On March 20, 2020, Archi Duenas, the manager of the Los Angeles Police Academy gun store, was arrested and charged with stealing 35 firearms from his employer and selling them to members of the Academy, all police officers. In September 2020 the LAPD announced they recovered 24 of the stolen guns, leaving 11 outstanding. On September 15, 2020, Archi Duenas pleaded not guilty … [Read more...]
Police Officer Latoya Dythe Pleads Guilty to Straw Purchasing Firearms
Tulsa, Oklahoma, Police Officer Latoya Dythe was suspended without pay after a federal grand jury indicted her for illegally purchasing a firearm for her boyfriend, Devon Jones. That announcement came in a press conference with U.S. Attorney Trent Shores, FBI Special Agent in Charge Melissa Godbold and Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin on December 10, 2020 She pleaded … [Read more...]
Should We Amend Hate Speech Laws to Protect Police Officers?
I read an interesting article in the Winnipeg Free Press last week where a retired Winnipeg Police Service member pitched the idea that police officers needed to be protected under Canada's hate speech laws. Hate speech is handled in Section 319 of the Criminal Code of Canada. [emphasis added] 319 (1) Every one who, by communicating statements in any public place, incites … [Read more...]
Thieving Former Halifax Police Constable Anthony George Sparks Sentenced to a Slap on the Wrist
“If you can’t trust a police officer, who can you trust?” – Crown attorney Rick Miller On August 12, 2018, Constable Anthony Sparks, a 13-year veteran of the Halifax Regional Police Department, stole money from a cab driver’s wallet during a traffic stop. Shortly afterward he was suspended with pay. Unknown to the thieving Constable Sparks at the time, his crime was … [Read more...]
Sheriff Marco Garmo Sells Guns Illegally, Calls It a “Hobby”
On November 22, 2019, San Diego County Sheriff Marco Garmo and four other people were arrested and indicted on charges of illegal firearm trafficking. Garmo, a 27-year veteran police officer, faces charges of engaging in the business of dealing in firearms without a license, making false statements in acquisition of a firearm, obstruction of justice, aiding and abetting the … [Read more...]
Former Halifax Cop Gary Basso Appeals Assault Conviction
Gary Lawrence Basso, a former Halifax Regional Police constable, is appealing his conviction and sentence for punching a homeless man in the face on February 25, 2018. Basso was on duty at the time of the assault. On January 31, 2020, Judge Halfpenny-MacQuarrie sentenced Gary Basso to 90 days in jail to be served on weekends, one-year probation and a 10-year firearms … [Read more...]
Police Misconduct: Abbotsford Constable Christopher Nicholson
Violating the public’s trust is nasty business. Violating the trust of your fellow police officers is an even more heinous offence because, as in the case of Abbotsford Police Constable Christopher Nicholson, it puts their lives at risk. On May 6th, 2013, Constable Christopher Nicholson’s criminal actions caught up with him. Nicholson was arrested and charged with ten counts … [Read more...]
RCMP Constable Jeffrey Rae Gillis – Just Another Gun-Stealing Cop
On February 15, 2016, RCMP Constable Jeffrey Rae Gillis, a 20-year veteran and member of the National Weapons Enforcement Support Team, found himself on the wrong end of his own handcuffs. After Charlottetown Police Service constables attended his residence February 11 and 14, 2016, for disturbance calls, they charged Constable Gillis with two counts of assault and one count … [Read more...]
For RCMP Only: Steal 6 Handguns and get Conditional Discharge
Imagine that you, mere citizen, managed to get your hands on 6 handguns and as part of your job you are to destroy them. You don't fulfill your job requirements for reasons the world will never know and take the handguns home. Eventually (7 years later!) you are caught with these 6 stolen handguns. Were you a mere citizen instead of a former RCMP member you would be in … [Read more...]
Montreal Police Are Not Qualified To Shoot Their Duty Weapons
If you live in Montreal you ought to be afraid. Very afraid. Why? Only 250 of 4,600 Montreal Police members bothered to qualify with their duty sidearms. Police qualification with firearms is required by law, yet only 5% of Montreal's police force complied with that law. So what, you ask. There are a lot of cops in Quebec, right? Yes, but give this little tidbit a few … [Read more...]
