Police above the law?
 

Violent police 'home invasion' leads to $66K bill for victims - Nova Scotia - CBC News


Cop breaks law by illegally entering a home, hurts people, and keeps job and no charged criminally.


One part of the article I am don't quite understand is if the charges were dropped against the occupants of the home, why she still lost her license to sell insurance (her job lost also) since she was never convicted, seems like a horrible punishment, cop breaks law, hurts you, and you lose your job, while cop keeps his.

Halifax may want to reconsider their hiring screening, seems they have some officers not suited to the job.

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That's simply appalling :(:thumbdown:

Abuse of power at its best.

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They was very lucky because if that was in Toronto they would have been shot first then tazered after the fact.

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On cases such as this, full disclosure is in the public interest. There is no mention on whether they contacted their MP and what he or she might have done.

And do we really need the close up photo of facial injuries? These type of "look at the damage" photos seem to be in vogue the last few years. Rihanna started it I think, and now it's becoming common practice to show graphic injury photos. Too voyeristic IMO.

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The MP's I have contacted for things either never reply or return a call the office says they would. Or they say they will look into it but never do and just get a BS answer towing party line.

I personally would not have faith a complaint to an MP would lead to anything of use.

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I've had a better experience with my MP, and MPs progress issues all the time. In a case of this magnitude, I doubt an MP would brush it aside.

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The city has to deal with the police union which is dedicated to defending the officer and the MP will not get any answers in the House by bringing up a case still under investigation or which has any appeal time for either side remaining and because the civil suit is ongoing there would be no response. Some cases of police brutality get hushed up with threats but they can't do that when it's already on the front page. Pictures of damage done to victims didn't start with celebrities and are normal procedure in hospitals and doctors' offices just in case there are going to be legal proceedings. The inconsistancies in this case would seem to warrant a re-investigation and the city should pay through the nose. Fire the bad cop and make sure he never works in police, corrections or any institutional setting again, pay $500 thou to the brother and sister and issue a public apology seems fair to me. Right now while it's in the news is the time for a boycott of Halifax Regional Police - if nobody called the police because they're scared Cst. Gilbert might respond and it gets international press time the City of Halifax might be shamed into revisiting the case. The police have a responsibility to protect the public and to keep us honest but keeping the police honest is a public responsibility.

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There's a huge, HUGE difference between British MPs and Canadian MPs/MLAs.

My experience in DSS/DWP - an MP's letter resulted in normal work being put back and priority given to investigation (correction if necessary) and response.

My experience here is totally contrary. Responses take months and sometimes need to be pushed.

I made one complaint (seeking a refund for the double set of of fees I had to pay) detailing a series of errors made by CIC on my PR application. What I got back was nothing from the MP - actually the immigration minister at the time - and a standard pro-forma detailing the procedure for a PR application. Total and utter failure to address the actual issues.

A world away from UK actions.

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I got a thank you for your support letter once in reply to a complaint about the service received at a hospital, and the health authority refusing to do anything about it. The letter had 0 to do with the actual complaint i sent in.


Seems the way to get things done, is to go to CBC. lol

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Conversely, my experience of Canadian MPs' assitance is wholly positive. I had an issue of delays with processing my PR application (was sent back and forth from Buffalo to Ottawa as offices opened and closed, always seeming to arrive on the bottom of the pile, and eventually ended up in Detroit). My MP took up the case on two occasions. One resulted in a detailed history of the case being sent to me, with dates of when it was transferred to which office and what action had been taken at each stage. That was interesting, but not fundamentally helpful in getting the thing to a conclusion; the second time I asked for MP's intervention, an email arrived from the Detroit consultate with my COPR letter attached, FIFTEEN MINUTES after I'd received notice that an enquiry had been made on my behalf. That's the kind of immediate response that makes you sit up and take notice! I still wouldn't vote for the guy, but his constituency office certainly earned their taxpayer-funded expenses as far as I'm concerned :)

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I think this bit here is illustrative of the level of union influence, nepotism, and dare I say, corruption, which is rife in NS.

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I once wrote to Santa complaining about the PCBs in my Chinese made toy.

Months went by with no response. I was totally shocked.

Then after 6 months I had a standard card which read:

"Better to be nice than naughty, little boy".

No justice in this world. Lazy fat bastard and a total waste of space IMO.