Source:sympatico.ca
An RCMP officer assigned to security duties for the Winter Olympics has been charged with theft under $5,000 in connection with an alleged shoplifting incident in Burnaby, B.C.
Charged was Staff Sgt. Suzanne Martel, a 19-year RCMP veteran stationed in Ottawa who had been temporarily seconded to the Integrated Security Unit, the combined force performing security duties for the Games.
The charges against Martel were confirmed late Friday by Robin Baird, a Crown counsel with B.C.'s Justice Branch.
The theft allegedly occurred Feb. 11 at a Winners clothing store in Burnaby.
The officer was among 11 members of the Integrated Security Unit (ISU) in Vancouver who have been relieved of their duties. Most of them have been sent home for unspecified disciplinary infractions, including two who remain under investigation by the Vancouver Police Department.
Police have not released details about most of the investigations or the identity of the officers involved, but last week it was revealed six members of the ISU were removed from the Olympic unit, including two RCMP members and four Canadian Forces personnel.
On Friday, ISU spokesman Sgt. Mike Cote confirmed that five more police officers have since run into trouble and been sent home, bringing the total to 11, including the two still under investigation.
But Cote bristled at the suggestion of discreditable behaviour by officers who are billeted aboard cruise ships docked in Vancouver.
"I'd like to make it clear right here, right now, there's been allegations of sex-trade workers being brought on the ship and so on. I can emphatically state today that is absolutely not true. None of those incidences ever took place," he said.
He said it has been "disturbing" to have the unit painted with such a brush.
The ISU is made up of about 3,000 police officers from Metro Vancouver and about 6,000 police officers and military personnel from out of town who are lodged on the ships for the duration of the 2010 Winter Games. The cost of the force is about $1 billion.
The Games wrap up in Vancouver and Whistler on Feb. 28.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Bentley won't rule out giving Caledonia land to Six Nations
Source:The Spec
February 23, 2010
The Canadian Press
TORONTO (Feb 23, 2010)
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Chris Bentley isn't ruling out the handover of disputed land that's been the site of a long-running aboriginal occupation in Caledonia to the Six Nations.
"No decisions have been made with respect to the land," Bentley told the legislature yesterday.
"We continue to work very, very hard as a province, trying to bring everybody to the table and look forward to an ever more energetic federal government to help resolve a 200-year-old land claim."
Bentley, who is also Ontario's attorney general, played down the possibility that he's considering handing over the former housing development, which is held in trust by the province but still occupied by Six Nations protesters.
But when asked twice outside the chamber if he would rule out a handover, he was tight-lipped.
His silence proves that a handover is still on the table, said Opposition Leader Tim Hudak.
"This is going to reward lawbreaking, it's going to reward an illegal occupation and it sends a complete wrong signal on how to deal with this situation," he said.
Haldimand County Mayor Marie Trainer said she felt the government was leaning toward handing over the former Douglas Creek Estates to the Six Nations during a meeting with Bentley last Friday.
"That was my impression," she said. "That's how I took it."
During the meeting, Bentley "made it quite clear that if our communities are to move forward, we must learn to work together," she said.
"And he made that very, very clear."
The simmering four-year land dispute, which has erupted in violent clashes between protesters and local residents, has cost taxpayers $64.3 million so far.
That doesn't include about $16 million the province paid for the land, which was seized and occupied by protesters from the nearby Six Nations reserve on Feb. 28, 2006.
The government has said protesters can remain there while all sides negotiate a resolution to the land claim.
The total cost also excludes a recent out-of-court settlement between the Ontario government and a Caledonia couple, Dana Chatwell and Dave Brown.
Instead of punting the responsibility to Ottawa, Bentley should speed up the process of verifying land claims in Ontario, said NDP justice critic Peter Kormos.
"For the attorney general to whine about the federal government just boggles the mind," Kormos said.
"It's been provincial taxpayers' money that's been invested in this conflict, it's been provincial politicians who've purported to have been there addressing it, and it's the province that has the capacity to end this incredible standoff and restore some level of peace to Caledonia and the area around it."
The federal government kicked in $26.4 million to reimburse the province for the cost of purchasing the residential subdivision, which was then under construction. The money included $10.6 million to offset policing costs.
February 23, 2010
The Canadian Press
TORONTO (Feb 23, 2010)
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Chris Bentley isn't ruling out the handover of disputed land that's been the site of a long-running aboriginal occupation in Caledonia to the Six Nations.
"No decisions have been made with respect to the land," Bentley told the legislature yesterday.
"We continue to work very, very hard as a province, trying to bring everybody to the table and look forward to an ever more energetic federal government to help resolve a 200-year-old land claim."
