I’d call it unbelievable if it weren’t so very very believable

RCMP officers ‘intentionally’ set home ablaze during tense standoff, court documents reveal

A house fire that erupted during an armed standoff in B.C.’s Lower Mainland three years ago was “intentionally” ignited by RCMP officers on scene, court documents have revealed.

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There’s a #yyj police board meeting at 5:00 pm. VicPD’s OT has cost $355,000 more than they planned for the first half of the year ($3M so far; should’ve been $2.6M). Will follow along here. Agenda: www.vicpd.ca/Police%20Boa... Stream: www.youtube.com/@victoriaesq... #vicpdboard 🧵

“I’m certain that crashing into a moving scooter, with a driver who was arrestable for failing to comply with a release order, carrying an unknown passenger, is not standard or acceptable police practice,” the judge said. Unacceptable, yes, but otherwise I wouldn't be so sure.

Ed Tubb@edtubb.bsky.social · 3w ago

Video shows Toronto cop ramming car into men on e-scooter. Judge tosses gun evidence after officer convicted of assault

Good reporting on some of the types of hidden barriers put up by public bodies to limit access to records. VPD regularly engages in various FOI shenanigans, contrary to their legal responsibility to assist applicants. #cdnfoi

dustin@godfrey.work · 3w ago

as DULF dominated the news cycle, and as they planned their high profile raid, the VPD claimed in FOI responses that no emails about DULF were sent to or from several senior officers for two of those officers, that wasn't true @defactomedia.ca www.defactomedia.ca/vpd-emails-f...

"Hartleib 'steadfastly refused' to acknowledge during his testimony that it was blood, even when asked directly by the judge whether or not the accused was bleeding. 'He definitely had a red substance on his face,' Hartleib testified, saying he didn’t want to assume what it was."

Toronto Star@thestar.com · 4w ago

A Toronto man who kidnapped a man at gunpoint in London, Ont., has seen his charges thrown out after police beat him up during his arrest and then lied about it in court.

CRIMINAL CASE UPDATE: Yes, my criminal case for alleged mischief to the statue of a Nazi who participated in the Holocaust and a "war memorial" to the 14th Waffen SS Division here in Edmonton is still ongoing with my trial set to start on Oct. 19. But an update!

Interview with local historian @kellyblack.ca about how nearly a quarter of Vancouver Island was essentially handed over to the 19th Century equivalent of Jimmy Pattison.

Crawford Kilian@crof.bsky.social · last mo.

The 'Land Grab' That Gave One-Quarter of Vancouver Island to a Rail Baron via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...

“As a lawyer, I'm 99 per cent confident I could get a first-year law student to prevent any possible conviction of anyone investigated with these tools.”

Canada's National Observer@nationalobserver.com · last mo.

Police officers with the Victoria, BC, police department appear to be asking a new, internal AI chatbot for legal advice and policing information.

VicPD is currently paying about $2,500 a day to support five officers who are under investigation, including one officer charged with sexual assault. www.needsmorespikes.com/blog/vicpd-s...

VicPD pays six years in salary to suspended officers — Needs More Spikes

Between 2024 and 2025, VicPD suspended six officers with pay for a total of 13,040 hours. That works out to more than a year for each of those six officers. Payments to those suspended officers may ha...

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While city council made cuts, FOI records show that between 2024 and 2025, VicPD suspended six officers with pay, for an average of more than a year each. It may have cost around $800,000. As of this June, VicPD said five officers were suspended with pay. www.needsmorespikes.com/blog/vicpd-s... #yyj

VicPD pays six years in salary to suspended officers — Needs More Spikes

Between 2024 and 2025, VicPD suspended six officers with pay for a total of 13,040 hours. That works out to more than a year for each of those six officers. Payments to those suspended officers may ha...

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While city council made cuts, FOI records show that between 2024 and 2025, VicPD suspended six officers with pay, for an average of more than a year each. It may have cost around $800,000. As of this June, VicPD said five officers were suspended with pay. www.needsmorespikes.com/blog/vicpd-s... #yyj

VicPD pays six years in salary to suspended officers — Needs More Spikes

Between 2024 and 2025, VicPD suspended six officers with pay for a total of 13,040 hours. That works out to more than a year for each of those six officers. Payments to those suspended officers may ha...

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Politicians should have to deliver these speeches in arenas to WWE heel heat.

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last mo.

This is what the entire video is intended to couch. It’s the only part that matters. “We can’t afford to restrain the growth of an important part of our energy mix, oil and gas, to meet a short term goal,” Carney said. “Our emissions will be higher in the next few years”

PSA to anyone who cares about keeping people alive in #yyj! Please email mayorandcouncil@victoria.ca to speak out about this motion to shut down our only safe consumption site. PLEASE. It will be up for consideration this Thursday at Council.

the Vancouver Police Department repeats specific "fear words" in their media releases, lets track that since the last civic election! "stranger" and "random" HERE IS A CHART

"expungement removes the punishment from the officer’s file and limits its use in future discipline. It does not erase the underlying finding, it does not let the officer pretend [it] never happened, and it does not shield the officer from being asked ... whether a finding of misconduct was made."

