Publisher's Commentary

THE CRIPPLING POLICE TACKLING VIOLENT CRIME ACT

by Morley Lymburner

Since the Conservative government has now decreed police do not need to track rifles and shotguns, how are officers to proceed? It is one thing to curry the favour of law abiding gun owners but if they become victims what are the police going to do?

The thoughtless killing of the long gun registry has gone a long way toward hindering police and little or no thought has been given to patching up the long list of orphaned legislation and legal loop-holes that now exist in the Criminal Code.

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Blue Line Magazine May 2009

Looking forward

by Crystal Aboud-Mahar

Under the leadership of newly appointed chief Myles Burke, M.o.M., the CBRPS is one of Canada’s most progressive police services, priding itself on a community-based policing philosophy which it instills in all officers.

Taking on crime

by Jocelyne Mui

A gun, a few knives and some gang paraphernalia are clearly laid out on display at the front of an Edmonton college classroom. A group of about 20 young students stare in amazement at the various weapons, which are real.

Multiple reasons do not make stop arbitrary

by Mike Novakowski

A lawful and reasonable stop of a motor vehicle is not transformed into an arbitrary detention because there are additional reasons for conducting it, British Columbia’s highest court has held.

Ordinary people doing extraordinary things

by Morley Lymburner

Simple rules to a successful police/citizen encounter: