30 years since oversight bodies, police accountability remains an issue

 By Susan Rabichuk and Lisa Deveau We have been indoctrinated not to question the police. Adequate police oversight and accountability is long overdue. Officers swear an Oath to uphold fundamental human rights and equal respect, but what happens when officers, including the chief, abuse their power, or, in the case of the

It’s time for brain over brawn in policing

 As a result of some very disturbing incidents involving the use of force by the RCMP Bill Blair, the Minister of Public Safety, has been tasked with examining the standards and protocols involving police and the use of force. Part of the dilemma is that police officers are inadequately trained when

Harm done. The tragic story of Koray Kevin Celik

 My dad Oscar was a cop, back in an era, eons ago, when the violent crime rate in Canada was not much different from what it is today. When he joined what was back then the Eastview (Vanier) police force, led by Chief Richard Mannion from Ireland, my father was

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 Oversight and temperament problems at Ottawa Police Service https://www.ottawalife.com/article/oversight-and-temperament-problems-at-ottawa-police-service?c=13 Attorney General must investigate misogyny at Ottawa Police https://www.ottawalife.com/article/attorney-general-must-investigate-misogyny-at-ottawa-police?c=13 Halifax Police Chief Dan Kinsella is proof a fish rots from the head down https://www.ottawalife.com/article/halifax-police-chief-dan-kinsella-is-proof-a-fish-rots-from-the-head-down?c=1 A hapless response to racism from Jacques Fremont's ivory tower at UOttawa https://www.ottawalife.com/article/a-hapless-response-to-racism-from-jacques-fremonts-ivory-tower-at-uottawa Seamus O'Regan's Failure at Grassy

‘Defund the Police’ is a call for REFORM

 Photo: Pedro Domingos Prior to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic Ottawa Police Services (OPS) Chief Peter Sloly announced plans to hire thirty-one new police officers. He received quick approval for the request from the Ottawa Police Services Board (OPSB), despite the OPS currently having over a dozen officers on fully paid

Canada needs guardian police not warrior police

 ABOVE: Commissioner of the RCMP Brenda Lucki and Alberta Deputy Commissioner Curtis Zablocki both said that there was no racism in policing in Canada until the Prime Minister stated there was. Twenty-four hours later, both officers exclaimed that indeed there was racism. ABOVE RIGHT: Chief Allen Adam being assaulted by the Alberta

Halifax Police Chief Dan Kinsella is proof a fish rots from the head down

 On November 29, 2019, just two months ago, Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella (pictured above) appeared at a resplendent podium emblazoned with the Halifax Police Coat of arms. He was dressed in police formal attire with a bunch of self-aggrandizing medals to give what spinmeisters described as an historic apology

The Ottawa Police: A Police Service in Crisis

 The recent death of Abdirahman Abdi by two Ottawa Police officers is a huge stain on the City of Ottawa. Why is it that the Ottawa Police were not able to arrest an unarmed man without killing him?  There is no logical or rational explanation to account for this man’s

The Embarrassment that is the Ottawa Police Association

 Arrogant Attack on Carleton University Academic Freedom Shows OPA Care More About Protecting Members than the Public they Serve I am a proponent of the police. I believe that confidence of citizens in their local police force is one of the most important ingredients in a free and democratic society.