Bang! Bang! You're dead!
Posted on September 22, 2011
If the dead could speak, William and Faith Kinkel would describe how their 15-year old son Kipland shot them dead in 1998 at their Springfield, OR, home – he in the back of the head and she while climbing a stairway. The following day, Kip was armed with two pistols and a hunting knife but it was a Ruger .22 semi-automatic rifle loaded with 50 rounds of ammunition that killed two students and wounded 25 at Thurston High School.
In the 1999 Columbine High School Massacre, 18-year old Eric Harris fired 96 times from a Hi-Point 995 Carbine 9mm semi-automatic rifle with thirteen 10-round magazines. Fellow terrorist Dylan Klebold, 17, fired 55 shots from a 9mm Intratec Tec-9 semi-automatic handgun that in total carried one 52-, one 32-, and one 28-round magazine. They killed 12 students and a teacher.
The 2007 Virginia Tech shootings by Seung-Hui Cho killed 27 students and 5 instructors with the use of two semi-automatic handguns and an arsenal of 400 rounds of ammunition.
An AK-47 assault rifle converted to automatic caused the March 2006 death of 14-year old Starkesia Reed in Chicago; the following week, another stray bullet from a Tec-9 assault handgun killed 10-year old Siretha White.
An April 4th response to a call of domestic disturbance led to the death of three Pittsburgh police officers by an AK-47 assault rifle used by Richard Poplawskia.
On April 9, three stray bullets from more than 50 rounds fired from two AR-15 semi-automatic rifles killed 8-year old Paris Whitehead-Hamilton. St. Petersburg police Chief Chuck Harmon said, ”Assault weapons are good for one purpose only, and that’s to kill other human beings. They don’t belong on any city street in America.”
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Los Angeles Terrorist targets
Posted on September 19, 2011
Fox ICE Michael Webster: Syndicated Investigative Reporter. Oct 8, 2009 at 7:00 PM PDT
The allegations stem from explosives found at the family’s home, where the mother ran a licensed daycare facility, said sheriff’s Sgt. Dennis Gutierrez.
Benjamin Kuzelka, 23, walked into a hospital and told emergency personnel that he had shot his own hand, said sheriff’s Sgt. Gutierrez.
An examination of the wound determined it was not consistent with a gunshot, and Kuzelka later told deputies that he had been injured by explosives, Gutierrez said.
Sheriff’s deputies, along with agents from the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, went to his home at 30524 Audelo Street and found bomb-making materials and marijuana plants, the sergeant said.
Kuzelka was in serious condition and will be arrested when he recuperates.
His brother, Grey Timothy Kuzelka, 21, was arrested and booked into the county jail. He had been free on bail since Sunday, following an arrest on suspicion of drug possession, sales and transport.
Their mother, Rebecca Kuzelka, 55, was also being held.
The possibility that the family is associated with hate groups or other radical home grown or international terrorist with intentions of bombing southern California targets is being investigated by local, county and federal authorities according to an investigator.
Law enforcement in surrounding counties including Orange and L.A.Counties are investigating to see if there is any connection between the Kuzelka family and any recent bomb threats.
LAX has long been believed by terrorist experts to be a high grade target for terrorist.
In a wide-ranging Rand report it considered the potential casualties from car bombs, mortars, snipers and surface-to-air missile attacks the most likely scenario and is the first public blueprint of the airport’s greatest vulnerabilities.
LAX, the world’s fifth-busiest airport, is considered the state’s top terrorist target. An Al Qaeda plot to explode several luggage bombs in terminals was foiled in December 1999.
According to former president George Bush a Los Angeles skyscraper was a terrorist target.
Bush indicated that in Feb 2006 – Al Qaeda terrorists were planning to fly a plane into the tallest building on the West Coast not long after they’d launched the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York City and Washington.
The terrorists’ target was a notable Los Angeles office building, he said during a speech given at the National Guard Association of the United States’ headquarters.
The 73-story Los Angeles office building, the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River, was called the Library Tower at the time of the terrorist plot. It was later renamed US Bank Tower.
Bush said the scheme involved terrorists using shoe bombs to hijack an aircraft that would then be flown into the skyscraper. The plot was thwarted in early 2002, Bush said, when a Southeast Asian nation arrested a key al Qaeda operative who was in on the plan.
