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DECEMBER 2013 2 BLUE LINE MAGAZINE December 2013 Volume 25 Number 10 Features 6 Letters of Congratulations! 8 25 years of Canadian Policing Milestones 34 Beyond Simple Enforcement 38 Renewal from a Community Base A foundation building process is about to end 46 Pistol-Calibre Carbines Facing up to the pros and cons 54 Missing Children Society of Canada Preventing abductions and reuniting families Departments 70 Back of the Book – The poor people’s police 70 BlueLinks Advertisers Directory 52 Deep Blue – Transferring knowledge can be tricky 34 59 Dispatches 62 Holding The Line – Taking off the mental armour 69 MarketPlace 5 Publisher’s Commentary – Welcome to the light 42 Science Beat – Educating the blue line 64 Technology – Patrolling down memory lane Case Law 65 Objective basis must support subjective belief for warrantless entry 46 67 Easily destroyed evidence justifies no-knock entry BLUE LINE MAGAZINE 3 DECEMBER 2013 DECEMBER 2013 4 BLUE LINE MAGAZINE PUBLISHER’S COMMENTARY Blue Line Magazine Inc. by Morley Lymburner PUBLISHER Morley S. Lymburner – [email protected] GENERAL MANAGER Welcome to the light Mary K. Lymburner – [email protected] SENIOR EDITOR Let’s go back 26 years to see how police work the shortcomings of police weaponry for Mark Reesor – [email protected] has evolved since Blue Line Magazine began. The many years. We understood the importance following not-so-fictional story may help. of balancing out the threat levels between NEWS EDITOR Kathryn Lymburner – [email protected] The hot salesman and former cop knew his criminals and police. Constant editorial way around policing and understood the needs commentary and related stories did much to CREATIVE DIRECTOR and wants of all stripes. Hired by a rather large spark the interest in firearms and training in E. Jolene Dreja – [email protected] company with some success selling to police, police agencies across Canada. OPP Cst. Cam MARKETING MANAGER he decided to talk to a chief about replacing the Woolley led the charge by submitting a health April Lensen – [email protected] agency’s six-shooter revolvers with semi-au- and safety concern. The ultimate result was an tomatic handguns. They were safer to handle, order forcing agencies to properly equip and CONTRIBUTING WRITERS store and carry than revolvers and packed 16 train their members with semi auto firearms. Dave Brown Robert Lunney rounds, giving officers firepower the crooks After the firearms success a secondary cam- Nancy Colagiacomo Mike Novakowski already had. Win, win situation, right? paign was launched in the magazine to point out Stephanie Conn Tony Palermo Dorothy Cotton Tom Rataj The chief gave the salesman a long hard the dangers of police using NATO rounds in Mark Giles Brent Snook stare, then leaned forward and beckoned him their new firearms. The basic issue – the rounds to lean closer. “What you are selling we can’t tended to bounce around and pass through AFFILIATIONS afford. We would not only have to buy the guns bodies. Our editorial stance was that once a International Association of but the holsters as well, and after that train bullet is fired, it must stop at the first thing it Law Enforcement Planners every officer in the department. That costs a strikes. With the help of the Anishinabek Police Canadian Advertising Rates Data lot of money we don’t have. What you say may Service, agencies changed to the ammunition International Police Association be true – but if you ever, I mean ever, tell any used today by 70,000 police officers. The Canadian Press Newswire of my people what you just said here, you will Today’s new breed of top manager wel- Access Copyright never get a penny’s worth of business from comes members being kept up to date. “They us again. Furthermore I will ensure any chief have to be taught less at the costly departmen- SUBSCRIPTIONS with ears also never does business with you.” tal training level,” one chief said. “Equipment $30 per year; $50 for 2yrs; US & Foreign: $100 So it was. The salesman was content to committees who study and test products they keep supplying police agencies with the many read about in Blue Line have greatly lightened ADVERTISING other staples they required. He never spoke a the burden of deciding what equipment to 888-640-3048 [email protected] word about it again. His knowledge stayed in buy,” pointed out another. Top managers no the dark – and he prospered. longer have to answer for products that fail. A whole new paradigm began to develop Proof that a well informed membership makes www.blueline.ca with the advent of Blue Line. There was con- for a smoother running operation. 