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MEXICO CITY - Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard acknowledged Saturday that "grave errors" were committed in a drug raid that sparked a stampede at a dance club, leaving 12 people dead. (Washington Post) PREVIOUS: Police blamed for stampede 12 die in rush At least 12 dead in nightclub crush
REGINA - RCMP cadets who come to Regina to train for six months will now get a $500 weekly allowance as the national police force aims to be competitive in today's tight labour market, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Friday. (Regina Leader Post) PREVIOUS: Government to end unpaid training Depot Division Cadet training program Government wants to pay cadets (2006)
WHITE BEAR FIRST NATION - RCMP said a 21-year-old man from the south-eastern Saskatchewan reserve died after two RCMP members responded to a domestic dispute at about 6:30 AM. (Regina Leader Post)
OTTAWA - Canadian municipalities are asking Ottawa for extra funding of half a billion dollars a year to make up for the time they spend enforcing laws of federal jurisdiction. (CanWest) REPORT: Towards equity & efficiency in policing .pdf RELATED: Cops eye links with security guards Mayor, chief call for police subsidy
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ruled in favour of a Muslim cadet who argued he was terminated from the RCMP's training program in 1999 because of discrimination. (CanWest) MORE: RCMP must reinstate cadet RCMP abused, harassed Muslim cadet Tahmourpour v. RCMP
RCMP computer security breached KAMLOOPS - The security of RCMP computers used to process evidence for a looming multimillion-dollar trial was breached from outside the agency, exposing sensitive files to the possibility of theft and tampering, Crown documents reveal. (Kamloops Daily News)
TORONTO - Jahnoie Tinglin, 21, faces 34 charges, including attempted murder, carrying a concealed weapon and 16 counts of possessing fraudulent credit card information, after two police officers were fired on during a foot chase. (Toronto Star) MORE: Man charged with attempting to murder 2 police officers
Man shot by police dies in hospital TORONTO - A knife-wielding man shot by police in a mid-town park Saturday night has died in hospital. (Toronto Star)
OTTAWA - There are reasonable grounds to initiate a complaint against Okanagan RCMP officers who shot and killed a man last month, the RCMP's top watchdog says. (CanWest) MORE: Commission to investigate RCMP in fatal Vernon shooting
SASKATOON - Two aboriginal people shot by Saskatoon police officers in less than a week is coincidence and not an indication of a deeper problem within the force, according to the police chief. (Saskatoon Star Phoenix)
A day in court and faith is lost HAMILTON - Two dozen charges of sexual and workplace harassment against Kevin Dhinsa were dismissed earlier this year after it was ruled they were filed too late. Last week, the women suffered another blow when an Ontario court ruled they could not appeal the decision. (Hamilton Spectator) |
Taser would have saved man's life AYLMER, Qu. - A Taser could have prevented the death of David Leclair, the 35-year-old Aylmer man who died about seven hours after he was shot by a Gatineau police officer on Saturday, a family member said Monday. (Ottawa Citizen) PREVIOUS: Man dies after being shot by police
TURKEY POINT - Ontario's Special Investigations Unit Tuesday identified Jeffrey Mark Marreel as the man who died after he was Tasered by police. (CanWest) MORE: Man dies in OPP custody
HARVIE HEIGHTS - Mounties summoned the Emergency Response Team from Calgary into action after a man made threats while in the staff residence of Banff Boundary Lodge. (Calgary Herald)
MARTINTOWN - A 27-year-old man critically injured in an explosion Monday at a Martintown house that also injured two police officers died Tuesday after he was transferred to a specialized burn unit at a Quebec City hospital. The man, identified by neighbours as Matthew McNaughton, suffered burns to 90% of his body after the explosion destroyed a bungalow belonging to his parents and severely burned the two officers, who remained in hospital in stable condition Tuesday. (Ottawa Citizen)
OTTAWA - The Ottawa police are fond of telling us how efficient they are, but a report this week by city auditor-general Alain Lalonde describes inexplicable financial sloppiness. (Ottawa Citizen) REPORT: April 28, 2008 - Audit of Ottawa Police Service Fleet .pdf Police disciplinary hearings moved in-house
PRINCE ALBERT - Police say they shot a 44-year-old woman dead at a Saskatchewan home this week after she confronted officers with a knife. Officers were sent to the home in Prince Albert on Tuesday afternoon in response to a 911 call. (CanWest)
MONTREAL - A Montreal protest condemning police brutality turned violent, with police arresting about 20 people. (CBC) MORE: Clashes at 12th annual march against police brutality
TORONTO - A 42-year-old Toronto man was shot and killed after a fight with a Toronto police officer inside a Parkdale pharmacy. (Toronto Star) MORE: SIU probe shooting
Civil liberties group files suit VICTORIA - The BC Civil Liberties Association filed a third-party complaint with BC's police watchdog yesterday into the treatment of a teenage girl confined in a Victoria police jail cell. (Victoria Times Colonist) PREVIOUS: : Lesson for parents and police in jail video Surveillance Video Probe ordered Teen alleges she was assaulted Investigations ordered
WINNIPEG - A police officer shot and killed a man behind an apartment building Monday night in an incident several residents described as "suicide by cop." (CanWest) MORE: Police shoot, kill suspect
KITCHENER - The death of Trevor Colin Graham, 26, of Kitchener marked just the second time in 30 years that a local officer has killed anyone with a service pistol. (Toronto Star)
