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Under Section 82(2) of the Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act an officer serving with an Ontario police service has the authority to operate as a police officer anywhere in the province.Quote:
Originally Posted by sabmgb
https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/s19001#Sched1109
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Power to act throughout Ontario
(2) A police officer has authority to act as such throughout Ontario.
I've been retired from the job longer than I worked there.LOL I still try to keep my ear to the ground,though,and still have close friends who are still active or just recently retired. Even when I went to the private sector,corporate security was my main occupation. Once a copper....Quote:
Originally Posted by rick_iles
That was my thinking also why having forum with guys and different backgrounds is handyQuote:
Originally Posted by sabmgb
Seems overkill to me. Shoot a 70 year old man 4 times??
That's ridiculous.
Poor family.
Pure murder from what I can tell.
But don't worry - the Cops will investigate the Cops and the Cops will determine that the Cops did what the Cops were supposed to do so the Cops are not guilty.
Meanwhile at Jane and Finch in Toronto there are gangs with fully automatic weapons, flaunting them on social media, but the Cops refuse to do anything because the Cops might get shot.
So they go after the easy target - a 70 year old harmless man.
This is Canada today.
Good luck getting a SIU investigation that identifies and holds officers accountable for their actions. The Lindsay incident took a very long time and it was reported the officers involved were able to refuse to be interviewed. An officer shot the young boy but no one has been named. The sad thing is with the Lindsay shooting it was more of a panic situation but the more recent shooting the police were well aware of the surroundings and should have been able to do their work in a safe and civil manner.
Don
https://ottawasun.com/opinion/column...f-8bfcd88bbe07
"Harmless, gentle, trustworthy, a true friend — these are some of the ways those who knew Kotanko have described him. He’s also someone who was slow-moving — “as slow as a sloth,” said one friend — due to health issues.
Why police would kick open the door and open fire has locals baffled. As does the fact that Toronto Police Service didn’t even alert the Norfolk County OPP detachment that they were executing the warrant.
The police officers executing the warrant were at the place of business of a licensed and registered gunsmith. If the excuse for opening fire immediately after kicking in the door is that Kotanko had a gun in his hand, they should have expected that.
He’s a gunsmith who worked with, altered, and fixed guns and he had a license to do so.
On the face of it, this appears to be a case of a police officer quite literally jumping the gun with deadly effect. We won’t know what truly happened for quite a while; SIU investigations take four to six months, but sometimes longer."
The quality of the people being hired to be police officers leaves something to be desired in my opinion based on my interactions with them and knowing the type of people they are and finding out that they went into policing make me shake my head in disbelief. While most have been great to deal with while others.......... unfortunately the bad ones can kill you.
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A Go Fund Me campaign to help the family has been started.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/rodger-ko...-memorial-fund
If I were one of those witnesses I would seek legal council and give a full video report of what they witnessed to a lawyer. No need to elaborate what can or may happen to them !