By arbitrarily creating a ne\\ class or tant harassment of police and a \\or ening come from certain group broadly styl­ \ ictim among large collccti\ c minority climate for anything like bjective polic­ ized a target of hate. Now severity of intcrest.·, Bill C-41 affirms that thc courts II1g. Police board. be ame the fla h points punishment depends, not so much in the \'vill provide thc population as a "holc of political meddling. crime, but on the perceived identity of the \\ ith less protection from thc samc cmnes. •roups \\ithin the greater community victim . Thc "hate scntencing" la\\ \'vill also crcate \\e sen ed, pe pie \\ho \\anted nothing This creates a two-tieredjustice system a huge ne\ triable i suc and costly litiga­ more than prompt p lice protection \\hen \\hich deem one criminal act more eri­ tion by ourt, ro\\n and dcfence as the needed, to be left alone v,hen not needed ous over anothcr identical criminal act decidc, not only ab ut v,hat thc accused and \ Igorous pursuit of the bad guys al­ olely becau e one victim i part of a did, but also \\ hat he \'va thll1kll1g \\ hen he ways, \\ere set against one another by a spccial harter-de ignated "community" did \\hat hc did. Yes, dear rcad~rs, likc it tOIT\:nt of ima. I\e government edict. . I singled out for favoured treatment. If thc or not, thc ' Ihoughl police " have arri\cd! sa\\ \\omen agaln'>t mcn, \'vives against ourt is per uaded that the offender wa cam\hilc, thc pursuit of so-called hu 'bands, minoritie against mainstream, motivated by hate for the ictim ba ed on hatc crlmc come across to thc general minOrities against minoritics, parents race, exual orientation, a heavier sen­ public as good and \\ holcsomc, 'e\en a agall1st schools, scho I against school , tence wi ll be mandatory. Thi further motherhood i ' uc. I mcan, everyone is tenants agalllst landlords, childrcn against tri ialize iolent crime again t the main- opposcd to "hate". Lct' bc sccn to dcal parents, all due t the fe ered manipula­ tream population, allegedly NOT targeted \\ ith it. But the casual obsencr can't be tions of IIlcreasingl elf en ing, inter­ by "hate". e:\pected to undcr tand that crime is crimc \entlonlst go\crnment. 0 ernment­ For years, liberal and leftist lawmaker and the administration of justl c, if noth­ funded minority group. routinely launched have argued ucce fully that e\erity of ing eL e, ha a dut to remain impartial. rallics (blo\\ n up in si7e and importan e by entence had little or no deterrent or rc­ Would a \ i tlln ofcriminal a. sault (not a \\illlng media) to a. tigate the police. cidi\ i t effect on iolent criminal offend­ being from thc o-called "hatc" \ictlms' I stood in amazement a one high er . The laughingly brief period of incar­ Ii t) be forced to concedc that hc or hc ranking pile offi er poke at a carol ceration impo ed up n Karla Ilomolka to rcpre. ent a less valued mcmber of soci­ slIlglng ' hristmas gathering, voice cra k­ \'vhich the rown agreed, in order to elicit cty? , incc the violent offendcr had com­ III ' \\ ith emotion, hrieking that wc a a the te timony of thi un peakably cruel, mitted a crime against ju t a routine \ ic­ police force no\\ fully upp rted and were pc rver e and calculating multiple child tim, \\ a he pcrhaps drivcn morc tastc­ a 'ents of official, state- p n red multi­ killer, illustrates as well as anything how fully? hould motivating factor such as culturailln (no mattcr h \\ divi ive it eriou Iy (OR T) out court view vio- robbery, abu e, revenge, destructivcncss, \\ as). lent crime . greed, angcr, lu t or domination somcho\\ The courts wcre n t immune from thc Therefore, when the anadian Parlia­ earn a Ie scr entencc than ... hatc? spllntenng effect of the minority group­ ment, amid t con iderable rancour and A ' a \ Ictim of \ iolent crimc, docs It thll1k. atl\e aboriginal \\erc a\\arded prote t, ome from the Liberal Go\ern­ no\\ matter more \\ho you ARI than \'vhat their o\\n court \\orkcr and agencie . In ment member, recently pa ed the 0- ha happened to you? The answcr is tragic some cases, special aboriginal court were called "H TE" law ordering increa ed and inc. capablc; in thc cyc of thc ourt, set up. Blacks were soon demanding and penalties for violent crime against gay, Y - . gettll1g black legal aid clinic to deal ex- Ie bian , minoritie and the ho t of pecial