“Subsequent debriefings and other intelligence operations made clear the intended target and how al Qaeda hoped to execute it,” Bush said. “This critical intelligence helped other allies capture the ringleaders and other known operatives who had been recruited for this plot.”
Bush said the ringleader of the West Coast plot was Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who was al-Qaeda’s military chief at the time. Mohammed was later captured in Pakistan in March 2003, Bush said.
Mohammed had planned to employ members of JI, an al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group located in Southeast Asia, for the Los Angeles operation, Bush said. The al Qaeda chief wanted young South Asian men rather than Arabs to conduct the operation, he said, so as not to arouse as much suspicion.
Bush said the leader of JI was a terrorist called Hambali who’d recruited key operatives for the plot who’d been trained in terrorist camps in Afghanistan. The recruits met with Osama bin Laden to get their marching orders, he said, and then began preparations for the ill-fated West Coast attack.
The Public Policy Institute of California take a broad look at port security and reported that California is home to three of the four busiest container ports in the nation. The Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex is the largest port in the country by value and the fifth-largest container port in the world. So no state has a greater interest in issues of security at ports, which are potentially vulnerable to terrorist attack. The issue also has a far broader impact than merely port communities, since ports can be entry points for weapons of mass destruction that might be used to attack other communities. In addition there are thousands of non-Islamic churches and houses of warship including some 150 synagogues in the Greater Los Angeles area that are venerable.
There are many nearby water treatment plants in Southern California that are also susceptible to terrorist attack because many use deadly chlorine gas and transports it by unprotected rail cars, according to a news report.
The study by a progressive think tank identified 37 plants that use chlorine gas transported by rail, leaving them vulnerable to attack and jeopardizing millions of residents nearby.
The report noted that at least 25 plants nationwide have converted to safer purification methods in the past six years.
“It’s an entirely preventable hazard,” study author Paul Orum said.
Targets:
? Airlines
? Trains
? Cruise Ships
? Oil and Gas Pipelines
? Banks
? Other Financial Institutions
? Oil Tank Farms
? Gas Stations
? Oil Companies (UNOCAL Oil and other companies Bush owns or has stocks in)
? Car Companies (Ford, General Motors, Chrysler)
? Oil tankers
? California farms feeding much of the nation
? Important bridges
? L.A. Harbor
? Post Offices
? UPS
? FedEx
? Power grids (a Pinch or EMP bomb)
? Power Lines
? Coal Power Plants
? Nuclear Power Plants
? Chemical companies
? Propane tanks
? Entertainment Centers
? Sporting Events
? Ground transportation (Buses)
? Malls
? Theaters
? ? Ecological Targets:
? California bread basket Central Valley
? Forests
? Cattle
? National and State Parks
? Dams
? Garbage Dumps
Notes: Ecological targets are extremely soft targets. There is no one guarding them and a pyroterrorist or someone with a trigger-happy finger could cause true ecological (and economic) disaster.
Terrorist setting Forest fires and grass fires that get out of control can destroy millions or billions worth of California produce, homes, even neighborhoods if they spread to nearby towns or cities. Pyroterrorism is perhaps the greatest threat America has ever faced.
A pyroterrorist has the potential to burn down an entire State simply by randomly starting forest/grass fires around the State. Pyroterrorists are also extremely hard to catch. There is not much evidence left behind of who started the fire. One arsonist a start dozens of fires per day.
It took someone astute to think of the idea of using airplanes as weapons (actually no, they just needed to watch the movie Con Air in which Nicholas Cage crashes a plane on the Las Vegas Strip…). Several authorities believe that terrorist are responsible for the up tick in fires in California and the remainder think it is only a matter of time before a terrorist starts using fire as a terrorist weapon. Razing (burning down) another country was a popular past-time during Roman times. The Romans razed many countries that they sought dominance over.
And so historically, pyroterrorism is highly effective way of waging war.
Educational Targets:
? Universities
? Private Schools
? Summer camps for the rich
? School buses
?
