Let me clarify that I’m not much of a traffic cop.  Even though I pull many people over, I don’t write many tickets.  Giving warnings is more my style.
A couple of weeks ago, in the late evening, I had to squint against the oncoming high-beams of an approaching car.  When the car failed to switch the beams from [...]

During my career I’ve entrusted my life to other officers knowing those officers had my back.
It’s no different in the Dog Squad.
Even though my four-legged partner can’t talk, the two of us have our own lines of communication.  Any dog handler or long time dog owner knows what I’m talking about. 
A head twitch can mean the ‘bad guy’ is around [...]

The home computer connection is again on the fritz and I am writing to you today from my ever-handy Blackberry. It’s a great little tool but hell on post formatting.
The earliest my internet provider can fix the problem is Thurs, so unless I’m able to gain access to another internet connection, any longer [...]

There has been a flurry of activity on the political front in the last few days with the HST, Olympic funding, medical funding cuts and additional budget cuts, including cuts the RCMP are facing.
The result is a number of new recruits will NOT be going through Depot.
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I work the front lines.   I see what happens when there are [...]

Bicycle mounted suspects can quickly out distance an officer on foot, and can out maneuver an officer in a car.  I’ve gone after peddle pushing crooks in my day and I’ve lost a few, usually when the cyclist bikes down a footpath, a set of stairs or into a non-vehicle friendly environment.  Frustrating?  Oh yes.
So last [...]