BLUE LINE M 9 z in ------~ A ugust - eptember, / 995 28th, 1995. The service was sponsored Regina Police Service jointly by the Regina Police Service, The Regina Police A sociation and the Senior Officer's Association. The parade \.\hich honour fallen comrades took place in front of Headquarters By J. Robert Hincltcliffe consisted of a Colour Party. the Regina During the past 103 Police Service Pipes and Drums, a twenty­ years two members of four per on I [onour Guard and the Regina the Regina Police Police Junior Band. Service have been A cenotaph bearing the names of both killed while on duty. Constable Lenhard and Detective Millar Constable George was donated by Remco Memorials and Anthony Lenhard \o\as Regina Funeraillome. It was unveiled by shot \\ hi Ie on bicycle Mrs. Margaret Grayling, Detective Millar's patrol as he daughter, who had been only eight year im estigated three men loitering in the old at the time and \.\ as orphaned by his area orthe Canadian Liquid Air Plant at death. She had returned that weekend Winnipeg Street and 4th A \enue in Regina from summer camp and upon getting off on Sunday. August 6th, 1933 about 9:45 the train she learned about her father's p.m. The mortally wounded officer murder by hearing the newspaper vendor staggered into the business where he wa announcing the evening headline. She found by the caretaker. He died \\ hile came for the memorial service all the way enroute to the Regina General Ilospita!. from Hamilton, Ontario \o\here she now The suspects were last een neeing along resides with her husband Douglas, \o\ho is the railway tracks. a retired member of the R.C.M.P. Detective Charles Rait Millar \vas a The ervice was attended by many World War I veteran \.vho had been se\erely Regina Police veterans including Alex \\-ounded on the battlefield over ea . Due Hill, who reached the rank of Detective, Mrs. Margaret Grayling, daugltter of a to his injuries he had been assigned to desk retired in 1956 and now reside in Don duties on Monday, July 1st, 1935. This fallen officer, unveils tlte Cenotaph Mills, Ontario with his \.\-ife Pauline. Itonouring Iter fatlter. Accompanying Iter \\as the day that the "On 10 011011'0 After the service everyone was invited Trekkers" had decided to stage a public for tlte June 28tlt ceremony is Regina into Police Ileadquarters for refreshments Police Service Chief Murray Langgard. rally on Regina's Old Market Square \.\-hich and toviewadisplayofl930's memorabilia backed onto Pol ice Headquarters. The which included the actual Leader Post Trd.kers \\-ere a large group ofunemployed \\-hich they ask for the same" afe passage" photograph which showed Constable Ilill men who were travelling on the top of rail letters they were denied 0 long ago. dragging Detective Miller from the centre car to protest their plight to the Federal In order to bring clo ure to this event of the riot. The Regina Police Association Government. They were ordered off the and to establish an important tradition, the presented Detective H ill with a plaque trains in Regina and prevented from Regina Police Service held its first Annual honouring him for hi bra\.ery and loyalty continuing to Ottawa. Memorial Service on Wednesday, June to his fellow officers. During the rally the police were ordered to arrest the leaders of the trek, The organizer resisted arrest and the fight which broke out escalated into a riot. Detective Millar \o\itnessed what was Custom Canadian Manufacturer taking place in the square and rushed out i\NY 'ri\S), ... i\NY SI~ i\SON of Ileadquarters to assist his brother Extensive line of outerwear including officer.. In so doing he was clubbed and beaten by scvcral of the rioters. lie was Jackets, Parkas, Insulated Pants, Bicycle carried to safety from the centre of the riot Foul Weather SUits & Shorts by motorcycle onstable A lex Iii II but Full range of fabrics to choose from died from his wounds before reaching the Waterproof breathables, Leathers ho pita!. Cst. I [ill was stmck in the head with a railway spike which shattered his Zip-In Zip-Out Insulations ear drum and impaired his balance. everal made with Thinsulate other people were seriou Iy injured in the riot which wa finally broken up by police 1·800·667·6831 armed with rines and revohers. Thi year marked the 60th Anniversary of the Regina Riot which still haunts the memories of all the people \o\ho were involved. It ha been a long standing trad ition for several of the remaining trekker to return to the site each July I st and hold a small gathering in

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August - September, 1995 Roadside Tests: 15 Minute Delay May Be Justified s.c.c. R.v. Bernshaw (Jan. 27 , 1995.) S.C.C.

