May 27, 2022 The Conversation – (Queen’s University) - Jessica Templem Punishment vs. deportation: What we can learn from the case of the truck driver in the Humbolt Broncos bus crash The title of this article may be somewhat confusing until one … [Read more...]
Safer communities…
February 8, 2021 by
Feb 8, 2021 Choosing Real Safety: A historic declaration to divest from policing and prisons and build safer communities for all The link provides a declaration about what constitutes a safer community and the failed role of more policing, more … [Read more...]
Defunding punishment…
June 22, 2020 by
June 22, 2020 Toronto Star - Alyshah Hasham If we defund the police, will we need fewer jails and prisons? As the demand for defunding police gets louder, critics are also wondering about defunding prisons and what the net gain may be for other … [Read more...]
Body Cameras…
March 23, 2016 by
March 3, 2016 Independent (UK) – Paul Peachey How the police's body-worn camera technology is changing the justice system The Metropolitan Police in London, England, have 22,000 body cameras in play – a £3.5 million investment - and are beginning … [Read more...]
RCMP resources…
August 31, 2015 by
Aug 31, 2015 CBC News - Dean Beeby RCMP database on missing persons is overdue, over budget - Harper government promise of national database for unidentified remains stalled 5 years later There has been a long standing debate about whether … [Read more...]
Living tree…
June 24, 2015 by
June 24, 2015 Globe and Mail – Sean Fine Another critic of gay marriage ascends to Ontario’s highest court Justice Bradley Miller, after six months and no published decisions on the Superior Court, has been quietly appointed to the Ontario … [Read more...]
Inmate deaths and drug overdoses…
February 18, 2015 by
Feb 18, 2015 Hamilton Spectator – Nicole O’Reilly Barton jail inmates are overdosing: Who’s watching? The Barton Street Jail in Hamilton has had four, possibly five, drug overdose deaths and when the Spectator inquired about the stats on … [Read more...]
Cost of justice…
August 20, 2014 by
Aug 20, 2014 Toronto Star - Richard J. Brennan Cost of fire, police unsustainable, AMO president says Russ Powers is the president of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario. The Ontario government and the Ontario Provincial Police jus … [Read more...]
Beyond the crime blotter…
January 29, 2014 by
Jan. 30, 2014 London Free Press (ON) – Jennifer O’Brien LONDON GANGS: Beyond the (crime) blotter O’Brien notes improved enforcement and then asks what else needs to happen to address the gang issue. She roams a little to five people active … [Read more...]