February 2003 Inside This Edition Volume 15 Number 2 Publisher’s Commentary 5 There’s a real gun problem in Canada Blue Line Magazine 12A-4981 Hwy 7 East Ste 254 Markham, ON L3R 1N1 Unmasking urban graffiti 6 Canada Combatting street gangs 10 Ph: 905 640-3048 Fax: 905 640-7547 eMail: [email protected] WINNING STRATEGIES FOR LIFE 15 Embrace change — Publisher — Morley S. Lymburner eMail: [email protected] Organized crime growing 16 — General Manager — Criminals turning to technology 17 Mary Lymburner, M.Ed. eMail: [email protected] DEEP BLUE 18 — Editor — Personality disorders can be frustrating Mark Reesor eMail: [email protected] INCREDIBLE 19 — News Editor — Les Linder Clear arguments strengthen 20 eMail: [email protected] search warrants — Advertising — Getting to the bottom of the urban graffiti Mary Lymburner Cooperation combats crime 24 Military police work closely with federal problem means first learning what motivates Dean Clarke the artists who create it. Toronto Police S/Sgt Bob Murray and municipal agencies eMail: [email protected] Heinz Kuck, who leads the service’s award- winning Graffiti Eradication Program, tells us CASE LAW 26 — Pre-press Production — one of the best ways to fight graffiti is to educate • Evidence inadmissible despite warrant Del Wall front-line officers and give them the power to • Crown must prove impairment cause — Contributing Editors — do something about it. Communication Skills Terry Barker Street gangs are becoming a problem in COMMENTARY 28 Canada’s major cities. To effectively combat Police Management James Clark Distinguishing between crime and terrorism Tactical Firearms Dave Brown them, police officers need a working knowledge Technology Tom Rataj of gang history, tradition and the factors that Psychology Dorothy Cotton VITALITY 29 make them attractive to youth. 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And Canada Post - Canadian Publications Mail THE BACK OF THE BOOK 78 if that isn’t enough we have also thrown in a Product Sales Agreement No. 176796 The ugly factor — can you spot a “TEN”? 23-page Supply & Services Guide. February 2003 3 February 2003 4 There’s a real gun problem in Canada by Morley Lymburner ing used are high calibre and high capacity. absurd irony of staring across the border at col- We have a real problem in Canada and it is There are no more ‘Saturday Night Specials’ leagues who carry firearms to protect themselves a gun problem. I am not talking about the gun on these mean streets. The punks wielding them from Canadian visitors, while they must face registration thing or the issue of permitting more have the bucks to buy the best. Americans coming into Canada while unarmed. liberalized gun regulations. I have a problem There are similar concerns for transport in- There should be one basic rule when it with the paranoia of various agencies when it spectors who know only too well the problems comes to arming peace officers in Canada — if comes to arming peace officers. they face now and in the future with a rapid in- they want it, they get it. By default, no peace If the argument goes that we have a safer crease in tractor trailers hijacked for their high- officer should have to justify why they need to country because of our strict gun controls then end contents. You don’t see trucks advertising carry a firearm. The onus should be completely common sense will tell you that there should lap top computers on their sides anymore. on the government to present a convincing ar- be no hesitation at all in permitting peace of- Court sheriffs are routinely asked to con- gument why they should not. Even then, it ficers of all stripes the opportunity to carry fire- front some of Canada’s most dangerous people should be brought to a vote by the concerned arms if they feel it’s necessary. on a daily basis, including those who would go officers and if the majority say yes, then guns The concept of Parks Canada wardens to great lengths to stay away from court. they should get. carrying sidearms was reported in detail in last Many municipal enforcement officers If government agencies have concerns month’s issue. The result of Steve Hess’s across the country are called upon to go places about their officer’s ability to carry a firearm, investigation parallels those of Blue Line that would make even the most seasoned po- then they have a problem that they must solve. Magazine since 1997. All these reports and lice officer think twice about calling in tactical Train them to standard or hide them under pa- investigations consistently reveal various back-up. This is complicated by the fact perwork somewhere. branches of government turning a blind eye to MLEOs don’t even know the criminal back- In a country that values the lack of fire- very real hazards to the public and their own staff. grounds of the people they meet. arms in the hands of citizens, there should at The park warden issue is only the tip of the Judges and justices of the peace have con- least be the expectation that any officer with iceberg. Transit police officers routinely ap- cerns about the lack of security in their courts. authority to protect these citizens be given all proach dangerous people who have nothing to One JP told me he had to take a person into the tools necessary to handle any situation. No lose. In Toronto, the subway system has long custody by himself for contempt, through an peace officer should have doubts about their been known as the armed robber’s get-away empty police office. When he called to have a training or equipment; if doubts exist, they can’t vehicle of choice. A newer phenomenon is gang scout car attend, he found there were robbery do their job as intended.