Notes: Schools offer the distinct possibility of attacking the rich. A private school for boys for example, the sons of wall street, bankers and oil tycoons/etc. Attacking such a place SWAT style with a team of terrorist commandos well armed, killing as many as they can, and then setting the place on fire with catch the attention of America.
That’s really what terrorism is about. Getting attention and getting headlines. That means that anything that is a potential disaster and anything that is a potential massacre is a terrorist target.
A shopping mall is a terrorist target. It doesn’t even have to be a big one. A smaller shopping mall would actually be easier to have a massacre. A large shopping mall would only be a panic and a small massacre. Economic value and the number of dead rich people also makes a big difference. Sniper 12 people outside a regular school and the police will think its a teenager taking revenge on bullies. Sniper 8 people outside a private school and it will make international headlines.
A private school with ONLY rich white people would be a prime target.
Military Targets:
? LAX
? NASA
? National Guard
? U.S. Military installations and navy and merchant ships.
Notes: Even though Military targets are extremely hard recent terrorist have planned and targeted them. Blow up a fort or recruiting station you will get the whole world’s attention.
On the terror list below There are many targets but there are many more think about how many golf courses, how many military bases, how many oil companies, how many universities, etc that California has… you begin to realize just how VULNERABLE the So Cal is. Almost everything is a potential terrorist target.
Sadly, the no longer called War on Terrorism is a war that cannot be won. For every terrorist we kill, we kill 20+ innocent civilians in “collateral damage”. Those civilians have friends and family who then have the potential to become terrorists themselves.
You can’t fight fire with fire. It doesn’t work that way. Going around trying to kill terrorists only makes more terrorists. Many military people actually oppose Bush’s style of war because they know historically it only makes the matter worse.
General Clark and others oppose the George Bush style war as a failed war on terrorism. So far it has been a war on oil producing countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq. Totally besides the point most of the Sept 11th terrorists came from Saudi Arabia (and Osama bin Laden is a member in the Saudi Arabian royal family our closest Middle East ally.
Sources:
List and some text compiled by Suzanne MacNevin, Editor of the Lilith eZine
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Hire a Professional Criminal Attorney in Bellevue
Posted on September 16, 2011
An arrest itself can be a traumatic and dramatic experience, whether it occurs in public or at the home of the accused or even at workplace. An arrest and detention result in immediate disruption to your life, family and work. If you are charged with a criminal case, then you will definitely start searching for a lawyer who can defend you wisely.
The criminal defense attorney in Bellevue can provide all the answers to all your questions and suggest you as his client the best way to defend you against a DUI charge and more possible charges. It is vital for a defendant charged with a crime to find a clever defense lawyer to guide and represent the accused from the early stages of criminal prosecution, which can be a complicate and frightening experience for most defendants, whether it is the first time offense or a repeat offense. So if you are involved in legal action, try to inform you criminal attorney so that he can react in your favor.
This professional criminal defense law firm which conserve some special but legal procedures and also a criminal attorney who is always ready to defend the criminal charges.
Criminal attorneys in Bellevue are specialized in criminal defense and can ensure the representation of the defendants charged with any crime. The area of crimes include but are not limited to domestic violence theft, burglary or trespassing, drug charges, malicious mischief, illegal weapons possession or firearms charges and some others.
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Legal Questions & Answers
Posted on September 13, 2011
Ok,in Some states its legal to marry a 13 or 14 years old with parental consent,what about sex?I am confused?
Is it legal? I am trying to know the law i don’t want to marry a minor. Cause if this is the case then child marraige is legal in US? Back in the Middle Ages, it is considered acceptable.
On what basis in law are football clubs penalised for the bad behaviour of their supporters?
Whenever there is a riot, pitch invasion or racist abuse etc. by fans of a soccer team, the club itself is routinely penalised? Surely the club is a completely distinct legal entity from the private individuals who happen to attend its matches? So.
Once again, there is no legal requirement in UK to study Law in order to call yourself a Solicitor.?
I have had answers to similar questions in the past that are totally ridiculous. There is no legal requirement in this country and that is why. Yes you can. It’s not common, but if your labor stalls, it’s possible for.
Only mentioning the bond period in Appointment letter and get signed it- is it a legal bond?
My previous imployer served me a notice through a lawyer for damage due to quiting the job. The bond period was mentione in only appointment letter. No other legal paper were signed. So what should now I do. Send me full details.
