Michael Gendron

Police officers are leaving the RNC. One former constable says it’s time to talk about why | CBC News Daniel Cadigan says he found a workplace that provided support and understanding. His former boss, RNC Chief Patrick Roche, says policing isn't for everyone.

This should be a massive wake-up call. Bad management, poor work-life balance, incoherent judicial decisions, all leading to experienced officers walking away:

"Police officers are leaving the RNC. One former constable says it’s time to talk about why"

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EPSB review of new school resource officer program largely positive | CBC News The school resource officer (SRO) program has mostly garnered praise from school and education staff, after it returned to some Edmonton schools last year.

"An Edmonton Public Schools program that sees police officers have a presence at its schools has mostly garnered praise from school and education staff after it returned to some schools last year."

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*gasp*!

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More RCMP and CBSA 'human resources' destined for border, Public Safety Minister LeBlanc says Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the federal government will 'absolutely' be adding more Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) and RCMP ‘human resources’ at the border.

Spoiler: they don't exist.

"More RCMP and CBSA 'human resources' destined for border, Public Safety Minister LeBlanc says"
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Top court rules cops acted lawfully in warrantless search of drug suspect’s texts | Globalnews.ca Guelph police seized drug dealer suspect’s phone and impersonated him to ensnare another suspect over concerns of fentanyl-laced heroin.

"Top court rules cops acted lawfully in warrantless search of drug suspect’s texts"

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Victoria police union says officers feeling strain of underfunding Asking the department to make budget cuts when it’s already inadequately funded could put officers’ mental and physical wellbeing at risk, says the union

"Victoria police union says officers feeling strain of underfunding" #Policing

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RCMP looks to redeploy its workforce to Canada-U.S. border following Trump's tariff threat The eastern region for the RCMP includes Quebec and the four Atlantic provinces. Only Quebec and New Brunswick border the U.S. in this region

RCMP already carrying significant vacancies in contract policing sector (www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pb...). Policing across Canada facing serious recruitment/retention issues.

Not unreasonable to ask where are these officers going to come from?

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Justin Trudeau’s top security adviser warned of RCMP’s struggles to meet demand as threats rise against politicians A briefing note from National Security and Intelligence Adviser Nathalie Drouin said the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's branch for protective security was struggling to meet increased demand.

We need a national policing recruitment strategy. Unfortunately fed gov seems to have no interest in fixing this issue:

"Justin Trudeau’s top security adviser warned of RCMP’s struggles to meet demand as threats rise against politicians"

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Liberalism and public order Maintaining functional public systems and spaces *is* progressive

A good read:

"It’s not progressive to allow public spaces to become chaotic and unusable..."

www.slowboring.com/p/liberalism...

Bluesky is NOT a cult.

We’re just millions of people, proselytizing to our friends and neighbors, asking if they have heard the good news about Bluesky.

And of course we have a charismatic leader. Her name is… well, I mean, technically her name is Bluesky.

Good to hear from the OLP leader:

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‘I am going to fund the police’: Bonnie Crombie to pledge in Thursday speech. toronto.citynews.ca/2024/11/21/l...
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