HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2014-06-11, Page 44 News Record • Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Canada stands with
There are tragedies that
bring the entire country
together as one.
The terrible drama which
played out in Moncton, N.B.,
that began last Wednesday
evening, was one of them.
Three RCMP officers — one
a father of three — gunned
down in cold blood, two others
wounded.
A city under lockdown,
families living in fear, told
to stay inside their homes,
as hundreds of police
officers searched for a sus-
pect dressed in camou-
flage, armed with two
high-powered rifles,
whom they had identified
as Justin Bourque, 24, of
Moncton.
Witnesses said he specifi-
cally ambushed the officers
— looking for people in uni-
form to kill — while talking
to civilians but not firing on
them.
Huron OPP cruiser equippe
We know all too well these
horrors can happen any-
where — in New York, in
London, in Boston, through-
out small-town America and
now in our backyard.
When they do, all of us
become one, no matter
where we live in Canada.
We pray for the families
of the officers who were
killed, for the speedy recov-
ery of those who were
wounded, for the safety of
everyone in Moncton and
for the long healing we
know the city will have to
endure that has not even
started yet.
We think of the officers
who searched for the gun-
man, unable even to
acknowledge their own grief
and anger over the loss of
their comrades, because
they still had a job to do.
It is a powerful reminder
of who our police officers
M
oncton
are, what we expect them to
do and the ultimate sacrifice
they can be called upon to
make, with scarcely a
moment of warning.
They represent our civi-
lization when civilization
breaks down. Along with
other first responders like
firefighters and paramed-
ics, they run toward dan-
ger, on our behalf, when
the rest of us are running
away.
There will be time, later,
to debate the issues that
will arise out of this terrible
tragedy, debates that have
occurred so often in the
past — including reports
the shooter was fascinated
by guns, hated police and
was angry about anti -gun
laws.
But for now, all of Canada
stands with the people of
Moncton.
QMI Agency
Whitney South for the News Record
Const. Jamie Stanley of Huron County OPP stands beside a fully marked police cruiser equipped with an Automatic Licence Plate Recognition (A.L.P.R) system. The A.L.P.R system is a sophisticated licence
plate scanning tool that uses Infra -Red illumination which captures an image of both the front and back of a vehicle. The system is capable of scanning thousands of plates per hour, checking them in
real time against the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) database. The system can identify stolen plates, expired plates, plates that are associated to suspended and unlicenced drivers, wanted persons and
those connected to Amber alerts can be quickly identified. In the limited time the cruiser has operated in Huron County officers have identified and charged numerous drivers with a variety of offences.
Driving with an expired validation sticker, expired licence or a suspended driver's licence are just some of the offences that officers have been able to identify with the A.L.P.R system. The A.L.P.R cruiser is
one of 27 that were rolled out across the Province in early 2014. This particular cruiser is being shared with our neighbouring counties, however when it is in Huron County it will be used on a 24/7 basis.