WATERLOO REGION POLICE BOARD KEEP DIGGING THEMSELVES IN DEEPER

Quite frankly I suspect that the alleged offensive comments by Board Vice-Chair Kim Denouden are no longer the story. She's been reinstated and there is no OCPC (Ontario Civilian Police Commission) investigation. The story is how the Police Board appears quite routinely and as Standard Operating Practice to treat the public as illiterate dummies incapable of grasping nuances. Today's Waterloo Region record carrys this story "Police board facing backlash". How incredibly embarassing for the three police board members on Regional Council to have to sit there while regional councillor Rob Deutshman submits a Motion to appoint a temporary replacement for Kim Denouden while she's allegedly (but in reality not) still suspended from her duties. How embarassing that this allegedly civilian appointee in reality was the defeated North Dumphries Mayor from the last municipal election. How weird is it that Rob Deutschman just happens to be the guy that kicked her out of office and then was trying to get a "temporary" replacement for her because the seat is too important to be left vacant. Hoo boy that's pretty funny when you realize how little they are paid, how seldom they meet and how very little they do. Oh and let's not forget that if they say something offensive to a cop whom they allegedly are overseeing; they can be suspended from their "duties". Regional Council and their board appointees have sure fallen down on this one. As professional politicians they are supposed to be able to keep pretend civilian oversight committees out of harms way. Controversy is for the provincial and federal legislature/parliament not for local politics. Anyhow thank yoy Kim, Rob, Tom and the regional cop who cried to the chief, Matt. You guys have raised the curtains for a peek into what until now has been an invisible committee.