The new lecture theatre at the local college is getting some use.
Today in history, November 30 1993
Brady bill comes into law.
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Arrest, part of a normal day for the thin blue line, this recent arrest in downtown Merritt shows an officer taking into custody a suspect, he can on reasonable suspicion detain a person for 24 hours. That person can have a lawyer present for questioning, and ask for a writ to produce him in court with charges against him . Special laws after 911 undermined that civil right with out suspending all civil rights for citizens.
Today in History, November 2 1967
Vietnam: US President Johnson and “The Wise Men” conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
Another motorcycle being operated on a temp permit this one however is displayed
Posted another film review here:
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Today in History, November 1 1968
The Motion Picture Association of America‘s film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
UNMARKED POLICE CAR
This is an unmarked police car they have every thing regular cars have including radar. Some people call this entrapment. That is not correct, entrapment defence is for those that do not have a disposition to an offence and they cause you to do something you would not normally do . Relevance is another misunderstood dynamic, you only have to raise a reasonable doubt in court the disposition of proof is on the officer and crown. So anything that does not reflect the ability of the officer in the collection of evidence is not relevent to the offence. A police officer that missed a spot while shaving could be, however they take two witnesses for a conviction one the equipment reliability , photos, perhaps, overtaking traffic, other persons as witness’s and braking.
Save your self much trouble and money, stay on the posted max we think.
Today in History, October 7 1949
GDR East Germany founded.
The downtown community police office had covers from 50’s era crime magazines, they all depicted a pretty women as a victim and protected by detective and police work.
The city hosted a number of events of the 1950 era but no Elvis was seen. BC rivers day was part of the weekend including a rubber duck race on the river , wooded fish painted by grade school students and secured on the back fence of the lawn bowling green that borders the Nicola River.
Today in History, September 29 522 BC:
Darius the First of Persia, Kills a Magian usurper Gaumata, securing his hold on the Persian Empire
The radio reported yesterday that drunk driving is now .05 and not .08 one source says. The matter has been under debate.We have not seen ANYTHING (except last April’s announcement) published. Will confirm.
However the file in this locked police car reads the “refusal to take breathalyzer” seems strange for a file to be left in public view in the midst of a debate on road side suspension.
PS: remember both refusal to blow and .08 are criminal records that can affect your employment.
Today in history, September 24 2008
Donald Trump opens his international residence tower , the highest in the world at 1389 feet in Chicago.
This vehicle has a reenforced bumper for breaking down gates we think .There is a whole other world out there
Today in History, September 21 1780
Benedict Arnold gives the British plans to the West Point Military Collage
Local jurisdictions , this patrol car bearing Delta Police Markings is from a community in the lower mainland.It was recently seen going through our south central interior city on who knows what duty. We have the Royal Canadian Mounted Police here. About 20 officers contracted to the City from that Federal Police Force. British Columbia contracts the most with the Federal Government Force There is no Provincial police only city ones and that results in 38 percent, there about, of the RCMP’s contracted members being in BC. Of the 20 odd members that are here some of them have federal duties including First Nations Policing . A flow chart issued by them shows four lines of responsibility each under a corporal, an operations Sargent ,and one Staff Sargent as NCO in charge.
Today in History, July 16th 1999
John Kennedy Junior dies in his small plane in the Atlantic Ocean .
Old five
Another old five, a good one, shows up at the Coldwater Hotel in Merritt .They post that they are not taking old bills so go to the bank with them.
Today in History, June 10th 1940: Canada declares war on Italy
They are applying herbicides here for broadleaf weeds (dandelion) some people concerned both ways.
By the by there was a film shown here, admission by donation on Tuesday evening: awakening the Skeena. the river is a major BC river touting First Nations sacred status The website had a propaganda warning on it and it followed by a conference; Fraser River Conservation something, a source says that the group had secured 10 million dollars from the Federal Government some years ago to do some conservation work on rivers. That funding gone, the group was looking for more, the Royal Dutch Shell Company coal bed methane permits that came under a four-year moratorium, seems to overtly been credited to them. No word on whether they were successful in securing more. One thing certain the gal that swam the Skeena River to bring awareness got more than wet . Propaganda a side its ironic that the broadleaf spray happened in the same context as the film and conference.
Today in History. May 28 1977:
Supper club fire kills 165 people in Kentucky
This file photo is from a murder in the park of a young man some time ago. Another murder reported on the radio today. Occurring Friday the 21 of May a woman charged with the stabbing death of her husband. This is sad and tells a tale of misdirected lives.
Dead man named two feathers..
Today in history, May 25 1982…..
HMS Coventry sunk in the Falklands War.
This file picture from last year shows a low tech fingerprint collection. The collection is going on within 50 feet of new red light cameras installed with new street lights. The crooks had pushed the safe out of the building and abandoned it in the middle of the night. And sidewalk. Low tech criminals involved? They may have tought that with all the debit and credit card transactions their heavy labour may not have been worth the effort or risk.
The low tech policing in front of the new cameras seems exaggerated. To any that care. Since the Province had begun a pilot project in 5 communities to see if cameras in downtown cores relived the crime rate, and here was not one of them.
No one caught as yet ,that we are aware of; one might wonder how much time the police are spending.
The new coalition government in England has recently promised to oust camera surveillance to some degree there. A good balance to the artificial creation of life in the papers, reported by the Vancouver Sun. Life from DNA recipes activated from recipes stored in researchers computers.
The curse of” may you live in interesting times” seems is getting more and more credibility.
Today in History, May 22 1990:
Microsoft releases windows 3.0 version.
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