Common Sense Finally Prevails in Russ Caswell’s Civil Forfeiture Nightmare
Russ Caswell, now 70, spent the last two years fighting local, state and federal agencies over who owns Motel Caswell, the motel owned by his family since 1955. I first wrote about Russ Caswell and his civil asset forfeiture nightmare on July 1, 2012 when his case broke internationally. From that article: It is now, like many older motels across the nation, home to … [Read more...]
Edmonton Police Service Constable Adam Kube Refused Any Appeal In His Termination for Corrupt Practices
Edmonton Police Service Constable Adam Kube was found guilty of corrupt practices and fired. He appealed his dismissal to the Law Enforcement Review Board and that decision went against him too. Just as it should. “It has been said that, for a police officer, the penalty of dismissal is the ultimate penalty, but, even with this in mind, we conclude that the Presiding … [Read more...]
[Video] High River RCMP Dog and Pony Show
RCMP in High River, Alberta, broke into the homes of evacuated residents and seized every firearm that wasn't bolted down or locked in a safe, claiming "public safety". These criminals with badges and guns must lose their jobs and face criminal charges for violating the Charter Rights of High River residents. Write your MP, Prime Minister Harper, Premier Alison Redford … [Read more...]
RCMP Commissioner Robert Paulson Finally Speaks to High River RCMP Gun Thefts
It took over a week but RCMP Commissioner Robert Paulson finally came out of hiding to face Canadians about the criminal actions of his force in High River, Alberta. Well, he didn’t actually come out of hiding to face Canadians. He merely published a letter to the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP on the RCMP’s website. He still hasn’t reached down into … [Read more...]
RCMP Constable Harley Gillman Guilty of Fraud but kept on the Force
It is very difficult to comprehend why RCMP Constable Harley Gillman is still a cop. One would think that a repeated pattern of theft and abuse of trust would be grounds to fire a corrupt cop but not so when it comes to the RCMP. In the RCMP it simply means a lengthy paid vacation and then back to business as usual. I wrote about this thieving cop back on August 11, 2012 in … [Read more...]
Must be nice to be a Corrupt Toronto Cop at Sentencing Time
I truly get sick of seeing corrupt policemen, instead of receiving prison time for their crimes, be rewarded for them instead by our asinine justice system. Clearly judges in Ontario are taking lessons in stupidity from B.C. Supreme Court Judge Janice Dillon, who sentenced former RCMP Corporal Monty Robinson to a whopping 30 days of house arrest for obstruction of justice … [Read more...]
Who needs the Constitution when you can have a Police State instead?
[powerpress] You’ve heard the saying many times before… The solution is worse than the problem it’s supposed to solve. That’s precisely the state of affairs in Paragould, Arkansas, a small town roughly 90 miles northwest of Memphis, Tennessee, today. Citizens of this small town, population 26,000, stripped of their Constitutional Rights, are now … [Read more...]
Convicted Sexual Predator and Former RCMP Constable Kevin Gregson refuses to apologize to the child he repeatedly raped
Former RCMP Constable Kevin Gregson is not a nice man, and now that he's been convicted of murdering Ottawa police Constable Eric Czapnik I no longer have to put the word [alleged] in front of the terms murderer, sexual predator or child rapist. Gregson was convicted of repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl on September 19, 2012 by Ontario Superior Court Justice Julianne … [Read more...]
RCMP Constable Harley Gillman: The latest in a long line of thieving RCMP members
It's the typical RCMP response to one of their own being caught with his hand in the cookie jar: give the thief a paid vacation. That's precisely what's happened to RCMP Constable Harley Gillman of Saskatchewan's Beardys First Nation. He's on a paid suspension or what I like to call a paid vacation after being charged with theft and breach of trust. Constable Gillman would … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Rapist Cop Ladmarald Cates sentenced to a special place in Hell
Back on February 14, 2012 I wrote the following under the title “There is a special place in hell reserved for you, Officer Ladmarald Cates”: When you dial 9-1-1 you expect the police to arrive and help you. The very last thing you think you’re doing is calling Dial-A-Rapist, yet that’s exactly what happened to a 19-year-old Milwaukee single mom who cannot be identified by … [Read more...]