Opinions Please – Governor Corzine is seriously injured in an automobile accident?
After getting out of the hospital from being injured in an automobile accident where the car was being driven at 91 MPH has now been observed going back to his residence in a motorcade traveling 16 MPH over the legal speed limit. He admitted that he set.
Oral Contracts $500 for service, is it legal?
I recently got charged for some service and did not agree to anything but the person is saying that i did agree upon it. There was nothing in writing about ANY charges what so ever or any discussion about charges. My question is for a service I thought $500 and up.
Other than Alcahol, tobacco, tea and coffee; which drugs can humans take without being bad ppl like criminals?
SUGAR, the ultimate legal high. – prescribed ones.. – http://www.idmu.co.uk/classes.htm.legal look at this – Salvia, there is also legal trips such as robotrips. That is when you down a whole bottle of Robitussin there is also a.
Overtime laws in Florida?
Does anyone know about the overtime laws in florida. I work in a private nursing home in jacksonville and the employer does not pay overtime. I don’t work anything over 40 hrs a week because of it. Does anyone know if it is legal in the state of florida or does the employer have choice.
Own handcuffs legal in Aussie?
Depends of the purpose for owning them and how you use them. For instance, some people may use handcuffs for sexual gratification. Providing this is done in privacy, it is consensual and doesn’t constitute sexual assault, cause serious injury (such as a maim which can’t be consented to) why would it be illegal..
Owning Guns.?
I have a question, hope united states residents can answer me. Thank you. We know that guns are legal in USA, but why some people got arrested for weapon possesion? example like Tony Yayo, he was sent to jail for weapon possesion but some other people can purchase guns. Gun possession is legal with a license. To.
Parent running / avoiding legal paperwork?
my wife and her childrens father have joint custody and he completely violated the terms so she filed to have parenting time changed but he is running from letting her serve him the paperwork and he has no address due to the fact that he lives between his mother and his current girlfriend..
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Jail Sentences for Misdemeanor Offenders
Posted on September 10, 2011
First Offense
Serious Misdemeanor. Jail sentence of up to 1 year in jail but no less than 48 hours; fine of up to $1,500 but no less than $1,250 plus 32% surcharge, court costs and $10 DARE surcharge; Substance abuse evaluation; drinking drivers course; restitution (if any).
Second Offense
Aggravated
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The Taser C2: Self Protection For Self-sufficient, Confident Ladies
Posted on September 7, 2011
For a lady to really feel safe in troubled times of today is important that the assets it needs to have to guard themselves. TASER items are the women the ability they will require to take command and safeguard themselves within the neighborhood with the publication of the
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How To Buy A TASER In Florida
Posted on September 4, 2011
Okay, I’m sold – I want a Taser C2. Exactly how do I acquire one?
Just like most things people purchase these days, there are three ways to obtain one. Visit an actual store which sells them, buy one over the phone, or purchase it on the internet. Prices will differ slightly from each retailer, as will the process, but no matter where or just how you buy it, you will be required to pass a background check just before you can activate and use your Taser.
Buying it within a store: Taser’s website says you can find a Taser at retailers such as Cabela’s, Sports Authority, Academy, and Gander Mountain. I called my nearby Sports Authority and was told that they are not yet available here, but numerous other places have them, so you should check with your local stores of each of these merchants for availability. In the majority of cases whenever you buy a Taser within a store, the background check will be done on site and will take about ten minutes. In the event that you pass the actual background check (I was told they check for felonies), Taser will then provide an activation code for your device and walk you through the process for activating it (I’ll detail that procedure a little bit later on).
In the event that the store does not perform the background check for you (such as the case with the Cabela’s store I called) you can call Taser directly and as long as it’s the actual Taser brand, they will do the background check for you. You can also order the actual background check yourself online at Taser.com and after that continue with activating your device.
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Toronto Police Service
Posted on August 31, 2011
History
Creation to 1859 reforms
The Toronto Police Service, was founded in 1834 when the city of Toronto was first created from the town of York. (Prior to that, local able-bodied male citizens were required to report for night duty as special constables for a fixed number of nights a year on the pain of fine or imprisonment in a system known as “watch and ward”.)