Bentley, who is also Ontario's attorney general, played down the possibility that he's considering handing over the former housing development, which is held in trust by the province but still occupied by Six Nations protesters.
But when asked twice outside the chamber if he would rule out a handover, he was tight-lipped.
His silence proves that a handover is still on the table, said Opposition Leader Tim Hudak.
"This is going to reward lawbreaking, it's going to reward an illegal occupation and it sends a complete wrong signal on how to deal with this situation," he said.
Haldimand County Mayor Marie Trainer said she felt the government was leaning toward handing over the former Douglas Creek Estates to the Six Nations during a meeting with Bentley last Friday.
"That was my impression," she said. "That's how I took it."
During the meeting, Bentley "made it quite clear that if our communities are to move forward, we must learn to work together," she said.
"And he made that very, very clear."
The simmering four-year land dispute, which has erupted in violent clashes between protesters and local residents, has cost taxpayers $64.3 million so far.
That doesn't include about $16 million the province paid for the land, which was seized and occupied by protesters from the nearby Six Nations reserve on Feb. 28, 2006.
The government has said protesters can remain there while all sides negotiate a resolution to the land claim.
The total cost also excludes a recent out-of-court settlement between the Ontario government and a Caledonia couple, Dana Chatwell and Dave Brown.
Instead of punting the responsibility to Ottawa, Bentley should speed up the process of verifying land claims in Ontario, said NDP justice critic Peter Kormos.
"For the attorney general to whine about the federal government just boggles the mind," Kormos said.
"It's been provincial taxpayers' money that's been invested in this conflict, it's been provincial politicians who've purported to have been there addressing it, and it's the province that has the capacity to end this incredible standoff and restore some level of peace to Caledonia and the area around it."
The federal government kicked in $26.4 million to reimburse the province for the cost of purchasing the residential subdivision, which was then under construction. The money included $10.6 million to offset policing costs.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
OPP charge officer
ORILLIA, ON, Feb. 18 /CNW/ - The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Professional Standards Bureau (PSB), has charged an OPP officer following an investigation into theft, fraud and breach of trust.
As a result of receiving information, the OPP Professional Standards Bureau launched a criminal investigation in 2008 into the actions of an OPP officer. The investigation found that between January 2002 and December 2004 the officer submitted claims to the OPP for expenses that he was not entitled to. The investigation also determined that the officer accepted or received money, a loan and the use of a personal watercraft.
At the time of the offences the officer was the Inspector, Manager of the First Nations Policing Section under the former First Nations and Contract Policing Bureau of the OPP.
Superintendent Glenn TRIVETT, age 46, a 24 year member of the OPP assigned to the Career Development Bureau has been charged with:
1) Theft Over $5,000, section 334;
2) Fraud Over $5,000, section 380(1);
3) Breach of Trust, section 122;
4) Secret Commissions, section 426(1) (a), all contrary to the Criminal
Code.
Superintendent TRIVETT has been suspended from duty and will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Barrie on March 24, 2010.
As a result of receiving information, the OPP Professional Standards Bureau launched a criminal investigation in 2008 into the actions of an OPP officer. The investigation found that between January 2002 and December 2004 the officer submitted claims to the OPP for expenses that he was not entitled to. The investigation also determined that the officer accepted or received money, a loan and the use of a personal watercraft.
At the time of the offences the officer was the Inspector, Manager of the First Nations Policing Section under the former First Nations and Contract Policing Bureau of the OPP.
Superintendent Glenn TRIVETT, age 46, a 24 year member of the OPP assigned to the Career Development Bureau has been charged with:
1) Theft Over $5,000, section 334;
2) Fraud Over $5,000, section 380(1);
3) Breach of Trust, section 122;
4) Secret Commissions, section 426(1) (a), all contrary to the Criminal
Code.
Superintendent TRIVETT has been suspended from duty and will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Barrie on March 24, 2010.
Hamilton inspector charged with misconduct
Charges include corruption, insubordination and sex on duty
Source:The Spec
February 18, 2010
Paul Morse
A Hamilton police inspector has been charged with numerous counts of misconduct under the Police Act, including having sex on duty.
Inspector David Doel faced the start of a police tribunal this morning.
The 27-year Hamilton police veteran is charged with 14 counts of misconduct including discredible conduct, corrupt practises, neglect of duty and insubordination.
Doel has been suspended with pay since Oct. 23 last year.
Source:The Spec
February 18, 2010
Paul Morse
A Hamilton police inspector has been charged with numerous counts of misconduct under the Police Act, including having sex on duty.
Inspector David Doel faced the start of a police tribunal this morning.
