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Happy New Year!

Published on January 1, 2010 By Sandra

Being lucky enough to have the day off work I spent last night flipping between two hockey games – the Vancouver Canucks vs the St Louis Blues and Canada vs United States in the World Junior Championships.  I wasn’t sure my heart was going to take all the action with the Canucks winning in overtime and the Juniors game [...]

Call Gone Sideways

Published on December 10, 2008 By Sandra

Several years ago, while I was a patrol officer assigned to the North East Section of Vancouver called District Two, my partner and I responded to a call that ended up demonstrating how quickly a call for service can go from ‘routine’ to a ‘I-may-have-to-shoot-this-guy’ kind of call. It was at the very end of [...]

Blurring the ‘Thin Blue Line’

Published on November 29, 2008 By Sandra

The topics and conversations to be had about the world of policing are almost limitless. When deciding on how to format this blog, and what topic should be covered for the very first post, I was a little overwhelmed. There are simply too many things that I’d like to share, and so many stories that [...]