The Toronto Police is one of the English-speaking world oldest modern municipal police departments; older than, for example, the legendary New York City Police Department which was formed in 1845 or the Boston Police Department which was established in 1839. The London Metropolitan Police of 1829 is generally recognized as the first modern municipal department. In 1835, Toronto retained five fulltime constables ratio of about one officer for every 1,850 citizens. Their daily pay was set at 5 shillings for day duty and 7 shillings, 6 pence, for night duty. In 1837 the constables annual pay was fixed at 75 per annum, a lucrative city position when compared to the mayor annual pay of 250 at the time.
Toronto constables circa 1880
From 1834 to 1859, the Toronto Police was a corrupt and notoriously political force with its constables loyal to the local aldermen who personally appointed police officers in their own wards for the duration of their incumbency. Toronto constables on numerous occasions suppressed opposition candidate meetings and took sides during bitter sectarian violence between Orange Order and Irish Catholic radical factions in the city. A provincial government report in 1841 described the Toronto Police as “formidable engines of oppression”. Although constables were issued uniforms in 1837, one contemporary recalled that the Toronto Police was “without uniformity, except in one respecthey were uniformly slovenly.” After an excessive outbreak of street violence involving Toronto Police misconduct, including an episode where constables brawled with Toronto’s firemen in one incident, and stood by doing nothing in another incident while enraged firemen burned down a visiting circus when its clowns jumped a lineup at a local brothel, the entire Toronto Police force, along with its chief, were fired in 1859.
1859 to 1900
The new force was removed from Toronto City Council jurisdiction (except for the setting of the annual budget and manpower levels) and placed under the control of a provincially mandated Board of Police Commissioners. Under its new Chief, William Stratton Prince, a former infantry captain, standardized training, hiring practices and new strict rules of discipline and professional conduct were introduced. Today’s Toronto Police Service directly traces its ethos, constitutional lineage and Police Commission regulatory structure to the 1859 reforms.
In the 19th century, the Toronto Police mostly focused on the suppression of rebellion in the cityarticularly during the Fenian threats of 1860 to 1870. The Toronto Police were probably Canada’s first security intelligence agency when they established a network of spies and informants throughout Canada West in 1864 to combat US Army recruiting agents attempting to induce British Army soldiers stationed in Canada to desert to serve in the Union Army in the Civil War. The Toronto Police operatives later turned to spying on the activities of the Fenians and filed reports to the Chief from as far as Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago and New York City. When in December 1864, the Canada West secret frontier police was established under Stipendiary Magistrate Gilbert McMicken, some of the Toronto Police agents were reassigned to this new agency.
In 1863, the Toronto Police were also used as “Indian fighters” during the Manitoulin Island Incident when some fifty natives armed with knives forced the fishery inspector William Gibbard and a fishery operation to withdraw from unceded tribal lands on Lake Huron. Thirteen armed Toronto police officers, along with constables from Barrie, were dispatched to Manitoulin Island to assist the government in retaking the fishery operation, but were forced back when the natives advanced now armed with rifles. The police withdrew but were later reinforced and eventually arrested the entire band but not before William Gibbard was killed by unknown parties. (Sidney L. Harring White Man’s Law: Native People in Nineteenth-Century Canadian Jurisprudence Toronto: Osgood Society-University of Toronto Press, 1998. pp. 152-153)
In the 1870s, as the Fenian threat began to gradually wane and the Victorian moral reform movement gained momentum, Toronto police primarily functioned in the role of “urban missionaries” whose function it was to regulate unruly and immoral behaviour among the “lower classes”. They were almost entirely focused on arresting drunks, prostitutes, disorderlies, and violators of Toronto ultra-strict Sunday “blue law”.
In the days before public social services, the force functioned as a social services mega-agency. Prior the creation of the Toronto Humane Society in 1887 and the Children Aid Society in 1891, the police oversaw animal and child welfare, including the enforcement of child support payments. They operated the city’s ambulance service and acted as the Board of Health. Police stations at the time were designed with space for the housing of homeless, as no other public agency in Toronto dealt with this problem. Shortly before the Great Depression, in 1925, the Toronto Police housed 16,500 homeless people that year.