The 27-year Hamilton police veteran is charged with 14 counts of misconduct including discredible conduct, corrupt practises, neglect of duty and insubordination.
Doel has been suspended with pay since Oct. 23 last year.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Daddy Dalton will prorogue
Daddy Dalton announced today that he will prorogue the Ontario legislature briefly
No set date as to when it will start or when it will end.
The Dalton Gang strikes again!
No set date as to when it will start or when it will end.
The Dalton Gang strikes again!
Durham Regional Police officer charged with assaulting 2 teens
source:Toronto Sun
A Durham Regional Police officer is accused of assaulting two teenaged boys while off duty on Super Bowl Sunday, police announced Wednesday.
The 41-year-old officer was outside the AMC complex on Consumers Dr. in Whitby when he got in an argument with two 16-year-old boys who were waiting for rides home after leaving a Super Bowl party at a nearby restaurant, a Durham Regional Police press release said.
"He (the officer) allegedly punched one 16-year-old male and grabbed another 16-year-old male during the incident," the press release said. "There were no serious injuries."
Basil Odei, a 15-year Durham Regional Police veteran, was arrested Tuesday night by officers from the Professional Standards Unit. He was charged with two counts of assault and released from custody on a promise to appear in court, police said.
Odei, who was working out of the Centralized Alternative Response Unit in Whitby, was suspended from his duties pending the outcome of his court case, police said.
Were you outside the AMC on Sunday? Did you witness the confrontation or know the teens? Contact us at 416-947-2211 or by e-mail at torsun.citydesk@sunmedia.ca
A Durham Regional Police officer is accused of assaulting two teenaged boys while off duty on Super Bowl Sunday, police announced Wednesday.
The 41-year-old officer was outside the AMC complex on Consumers Dr. in Whitby when he got in an argument with two 16-year-old boys who were waiting for rides home after leaving a Super Bowl party at a nearby restaurant, a Durham Regional Police press release said.
"He (the officer) allegedly punched one 16-year-old male and grabbed another 16-year-old male during the incident," the press release said. "There were no serious injuries."
Basil Odei, a 15-year Durham Regional Police veteran, was arrested Tuesday night by officers from the Professional Standards Unit. He was charged with two counts of assault and released from custody on a promise to appear in court, police said.
Odei, who was working out of the Centralized Alternative Response Unit in Whitby, was suspended from his duties pending the outcome of his court case, police said.
Were you outside the AMC on Sunday? Did you witness the confrontation or know the teens? Contact us at 416-947-2211 or by e-mail at torsun.citydesk@sunmedia.ca
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
A worthy mention from Florida
Florida police officer Paul C. Lawrence, 38, allegedly was so good in combating traffic violations that he did not wait for them to occur before ticketing citizens. Lawrence has been charged with giving tickets to people who were not even in the state, let alone on the highway.
Prosecutors believe that Lawrence was trying to fulfill his quota of tickets — a ridiculous practice among police departments that forces officers to write tickets to bring in revenue.
Authorities believe that Lawrence used information from prior traffic stops to write the tickets.
In November alone, Lawrence wrote 397 tickets with 82 missing a signature and 203 of them were later dismissed. One man was in Peru at the time that Lawrence said he was speeding down a Florida highway.
He is facing 22 counts of official misconduct, a third-degree felony
Prosecutors believe that Lawrence was trying to fulfill his quota of tickets — a ridiculous practice among police departments that forces officers to write tickets to bring in revenue.
Authorities believe that Lawrence used information from prior traffic stops to write the tickets.
In November alone, Lawrence wrote 397 tickets with 82 missing a signature and 203 of them were later dismissed. One man was in Peru at the time that Lawrence said he was speeding down a Florida highway.
He is facing 22 counts of official misconduct, a third-degree felony
Cornwall police officer charged with impaired driving
Source:Standard Freeholder
Posted By Michael Peeling
Updated 21 hours ago
mpeeling@standard-freeholder.com
CORNWALL - The OPP have charged a city police detective with impaired driving.
Provincial officers were responding to a call on Feb. 1 around 6 p.m. in South Stormont when a man got out of a car on the side of County Road 15.
He flagged down the officers.
The officers pulled over to investigate and found the woman driving was operating the vehicle under the influence of alcohol.
OPP Const. Pete Robertson said the officers had been dispatched to deal with a call involving the vehicle the woman was driving, but he couldn't elaborate on the nature of the call because of the ongoing investigation.
Emma Wilson-King, 45, of South Stormont was charged with impaired driving and exceeding 80 milligrams blood alcohol content per 100 millilitres.
Wilson-King is a detective constable with the Cornwall Community Police Service.
According to Staff Sgt. Garry Derochie of the police service's professional standards bureau, Wilson-King is currently "on personal leave."
