People don't typically get held for driving while suspended, as it's a provincial offence, but multiple times in a row, it could happen. But getting kicked after the flight from police? Especially after the multiple crimes that preceded it? That's cause for concern.
An unfortunate systemic issue that we have seen coming for years... we had time to prepare for the wave of crystal meth / fentanyl addiction and the subsequent stretching of capacities in the health/legal structures. Opportunities to study success and failure in other jurisdictions. The warning signs flashing in 2020 after the initial pandemic shocks. I made repeated appeals to Moncton/Riverview/Dieppe councils from May 2020 on drawing attention to increasing economic volatility and the need to redirect funding from massive contract policing infrastructure expenditure into local public health measures, housing etc. We did very little and are now reaping the results. Even those who are in favour of expanding the drug war will find there are serious hurdles - the RCMP and other police forces will face serious manpower shortages in the long-term, there are not enough lawyers or legal professionals to handle these caseloads in a timely manner, nor judges to hear them all or jail/prison infrastructure to hold detainees. The cascade effect will have serious economic consequences unless it is prioritized as an emergency by all levels of gov't. And a recession looks to be all but certain in the short- to medium-term which will exacerbate the underlying conditions which drive people to these coping mechanisms. The drug war, by which I mean the attempted destruction of supply by using police as a blunt instrument against dealers and their customers, has knock-on effects on the health system... you remove supply, overdoses spike. Every time. Look at the data from 2020. Border closures and tight supply resulted in huge spikes in preventable death. There is no way to destroy the supply chain in this kind of market like you would with other drugs - operations have the lowest startup cost and can be run almost anywhere. It is a ridiculous and expensive fantasy to think that policing will work.
Apologies for the long comment but reading these stories makes my blood boil having watched the people who should have known better do nothing and allow their citizens lives to be wrecked like this.
The officer who busted Mr. Oram 4 times must have wondered why he was continuously being released.
People don't typically get held for driving while suspended, as it's a provincial offence, but multiple times in a row, it could happen. But getting kicked after the flight from police? Especially after the multiple crimes that preceded it? That's cause for concern.
An unfortunate systemic issue that we have seen coming for years... we had time to prepare for the wave of crystal meth / fentanyl addiction and the subsequent stretching of capacities in the health/legal structures. Opportunities to study success and failure in other jurisdictions. The warning signs flashing in 2020 after the initial pandemic shocks. I made repeated appeals to Moncton/Riverview/Dieppe councils from May 2020 on drawing attention to increasing economic volatility and the need to redirect funding from massive contract policing infrastructure expenditure into local public health measures, housing etc. We did very little and are now reaping the results. Even those who are in favour of expanding the drug war will find there are serious hurdles - the RCMP and other police forces will face serious manpower shortages in the long-term, there are not enough lawyers or legal professionals to handle these caseloads in a timely manner, nor judges to hear them all or jail/prison infrastructure to hold detainees. The cascade effect will have serious economic consequences unless it is prioritized as an emergency by all levels of gov't. And a recession looks to be all but certain in the short- to medium-term which will exacerbate the underlying conditions which drive people to these coping mechanisms. The drug war, by which I mean the attempted destruction of supply by using police as a blunt instrument against dealers and their customers, has knock-on effects on the health system... you remove supply, overdoses spike. Every time. Look at the data from 2020. Border closures and tight supply resulted in huge spikes in preventable death. There is no way to destroy the supply chain in this kind of market like you would with other drugs - operations have the lowest startup cost and can be run almost anywhere. It is a ridiculous and expensive fantasy to think that policing will work.
Apologies for the long comment but reading these stories makes my blood boil having watched the people who should have known better do nothing and allow their citizens lives to be wrecked like this.