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Circumstances: The accused was topped afler a police officer saw herdriving The Hiring Principles course will feature: erraticall y. The officer suspected alcohol ~ Aptitude Testing consumption and the accused failed an ~ Psychological Testing A D test and was arrested for over 80. A ~ Essay Writing BA T demand was made and she was ~ Interviewing tran ported to the police station. A one hour ~ Physical Testing waiting period preceded the BAT test. The ~ First Aid / CPR Certification accused went to the bathroom three times duri ng the interval. Cost $350 The BAT te t revealed a BAC of 180 $100 deposit by Aug 25/ 95. mgs. hortly after the test, the accused showed the orficer two empty 50 ml vodka Further Toronto Courses bottles. he told the orficer that she was an alcoholic and that she had consumed the Personal Survival Training contents while he was in the wa hroom. - Hospital Security - Aug . 26 - 27 ($135.) 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The Crown may use an expert Emotionally Disturbed Persons witness regarding alcohol ab orption Use of Force Investigations rates to work backward from the BAT Verbal & Physical Options te t time to the offence time. Edged Weapon Attacks 2. The accused may cancel the presumption by "proving evidence to the contrary." *Day 2 - Indoor I Practical 3. "Evidence to the contrary" is defined as Force Continuum Escalation Dri"s "evidence which shows that the accused's Levels of Force Legal Justification blood alcohol level at the time of driving "Simunition" Live Fire Confrontations wasdifTerent from hisorherblood alcohol Street Environment Simulation Training level at the time of testing." Survival Tactics - Contact / Cover / Vehicle Checks 4. 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I Ie was als This is the tenth of a series outlining the details on to be used as a witness against Gu. surrounding the last persons to hang in each province aunders in an upcoming narcotics trial. By Bluir 1('Q uillllll With the inrormation obtained on the rthur Lucas and Ronald Turpin lirst street, the investigation quicl-Iy moved to m ,t on death row in the Don Jail located in Detroit \"here police made nine arrests. Toronto, Ontario. Ithough their torie The indi\ idual v"ere to be questioned in \\ere different their li\ es had been hrought regard to the murder which occurred in togeth r h Crime, prose uti nand Ontario. mong tho e arrested were Gus com Ictl n. , aunder ,hi \\ire Eloi e and one or rthur Lu as \\ a born on December aunder's "emplo ee" orris "Red" I ), 1907 IJ1 ordle, e rgia. Lu as \\ as a Thomas. fearsome man \\ho e parent · had died or Thoma told police that he had recently natural auses berore he rea hed the age or traveled to ' hicago with an indi idual 'ie\ en. uea . , along \\ ith his ister and two \ .. ho periodically perrormed jobs ror brothers, had been raised in Byr nville, gangster. Thoma told police the man, r lorida, b n aunt nd un Ie. named rthur Luca , wa in possession or fter dr pping ut r the si;.,th grade heroll1 \\hich he \.. i hed to ell in Toronto. and \\orl-lJ1g in a t\\in mill, rthur began Luca borrowed aunder's car and to mal-e his m ney n the treet. In hi drove to anada on ovember 16th. On teens rthur ran errand f, r small time the day orthe murders Lucascalled Thoma. gangsters. s he matured uca \\a to inrorm him that he had not met hi lJ1\ohed 111 such enterpri e as gambling, The operat r immediately tracked the contact and had decided to remain in nareotl s, rorgery and pro titution. all to a J. Rochelle at 116 Kendal venue Toronto in earch of a better deal. Lucas had been in and out or prison in Toronto's Blo r and Bathurst area. The Dolores hipps was also willing to throughout his II re. Pri on record de. cribe operator then dispatched a patrol-car to the talk. he wa taken to Toronto underpolice lucas as a "Feeble-minded, p ych - addre s. Ilowever, the orricer protection and supplied the police with neurotl" anti-s cia I agitator. deficient, mi . under tood, headed in the oppo ite ub tantial inrormation in regard' to the dep 'ndent per. onalit whose early direction orthe crime scene and arrived on case. em Ironment and lacl- of uperv i ion and the ite rorty minute after beingdispatched. , he told police that she often tried to diS Ipline are the principle factor. in It \\a a postman" ho first discovered lea\ e Lucas because of hi on going alTair mouldlJ1) hiS life \\hi h is characterizcd the body of a man lying in hi bo:\er shorts , .. ith Lillian, but that he \\as unahle to by a I ng crll11lnal re ord and an at 7:03 a.m. in the front hall of the Kendal re 1St hlln . antagonistic delicient attitude to\\ard all e. addre . Fi e minutes later the " hy couldn't you stay away?" police propcrl constituted authority." landlord of the boarding hou e di covered demanded. Lu as' last com Iction 0 curred in 1942, the nude body or a woman under a pile or "Be ause he run on to me and I went \\hen a hool-er made a omplaint again t bedclothes in a room