Russ Caswell’s Civil Forfeiture Nightmare
Russ Caswell is 68 years old. He has not been charged with a crime, yet the Tewksbury, Massachusetts, Police Department is using civil forfeiture laws to steal both his livelihood and his retirement estate. Russ Caswell owns and operates his family-owned motel called, oddly enough, the Motel Caswell. It’s not the Ritz but that’s to be expected given the motel was built by … [Read more...]
Merritt Staff Sergeant Stuart Seib: Reason #9 to Dump the BC RCMP
Merritt, British Columbia, has the distinction of being the latest RCMP detachment run by an [alleged] criminal and also, it would appear, cocaine addict. Staff Sergeant Stuart Seib was arrested on Tuesday and charged with stealing cocaine from the RCMP lockup the following day, after he was relieved of command of the Merritt RCMP Detachment. RCMP Southeast District … [Read more...]
Lying Staff Sergeant 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 they are sworn to uphold. When they lie, however, somehow that violation … [Read more...]
Rapinder (Rob) Sidhu: Reason #6 to Dump the BC RCMP
Rapinder (Rob) Sidhu is not a serving member of the RCMP. He is included in this list because the very fact that he WAS an RCMP member shows the complete lack of proper screening the RCMP as a whole uses when recruiting its members. Instead of hiring the best possible candidates, regardless of race, the RCMP has long had an affirmative action plan that requires visible … [Read more...]
William Norman Grigg on what he calls “the Police Epidemic”
If you've never heard of Willian Grigg before, then I've got a real treat for you. He's a voice of reason in an increasingly world filled with insanity. To quote his bio on WillGrigg.com: An award-winning investigative journalist, William Norman Grigg was the senior editor and a prolific contributor to The New American, the official magazine of the John Birch Society. His … [Read more...]
RCMP Sergeant Douglas Smith appeals conditional discharge for illegal handgun
Welcome to the world of the double-standard when sentencing police for committing crimes that would send the rest of us mere citizens to prison. RCMP Sergeant Douglas Smith kept a handgun that was turned over to him for destruction by a citizen in 2004. By all accounts it was not registered to Sgt. Smith, and nobody knew he even had the unregistered handgun. Why he kept … [Read more...]
“RAV” writes that I’m talking down RCMP Constable Matt Wright without good cause
A reader wrote me last night expressing grave concern over my article about RCMP Constable Matt Wright, wondering how I can possibly sleep at night. First, here is the full comment that "Rav" emailed to me, followed by my response: From: rav <rav@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Regarding your article regarding RCMP officer Matt Wright I would like to know where you got the … [Read more...]
Police are treated differently than the rest of us when they break the law
To those who say the law is applied equally to citizens and police, I've only got one word: Bullshit. I'll cite the case of Chilliwack RCMP constable Matt Wright this time to make my point. RCMP Constable Wright, according to the Ottawa Citizen article on his case, is a former military man. Generally speaking, military men comprehend honour, integrity and right from … [Read more...]
Constable Nick Sharma disgraces himself and the RCMP
Constable Nick Sharma is a member of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, whose mandate is to stop gangs and drug dealers. From their website: The mission of CFSEU-BC is to facilitate the disruption and suppression of organized crime which affects British Columbians. The mandate is to investigate, prosecute, disrupt and suppress criminal organizations, consistent … [Read more...]
Is anyone surprised that the BATF lied about ordering gun stores to sell to straw purchasers?
The BATF is arguably the most corrupt US federal agency, willing to hang anyone and everyone out to dry if it serves their internal anti-gun agenda. Is anyone really surprised that the BATF lied about ordering gun stores to sell to straw purchasers? In the wake of the shooting death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry with firearms traced to a US gun store, the … [Read more...]