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Public sold a phony story on Taser safety, use
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Two things have jumped out from the provincial inquiry into Taser use.First, the public has been misled at best, lied to at worst, about the safety of Tasers and the way they would be used.And second, that civilian oversight of police is a myth in B.C. Government's claims that it sets policy on Taser use and most other police activities are empty.I was an advocate for Tasers after a pilot project here in Victoria in 1999. They were pitched as a great tool that could make things safer for police and public. At the end of a six-month trial, one of the officers enthusiastically talked cited examp...
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aggregated: 28 weeks 1 day ago | topics: attorney-general, design, kamloops, provincial-government, transit
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Lower Mainland Local Government Association 2008 Conference Report
aggregated from: Langley Politics Dotcom
I believe councillors should provide written reports to the rest of Council when we attend a municipal conference. The following memo, written by me, was distributed to Township Council today. Last week, I attended the 2008 LMLGA conference in Whistl...

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Liberals walk into cover-up charges in deaths
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It's rarely mistakes that get governments in trouble. It's the attempts to conceal them.The Liberals are falling into that trap, fighting to keep important evidence from being heard at inquiries into two terrible deaths. There's a grim inquest under ...

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Langley Township Council Report - Monday Afternoon, May 12, 2008
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Notes from Langley Township Council's meeting, Monday afternoon, May 12, 2008.Council received (moved by Fox, seconded by Ward; passed unanimously) the fire department's annual report for 2007. We presently have 138 paid-call firefighters and 54 care...

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