upstairs. ba I- to hll11, and he thre\\ me out of the hll11 . ner that episode Lucas went straight. When police arrived on the cene they apartment. I never did go bael- to my home lie married a prostitute by the name of identified the male a a black pimp rrom at the time [Boyl-in] was there," she I olores ' hlpps rrom London, ntario, in Little Rock, Arkansa , " ho "a based in responded. o\ember of 195" . ncr Dol re gave Detroit, named Therland rater. rater "Then you didn't oluntarily go bacl-?" birth to Luca 'son he moved hipp out of wa rorty-rouryear -old. Thewoman, who "lie jumped on me berore." their h( me so he could begin an arrair with still held the telephone receiver in her Dire inrormed police that he had another prostitute, Lillian B ykin. hand, wa twenty year-old arol Ann surrered phy ical abu e rrom Lu a . he B 1961, rthur \\as mal-ing m ney ewman. ewman, who u ed the alias al 0 re\ ealed that ome orthe \\ound he b pro urlJ1g y ung remale to w rt... in Jean Rochelle, wa a known prostitute. had obtained \\ere made rrom a ring he brothels 111 and ar und Detroit. l ie wa Police oon di co ered that e\\man' had worn while beating her. alsonotab \'etakingca h f, radmini tering throat had been cut rrom ear to ear. rater's "Did he ever cut you?" police inquired. beatlJ1gs to thoe \\ ho cro sed gang ter . throat had also been liced after being hot " 0, he never did cut me, but 1've been n the m ming or Friday, 0 ember three times in the back with a .38-calibre hit with chain , ba eball bats, anything he 17, 1961, an event occurred which placed revolver. The fir t clue in the ca e wa a could get hi hand on. Mo t orthe e scars Lu as ba I- vvithin the eye or thc law man' gold ring, set with eight imitation under my eye are rrom ring. I Ie hit me nearly twent year. after his last conviction. diamonds, in the cover or the bed. v hen he had hi ring on." )n that date at 6:3 a.m., a all wa The word on the treet wa that rater "IIe'd tril-e you \\ith the ring and ans'\ered by ,Bell anada operat r. n had been murdered becau e he ro ed a cau e that injury?" he \\a aI-cd. the other end of the llI1e he could hear a Michigan mobster, u aunders, in a "Well, I bought him a ring right after Irantlc female \ oice, f, Ilowed by the ound dmg deal. Inrormati n al 0 suggested that he come home rrol11 jail," explain ed 01 ,} struggle and then a thud and a low ewman "a a ictim who wa imply in Dolore , "a mall diamond, and I don't gurgling sound. the wrong place at the wrong time. know, he claimed he 10 t it, I gue s. I don 't BLU£ L.N£ M 9 z ino A ug ust - September, 1995 know what happened to that. But next time Crater deserved to be "\vhipped". the evidence brought forth by forensics I seen him with a ring he had a large (one). Dolores also told police that Lucas had ex perts in Detroit and Toronto was even I don't know where he got it from, but it washed himself of the bl ood when he more damaging. was large." arrived hom e and then cleaned a pair of Harold Alfulris, ofthe scientific bureau When she was questioned about the blood-soaked shorts in a pail of water, of the Detroit Police lo ld the court that occurrences on Friday, November 17,196 J, which she still had. It was soon discovered bloodstain s on th e right door-handle and Dolores told police that her husband had that the pail contained dilute human blood. right armrest of the car Lucas was dri ving come to her house and appeared to be tense The police were directed to th e horne o f were blood-type B, whi ch is commonl y and edgy. Lillian Boykin at 5132 BUllls Avenue in fo und in blacks. A lfulris also told thecoUrl "I asked him, I said, ' What's wrong"' Detroit. There, Arthur Lucas was pi cked that fingemail parings found in the car and he said 'You sit down and don't say up on the morning of Novembe r 18. at also tested positi ve fo r blood. A bi o logist nothin',' he said, 'I just killed two people." roughly 4 a. m. and transported to Toronto. with Ontari o's attorney-general 's lab "When he said to you. ' I just killed two Later that day two tourists found a .38­ testified that blood sa mples fo und at the people,' did you question him who, or did calibre revolver on the Burlington Skyway. crime scene were also type B. he say at the time?" The Skyway was a bridge Lucas would Mr. Justi ce McRuer senlenced Arthur " I asked him, I said , 'Well , who was have had to cross while heading to Detroit Lucas to hang on Octoher 19, 1962 afler a it?' and he told me, he said, ' You wouldn' t from Toronto. Ballistics ex perts examined j ury fo und Lucas to be guiIty as charged know them.' Then he told me where it the gun and concluded it belonged to Lucas. wi th no recommendation for mercy. happened." Powder-markings were di scovered on Lucas would go to the scafl'o ld in the "Where did he say it happened?" Lucas's ri ght hand , between the thumb company o f Ronald Turpin. Both these ''In Toronto." and forefin ger, whi ch led po li ce to be li eve men would face the last /loose. "And did he say the people's names?" he could have recentl y fired the .38 " He said the man was Crater. Hedidn ' t di scovered on the bridge. Next Month call the g irl s name. He said he didn' t Charged wilh the murder ofTheriand intend to hurt her, because he didn' t know C rater, Lucas's trial opened on April 30, The last in the series she was in (he hOllse until she screamed. 