Angus man arrested after base chase

[Loachman]

It's not 100% either, but random, or else only a few people would get to work on time each day.

 

[armyvern]

Maybe I`m just very unlucky then; I`ve yet to get through without having to show my ID; it`s been 6 months. 

 

[the 48th regulator]

Maybe I`m just very unlucky then; I`ve yet to get through without having to show my ID; it`s been 6 months. 

Ortona road baby, that's the cool way to go.



dileas

tess

 

[Loachman]

Don't be the first car in a line, or the only car.

 

[FastEddy]

Maybe I`m just very unlucky then; I`ve yet to get through without having to show my ID; it`s been 6 months. 

Is that in or out of uniform or both ?

Cheers. 8)

 

[Loachman]

They wave one into the check area long before one is close enough to verify dress.

 

[Journeyman]

They wave one into the check area long before one is close enough to verify dress.

...but they can see that red hair coming from way off.  >

 

[Otis]

I was just up there last Friday ... I saw the Commissionaire wave the car in in front of me, so I pulled in behind. While I was waiting, another car drove right past, so I asked about the ID checks and I was told you only neede to stop if you were waved over...so it must be you Vern!

 

[mariomike]

"The 100% ID check on the base came into effect in August or September 2008 and has been in place since then."


It's been a very long time since I drove into Borden, but the discussion reminds me of a scene from one of my favorite movies, "12 O'clock High". If interested, it's around the 1:10 minute mark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcwWCKU6ZT0

"Goring could have been in that car!"

 

[zipperhead_cop]

110 in a 50 km zone.....does this not qualify for the street racing charges where they lose the car, etc. on speeds 50km over ?

It would, but that is under provincial legislation.  It will be taken as facts in issue with the Dangerous Driving which is criminal.  Sounds like all the article is missing is the innocuous comment "known to the police"

 

[QM]

This is very annoying to me. What is the point of having any kind of screening process at the gate if the gate is unable to stop undesirables from gaining entry anyhow? Either open the Bases or put up proper defenses such as quick-deploy concrete barriers or serpentine Texas barriers etc. I am happy to live in a safe and free and open country, but ineffective security is simply a waste of money. Had this been a true threat instead of just some local yahoo, the guy could have done his damage before the gate guards were able to notify the MPs in a timely manner and effect an intervention.

 

[Loachman]

It keeps the harmless people out at least.

Kind of like "Gun Control".

 

[kratz]

Barrie Examiner

This case has taken three years from incident to trial before a jury?

Faces slew of charges following high-speed race at CFB Borden
By Tracy McLaughlin, Special to QMI AGENCY
Monday, February 4, 2013 9:34:25 EST PM

An Angus man who went on a wild and reckless high-speed race through CFB Borden and Angus, running over a cop’s foot and almost striking other police officers, is now on trial before a jury.

Joseph Arlow, 35, is charged with a slew of charges including impaired driving causing bodily harm, dangerous driving causing bodily harm, flight from police, failing to remain and resisting arrest.

But Arlow’s lawyer insists his client was suffering from mental disorder and should be found not criminally responsible.

Arlow was arrested at gunpoint after several police officers from various detachments pursued him after he crashed through the gates at CFB Borden and raced through the streets of Angus and Springwater Township on Feb. 2, 2010.

Police say Arlow’s vehicle reached speeds of 140 kilometres per hour while racing through streets and along Highway 90, running red lights and swerving onto the shoulder of the road to get around a spike belt set up to stop his frenzied drive.

In the process, he also ran over and broke bones in provincial police officer Jim Scott’s foot and drove toward other officers, causing them to scatter for their lives.

Arlow raced to the No Frills in Angus, where he smashed into another vehicle in the parking lot, then reversed and crashed into the front doors of the store.

Arlow’s lawyer has told the jury that he was suffering from mental illness and delusions and that at the time he had a premonition that his father was in the No Frills store and was suffering from physical distress.

Once he crashed into the front doors, Arlow said he got a buzzing sound in his head and realized his father was not there and he drove away.

The jury has heard that Arlow has a history of drug abuse as well as mental illness, and that he has used marijuana since he was in Grade 7.

He later used LSD as a teen and his habits eventually led him to cocaine and crack cocaine.

At the time of his arrest, Arlow was on the methadone program and was allowed to take home a seven-day supply of his daily methadone dose. After he was arrested, toxicology reports showed he had methadone and cannabis in his system.

Crown attorney Frank Faveri will try to prove that Arlow was intoxicated and that he concocted his delusional story out of “convenience.”

On the witness stand, Dr. Ann Jones, a psychiatrist at Waypoint mental health centre in Penetanguishene, insisted Arlow was suffering from delusions.

“In my view, he was experiencing psychotic delusions that drove his actions that day,” Jones said.

“Isn’t it possible that he was coming up with that story as a convenient explanation?” asked the Crown.

“It’s possible, but I don’t think so,” Jones said. “I can’t think of another explanation.”

 

[Pandora114]

Mental Disorder aka Drug induced paranoia.

Heh