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We’re at a crossroads on policing drugs and homelessness

from Times Colonist

We’re at a crossroads on policing drugs and homelessness Times Colonist There is no better example of ebb and flow than to look at our justice system, and policing is an integral part of it. Studying justice administration and police science in the mid-1980s provided an opportunity to explore criminal law, and my instructor at the time was Crown prosecutor Peter Martin, now an Alberta Court of Appeal justice. Fast forward to Peel’s fifth principle of policing which is “to seek and to preserve public favour, not by catering to public opinion, but by constantly demonstrating absolute impartial service to the law.” That’s a tall order to fill, and police officers do their best to uphold this day in, day out, 24/7. READ MORE

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