“National Police Week began in Canada in 1970 as a way to connect with communities and increase awareness about the services that police provide.” Your local and regional police services are all participating. Did you know? Source: National Police Week | Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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IF YOU’RE CONSIDERING ENGAGING THE SERVICES OF A PROSTITUTE YOU NEED TO READ THIS: CHILD LURING and PROJECT RAPHAEL
THE OPERATION: Beware of an operation being conducted by York Regional Police called Project Raphael. It’s stated intention is to catch those actively seeking underage sex. It seems to be casting a very broad net. THE METHOD: The method is to bait a target who is seeking adult prostitution services by posting an advertisement for …
ARE OUR REVENGE PORN LAWS TOO BROAD? – Canada’s Expanding Revenge Porn Laws Could Threaten Journalistic Freedom
Let’s not throw out the baby with the bathwater. “Experts believe that it could have wide-ranging implications for journalists and the media, and may allow people to sue over non-sexual images and unflattering words, even if they’re the undeniable truth.” We need to be careful that we’re not creating a bigger monster than the one …
THE RESULTS OF POLYGRAPH TESTS ARE NOT ADMISSIBLE IN CRIMINAL TRIALS
Let’s be clear about this. It has been the case since 1987. The results of polygraph tests are unreliable and risky. Police still use polygraph tests, not for the results but rather to put you through a process to set you up for a post-test interrogation when they tell you that you failed the test …
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DEPLORABLE PRISON CONDITIONS COST THE GOVERNMENT – Two Canadian inmates won $85,000 because their prison was on lockdown too often
It’s been this way for a long time. A “tough on crime” agenda, backwards bail court procedures and a chronic lack of funding has created inhumane and dangerous conditions in our jails. Now it’s costing the government where it hurts – in its pocketbook (i.e. our taxes). The Ontario government is now liable for a …
RETURN THE POWER TO THE JUDGES – Elizabeth May introduces private member’s bill to abolish mandatory minimums
Mandatory minimum sentences distort the criminal justice process. It transfers power and control from the Judges (who are, after all, the ones who are supposed to impartially judge) to prosecutors (whose role is to prosecute). It allows prosecutors to extort a plea of guilty to a lesser charge from an accused person, under threat of …
THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE – Charge dropped against Trailer Park Boys star Mike Smith
At least it applies in law if not in public opinion. As you will recall there were some people (we all know who) who declared him guilty upon arrest without knowing any facts. Actor who plays the character Bubbles on the hit Canadian TV series was arrested April 1 after an incident at a Hollywood …
IS THE INTOXILYZER RELIABLE? THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION. – Rejected breathalyzer test could have ‘great significance’ across Ontario
A Brampton judge has acquitted a driver who failed a roadside breath test after accepting a former government scientist’s evidence that the device is faulty and the process used in Ontario flawed. An Ontario judge’s findings call into question the integrity of the breath testing for impaired cases in Ontario, a lawyer says. Source: Rejected …
SEXUAL ASSAULT: A QUESTIONABLE SURVEY – Two-thirds of Canadians believe most sex-assault claims are true
Firstly, Anuradha Dugal, director of the surveying organization said “Obviously we’d like the numbers to be a lot higher” which is not unbiased or impartial and secondly “steps that could be taken to alter public attitudes toward sexual assault, including more education for judges and prosecutors and others in the justice system”. Who will teach …
YOUR FITBIT CAN BE A WITNESS – Fitness trackers can be used against you in a court of law
I’ve long warned people about the evidentiary use of social media in criminal trials and to be careful what they post but did you think that the “black box data” of your fitbit could also be used as evidence in court …either for or against you? Tens of millions of people have bought into the …