True Crime
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With complete disregard (Part three)
Link to Part 1 The call started off as a domestic, but I quickly learned that the protagonist had left the house and had taken a rifle with him. He was drunk and had driven off in their truck. There was a relief member in town and I quickly picked him up and we went
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With complete disregard (Part 2)
Link to Part one When I walked into the Northern the young woman was standing before the office counter. She still held the knife in her right hand but it was partially in her jacket pocket, still visible and ready to use. Fortunately for me she was fixed on the staff behind the counter, who
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But she is sober…
Every once in awhile you come across something that you think no one else will ever experience as a police officer, one of those "well doesn't that beat all" stories. Of course, you'd be wrong. But it still makes a good story. Around 2:00 am one morning I was driving down the highway near a
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Flesh for Fantasy
Warning: Some may find an event described in this post disturbing. One lazy summer Sunday afternoon I was sitting in the office in La Ronge when the phone rang. A youth was on the phone, sounding a little panicky and he needed the police. Why? Well his he and his friends were just hanging out
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My mum in Australia wants to talk to you. Conclusion.
Link to Part one. One thing about the incident was the victims got to see a lot of western Canada. They were paying for the trip without realizing it but they did go on a trip. As they traveled around seeing the sites, they stayed in a lot of hotels. Leo would check them in,
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My mum in Australia wants to talk to you. Part five.
It has been a long time since I worked on this story and part of what has motivated me to pick it back up is some recent interest in it, and a dilemma. When I first started writing these "True Crime" posts I wrote that I changed some names, not to protect the guilty but
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Open Mic – Part two
One of the problems with working around radios is that inevitably the mic will get stuck open on one, and if you are driving around in the car, or sitting around the office everyone else will hear your conversation. And while someone will eventually try and track you down (not only to save you embarrassment
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Notebook tales
Kate Nova, of Port town Ghosts, recently confessed her fear of the dreaded little black notebooks that police carry. I found a notebook to be a crucial piece of equipment, taking good notes at a scene can prove invaluable in court. The wheels of justice can turn very slowly at time, and when you’re testifying
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My mum in Australia wants to talk to you. Part four.
Link to Part one. At the core some people are able to be conned because they are being offered something that they want. Much of the time it revolves around money. Nigerian letter scams work essentially because of greed, someone really believing that someone is offering the 10 percent of an insane amount of money