Hands-on experience helps to solve crimes in Sarnia

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EDITOR'S NOTE

"With a strong focus on police recruitment in recent years, the Sarnia Police Service has found a new way to engage local students with hands-on experience and attract them to the profession. Read more about this initiative below. "

Brittani Schroeder, Editor

News

Chiefs of police release recommendations to reduce violent offences and the impact on communities

Peel Regional Police hosted Ontario’s first policing-led Victims and Survivors Symposium to address the impacts of violent crime and repeat offenders, highlight systemic gaps and call for change.

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RCMP needs resources to fight foreign interference, Mounties tell Carney government

The message comes as the Mounties and other federal security agencies face pressure from diaspora communities to do more to counter meddling and transnational repression.

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How Property Data Drives Investigative Power

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Protesters demand body cameras after fatal shooting of 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi

Quebec’s independent police watchdog reported finding a baseball bat after the fatal shooting. The only firearm seized belonged to the officer who shot the teenager, it reported.

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Current Issue

Sarnia’s CCU: Hands-on experience helps solve crimes, shapes policing careers

Leveraging SPS’s web development expertise, a suite of student-oriented online tools was developed, enabling students to investigate crimes under the supervision of a sworn SPS member.

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Rethinking retention

Here’s the provocative truth: retaining top talent also means creating the courage and systems to offboard those who consistently underperform or erode team morale.

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In Case You Missed It

Communicating with credibility: Clear, competent messaging for investigators

While the investigative process needs to be protected to avoid tainting evidence, much can still be said publicly to demonstrate competence and strengthen credibility with the public.

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Bullet evidence: The science of bullet forensics on trial

What we do know is that we can use what is often called ballistic forensics to match a bullet to a suspect firearm. But now that science is being called into question.

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