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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Const. ANDREW ROBSON : BLACK & WHITE



Oh for the good old days; maybe a hundred years ago. Constable Robson done wrong so fire his ass. End of story! Pretty clearly those attitudes are alive and well and flourishing at the Waterloo Regional Police headquarters. Constable Robson was abusing alcohol and marijuana off duty and when his alleged superiors set a criminal trap for him, he did the deed. He stole two ounces of confiscated marijuana. It was actually a pretty clever trap at that. Nobody apparently was going to complain if two ounces of marijuana confiscated from a teenager disappeared for the officer's recreational/medicinal use were they?

Maybe there are larger issues at play. Should every single police officer in Canada who has ever smoked marijuana be charged and fired? Why are some officers charged and others not when they are caught? If the answer to the first question is the same if you substitute citizen for police officer then we have a systemic problem. The reason every single citizen isn't charged (or fired) is because we have mass disobedience of the law and the law in its infinite majesty and splendour would appear the ass by throwing half or two thirds of Canadian citizens in jail. This particular law is virtually ignored by most and in fact is only necessary to keep Police Force budgets inflated and Police Force brass looking busy. Take marijuana out of the criminal system and you've cut your police budgets dramatically. It's downright embarassing for Police Brass to realize that their own officers don't support the law in private. Are all these recent marijuana possession charges no more than face saving? I mean really; three separate police forces to get an off duty officer using marijuana to steal/take two ounces.

It's pretty clear that the Police Brass don't give a rats' (br)ass for Officer Robson. They are throwing him to the wolves. There are less drastic ways to deal with an Officer in distress. If indeed the distress was primarily caused by on the job incidents or not, nevertheless this isn't the middle ages or even a hundred years ago. Yes he needed time off the streets and he needed help for his problems. The Waterloo Regional Police instead threw him a concrete life ring. I don't see much integrity or honour on their part. Today's Waterloo Regional Record "Police officer's lawyer says drug sting unfair".
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  1. JohnNovember 7, 2012 at 3:35 PM

    There are 2 issues of major concern in this case.
    1) Two weeks ago the Ontario Ombudsman released his report critisizing the OPP for their lack of support for front line officers suffering the effects of PTSD. One phsychologist for 6100 officers. More deaths by suicide than in the line of duty since 1989. 5 suicides in the past 18 months. A WRPS officer took his own life just 2 years ago after asking for a transfer and being denied. The OPP are 'reviewing" the findings but recommendations may be too expensive. The WRPS aren't concerned.
    2) If the court finds in favour of the crown the WRPS and every police service in Canada will have a blank cheque to investigate anyone they choose based on the heresay of one police officer.
    Bottom line? Suck it up everybody and don't make an enemy of a cop, you may be next. There are senior officer pensions to protect.

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