Plainclothes officers circa 1919
The Toronto Police regulated street-level business: cab drivers, street vendors, corner grocers, tradesmen, rag men, junk dealers, laundry operators. Under public order provisions, the Toronto Police was responsible for the licensing and regulation of dance halls, pool halls, theatres, and later movie houses. It was responsible for censoring the content of not only theatrical performances and movies, but of all literature in the city ranging from books and magazines to posters and advertising.
The Toronto Police also suppressed labour movements which were perceived as anarchist threats. The establishment of the mounted unit is directly related to the four-month Toronto streetcar strike of 1886, when authorities called on the Governor General’s Horse Guard Regiment to assist in suppressing the strike.
20th century
A yellow former Metro Toronto Police car makes an appearance during a parade.
As for serious criminal investigations, the Toronto Police frequently (but not always) contracted with private investigators from the Pinkerton Detective Agency until the 20th century when it developed its own internal investigation and intelligence capacity.
During the 1930s and 1940s, the Toronto Police under Chief Dennis “Deny” Draper, a retired Brigadier General and former Conservative candidate, returned to its function as an agency to suppress political dissent. Its notorious “Red Squad” brutally dispersed demonstrations by labour unions and by unemployed and homeless people during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Suspicious of “foreigners”, the police lobbied the city of Toronto to pass legislation banning public speeches in languages other than English, curtailing union organization among Toronto’s vast immigrant populations working in sweat shops.
After several scandals, including a call by Chief Draper to have reporters “shot” and his being arrested driving drunk, the city appointed in 1948 a new Police Chief from its own ranks for the first time in the department’s history: John Chisholm, a very able senior police inspector. In 1955, the Metropolitan Toronto Board of Police Commissioners was formed in preparation for the amalgamation of the 13 police forces in the municipality Metropolitan Toronto into a unified police force with Chisholm as chief of the unified force. Unfortunately Chisholm was not up to the politics of the Chief’s office, especially in facing off with Fred “Big Daddy” Gardiner who engineered almost single-handedly the formation of Metropolitan Toronto in the 1950s. As the Toronto City Police absorbed the surrounding police departments and grew in size and complexity, Chisholm found himself unable to manage the huge agency and its Byzantine politics. In 1958, after a number of conflicts with Gardiner and members of the newly expanded Metropolitan Toronto Board of Police Commissioners, Chief Chisholm drove to High Park on the city’s west end, parked his car and committed suicide with his service revolver. The late Staff Superintendent Jack Webster, one of the officers who arrived at the scene of the Chief’s death and who would upon his retirement in the 1990s become the Force Historian at the Toronto Police Museum, would later write, “Suicide is a constant partner in every police car.”
With the creation of Metro Toronto in 1954, the Toronto Police was eventually merged on January 1, 1957, with the other municipal forces to form the Metropolitan Toronto Police Force:
Former Police Force
Current Community
Field
Division(s)
Scarborough Police Department
Scarborough
Area
41, 42, 43
Etobicoke Police Department
Etobicoke
Area
22, 23
North York Police Department
North York
Area; parts of Central
31, 32, 33; parts of 12, 13, 53
East York Police Department
East York
Central
54
Mimico Police Department
Etobicoke (Mimico)
Area
22
Weston Police Department
York (Weston, Ontario)
Area and Central
12, 31
Forest Hill Police Department
Toronto (Forest Hill, Ontario)
Central
53
Town of Leaside Police Department
East York (Leaside, Ontario)
Central
53, 54
York Township Police Department
York
Central
13
New Toronto Police Department
Etobicoke (New Toronto, Ontario)
Area
22
Swansea Police Department
Toronto (Swansea, Ontario)
Central
11
Long Branch Police Department
Etobicoke (Long Branch, Ontario)
Area
22
In November 1995, the agency was renamed the Metropolitan Toronto Police Service which in turn, in 1998, became the Toronto Police Service after the amalgamation of the former municipalities of metropolitan Toronto.
21st century
ETF Vehicle on Queen Street during an attempted bank robbery and bomb scare
A Toronto Police marine patrol at the Canadian National Exhibition.
