With the arrival of spring and summer comes the beautiful weather.  It also means an increased demand on my time from work and personal pursuits (my garden is threatening to take over my yard – if only flowers were as easy to grow as weeds).  As such, I’ll be reducing my number of posts to [...]

The idiosyncrasies of law enforcement investigations and our Canadian Justice system dictate that a suspect is innocent until proven guilty.   This, in my opinion, is a good thing, and represents our society as the democracy it is. As such, police officers are often unable to comment on current topics we would otherwise have a very strong personal opinion on.  When [...]

What a varied week it has been.  From more shootings, to good will, to our brothers and sisters to the south saying good-bye to four officers, it’s been a busy one.   Vancouver  March 20 - A text message currently circulating around to many cell phone subscribers across Vancouver is an apparent hoax. The message states that [...]

Here’s the thing about police work -  an officer can go from ‘routine’ patrol to a vehicle or foot pursuit in just moments. This type of acceleration and deceleration can be hard on an officers body and mental state, and long term exposure to such highs and lows can wreck havoc on an officers health.  [...]

I watched the news last night when I probably shouldn’t have:  We’re damned if we do, and damned if we don’t.