Detective Shane Donovan is Worthy of Our Support
“Nathan Parker is no innocent person. I can tell you … that if he got shot, it’s because he made the other person fear for his life. He’s a frightening person," said his brother, Philip Parker.
View ArticlePolicy on Storing RCMP-Issue Guns Released – Finally
I filed my original ATIP for the RCMP policy on storing RCMP-issue firearms in unattended vehicles on August 20, 2018. Two days later the RCMP’s ATIP department acknowledged my request. That was the...
View ArticleCommon Sense Finally Prevails in Russ Caswell’s Civil Forfeiture Nightmare
Russ Caswell, now 70, spent the last two years fighting local, state and federal agencies over who owns Motel Caswell, the motel owned by his family since 1955. I first wrote about Russ Caswell and his...
View ArticleThomas Harding and the Heavy Hand of Surete du Quebec’s Police State Thugs
Thomas Harding, as you may know, is the engineer of the train carrying oil that derailed in Lac Megantic, Quebec, leveling the town with the resulting explosion and fire. From the date of that terrible...
View ArticleDetective Shane Donovan is Worthy of Our Support
“Nathan Parker is no innocent person. I can tell you … that if he got shot, it’s because he made the other person fear for his life. He’s a frightening person," said his brother, Philip Parker.
View ArticlePolicy on Storing RCMP-Issue Guns Released – Finally
I filed my original ATIP for the RCMP policy on storing RCMP-issue firearms in unattended vehicles on August 20, 2018. Two days later the RCMP’s ATIP department acknowledged my request. That was the...
View ArticleRCMP Constable Jeffrey Rae Gillis – Just Another Gun-Stealing Cop
On February 15, 2016, RCMP Constable Jeffrey Rae Gillis, a 20-year veteran and member of the National Weapons Enforcement Support Team, found himself on the wrong end of his own handcuffs. After...
View ArticleRCMP “loses” another handgun
An unidentified RCMP member places his or her black satchel containing their RCMP-issue handgun and 3 spare magazines of ammunition on a chair somewhere inside the shopping mall. The post RCMP “loses”...
View ArticleWarrantless Search Sets Illegal Sub-Machine Gun Owner Free
Elvis Iniguez is a free man today because the Toronto Police Services violated his Charter rights. They searched his home without a warrant and without his informed consent. The question we must ask...
View ArticleMore Thoughts on R. v. Iniguez and Our Charter Rights
The R. v. Iniguez decision interests me for a whole host of reasons, not the least of which are the ramifications it could mean for 200,000+ licensed firearm owners whose guns our government wants to...
View ArticleRachel Small: RCMP Due Diligence or Violation of Privacy?
Did you know the RCMP has a Tactical Internet Intelligence Unit? Or that this unit may scour social media looking for information about you? Neither did Rachel Small, a political activist from Toronto,...
View ArticleRCMP and Fredericton Police: Accidental or Negligent Discharge of a Firearm?
An equipment failure causing a firearm to discharge is accidental. A poorly designed or poorly constructed firearm that fires when bumped (somewhere other than the trigger) is also accidental. If your...
View ArticleOfficer Down: Truro Police Service Constable Catherine Campbell
Off-duty Truro Police constable and volunteer firefighter Catherine Campbell was murdered on September 11, 2015, by Christopher Garnier after they left a Halifax bar together. He then dumped her body...
View ArticlePolice Misconduct: Abbotsford Constable Christopher Nicholson
Violating the public’s trust is nasty business. Violating the trust of your fellow police officers is an even far more heinous offence because, as Abbotsford Police Constable Christopher Nicholson did,...
View ArticleRemembering Mayerthorpe RCMP’s Fallen Four
The Mayerthorpe Fallen Four aren’t dead because they ignored RCMP policy or procedure. They’re dead because our government refuses to track dangerous violent offenders with Firearm Prohibition Orders....
View ArticleSt. Louis Cop Nathaniel Hendren’s Penchant for Russian Roulette Kills Fellow...
Occasionally, people who should know better do really stupid things. Those stupid things can leave a person dead, as they did in the early morning hours of January 24, 2019. St. Louis Police Department...
View ArticleConstable Paul Zarafonitis, Photographer Michael Farkas and Police Brutality
In Canada it is legal to film police while they perform their duties in public. Unfortunately, too many police officers believe the opposite and violate our rights, often with violent consequences to...
View ArticleFormer Halifax Cop Gary Basso Appeals Assault Conviction
Former Halifax Police Constable Gary Basso claims his sentence of 90 days in jail is “unduly harsh and outside the acceptable range” for assault because jail time was not the least restrictive sentence...
View ArticlePriceless: Travis Bader’s Letter of Apology From the RCMP
Travis Bader, his family and his company were fully exonerated of any wrongdoing by the RCMP. Part of the settlement deal Bader reached with Canada's national police force included a Letter of Apology....
View ArticleYvon Mercier: From RCMP Depot Trainer to Double-Murderer
On February 3, 2020, Yvon Mercier, a 69-year-old retired RCMP Sergeant Major, was arrested charged with two counts of second-degree murder and one count of arson. The double homicide appears to be over...
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