12A-4981 Hwy7 East, Ste 254, siderable angst, suspicion, intrigue and gossip Blue Line has attained a level of refine- Markham, ON L3R 1N1 Canada about the publication at many levels; some ment which puts the best interests of law P: 905-640-3048 F: 905-640-7547 good, some bad. Thankfully not all of it was enforcement first. It has a bias toward the [email protected] immediately shared with us. It kept paranoia profession, not to a particular patch on the to a minimum. shoulder. It encourages interforce and inter- PRINTED IN CANADA People and organizations evolve into agency cooperation and acknowledges free strange things when they are kept in the speech as an important factor in open, honest dark. After a while light becomes the enemy. communication and not as a foundation for Coping with it is a strain and any person who self aggrandizement or corruption. ISSN# 08478538 tries to introduce light also becomes an enemy. Between the covers of Blue Line you will Blue Line Magazine was established in 1988 as an independent Policing was a cloistered society and those at see an absolute hatred of anything that endan- publication to inform, entertain, connect and educate those involved the top kept control by ensuring only limited gers police officers or reduces their ability to in the law enforcement profession. With no direct control from an enforcement agency, its opinions do not necessarily reflect those and highly controlled bits of information were do the job safely and more efficiently. You can of any government or law enforcement agency. leaked to the masses. Introducing anything also be assured of balanced journalism. If there The authors, advisors, and publisher accept no liability whatsoever new had the potential of anarchy within the is something you don’t like, the opportunity for any injuries to person(s) or property resulting from application rarified air of the status quo. to disagree is as close as your computer. We or adoption of anything presented in this magazine. Readers are cautioned and advised that articles presented herein are edited and The light cast by Blue Line made it difficult welcome all opinions, pro or con. supplied for your personal awareness and should not be used for for top managers to control the message to Lots of light... that’s the way we like it – further action until appropriate guidance is received from a supervi- sor, Crown Attorney or other persons in authority. their “troops below.” There was an abundance and that’s the way it will stay. of stories about agencies across the country All material submitted for publication becomes property of Blue Line Magazine Inc. unless arrangements have been made with the and what they were doing; not in a quarterly publisher prior to publication. publication but a monthly glossy magazine. A © 2013 All articles are protected by copyright. No part of this continual flow of information – concepts, strat- publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or means, electronic or mechanical, (including photocopying and recording or egies and news about new products of value by any information storage or retrieval system), without prior permis- to all law enforcement personnel at all levels. sion. Permission to reprint may be obtained in advance from Access Back to the issue of concern over the Copyright 1-800-893-5777. firearms situation. Blue Line had recognized BLUE LINE MAGAZINE 5 DECEMBER 2013 Congratulations! It’s hard to believe that Blue Line Magazine has the editor to suppress all bad news. Didn’t hap- publication address contemporary policing been around for 25 years already. I pen, and we learned to take it as it plays. trends such as training, health and safety, case law only wish that it had been around After 25 years, Blue Line Magazine is an and technology and regularly featuring progres- for the 10 years prior! It remains important element of our tradition, and a proud sive police agencies from across our great country. the premiere law enforcement Canadian icon. Best wishes and thanks to Mor- This gives us all a chance to learn from each other magazine in Canada. ley & Mary Lymburner, editor Mark Reesor and while fostering that wonderful sense of family I’ve enjoyed the varied con- the Blue Line family for a precious gift enriching and pride we have as Canadian police officers. tent since day one, from the the professional life of all police officers and staff. At York Regional Police, we’ve been hon- analysis of various court decisions, to profiles oured to have had some of our officers and units of different police services and their leaders (at Robert F. Lunney, Chief of Police (Ret.) featured in the pages of the magazine. all levels), as well as emerging trends, new tech- Edmonton Police Service, In addition, Blue Line’s annual EXPO is a nology and/or approaches to emerging public Peel Regional Police great national event, displaying the very latest safety issues.