1962. Ontario's Chief Justi ce. James He said, 'The o nl ~ thing that has got me McRuer, also known as "Hangin g Jim'\ worried is th at] lost my ring in (he bed. ,n because he handed out the death sentence Consistent with the talk on th e street (0 so many, resided on the bench. Ontario· Part 2 Dolores reveal ed that C rater had crossed With the testimony of Dolores and the Ronald Turpin Saunders in adrugdeal and Lucas believed technical evidence already against him,

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BLUE LINE August - September, 1995 Magazin e I am faced \\ith a dilemma. I am the senior officer in my detachment and I can not seem to gclto the mail fast enough to secure your magazine for mysel f. Therefore, I am forced to take a drastic by AI Evans tactical action and order my own subscription ... That'll ho'W them! With thanks! on October 12, 1981. M.J. (Mike) Coderre In addition to the one town and Big Trolll Lake. On Iorio three vi Ilages shown above thei r terri tory encompasses forty-seven square Editor's otes kilometers including 110 kilometers of I hope Ihe 11'(111111(1 lI'as nol lao greal! roads. The popUlation of this area is , IJ'(Ingely enollgh \I'e gOI anolher leller approximately 10,000. There are 16 Ihol reflecled Ihe same prohlem. police officcrs as well as two secretaries providing 24 hour-a-day coverage. I would fir tlike to congratulate you on an excellent publication and one of the few Geographically, the department is anadian periodicals that really deal with located on the north east coast of New the day to day lives of Canadian police Photo· Jack Lemire· Medicine Hat Police Service Brunswick along the Bay of Chaleur orlicers. As a Constable in the RCMP between Bathurst and Cambellton. po. ted in rural Manitoba, I find myself The Incorporated Municipalities of The majority of the population waiting for and trying to get first "dibs" on Beresford, Nigadoo, Petit-Rocher and served are of Acadian origin and the our detachment copy a oon as it appears Pointe-Verde, New Brunswick as well working language is mainly French in the mailbox. For thi rca on I gave up as two service districts make up the although all employees are bilingual. the light and would now like to get my territory that B.N.P.P. Regional Force Close personal contact with the WN copy of the Blue Line. communities is maintained and crime Thank for all the good work and will covers. The first letter in the name of be looking forward to your next issue each town and village supp\1es the prevention is a priority. Schools and initials joined by interlocking rings on various organizations are met with on a R. C. Cameron the shoulder patch. regular basis to deliver a variety of Minnec/osa. Maniloba The B. .P.P. Regional Police Force police related educational themes. For further information you can We look forward to receiving your was the first regional police force in the issues of Blue Line Magazine. It i a great province of New Brunswick. They contact Chief Edward Huzulak at 398 learning resource and a super timulant officially took responsibility for their Main St., Box 189, igadoo, .B. EOB for interesting conver ation . Keep up the present jurisdiction from the R.C.M.P. 2AO. great work. D.M. Feisl AI Evans is an avid patch collector and a past member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Ileadingley. Maniloha Medicine Hat Police Department. He is still an active member of the International Police Association. AI has been diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (A.L.S.) better known as Lou Gerhig's I have thoroughly enjoyed each issue I Disease which is at present incurable and untreatable. ha e received over the past year and thank you for making this excellent publication AI is no longer able to work and one of the few hobbies he still enjoys is Police Patch Collecting. His goal available. I e peciallyappreciateyourstand is to have the largest and most complete police patch and memorabilia collection in the country. He in defence of police officers across our wishes to turn this collection over to Chief Bill Spring for display with the Medicine Hat Police Depa rtment. great Dominion. I urge you to continue to AI has ag reed to share some of his knowledge in a monthly column about the more interesting patches keep the pressure on our governments for in his collection. If you have an interesting or extra patch of your agency it would be appreciated if it could the care and protection of our police. be donated to th is worthwhile collection. Send all donations to: pholding the law The AI Evans Co llection 24 Stone Crescent S.E., ReI '. David Robins Medicine Hat, Alberta T1 B 3 K9. Oll'en ollnd. Onlario

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