Crime

Hug-a-thug policies are failing to protect the public. The federal Liberals’ gun control policies have not worked. It’s time to abandon “catch-and-release” policies and return to the traditional principles of policing espoused by Sir Robert Peel, the father of modern policing.

Sir Peel introduced the “Bobbies” to London, England, back in 1822, by promising that police would honour the basic rules of fairness. According to Sir Peel, the police need to share the responsibility of policing duties with the public, not act as an occupying force.

Heartbroken mother of murdered Sara Sharif, 10, blasts ‘lies’ from girl’s uncle that she ‘fell down the stairs and broke her neck’ as she demands answers from fugitive ex saying ‘if there was an accident you don’t leave the country in secret’

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has told the Metropolitan Police to “hunt down and lock up” those responsible for the latest shop looting campaign in London’s Oxford Street.

One would think that such a strategy is obvious for police, given that to do so is surely their job? This would overlook the fact that the Home Office, and essentially the entire government, long ago became a poorly run PR campaign for politicians desperate to appear ‘tough’ in a bid to confront the least possible embarrassment in next year’s General Election.

Perhaps the Home Secretary has also forgotten that it is her job to ensure there are enough police and penalties on hand to stop such crimes from occurring in the first place? In a 2012 report, even The Guardian admitted that longer prison sentences really do cut crime. 

Three people sustained serious injuries in a shooting late Monday at West Edmonton Mall, police say.

At about 7:40 p.m., according to a release, police responded to reports of a shooting at the mall.

When officers arrived on scene, they found three males with gunshot wounds.

“All males were transported to hospital by paramedics with serious but non-life-threatening injuries,” the police said in a release.

Lucy Letby’s colleagues were ordered to apologise to her after repeatedly raising concerns that the nurse may have been behind a series of unexplained baby deaths, the Guardian has learned.

Senior doctors had warned for months that Letby was the only staff member present during the sudden collapses and deaths of a number of premature babies on the Countess of Chester hospital’s neonatal unit.

She was not removed from the ward until early July 2016, a year after a doctor first alerted a hospital executive to a potential link. By that time she had murdered seven babies and attempted to kill another six, a court found on Friday.

I have purposely avoided posting on this.  It is a horror story.

Petty crime is now being run by organised gangs

The Co-op is one of the UK’s oldest convenience stores and one of the largest, with around 70,000 employees. Since opening its first store in the working-class town of Rochdale, Lancashire, in 1884, it has operated democratically as a consumer-owned co-operative, aiming to meet the needs of its members and the wider community.

But now, when you walk into any of its 3,000 outlets, you’ll quickly find that all signs of trust and solidarity with members are gone.

Toronto police are searching for a third suspect in connection with the murder of a 67-year-old man last week.

Ahmed Hassan was found dead inside an apartment unit near Bellevue Crescent and Weston Road on Aug. 9.

Two Toronto boys arrested in armed carjacking attempt of a senior in Rexdale, say police

Auto theft and illegal vehicle sales are on the rise in Ontario as the auto industry continues to deal with low inventory and supply chain issues, according to the province’s car sales regulator.

At a news conference at Toronto police headquarters on Thursday morning, the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council (OMVIC), Crime Stoppers, and the city’s police service launched a crime prevention campaign to address the growing issue of illegal vehicle sales in the Greater Toronto Area.