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With complete disregard (Part three)
Link to Part 1 The call started off as a domestic, but I quickly learned that the protagonist had left the house and had taken a rifle with him. He was drunk and had driven off in their truck. There was a relief member in town and I quickly picked him up and we went…
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With complete disregard (Part 2)
Link to Part one When I walked into the Northern the young woman was standing before the office counter. She still held the knife in her right hand but it was partially in her jacket pocket, still visible and ready to use. Fortunately for me she was fixed on the staff behind the counter, who…
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Because you are clambering for it…
(Okay one person asked) … pictures of the House in winter.
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With complete disregard
First, a confession. I wanted a "Commissioner's Commendation" when I was in the RCMP. Recognition for some of the truly stupid ways I put myself in harm's way. I never got one, and I was probably envious of some of my close friends and partners who did earn them. The closest I came was a…
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Always bring the camera
There is a minor blizzard going on right now, the visibility has improved immensely and the snow fall has dropped off, but the wind is clocking around 25 knots right about now. I just picked up Leah from work, where she was doing inventory, and on my way to get her I was cursing myself…
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More old slides
These will be the last of the scanned slides for awhile. The first goes back before my time in Arctic Bay. This shot was taken from my house, the building you can see was the RCMP Detachment in Fort Providence (yeah, I had a long commute). That is a Wood Bison grazing on my lawn.…
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The magic school bus
I have never ceased to be amazed at the entertainment value of alcohol fueled crime. If the consequences weren't so serious you could just sit back and enjoy the tragicomic nature of these. Most times though you were just happy you caught someone before someone got hurt. Alcohol is the nexus (my word of the…
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Cowboy Canyon
It is truly amazing the amount of variety in the landscape here, fjords, mountains, tundra, cliffs and ocean. One of the features that surprised me the first time I saw it here, are our “badlands”. There are several areas in the immediate vicinity that have hoodoos and other wind eroded features, but the most accessible…
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But she is sober…
Every once in awhile you come across something that you think no one else will ever experience as a police officer, one of those "well doesn't that beat all" stories. Of course, you'd be wrong. But it still makes a good story. Around 2:00 am one morning I was driving down the highway near a…
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I’m running down to the shore to pick up some groceries…
It was a local, busy day yesterday. After watching the sealift ship arrive on Saturday, only to give up in the face of a strong wind and a lot of ice, my plans on having separate days for Thanksgiving and the sealift went up in smoke. So once freight actually started making it to shore,…
