The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) is calling for police forces across the country develop mental health strategies for their officers in dealing with people who suffer from mental illness…
Is Abbotsford’s Police Department Capable Of Dealing With Homelessness or Drug Addiction? By Mike Archer. In this series we look at the role of first responders, more particularly the APD,…
On November 27, 2014, at approximately 8:41 pm, members of the Mission RCMP were dispatched to the 32000 block of Best Avenue in Mission, BC after shots were reportedly fired…
By Mike Archer. Last week we witnessed one of the ways people become homeless. A 75-year-old woman from Squamish, whose crime was to fall and injure herself, was ‘dumped’ at…
Submitted. In October, 2013 the Major Crime Unit of the Abbotsford Police Department began an investigation into the suspected possession and distribution of images of child sexual abuse. On July…
Victim Blaming Is Alive And Well. By Mike Archer. When you read that someone has suffered from abuse, two images generally come to mind – a husband hitting his wife,…
The Globe and Mail is reporting a major discrepancy between what news media and police have been reporting about BC marijuana and rug gangs and the truth revealed by the…
The peaceful protest of the Abbotsford Chapter of the BC/Yukon Drug War Survivors (DWS) in Jubilee Park in Abbotsford was interrupted Wednesday by up to 11 police cars from different…
By John H. Redekop. Already in my early years I learned that supporting police officers was a civic duty (British Common Law, self-interest) and a Christian virtue (Romans 13:1-7; I…
Submitted. In late July 2013 a young Abbotsford woman made telephone contact with the Abbotsford Police Department. It was the first contact she had with police since an impaired driving…