In July of 2009 Central Saanich Police Sergeant David Berndt was vacationing in Armstrong, British Columbia. RCMP members found him passed out at the wheel of his vehicle, and once they woke him up, he produced his Saanich Police badge in an effort to make his troubles go away. In doing so, he managed to create a whole new set of problems for himself. His conduct, the … [Read more...]
Staff Sgt. Ronald Matthews disgraces himself by making strip-tease video in his RCMP Boss’s office
In what seems to be turning into a regular occurrence, high-ranking RCMP members are getting caught making sex tapes of themselves in their offices. To be clear, I have no issue whatsoever of people doing whatever they want in the privacy of their own homes. If they want to make sex tapes of themselves that’s 100% their business. Where it becomes my business and yours, … [Read more...]
Staff-Sgt. Travis Pearson: Reason #5 to Dump the BC RCMP
Staff-Sgt. Travis Pearson has gotten himself into a lot of hot water with his sexual relationship with a subordinate under his command, Constable Susan Gastaldo while she worked for him in 2009 in the "Special O" surveillance unit based in Burnaby, BC. Staff-Sgt. Pearson doesn’t get the #5 spot because I necessarily believe all of Constable Gastaldo’s story. After digging … [Read more...]
RCMP Corporal Benjamin Monty Robinson: Reason #4 for BC to Dump the RCMP
RCMP Corporal Monty Robinson is pretty much the poster-boy for everything that's wrong with the RCMP, both here in British Columbia and across the nation. Corporal Robinson’s case shows us the stark, horrific reality of the inner workings of the RCMP itself: how the RCMP has no real desire for accountability, the incredible lengths the RCMP will go to in order to … [Read more...]
Lisa Cheryl Dudley: Reason #3 to Dump the BC RCMP
Well, my original pick for the number 2 spot, RCMP Corporal Monty Robinson, just keeps getting kicked further down the list. Today I bring you instead my Reason #3 for British Columbia to dump the RCMP: Lisa Cheryl Dudley. Lisa Dudley would be alive today if it were not for the ineptness of the RCMP Constable sent to investigate 6 gunshots at the residence where she … [Read more...]
RCMP Constable Andy Yung: Reason #2 to Dump the BC RCMP
Anyone reading my articles about thuggish RCMP constables and corporals will no doubt be a little surprised by my choice of RCMP Constable Andy Yung as my #2 reason for getting the RCMP out of British Columbia. He certainly would never have been my first choice if he hadn't hit the headlines just this past week. There is one man who had this spot locked up solid (RCMP … [Read more...]
25 reasons BC should get rid of the RCMP, starting with Reason #1: Ian Bush
This is the first in a series of articles where I advance the premise British Columbia should kick the RCMP out of the province and raise the BC Provincial Police from the ashes of history. There are a ton of reasons why this is a good idea, but I will begin this series with the case of Ian Bush. I could start elsewhere, to be sure, but the case of Ian Bush shows with … [Read more...]
Suspension with pay for killing a man, suspension without pay for not going to a pro-Islamic meeting?
In this tale of two police forces, I'll be delving into two cases of police suspensions and examine what constitutes grounds for suspension without pay in an American city police force, and then what constitutes grounds for suspension with pay in the RCMP. First up, the Oklahoma City Police. I was horrified a while back when I read about the case of Oklahoma Police … [Read more...]
Victoria Police Department Constable Mike Russell needs to learn the law
A recent news report in the Victoria Times Colonist showed just how incompetent Constable Mike Russell, and indeed the entire Victoria Police Department is. Instead of commending a man for removing firearms from his home during a dispute with his roommate, the police arrested him, seized his firearms and threatened to charge him with firearm offenses. The problem with … [Read more...]
Toronto Police search apartment, leave a loaded shotgun behind
It's just a bad joke, right? Toronto Police serve a search warrant on an apartment in a building they've been to many times, while armed to the teeth. It's become standard practice across Canada (being armed to the teeth) when serving search warrants. But leave a loaded shotgun behind? We're just lucky we haven't had too many cases of "murder by cop" like the Arizona … [Read more...]
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 bet. Why? The Truth is a … [Read more...]
Toronto Police handcuff 9-year-old in daycare center; teach scary lesson to every kid there
While this story is only coming to light now, back in July members of the Toronto Police Service inexplicably felt an overwhelming desire to handcuff a 9-year-old child with Asperger Syndrome. The child, who has been diagnosed with a host of manufactured disorders such as ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (remember when kids used to be just kids, not walking, talking … [Read more...]
Judge says RCMP violated their rights, tosses drug case citing Charter violations
Let me first state that if you came here expecting to read me bashing the RCMP over another Charter violation, you're going to be disappointed. You are correct in your presumption that when I'm writing about the RCMP and Charter violations, it's usually to tear a strip off them for blatantly disregarding the Charter. That's usually the way it goes, and I stand behind every … [Read more...]
Another law-abiding Canadian firearm owner brutalized by police
Peter Sedge is your average Canadian. He pays his taxes, he owns his own small business that employs other Canadians. And he owns firearms. Legally. That last word is very important. The Toronto Police Services doesn't like law-abiding firearm owners. Let me rephrase that. The Toronto Police Services [allegedly] doesn't like law-abiding firearm owners. I must say … [Read more...]
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 arrested and charged, and you plead guilty to assault and careless use of a firearm. What sentence do … [Read more...]
Something Stinks at the Hamilton Police Service: Justice Paul Currie
In yet another case of police abusing their power and then [allegedly] lying about it in court, Justice Paul Currie delivered a scathing report on the actions of Hamilton Police Service Detective Constable Ryan Toucher and his fellow constables during a May 10, 2010 raid. There are a few things about this story that really make my blood boil. First, Constable Ryan Toucher … [Read more...]
Toronto Police just love strip-searching people for almost any reason at all
Toronto Police just love strip-searching people for almost any reason at all. So the Toronto Star report would have us believe, at least. According to their report, roughly 60% of all people arrested in 2010 were strip-searched by Toronto Police Services personnel. Previously-released figures on the numbers of strip searches show this number has been steadily climbing over … [Read more...]
Ottawa Police Constable Kevin Jacobs charged in brutal beating of Mark Krupa
Ottawa Police Constable Kevin Jacobs has been charged in brutal beating of Mark Krupa that took place on Mother's Day 2009. Mark and his brother were on the way to Mark's home, having just come from dinner with their mother. They were stopped at a red light. A man pulled up beside them and started berating them and generally making an ass of himself. That man turned out … [Read more...]
Ottawa Police threaten to take her son away unless she consents to search. Justice Heidi Polowin rules that’s okay.
There are days that our [alleged] justice system makes me want to puke. Today is one of those days. In a ruling that baffles my brain, Ontario Superior Court Justice Heidi Polowin ruled that despite being “ganged up on” and threatened by police and a Children’s Aid Society worker that they would take away her one-year-old son, the resulting illegal search, called a … [Read more...]
For Toronto Police Services Constables Edward Ing and John Cruz the Special Treatment Just Won’t Stop
Not that it came as much of a surprise, but the ruling by Ontario Superior Court Justice Maureen Forestell still disgusts me. Yesterday I wrote about how my two latest thug cops, Toronto Police Services Constables Edward Ing and John Cruz, were applying to have their firearms prohibition orders revoked or "temporarily" removed, ostensibly so they can keep their jobs. Why … [Read more...]