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December 21, 2019 |
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British Columbia’s Court of Appeal has once again ruled that the standard for making an arrest need not meet the threshold of a balance of probabilities, the standard used in a civil case. In R. v. Glendinning, 2019 BCCA 365, a plainclothes drug officer was surveilling a downtown area known for its high levels of street-level drug use...
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Alberta has announced it is adding more than 500 RCMP positions in rural communities across the province and fostering a new public safety partnership with municipalities.
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The majority of investigators understand and comply with their duty to inform suspects of their Charter right to legal counsel and silence. However, there is an additional legal duty, which only applies in specific circumstances, that many officers seem to be largely unaware of – the duty to provide suspects with a “Prosper warning” before questioning them.
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About 135 members from police and public safety agencies across Ontario gathered recently at the Toronto Police College to examine and discuss the new Collaborative Protocol for Rail Death Investigations (CPRDI), launched in May 2019, at what marked the first Rail Death Investigations & Public Safety Summit.
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As highlighted in a previous Blue Line Health & Wellness column, despite some degree of overlap, there is a notable distinction between managers and leaders. A conclusion can be drawn that managers focus on “doing things right,” whereas leaders focus on “doing the right things.” The key question remains: what are the right things? What are the morally right things, the ethically right things, the right things that ensure an organization and its members succeed and develop?
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If citizens understood more about the science that goes into police firearms training, they may be less inclined to quickly condemn the actions of officers who have to react in fractions of a second to save lives. Blue Line contributor Dave Brown encourages you to share this article with others in your lives who may not understand modern police firearms training.
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Earlier this year, Saskatoon Police Sgt. Erin Coates completed a year-long deployment to the Police Task Force – Iraq Training Unit within the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR). Coates was the first female Canadian law enforcement officer deployed to Iraq in a police peace operations capacity. She shares some of her memorable moments from this experience.
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Join Commissionaires, Whelen, Humber College, Provix and many others on the Blue Line Expo 2020 exhibition floor in Mississauga, Ont. Book your space now — it’s going fast! (And special shout-out to Cambli Group who joins us as a silver sponsor!)
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Date: Jan. 21-24, 2020
Location: Las Vegas, Nev.
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Date: Jan. 22-24, 2020
Location: Toronto, Ont.
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Date: Feb. 10-14, 2020
Location: Lake Louise, Alta.
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Date: Feb. 19-21, 2020
Location: Niagara Falls, Ont.
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