In Full Support of Flock Cameras… at the Wisconsin State Fair

In Full Support of Flock Cameras… at the Wisconsin State Fair

Cool Hand Luke came out a bit before my time, and while I’ve watched it a handful of times, I can’t say I really understood it. Maybe there wasn’t much to understand. Paul Newman’s character was sold as something of an iconoclastic Everyman, a guy who’d decided he’d had enough of society and wasn’t going to take any more. To me, he just came off as a stupid criminal.

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Colby Cosh: How come it takes a right-wing convoy for courts to uphold law and order?

Colby Cosh: How come it takes a right-wing convoy for courts to uphold law and order?

Man bites dog dep’t: Last Thursday the National Magazine of the Canadian Bar Association published an op-ed praising the Ontario Court of Appeal for an act of rock-solid common sense . A couple of weeks ago, the court overturned some Superior Court acquittals for Freedom Convoy organizer Pat King, who had been successfully convicted on mischief and other charges related to the 2022 trucker protests that besieged parts of Ottawa. But the judge trying King, the Hon. Charles Hackland, had declined to convict King on three charges related to the Criminal Code offence of “intimidation,” which can carry a sentence of up to five years’ imprisonment.

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ZOLTAN: Omar Abdul Singateh tortured a man — Canada’s ‘catch-and-release’ justice system let him go on a crime spree

ZOLTAN: Omar Abdul Singateh tortured a man — Canada’s ‘catch-and-release’ justice system let him go on a crime spree

VANCOUVER — On a summer 2024 morning in Montreal, a 32-year-old crypto entrepreneur found himself bound with zip ties and screaming in pain on the floor of his Verdun apartment, pleading with a group of masked attackers to stop torturing him.

Among the attackers was Omar Abdul Singateh, 23, a “Brampton man” who had only been in Montreal for about a day.

(Incognito)

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Liberals claim to be the party of law and order now. Inside the party’s about-face on crime

Liberals claim to be the party of law and order now. Inside the party’s about-face on crime

After years of criminal justice reform that included a lighter touch for some offenders, the federal Liberal government has done an about-face and enacted stricter policies to tamp down on crime rates that have become a political liability in some vote-rich parts of the country.

While much of the public’s attention has been focused on the U.S. trade dispute and persistent affordability concerns, the Liberal government’s legislative agenda in the most recent parliamentary sitting was heavily weighted toward a crime crackdown.

Justice Minister Sean Fraser restored some mandatory minimum sentences, mostly targeting firearms and child sex crimes, and tightened bail laws designed to keep more repeat, violent offenders locked up for longer.


Law and order? As in a surveillance state with two tiered justice.

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Judge acquits Ont. man found with loaded gun, drugs citing ‘serious’ Charter rights breaches by police during 2022 traffic stop

Judge acquits Ont. man found with loaded gun, drugs citing ‘serious’ Charter rights breaches by police during 2022 traffic stop

A Barrie judge acquitted Michael Evaristo of gun and drug charges Tuesday afternoon citing “serious” breaches of his Charter rights during an April 2022 downtown traffic stop.

A jubilant Evaristo, 45, walked out of the Barrie courthouse a free man, with his arms raised, after being found not guilty on all charges due to what Justice Nancy Dawson described as an “unlawful arrest and detention” and subsequent illegal search of his pickup truck while he was suspected of drunk driving.

Uhm OK. h/t Mauser

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WARMINGTON: OPP officer killed in line of duty — ‘every police and family member’s worst nightmare’

WARMINGTON: OPP officer killed in line of duty — ‘every police and family member’s worst nightmare’

Yet another Ontario Provincial Police officer has been killed on Ontario roads in what has turned out to be a devastating day for the provincial service.

“This is every police and family member’s worst nightmare,” Ontario Provincial Police Association president David Sabatini said.

Unfortunately, another nightmare has come true.

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Ottawa commits to keeping Mounties on front lines, says fixing federal policing is priority

After months of uncertainty hanging over the RCMP, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says the government is committed to keeping Mounties in the business of day-to-day policing across the country — while signalling that improving the federal crimes wing is his priority.

“Bottom line is, we could do both,” said Anandasangaree in an interview on Tuesday about the future of the storied — but troubled — national police force. The interview was conducted before news broke of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., where the RCMP are the lead investigators.

The ability of the RCMP to do both local and federal policing has been called into question in recent years.

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Conspiracy to traffic Toronto Police uniforms alleged in Project South police corruption probe

TPS Core Policing

One of the seven Toronto Police officers charged last week in a sweeping anti-corruption investigation conspired with an organized crime figure to traffic Toronto Police uniforms, police allege in newly released court records that offer fresh details in a case that has shaken the province’s criminal justice system.

The court record laying out 17 charges against Constable Timothy Barnhardt alleges that the 19-year veteran of the Toronto force worked closely with Brian Da Costa, who police accuse of being involved in an international drug-trafficking network.

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Ontario to examine 45 police departments in response to Toronto corruption probe

Ontario’s inspector general of policing is launching a province-wide inspection into 45 police departments in response to the corruption probe that saw Toronto officers facing a slew of criminal charges.

Ryan Teschner — a lawyer who was the executive director and chief of staff on the Toronto Police Service Board — said his office will hire an “outside” individual with knowledge of policing to bring “expertise singular focus and rigorous methodology that this important work requires.”

Teschner did not say who the individual might be nor did he say when his inspection would be finished.


That can’t be good.

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WARMINGTON: Is inspector general to decide on Project South probe too close to it?

Ontario’s Inspector General of Policing is set to reveal his decision on the Toronto Police chief’s request for a probe into alleged connections to organized crime by some sworn officers.

“Ryan Teschner, Inspector General of Policing of Ontario, will make an announcement regarding the request from the Toronto Police Service and Board for an inspection into police integrity and anti-corruption,” said a media release sent out on Canada News Wire.

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WARMINGTON: Project South corruption probe grows with two more Toronto cops suspended

The number of current and former Toronto Police officers caught in the Project South organized crime corruption web has now risen to ten.

Just two days after seven Toronto cops and one retired officer were criminally charged by York Regional Police, the Toronto Sun has learned two more officers have been suspended with pay by the service under Ontario’s Community Safety and Policing Act.


What’s Demkiw’s track record, besides sucking up to Islamists?

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Calls grow for Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw to resign amid arrest of cops in corruption probe

Public calls for Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw’s resignation are growing following news that seven current officers were among more than two dozen people charged in an internal corruption probe.

During a news conference Thursday at York Regional Police headquarters in Aurora, it was revealed that the officers, a retired cop, and 19 additional suspects were all taken into custody following a months-long investigation into organized crime.

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Your new neighbor!

High-risk sex offender released following guilty plea in court

A public warning has been issued after a man deemed a high-risk offender was released from custody.

Medhani Yohans has been behind bars since his arrest last July.

The 35-year-old has long history of violence, including at least two sexual assaults on strangers.

Update: High-risk offender rearrested 2 hours after being released from custody

h/t Patti Jo

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