Kyla Lee@kylalee.ca · last mo.

I just published Expunged Does Not Mean Erased: The Supreme Court on Police Misconduct and Your Right to a Fair… medium.com/p/expunged-d...

So...VPD posted an AI slop photo of a drug bust, deleted the post, and reposted a 'corrected' version of the photo. Thankfully the Tums turned into coins and the bills look more like legal tender. Cops using AI to generate politically-motivated content seems like a pretty big deal.

THREAD. I ask a lot of politicians and journalists if they should be detained in a jail cell away from their families if the government merely accuses them of a crime. I've never had one say yes.

There’s a #yyj police board meeting at 5:00 pm. The board is voting on whether to appeal Victoria’s decision to only let them hire 24 new officers this year instead of 26. Will follow along here. Agenda: www.vicpd.ca/Police%20Boa... Stream: www.youtube.com/@victoriaesq... #vicpdboard 🧵

There’s a VicPD police board meeting next Tuesday. The big item on the agenda: the police board is voting on whether to appeal Victoria’s decision to only let them hire 24 new officers this year instead of 26. www.vicpd.ca/Police%20Boa... #yyj 🧵

There’s a VicPD police board meeting next Tuesday. The big item on the agenda: the police board is voting on whether to appeal Victoria’s decision to only let them hire 24 new officers this year instead of 26. www.vicpd.ca/Police%20Boa... #yyj 🧵

I am just learning that "My Way" is a rewrite of a French song called "Comme d'habitude." It feels like this should have come up before, either through osmosis or as breaking news on TMZ. m.youtube.com/watch?v=kJl2...

Claude François - Comme d'habitude

YouTube video by Malabar Merlin

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The Old Court House is a significant heritage building on Victoria’s Bastion Square. It has been boarded up/closed for more than a decade. In the last couple years Ive been the lone voice calling for its restoration. That changed this week with a council motion from @susankimyyj.bsky.social /1 🧵

excuse me what "We are aware of a violent and unwarranted incident at a Vancouver public secondary school last year. An SLO drew a firearm and pointed it directly at an unarmed school worker who was locking up his bicycle on school grounds after arriving at work." bccla.org/policy-submi...

Human Rights Groups Urge Moratorium on Police in Schools in BC - BC Civil Liberties Association

The Honourable Lisa BeareMinister of Education and Child CareProvince of British ColumbiaPO Box 9045 Stn Prov GovtVictoria, BC V8W 9E2 The Honourable Nina Krieger Minister of Public Safety and Solicit...

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In April I wrote about VicPD’s “internal AI tool.” I said it might be a problem if VicPD is inputting personal info, asking about police work, or asking it to interpret the law. Yesterday, I got some records back that suggest they’re doing all of that. www.needsmorespikes.com/blog/vicpd-ai 🧵 #yyj

Oh these LLM's? The ones that fucking hallucinate? Amazing how the companies push this stuff on us and we don't even know what we are using Machine Learning is nothing more than an advanced internet search engine. These cops should be fired for incompetence. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Detecting hallucinations in large language models using semantic entropy - Nature

Hallucinations (confabulations) in large language model systems can be tackled by measuring uncertainty about the meanings of generated responses rather than the text itself to improve question-a...

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Stephen Harrison@stephenharrison.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The LLM had a hard time with the request, but told the officer it can’t have a stroke. Uh huh. I’m including this one because you can see the sycophantic LLM nonsense on display here, which would also be present in the redacted responses about policing, with the potential for harmful feedback loops.

As a teacher, every prompt I put into copilot (which to date count up to... Zero) can be read by district human resources, why are police - which deal with far more records-sensitive information more likely to be needed in court - allowed to destroy evidence?

In April I wrote about VicPD’s “internal AI tool.” I said it might be a problem if VicPD is inputting personal info, asking about police work, or asking it to interpret the law. Yesterday, I got some records back that suggest they’re doing all of that. www.needsmorespikes.com/blog/vicpd-ai 🧵 #yyj

Today is international sex workers day! Remember: the best way to support people in these professions is to LISTEN TO THEM. They will tell you what they need. And they will tell you when your society is failing.

GVTA posted the late disclosure emails/texts re: SD61. Here's one. Province tells independent advisor a report was FOI'd. Fine. He then asks if they can tell him who filed the FOI, and an ED says if they find out more, they'll let him know. I'm sure nothing came of it, but come on now. www.gvta.net

"We need strong progressive voices opposed to police in schools on the SD61 Board of Education."

Defund VicPD@defundvicpd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Text messages between deputy chief of police Mike Brown and Associate Deputy Minister of Education, Jennifer McCrea refer to those who attended the grassroots No2 SPLOs SD61 rally in January 2025 as “losers.” It seems that when losers take action, they can win” defundvicpd.org/2026/05/28/a... #yyj