Today, the Toronto Police Service is responsible for overall local police service in Toronto and works with the other emergency services (Toronto EMS (TEMS) and Toronto Fire Services (TFS)) and other police forces in the GTA including:
York Regional Police
Peel Regional Police
Durham Regional Police Service
Ontario Provincial Police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
For most of 2005, the police union and the Toronto Police Services Board (the civilian governing body) were involved in lengthy contract negotiations. The rank and file had been without a contract since the end of 2004, and conducted a work-to-rule campaign in the fall of 2005. The police force is an essential public service and are legally prohibited from striking.
Controversies and allegations of misconduct
A mandatory Coroner’s Inquest took place into the police killing of 17-year-old Jeffrey Reodica. Although accounts differ, it is generally accepted that Reodica was part of a group of Filipino teenagers pursuing a group of white teenagers on May 21, 2004, following altercations between the two groups. Plainclothes Toronto police officer Det.-Const. Dan Belanger and his partner Det. Allen Love were in the process of arresting Reodica when he was shot by the officers, the teen died in hospital three days later. Belanger and his partner, Det. Allen Love, were eventually cleared by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) who accepted their story that Reodica lunged at them with a knife.
In response to the recommendations of the Coroner’s Inquest jury, Chief Blair recommended that all plainclothes police officers be issued arm bands and raid jackets bearing the word ‘Police’ in an effort to increase their visibility in critical situations. Unmarked cars, which are already equipped with a plug-in police light, will also be supplied with additional emergency equipment, including a siren package. The proposals will be phased in over three years beginning in 2008. Undercover officers will also have to wear, carry or have access to standard police use-of-force options such as pepper spray and batons.
In 2004, eight people were shot by Toronto Police, and six of them died from their wounds. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) investigated each shooting, but found all of them to be justified.
In 2005, the police force was faced with a spike in shootings across Toronto and increased concern among residents. Police Chief William Blair and Mayor David Miller asked for additional resources and asked for diligence from residents to contend with this issue. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty promised to work with Toronto to fight crime.
In July 2007, Toronto Police were involved in an international incident in which their members pepper-sprayed, tasered, and handcuffed members of the Chilean national soccer team in an attempt to keep control of crowds after their semi-final match in the 2007 FIFA Under-20 World Cup. A police spokesman explained on CBC Radio on the programme Here and Now that police took action against individual members of the Chilean team when they “displayed aggressive behaviour” by vandalizing a bus and arguing with fans. The actions of the police were criticised by the TV and print media in Chile, and initially also in Canada, but following a news conference and more detailed description of behaviour by the Chilean team the criticism (outside of Chile) was withdrawn. FIFA president Sepp Blatter later apologized to the Toronto mayor for the incident, and instigated disciplinary action against the officials and players of the Chilean team.
Funding
As a division of the municipal government of Toronto, the Toronto Police Service’s annual funding level is established by a vote of the Toronto City Council in favour of the year’s proposed budget. Provided below are historical gross and net funding levels of the TPS as a part of the city’s operating budgets.
Toronto Police Service funding as per municipal operating budgets
Year
Gross Amount
% of Year’s Gross Budget
Net Amount
% of Year’s Net Budget
1999
$540,978,000
9.7%
$522,900,000
20.3%
2004
$707,573,000
10.6%
$679,112,000
23.3%
Chiefs of Police
The chief of police is the highest-ranking officer of the Toronto Police Service (until the 1960s the position was known as chief constable). Most chiefs have been chosen amongst the ranks of Toronto force and promoted from the ranks of deputy chief.
