The province has increased its retention rate by 19%, from 56 to 75% in the pilot program of eighteen months.

Here are the details. The article doesn't note the specific communities but does say the program has expanded to three other cities with Members hoping the Crown in their jurisdiction will join the program and remove repeat offenders off their streets.

"The province says the legal system has increased its effectiveness dealing with violent repeat offenders, with them spending more time in custody and Crown counsel seeking detention more frequently at 84 per cent versus the previous 67 per cent."

UPDATE

cfjctoday.com

KAMLOOPS - While one abduction report that triggered a police chase on the North Shore was found to be non-cre...

Do you have particular incidents which bring back fond memories?

This Kamloops pursuit reminds me of a similar pursuit where a Member from a neighbouring detachment was chasing a stolen vehicle.

I was listening to the chatter when the suspect passed me and stopped at a gas station.

I advised the Members of his location then pulled in behind the suspect.

Having taught these skills to two different agencies and practiced them in multi-agency training sessions, a common response from participants is, "My agency won't allow such aggressive tactics."

This Blue Line article highlights some of the differences employed by various Canadian agencies.

"...how feasible is it to parry a hand armed with a knife aimed directly at your face or throat at full speed, aggression and violence of action, then perform a wrist lock to subdue the attacker? Or how effective would an officer be at trying to deflect a knife thrust aimed at the abdominal region while simultaneously trying to strike the assailant’s face? Remember, we can switch tasks, some more quickly than others, but we do not multitask very well, let alone look at two different objects independently like chameleons."

The investigation has dragged on since 2021. There is more with the added back stories over the past four years.

They put so much time, effort and heart into becoming a Mountie to have it end this way.

"Const. Solven took an oath to serve and protect the public, and he put aside the oath to degrade members of the public, vulnerable persons and colleagues by posting vulgar, racist and degrading comments, thereby violating the public trust," she said.

Read the rest of the adjudication.

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Coquitlam Const. Ian Solven, convicted of discreditable conduct for making sexist comments in group chats, has been ordered to resign within 14 days, or he will be fired. The fate of the two other officers will be handed down in the new year.