I guess the Ottawa Chief is also wrong when he suggests more support for the mentally ill? Police make terrible social workers. Money better spent elsewhere. Enjoy your echo chamber.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-police-chief-says-force-doing-too-much-1.1399495
That may be so but police don't get a blank cheque. If the councilors think they need to cut back that is exactly what will happen. If their reputation is tarnished the cuts will come. It is a good way to keep the relationship between the public and police cooperative. I don't think police state...
A centre right politician told me about the report and it is something I'll be discussing with my (lefty)ward councilor this Sunday. After a point more police don't prevent crime. The money may have more effect reducing crime elsewhere in the city.
The OMBI(Ontario Municipal Benchmarking Initiative) 2010 annual report. I can't find it online. It's turning into an issue in Ottawa because most municipalities are around $2000 to $4000 per crime and Ottawa was at $7000 in 2010 and climbing steadily. Ottawa is not your average city and is...
Perhaps asking the military or police what powers they want could end up bankrupting other equally important departments. Do we need as much militarization as we have now? When was the last riot? Fixing social problems by turning police into shock troops gives you Ferguson.
Don't you have some...
All this riot gear, assault weapons and armoured vehicles is a waste of tax money. We all like playing with toys. But at then end of the day in my city close to 90% of duties are traffic. There are only 27 crimes per officer per year in Ottawa, roughly 2 crimes per officer a month. With a 280...
Militarization of police has happened slowly. In some cities now it is Obey or Die. This naturally alienates the public. Who then no longer call or cooperate with the police in a mutually reinforcing cycle. In some cities in NY state police feel like an occupying force. Police are terrified of...
I am back to normal as long as I stay on the cocktail I am on. First round of TB4 was insufficient dose. Slowly ramped it to get good results and 1mg per day for 30 days produced the results I wanted. Ideal dose in mice for stroke is 2.7 mg/Kg in a single injection immediately after injury IIRC...
The last arms race was a disaster in terms of wasted human potential. The trillions wasted on all those useless nukes. We could have built moon bases or cured cancer with that money. Humans are pretty stupid though and "defense" can be a very lucrative investment. Eventually the defense...
I read Blackwater/Xe/Academi was recently hired by Montsanto through Total Intelligence Solutions(Also an Erik Prince/Cofer Black corporation) to infiltrate activist groups working against them. If Blackwater can threaten State Dept officials with impunity and also work for nefarious global...
For a country that has such a powerful army that wins most engagements it's been a very long time since they won a war. Such a mountain of resources to accomplish so little. What a strange empire. Neither evil enough to pluder the conquered and make a profit or good enough to be morally...
Sean Bruyea, Pat Strogan, etc getting their personal VAC medical files viewed by junior ministers bothered me much more. It seems to be becoming a systemic problem to invade people's private business when they have a legitimate legal beef with then government. This is Soviet era intimidation and...
They also accessed her Indian Status report and formally asked IT to circumvent her security. In case sensitive information was being released to the public of course...
It seems that social workers are now a threat to national security. Has it gone too far yet?
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/06/21/the_government_spied_on_me_without_a_warrant.html
"The government spied on me without a warrant
How an aboriginal advocate become the target of...
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