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October 18, 2018 |
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Police departments across Canada are fully prepared for marijuana legalization, said the head of the country’s police chiefs on Monday, but there won’t be swift crackdowns on illegal pot shops or craft cannabis growers.
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Police say human trafficking is strongly linked to high rates of violence against Indigenous women and girls, but there are major knowledge gaps that keep pervasive trafficking activities hidden in plain sight.
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In honour of National Peacekeepers’ Day earlier this year, Blue Line spoke with Det.-Sgt. Caren Ashmore of the Ontario Provincial Police’s West Region Crime Unit in Wellington County. Ashmore spent 16 months in Ramallah, Palestine, as part of the European Union Co-ordinating for Palestine Police Support. Deployed as a police advisor for accountability, she was appointed acting deputy head of the Police Advisory Section six months in.
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Blue Line is hosting a short survey so we can learn more about how our readers relate to the growing prevalence of cybercrime. It should only take five minutes! Results are anonymous and will be shared during Blue Line’s upcoming Cybercrime Week (Oct. 22-26), sponsored by Cyber Security Canada.
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Blue Line was honoured to attend Serving with Pride’s Out of the Blue Gala as the official print sponsor on Oct. 13 in Toronto. Congrats to all the award winners!
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Sgt. Dawn Rose of Toronto Police Service (TPS) is the 2018 recipient of the Sgt. Bruce MacPhail Award for Academic Excellence, presented to the municipal police officer who achieved the highest overall average in a concentration certificate within the Police Leadership Program at Dalhousie University in the past academic year.
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Lesa Zoerb, an employee from Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge (OOHL), was killed in a motor vehicle accident on Oct.7, while returning from supervising an offender at the hospital. Rest in Peace.
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“Substance use can adversely affect job performance, conduct, the work environment, and the well-being of individuals, and can compromise the safety and security of operations, institutions, offenders, employees and the public,” says the Correctional Service of Canada’s policy on marijuana for employees.
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Date: Oct. 19, 2018
Location: Vancouver, B.C.
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Date: Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2018
Location: Vancouver, B.C.
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Date: Nov. 2, 2018
Location: Woodbridge, Ont.
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Date: Nov. 4-7, 2018
Location: Niagara Falls, Ont.
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