ANY PROBLEM CAN BE EXACERBATED THROUGH FOOLISHNESS

Last month I posted here about a Waterloo Regional Police officer who was charged with several counts of assault while off-duty. The officer is remaining unnamed as it is a family matter. Furthermore the officer has seventeen years experience with the Waterloo force. A while back a family member wisely advised me that no matter how serious a crisis or emergency; that thoughtless, negligent or a just plain stupid response can always make it worse. The idea that things are so bad that you couldn't possibly make them worse is a horrible idea. With a bad decision to act, you can indeed make things worse.

I wonder if that may be the case with the article in today's Waterloo Region Record titled "Waterloo Regional Police officer facing assault charges is arrested again". Apparently the officer who was arrested and charged last month has been rearrested for allegedly breaching court orders from his first arrest. The breach of the court orders is not specified. Possibly he was ordered to stay away from certain individuals and did not do so. Possibly he was ordered to actually stay out of the geographical area or town and failed to do so.

In other words with court orders or bail conditions it could be a serious breach or a breach of a ridiculous condition that should never have been laid in the first place. Hard to say. Another item of interest is that Chief Larkin of the local force requested London police to arrest the officer "to ensure transparency". Hunh? What the hell is that all about? Is another member of the local force involved personally in this matter? I think Chief Larkin either shouldn't have said that or else he should have clarified exactly what he was saying.