Until the charges against the detective are dealt with in the courts, Wilson-King will be assigned to a desk job to perform administrative duties when she returns to work.
In the meantime, Derochie said Chief of Police Dan Parkinson will file an automatic "chief's complaint" under the Police Services Act against Wilson-King.
If convicted of impaired driving, the officer could be subject to a Police Services Act hearing for serious misconduct.
Wilson-King is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.
Article ID# 2440248
Posted By Michael Peeling
Updated 21 hours ago
mpeeling@standard-freeholder.com
CORNWALL - The OPP have charged a city police detective with impaired driving.
Provincial officers were responding to a call on Feb. 1 around 6 p.m. in South Stormont when a man got out of a car on the side of County Road 15.
He flagged down the officers.
The officers pulled over to investigate and found the woman driving was operating the vehicle under the influence of alcohol.
OPP Const. Pete Robertson said the officers had been dispatched to deal with a call involving the vehicle the woman was driving, but he couldn't elaborate on the nature of the call because of the ongoing investigation.
Emma Wilson-King, 45, of South Stormont was charged with impaired driving and exceeding 80 milligrams blood alcohol content per 100 millilitres.
Wilson-King is a detective constable with the Cornwall Community Police Service.
According to Staff Sgt. Garry Derochie of the police service's professional standards bureau, Wilson-King is currently "on personal leave."
Until the charges against the detective are dealt with in the courts, Wilson-King will be assigned to a desk job to perform administrative duties when she returns to work.
In the meantime, Derochie said Chief of Police Dan Parkinson will file an automatic "chief's complaint" under the Police Services Act against Wilson-King.
If convicted of impaired driving, the officer could be subject to a Police Services Act hearing for serious misconduct.
Wilson-King is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.
Article ID# 2440248
Monday, February 8, 2010
Judge approves Caledonia class-action suit
Businesses, residents suing the OPP over occupation
February 08, 2010
Paul Morse
Source: The Spec
A Superior Court judge has approved a class-action lawsuit against the OPP over the 2006 native occupation of the former Douglas Creek Estates in Caledonia.
The lawsuit, involving four businesses and 14 Caledonia residents, names former OPP commissioner Gwen Boniface, the former Haldimand OPP detachment commander and the Ontario government.
In a decision released Monday, Judge David Crane agreed the lawsuit reasonably met the requirements of identifiable classes with common claims
Read the decision
The class-action lawsuit focuses on the closure of Argyle Street, closure of Highway 6 and the OPP’s alleged failure to enforce court injunctions.
The suit alleges the OPP and province broke laws allowing these things to happen. The allegations have yet to be proven in court.
February 08, 2010
Paul Morse
Source: The Spec
A Superior Court judge has approved a class-action lawsuit against the OPP over the 2006 native occupation of the former Douglas Creek Estates in Caledonia.
The lawsuit, involving four businesses and 14 Caledonia residents, names former OPP commissioner Gwen Boniface, the former Haldimand OPP detachment commander and the Ontario government.
In a decision released Monday, Judge David Crane agreed the lawsuit reasonably met the requirements of identifiable classes with common claims
Read the decision
The class-action lawsuit focuses on the closure of Argyle Street, closure of Highway 6 and the OPP’s alleged failure to enforce court injunctions.
The suit alleges the OPP and province broke laws allowing these things to happen. The allegations have yet to be proven in court.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
OPP officer charged after collision damages cruiser
Source:CP24
The Canadian Press
ESSEX, Ont. — A provincial police officer has been charged after a collision in Essex County.
Police say 29-year-old Constable Tammi Comartin, a member of the Essex County OPP, has been charged with failing to yield contrary to the Highway Traffic Act after a minor collision on Thursday morning.
Police say an unmarked cruiser entered an intersection and struck the rear bumper of a northbound vehicle.
The cruiser sustained minor damage while the other vehicle was not damaged.
Police say neither driver was injured.
Comartin, a one-year member with the provincial police force, was issued a provincial offences notice for the Highway Traffic Act Infraction.
The Canadian Press
ESSEX, Ont. — A provincial police officer has been charged after a collision in Essex County.
Police say 29-year-old Constable Tammi Comartin, a member of the Essex County OPP, has been charged with failing to yield contrary to the Highway Traffic Act after a minor collision on Thursday morning.
Police say an unmarked cruiser entered an intersection and struck the rear bumper of a northbound vehicle.
The cruiser sustained minor damage while the other vehicle was not damaged.
Police say neither driver was injured.
Comartin, a one-year member with the provincial police force, was issued a provincial offences notice for the Highway Traffic Act Infraction.
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