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EDITORIAL: Quotas are just pla
Any scheme that calls for police officers to meet a daily quota when writing traffic tickets is unacceptable.
But when that quota is used as an incentive to allow cops to leave work early if they write 25 traffic tickets a day, as reported by the Sun's Alan Cairns, it raises questions about the integrity of the police force itself.
About whether all the tickets written under this quota system were, in fact, valid. It undermines public faith in the police, since many believe, despite constant denials over the years, that police do use ticket quotas.
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Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
12 June 2008
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Canada: Observer can't believe
The cops at the centre of the so-called "hotbox scandal" will not be criminally charged.
Complaints from May 20, 2005, allege that cops picked up a group of nine aboriginal people for public drunkenness on Whyte Avenue, put them in a police van, then kept them in stifling heat while they drove around for several hours.
Eventually, they were dropped off in the Balwin residential neighbourhood near 127 Avenue and 80 Street.
The case ended up in a 12-month investigation by RCMP before being handed to Alberta Justice to decide if charges should be laid.
"The conclusion was there wasn't sufficient evidence to conclude that the conduct was criminal," said Alberta Justice director of special prosecutions Sheila Brown.
But an independent observer appointed to watch over the RCMP investigation into the incident says charges should have been laid.
"I don't know how Alberta Justice came up with that opinion," said Herb Belcourt.
'IT'S WRONG WHAT THEY DID'
Most of the officers involved admitted what happened, he said. Cops should not drop people off in random neighbourhoods, he added.
"It's wrong what they did," Belcourt said.
In February 2007, the RCMP and city police commercial crime section began a criminal investigation at the request of the Alberta solicitor general with the results sent to the special prosecutions branch this February.
Brown said a prosecutor did a lengthy review of the investigation to determine the likelihood of a conviction. He determined that the chances were too slim to justify laying charges. RCMP say the investigation is now complete.
'FAR FROM OVER'
Although no criminal charges are being laid, Edmonton Police Service spokesman Dean Parthenis said there will still be an internal investigation.
"It's far from over. There's still the internal phase of the investigation that needs to occur."
Parthenis said Alberta Justice's report will go to the EPS professional standards branch. Internal investigators will see if misconduct charges can be laid or if recommendations can be made for changes in police conduct.
Belcourt said rather than dropping people off in random neighbourhoods, they should be taken to detox or treatment centres to get help.
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