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RCMP Member forgets loaded handgun on BC Ferry. Imagine if you or I did that…

Sometimes things happen. Everyone forgets a bag now and then. It happens to even the most diligent person. But when you are a serving member of the RCMP and your carry bag contains your loaded service pistol… well… there’s going to be a bit of a problem, isn’t there? Now I commend the unnamed RCMP [...]

Hypocrisy: When the law is applied differently based on the job description of the violator

A mere citizen would be facing a myriad of criminal charges, but that’s to be expected in the New Canada, where Justice and Criminality are determined not by your actions, but by your job title. Take the case of Victoria Police Chief Jamie Graham.  Chief Graham left his loaded service pistol under the front seat [...]

A loaded pistol was found in his car, yet he’s not arrested, charged or sent off to prison

Can you imagine if you or I left a loaded handgun under the front seat of our vehicle and someone else found it?  Here’s roughly what would transpire next: 1. SWAT would be called in to serve a “high risk warrant”, kick in our front door, arrest us, seize anything and everything even remotely related [...]

Staff Sgt. Ross Spenard: Reason #8 to dump the BC RCMP

We “mere citizens” have high expectations from the men and women who make up our police forces.  We expect them to act with integrity, to be honourable and above all, to tell the truth. Time after time we hear reports of members of the RCMP (and almost every other police force) breaking the very laws [...]

Edmonton Police Service Constable Mike Wasylyshen needs a hard look in the mirror

Edmonton Police Service Constable Mike Wasylyshen, the son of former Edmonton Police Chief Bob Wasylyshen, needs to take a serious look in the mirror.  He’s just sued CBC Television for $100,000 for defamation over their reporting of his illustrious career. The suit shouldn’t last long.  Probably ten seconds in front of a judge would be my [...]

Sentencing Double-Standard rears its ugly head again. Kelowna RCMP Staff Sergeant gets a wrist-slap for assault and firearm charges

Imagine, if you will, that you have a very bad day. You go home, punch your wife in the face 6 or 8 times while your children watch in horror, then you put a gun to your wife’s head and threaten to kill her.  Your children watch the whole terrible scene go down. You are [...]

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