Vol. 76, No. 4

When there's no warning

Once in a while, Gazette magazine's editorial team works on an issue that, despite being planned many months ahead, becomes highly topical.

Online mentoring program helps northern youth

When S/Sgt. Grant MacDonald saw an opportunity to combine three of his passions — policing, youth and the North — as a volunteer for the DreamCatcher Mentoring (DCM) program, he took it.

'Old' forensic technology sees resurgence

What's old is new again at the RCMP, at least when it comes to Vacuum Metal Deposition (VMD), technology that recovers fingerprints.

Call Back Unit improves police response

Three years ago, borrowing the idea from the Halifax District Detachment, the RCMP in New Brunswick started up a Call Back Unit, in Dieppe, N.B.

Leadership program puts youth on right track

A leadership program based out of the high school in Arviat, Nunavut, is teaching young people lessons that fall outside the standard curriculum.

#RCMPFallen3

On June 4, 2014, at 7:20 p.m. in Moncton, N.B., the RCMP Codiac Regional Detachment received a call that an armed man dressed in camouflage was walking through a residential neighbourhood.

Thriving under hardship

Being a member of the ERT program has always been an aspiration of Cst. Dennis Silliker's.

The paramedic advantage

As one of 24 advanced care paramedics with Ontario Provincial Police's (OPP) Tactical Emergency Medical Service (TEMS), Shawn Pranger knows exactly what it means to have someone's back.

What's your plan?

A priest is getting ready to celebrate a regular Saturday evening mass. Some teenagers are playing hockey at a rink. Three well-dressed men are about to get on a bus.

The mindfulness difference

First responders are in the business of trauma: human suffering, tragedy and dark choices of human behaviour that on occasion require members of the force to confront the worst of violence against humanity.

High-profile trauma

here's a standard in the field of trauma response that when the human organism (man, woman, boy or girl) is truly impacted by trauma, they tend to either remember too much or too little of the original trauma they were exposed to.

Why was Boston Strong?

At 2:49 p.m. on the Patriots Day holiday, April 15, 2013, in Boston, Mass., hundreds of runners were about to finish the Boston Marathon in roughly a four-hour time.

Bridging a communication gap

Police forces and first responders in Europe are constantly facing new challenges and threats, particularly in relation to extreme weather and terrorist attacks.

Crisis map

At first glance, the SF72 Crisis Map on San Francisco's emergency preparedness website appears to be just another embedded Google map.

How can police forces best recover after a crisis or disaster?

Light it up

Arson is one of the hardest crimes to solve because the evidence is actively being destroyed as the crime is committed.

School violence

School violence has become the focus of intense attention in recent years.

Latest research in law enforcement

The search is on

When a child is abducted, the abductor needs two things: time and anonymity.

Wealth of knowledge

Partnerships between police and academics have recently become much more collaborative and focused on working together in addressing crime.

Getting fit for duty, fast

A University of Iowa research study recently examined the physical activity level of police officers in the United States.