Man linked to Pickton killed by cops OAKVILLE - Steve Remian, 38, had exited a car at a park in Oakville when police opened fire at 2:30am Saturday. (Province) PREVIOUS: Man shot linked to Pickton case Man, 38, killed in police shooting SIU probes fatal early-morning shooting |
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WASHINGTON - A record number of fatal traffic incidents and a double-digit spike in shooting deaths led to one of the deadliest years for law enforcement officers in more than a decade, according to two Washington groups. (AP) REPORT: National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund 2007 |
Holding cell death stymies police AIRDRIE - Police say they still don't know why a 36-year-old woman died in an Airdrie RCMP holding cell under their care and are calling it a "tragic and unfortunate incident." (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: Death in holding cell being investigated RCMP unit to probe death of woman in cell |
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VANCOUVER - The RCMP officer who shot and killed an unarmed man in a Vanderhoof playing field more than three years ago was suspended indefinitely Monday and could face criminal charges for allegedly lying at the coroner's inquest into the death of Kevin St. Arnaud. (Vancouver Province) MORE: Mountie suspended for lying to coroner |
RCMP officers line Trans-Canada in honour ST. JOHN’S - RCMP officers in eastern and central Newfoundland are paying a unique homage Thursday to an officer who survived being shot on duty but could not conquer cancer. Sgt. Reg Gulliford, 46, died Sunday. (CBC) MORE: RCMP mourning the loss of a heroic member |
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TORONTO - The province's Special Investigation Unit is probing its second police chase in as many days after two shooting suspects were injured in an early-morning pursuit. (CTV) PREVIOUS: SIU probing fatal police car chase Teen killed in police chase |
STAFFORDSHIRE - 'PC David Copperfield', the officer behind the popular Policeman's blog, has outed himself now that he is leaving the force. Stuart Davidson, from Staffordshire, was one of the first police officers to write a blog. (VNUNET)MORE: Pc Copperfield is emigrating |
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Cities caught shortening yellow light times for profit Short yellow light times at intersections have been shown to increase the number of traffic violations and accidents. Conversely, increasing the yellow light duration can dramatically reduce red-light violations at an intersection. (Motorist) |
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Police can be sued for sloppy investigations TORONTO - In a 6-3 majority, the Supreme Court ruled police are not immune from liability and "owe a duty of care to suspects," noting "their conduct during an investigation should be measured against the standard of how a reasonable officer in like circumstances would have acted." (CanWest) MORE: 2007 SCC 41 Police liable for negligent investigations |
TORONTO - A retired RCMP officer who provided guns for a legendary con man has been convicted of 10 firearms offences, including illegally defacing serial numbers. David Kift, 50, an 18-year RCMP veteran who wrote a self-published tell-all book about his days on the force, The Naked Mountie, was found guilty by Superior Court Justice Paul Rivard yesterday. (Toronto Star) |
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Suspect drives off with police car OTTAWA - A man who was being detained in an Ottawa police cruiser during a theft investigation has been re-arrested after he stole the car and drove away, police say. . (CBC) RELATED: Police recover stolen Halton cop car Mexican kids steal US border agent car |
SASKATOON - Saskatoon Police have identified the man killed Saturday after charging three officers with a knife. Dwayne Charles Dustyhorn, 38, was pronounced dead at the scene. (CanWest) PREVIOUS: Police shoot, kill knife-wielding man |
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Fine to carry gun, but not a taser Tasers save lives - the lives of suspects and the brave police officers who put themselves in harm. As a non-lethal alternative to shooting a resistant suspect, the Taser - all 50,000 volts of it - can subdue someone from a greater distance and with more effectiveness than pepper spray. (Saskatoon Star Phoenix) RCMP use of the conducted energy weapon Mounties too reliant on tasers RCMP get training for excited delirium Tasers can kill, doctors tell inquiry |
First phase of taser inquiry finished Tasers safer than batons, guns Taser win in court puts chill on doctors RCMP subdue hospitalized man, 82, with Taser Police forgoing Tasers for batons |
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Mountie not guilty in rape case WINNIPEG - A Manitoba RCMP officer who was acquitted Thursday of raping a female officer won't return to work anytime soon. (Winnipeg Free Press) |
AIRDRIE, AB - Guy Armand Raes, 50, is charged with sexual assault, sexual exploitation of a young person and luring of a child. (Calgary Herald) |
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EDMONTON - Police and other emergency workers will soon be able to seek court orders compelling people who bite them to be tested for HIV and other communicable diseases. (Edmonton Journal) |
Officer killed in highway crash EDMONTON - It was a drive Darryl Vandenberg had made many times before. From his family farm in Camrose, he would make the long drive daily to downtown Edmonton, where he worked as a police officer. (Edmonton Journal) |
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Police shoot man after car chase TERREBONNE - Stefan Stritzkowski's numerous problems with the law ended in a hail of bullets. The 36-year-old Terrebonne resident died after he was shot by police following a bizarre chase that began in Laval and ended on Highway 640, near Lorraine, late Monday. (Montreal Gazette) |
