Archive for June, 2009

This Week in Policing – June 19, 2009

June 19, 2009

In a week filled with inquests, pleas for information on missing persons and updates on homicide investigations, the one thing I’m not going to do is comment on the Braidwood Inquiry and the new turn it took today.  I’ll leave this one to the ones who can comment on it. Keeping with the search for [...]

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Speeders Beware

June 18, 2009

Some speeders have the worst luck.  Either they blow through a radar set-up, or they blow past an unmarked police car. Based on experience, I would hazard a guess that a speeder would have a more lenient ticket bestowed upon them from the driver of said unmarked police car (me).  I, for one, do not give [...]

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Who Says All Criminals are of the Two-Legged Variety?

June 17, 2009

911 received numerous calls this morning of a “mischief in progress” in a residential area just off of Kingsway Ave.  The suspect had wrecked the plants in a neighbors garden and had fled southbound on foot. When units arrived in the area, this is what they found:       I’m not quite sure what people thought [...]

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Damn Skunks

June 14, 2009

 We have three dogs.  PSD Hondo plus two family dogs. In all the years we have had dogs, only Hondo has been skunked.  Twice.  While at work.  Both times the skunking happened in the middle of the night when the nocturnal little buggers were out and about.  But today on the beach an adventurous black and [...]

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This Week in Policing – June 13, 2009

June 13, 2009

The last full moon was Sunday, June 7th.  The days leading up to and away from a full moon are usually busy.  People do weird things and crimes get a little more violent.  This week was no exception. Jun 9th – 18 year old Yeon Chul Peter Lee was arrested and charged with theft over $5000, [...]

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