BC: Crime analyst on the way, (Alcohol remains major concern)

[medpot]

The Nanaimo Dailly News

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Crime analyst on the way

Specialized work will help officers get one step
ahead of some criminals, say police


Walter Cordery, Daily News
Published: Saturday, September 06, 2008


The Nanaimo RCMP detachment looks forward to meeting its newest weapon in the fight against crime.

The detachment has recently started advertising for a full-time crime analyst, someone who should be "a huge help," said media spokesman Const. Gary O'Brien

The analyst will examine "just about anything coming in" and look for trends, people whose names pop up but may not be related to a specific incident.

O'Brien and Cpl. Dave Boyce, of the community policing department, said the hiring is part of the future of policing.

"Since the beginning of policing, the criminals have always been one step ahead of the police, O'Brien said.

Having someone analyze specific crimes, looking for trends or other similarities, he said, will give the Nanaimo detachment's 120 regular RCMP officers a way to "hopefully get ahead or at least even with the criminals."

The crime analyst "may recommend we change some of our focus or shifts," Boyce said.

While the crime analyst will be new for Nanaimo's RCMP force, some things remain constant. Alcohol abuse and crimes involving alcohol remain the detachment's major concern, said O'Brien.

"Far and away, alcohol is the number one drug of choice our members must constantly deal with," he said. "If you eliminated alcohol and promoted anger management, we would be out of a job. All these other new and designer drugs pale in comparison when you look at the problems alcohol causes."

WCordery@nanaimodailynews.com

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© The Daily News (Nanaimo) 2008

[Pistol Pete]

F*CK Me Pink
On Saturday Night My Youngest Teenage Stepson(13) Was Found In A Comatose State With A 3 Litre Bottle Of Cider ( White Lightning ) Next To Him
His Cell Phone And Shoes Stolen
Some Lads Brought Him Home And Because Of His Unconciousnous And Severe Cold Body Temp ( It Rained 50 mm That Day ); We Called An Ambulance
20 Minutes Later My Second Youngest Stepson Arrives Home Drunk Out Of His Gourd And Tells The Paramedics All Is Ok , He's Home Now To Take care Of His Little Brother
The Paramedics Did A Few More Tests , Turned To Me And Winked ; Next Thing I Knew He Had Pinched My Youngests Ear , Real Hard
" Ah , F*CK OFF, That Hurt ( So He Was Playing It Up )
I Said We Would Be Ok And Just Let Him Sleep It off And The Paramedics Agreed
As Soon As They Left , My Mid Stepson Announced Had It Not Been For My Smoking Cannabis And Growing It, None Of This Would Have Happened???
I Asked How So, And He Replied " Oh , He Was Ok Until He Smoked A Joint You Keep Under The Bed , And Had A Complete Whitey
His Friends Abandoned Him, And Phoned His Brother ( Four Hours Before We Found Out )
I Am Now In Such A Depressed State I Am Saving Up My Pills For , Well , Need I Say
I Don't Use EBay , But Am Clearing Out Everything
I'll Take £300 For A Grands Worth Of Kit
PP Down And Out

[saeon]

It really isn't your fault that these dumb-ass kids misjudged what they could handle in terms of cannabis and alcohol alike. They have hopefully learned their fool lesson and will gain wisdom/maturity as a result. After all, how else are responsible cannabis/alcohol users made?! Rarely are people that way from the first drink/toke of their life to their last....wisdom is learned from mistakes after all.

I can't blame you for your reaction but these kids would have misused whatever they got their hands on whether you & your meds were there or not. Be glad that you aren't dependent on powerful narcotics which could have REALLY hurt them, not just given them the "whirlies/white-ies/whiteouts" and led to over the top but hopefully otherwise harmless drinking.

As a father myself I completely understand where you're coming from but I hope that you'll sleep on this before making any precipitous decisions & wasting the investments in time, money, energy, other resources etc. that you've put into your grow thus far.

If you do decide that shutting down & making drastic changes is definitely necessary.....I'd happily buy equipment or anything else off of you which might be of benefit to the NNEMMA, its members or me individually......

[Marco Renda]

I Am Now In Such A Depressed State I Am Saving Up My Pills For , Well , Need I Say I Don't Use EBay , But Am Clearing Out Everything I'll Take £300 For A Grands Worth Of Kit. PP Down And Out

Hey PP

You need to try and stay positive and get rid of those crazy thoughts. We DON'T permit any type of sales here at Treating Yourself especially after all the problems that you have had at the other sites and all the problems that we had here at TY in the past. So please don't ask for offers for your used equipment.

Take Care and Peace
Marco

[still stoned]

unfortunately marco,pistol pete,aka joe king park,has been frequenting our site[i wont name it,im not here to promote]of late,and using similar tactics,anything he can to obtain free marijuana,even though he knows we wont tolerate it,because we have to abide by the law,however much we disagree with it.i would warn all sites to bear in mind this guy is nothing but trouble and no matter how you try and help him he will not respond logically.