WINNIPEG - Two men wanted by Winnipeg police tried to turn themselves in, but gave up after police kept them waiting for hours. A 20-year-old man with a warrant out for his arrest tried to give himself up to police last week -- but gave up after waiting four hours. (Free Press) |
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JOHANNESBURG - Interpol's Secretary-General Ronald Noble received a resignation letter on Sunday from Jackie Selebi, who is facing charges of corruption related to his role as police commissioner, the agency said. (CNN) |
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EDMONTON - The number of violent crimes in Edmonton jumped by 22% over the first nine months of the year, led by a spike in personal robberies and assaults, police figures show. (Edmonton Journal) |
Firearms and violent crime 2006 |
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Lawsuit alleges RCMP entrapped former addict MONTREAL - A former heroin addict is suing the RCMP for entangling him in an undercover police operation that left him serving more than eight-years in a Thai jail. Arguments in Alain Olivier's $47.5-million lawsuit against the Mounties began Tuesday in Quebec Superior Court. (CP) |
Mayors praise Mounties' working in less-than-ideal conditions Municipal and rural officials expressed widespread support for the RCMP when surveyed by officials compiling annual report cards on 35 southern Alberta detachments. (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: Cramped confines handcuff Mounties |
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REGINA - It began with a report in a storage locker rented by a suspected drug dealer. A warrant allowed RCMP investigators to surreptitiously enter the locker, where they took a peek at the report, produced for a BC lawyer acting for the man. (Leader-Post) MORE: Spying on the Eyes |
WINNIPEG - A 19-year-old man who died in a police holding room early Sunday went into an unexplained convulsion just minutes after he was brought into the downtown Public Safety Building for stealing a minivan, sources say. (Winnipeg Free Press) MORE: Questions about death in police custody |
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Officer charged with keeping guns CALGARY - Investigators arrested Const. Dean Pankewicz on Thursday and charged him with breach of trust, hazardous storage of a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm, trafficking firearms and possession for the purpose of trafficking. (Calgary Herald) |
HAMILTON - A Hamilton police officer called off his pursuit of a speeding car before it slammed into an east-end townhouse, killing the driver and a passenger early Saturday, according to his lawyer. (Hamilton Spectator) PREVIOUS: 2 dead after police chase |
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Suspended cop released on bail WINDSOR - A disgraced Windsor-born Toronto cop facing an array of corruption, assault and sex assault charges is out on bail. On Friday evening, after a lengthy hearing presided by Justice Richard Gates, 44-year-old Ned Maodus was released from custody for the first time in five months. (Windsor Star) |
Police push for beer key registry The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police has been lobbying the province since June to start a beer keg registry that would give every keg an identification number and require customers to provide their addresses and phone numbers before taking one of the 59-litre containers home. (CBC) |
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Border agency to keep searching VANCOUVER - There will be no change in the way Canada's border guards search vehicles, despite a BC provincial court decision that tossed out a drug charge by saying a man's rights were violated when his truck was searched. (CP) MORE: Border search violated accused smuggler's rights: judge |
OTTAWA - Royal Canadian Mounted Police horses and their scarlet-clad riders are being reined in after years of trotting along the bustling walkways that snake across the lawn in front of Parliament. (CP) PREVIOUS: Safety fears lead RCMP to stow steeds away in pen An old police horse finds a new life in retirement |
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MONTREAL - A police constable shot and killed a knife-wielding robber yesterday morning after they came face to face outside a north-end motel. (Montreal Gazette) |
SASKATOON - Two high-ranking city police officers have been suspended from duty following a drunk-driving allegation against a Saskatoon Police Service inspector. (Star Phoenix) |
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Most police per capita since 1993 OTTAWA - Canada's police services reported the most officers per capita this year since 1993, according to a report released Friday from Statistics Canada. The "police personnel and expenditures" report states the country's police forces employed 64,134 officers on May 15 of this year, a 2.7% increase from 2006. (CTV) MORE: Ontario, BC lead boost in cop numbers |
HAMILTON - A Hamilton police constable is now a convicted criminal for shaking down drivers for cash and stealing money and jewellery. John Keosongseng, 30, a six-year Hamilton police officer, stood before a hushed court in Hamilton yesterday and pleaded guilty to three counts of breach of trust for bribery and theft. (Hamilton Spectator) |
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Thousands remember 'innocence' lost in duty BROCKVILLE - Slain RCMP Const. Douglas Allen Scott was remembered here yesterday in a funeral service that mixed profound sadness, love, and laughter in equal measure. (Ottawa Citizen) |
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