There was an incident where a man told a cop to leave him alone, gave a Nazi salute and swore at him. The situation escalated into a brawl and the man was subdued by police with a taser, batons and pepper spray. The judge dropped the charges of assaulting an officer, but made it clear […]

I remember when I was a recruit going through police training there was always special instruction given to us not to let our guard down during routine traffic stops. You never know when a dangerous situation will occur, or when you will encounter an irrational response to police presence. I’m really glad to hear that […]

I’m going to tell a bit of a personal story about recruiting that may help people put things in perspective when they are going through the application and testing process in order to become a police officer. I was hired by the police several years ago after first being rejected and applying to multiple […]

Courts in Canada have always taken privacy as a very important matter and principle to uphold. I’m not sure how I feel about courts preventing sniffer dogs from operating in public places such as schools and bus terminals. On the one hand, I agree no one wants to live in a society subject to […]