by XPolice | Jun 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Part of intersection reconstruction The area of Mud Street and Pritchard Road will be closed to through traffic Tuesday and Wednesday during daytime work hours. The closure is required June 23-24 as workers pave the intersection. The intersection is being rebuilt to...
by XPolice | Jun 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
How should citizens view a document that spells out exactly how many traffic tickets a police officer is expected to hand out each shift, month and year? For many, it’s a ticket quota, plain and simple, the so-called urban myth that a leaked document obtained by...
by XPolice | Jun 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
The chair of the Hamilton Police Service Board says that the arrest of seven ACTION team officers “creates problems with public trust and policing,” and that it also may cause the same trust issue in the courts, too. “How can that officer ever go...
by XPolice | Jun 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
News that five Hamilton police officers are facing criminal charges for allegedly writing false tickets threatens an already strained relationship between the police service and the city’s most vulnerable people, experts say. The five officers were all members...
by XPolice | Jun 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
The International Association of Chiefs of Police is reviewing a prestigious award it bestowed on Hamilton’s ACTION Team now that five of its members face criminal charges. It turns out ACTION was already under investigation for issuing fake tickets to some of...