Police are searching for a suspect after five people were shot in what investigators believe was a targeted shooting following a fight inside a bowling alley.Police were initially called to a large fight outside of Super Bowl Lanes in Forest Glade. (Chris Ensing/CBC News)Police say five people were shot outside a bowling alley in east…
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Saskatoon police PSA showing gang member in wheelchair sends ableist message, disability advocates say
by Sue JonesThe Saskatoon Police Service shared an image, originally from a 2015 awareness campaign by B.C. police, on its new Drop Gangs website. On Friday, SPS removed the image and apologized to people on social media.The Saskatoon Police Service launched its Drop Gangs initiative in March, which includes this SUV, intended to serve as a rolling…
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Winnipeg police stymied by encryption on alleged child sex predator’s electronic devices
by Sue JonesNewly unsealed court documents give a glimpse into the challenges the Winnipeg Police Service faced trying to uncover the contents of an accused child sex-abuser’s electronic devices.Police allege Marshall Ruskin, 63, a former civilian webmaster for the Department of National Defence in Winnipeg, paid to watch the sexual abuse of children in the Philippines through…
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Police training in domestic violence scrapped for years before veteran’s murder-suicide: inquiry
by Sue JonesThe provincial fatality inquiry examining why an Afghanistan veteran killed his family and himself in 2017 heard Monday that Nova Scotia police officers had limited intimate partner violence training in the seven years before the murder-suicides.The second-latest witness at the Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry testified about policing standards and training in Nova Scotia. (Dave Irish/CBC)The…
Vancouver police’s homicide unit is investigating after the bodies of two women were found shot dead in a vehicle in the upscale neighbourhood on Sunday.Vancouver police investigators examine a white BMW at the scene of what a spokesperson called a ‘very serious incident’ Sunday on the city’s west side. Police later confirmed two women were…
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Hamilton police officer on 18-month probation for lunging at woman in incident caught on video
by Sue JonesA Hamilton police officer has been placed on probation for 18 months after pleading guilty to assault for lunging at a woman in February 2021.A Hamilton Police Service officer points at a camera before speaking to a resident. Minutes later, video shows the officer lunging at the resident. (Submitted by Paul Manning)A Hamilton police officer has been placed on…
U.S. Capitol Chief of Police J. Thomas Manger testified before a bipartisan committee on Wednesday about security improvements in the wake of…
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Police not investigating Downing Street ‘lockdown parties’ as no complaints made
by ava360Sorry, this video isn’t available any more. The Met Police is currently not investigating claims Downing Street hosted Christmas parties during lockdown last December – because the force has yet to receive any official complaints. But commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said: ‘If I get a letter, I’ll read a letter’ when quizzed about whether an…
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Police still won’t investigate No 10 lockdown parties after Boris pictured at quiz
by ava360The Metropolitan Police has again confirmed that it will not investigate alleged breaches of coronavirus restrictions in Number 10 last winter. Boris Johnson insisted ‘I certainly broke no rules’ in an apparent change of tone from previous comments that no rules were broken and no parties took place. It comes as the Health Secretary leapt to…
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Tucson police officer fired, under investigation after fatally shooting a man in a mobility scooter
Newly released footage shows former Tucson police officer Ryan Remington confronting 61-year-old Richard Lee Richards with his gun drawn Monday evening before…