Toronto Police Department
William Higgins 1834
George Kingsmill 1835
James Stitt 1836
George Kingsmill 1837-1846
George Allen 1847-1852
Samuel Sherwood 1852-1858
William Stratton Prince 1859-1873
Frank C. Draper 1874-1886
H.J. Grasett 1886-1920
Samuel J. Dickson 1920-1928
Dennis Draper 1928-1946
John Chisholm 1946-1956
Metro Toronto Police (up to 1995), Metro Toronto Police Service (up to 1998) and Toronto Police Service (1998 onwards)
John Chisholm 1957-1958 (died 1958 from suicide)
James Page Mackey 1958-1970 (died 2009)
Harold Adamson 1970-1980 (died 2001)
Jack W. Ackroyd 1980-1984 (died 1992)
Jack Marks 1984-1989 (died 2007)
William J. McCormack 1989-1995
David Boothby 1995-2000
Julian Fantino 2000-2005
Mike Boyd 2005
Bill Blair 2005-present
The Special Investigations Unit
The actions of the Toronto Police are examined by the Special Investigations Unit, a civilian agency responsible for investigating circumstances involving police and civilians that have resulted in a death, serious injury, or allegations of sexual assault. The SIU is dedicated to maintaining one law, ensuring equal justice before the law among both the police and the public. They assure that the criminal law is applied appropriately to police conduct, as determined through independent investigations, increasing public confidence in the police services. Complaints involving police conduct that do not result in a serious injury or death must be referred to the appropriate police service or to another oversight agency, such as the Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services.
Operations
Toronto Police Headquarters
Toronto Police Headquarters is on College Street near Bay Street in the downtown area. The former HQ at Jarvis Street was turned into a museum (and since re-located to current HQ). The current site was once home to the Toronto YMCA. The current sign in over the main entrance still reads “Metropolitan Toronto Police Headquarters” and still has the seal of Metropolitan Toronto, and since 2007 has the current Toronto Police Service crest.
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Posted on August 28, 2011
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How to cross the border
Posted on August 25, 2011
Now i like to make it clear before you start reading that this is only for those in need of help and freedom and the US can give it to you. But please do not use them for mischief and law-breaking. The US is a place of freedom but also liberty where you have responsibilities and must obey the law. That is important in becoming an American citizen. Well enjoy!
INTRODUCTION
Dear Mexican Citizen: It is is important that you listen to these points carefully and don’t misuse it or i can end up in jail!
This guide tries to provide you with some practical advice that may be useful to you in case you have made the difficult decision to seek new work opportunities outside of your own country.
The safe way of entering another country is by first obtaining your passport, which is issued by the Delegations of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations, and your visa, which you request at the Embassy or Consulate of the country to where you wish to travel.
However, we actually see many cases of Mexicans who try to cross the northern border without the necessary documentation, crossing high-risk zones that are very dangerous, especially in desert areas or rivers with strong and not always noticeable currents.
INTRODUCTION
As you read this guide you can also learn some basic questions about legal consequences of your stay in the United States of America without appropriate immigration documents, as well as the rights you have in that country once you are there, independently of your immigration status.
Always keep in mind that there are mechanisms for you to enter the United States of America legally.
In any case, if you encounter problems or difficulties, remember that Mexico has 45 Consulates at its disposal in that country, whose contact information you also can find in this publication.
Identify your Consulate and go to it.
DANGERS OF CROSSING IN HIGH-RISK ZONES
Crossing the river can be very risky, especially if you cross alone and at night.
Thick clothing increases your weight when wet and makes it hard to swim or float.
RISKS
If you cross in the desert, try to travel when the heat is not so intense.
Highways and towns are very far apart, so that it could take you several days to find roads and you will not be able to carry food or water for that long; you could even get lost.
Salted water helps you retain body fluids. Although you get more thirsty, if you drink salted water the risk of dehydration is lessened.
Dehydration symptoms are:
Little or no perspiration
Dryness of eyes and mouth
Headache
Fatigue and exhaustion
Difficulty in walking and reasoning
Hallucinations and mirages
If you get lost follow utility poles, railroad tracks or furrows.
BE CAREFUL OF ALIEN SMUGGLERS
BE CAREFUL OF “POLLEROS”, “COYOTES” OR “PATEROS” [Various names for alien smugglers)
They can deceive you by assuring you they'll cross you [smuggle you across the border] at certain times over mountains or through deserts. This is not true! They can put your life in danger leading you through rivers, irrigation canals, desert areas, along railroad tracks or freeways. This has caused the death of hundreds of people.
If you decide to use the services of “polleros”, “coyotes” or “pateros” to cross the border, consider the following precautions to take:
Don’t let him out of your sight; remember that he’s the only one that knows the terrain and therefore is the one that can get you out.
Do not trust anyone who offers to cross you over to the “other side” and asks you to drive a vehicle or carry a package for him. Regularly those…
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