THIS MEDIA NOT IMPRESSED WITH REGIONAL POLICE RESPONSE TO JESSE SANSONE CASE

Yesterday's Woolwich Observer aren't pulling any punches in their Editorial (Pg.8) titled "No accountability without penalties for official failures". Steve Kannon states "Overreaction by the child's teacher and the school set off a chain of events that would be laughable if so much- from common sense to civil rights - weren't at stake.". Steve goes on to advise that this will end up costing taxpayers a lot of money. "The money will come from taxpayers rather than from any of those involved.". Steve further suggests that in an ideal world "This kind of thing should never happen again, with the police, school boards and social agencies forced to implement policies that would ensure that's the case...or else.".

How do we know that this simply won't happen? Well first of all the guilty parties are publicly unrepentant. The Regional Police after conducting an internal review "...came to the conclusion that, with a few tweaks, they would do it all over again.". Of course they will. They will use taxpayers money to settle the probable civil suit against them and they will learn nothing. Why should they? No one will be fired or disciplined in any way. Afterall they and their political masters at the Regional level will never be victimized by overzealous police, school boards or Family & Childrens' Services. The next victims will be political nobodies and the guilty parties will once again buy them off with confidentiality clauses and taxpayers money. Steve is right there is no accountability without penalties and our democracy is doomed.