Volume 2011/2 Visitez-nous sur le web: Visit our website: www.ipa.ca Official address of the I.P.A. Canadian Section: Adresse officielle d’IPA Canada: Secretary General: Secrétaire Général: Marvin Southcott 10 Goodwood Road Brampton, ON L6S 1C5 Ph: (905) 458-9373 [email protected]National Editor: Éditeur National: Barry Bos P.O. Box 2203 Lethbridge, AB T1J 4K7 Ph: (403) 328-8536 International Police Association Canadian Section Canadienne London, ONTARIO IPA CANADA 2011 Assemblée Générale Annuelle : Le 2 juin - 5 Annual General Meeting : June 2 - 5. Whitehorse, YUKON Région 5 / Region 5 Dans ce numéro: Inside this issue: IPA Canada National Executive Info 2 Top Recruit Award Region 10 3 CBSA standing on guard….. 4, 5 2011 World Police and Fire Games New York 6 Another look at the Hong Kong Friendship Week 2010 7….10 International Youth Exchange Request and Info 11 Kathy Bird visits Kenya 12 IPA member from Germany 13 IPA short article competition 14 IPA Travel info 15, 16 Travel to Boston 17, 18
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On Thurs. April 21, 2011, the Hamilton Police Service
had a special ceremony for the 14 new recruits who
have been accepted as officers of their Service. With
the permission of the Hamilton Police Service‘s Chief
(Chief Glenn DeCaire), I.P.A. Region 10 presented its first plaque to the recruit who was chosen by his/her
fellow recruits to be the most cordial. Presenting the award was the founder of I.P.A. Canada Rev. Charles
Wright. The chief had asked if it would be possible to have the founder present the award, as it was the first
time such an award would be handed out for their service. Also on hand was the President of I.P.A. Canada
(Larry Sheppard) and the President of I.P.A. Region 10 (Neil Stephenson).
The larger plaque would be placed on a wall at the Central Police Station of the Hamilton Police Service while
the smaller plaque would be given to the award winner. The award winner would also receive a one year
membership to I.P.A. Canada – Region 10.
The first recipient of this award was Jason Drobnich. He was congratulated by I.P.A. and wished a long and
healthy career in policing. Region 10 hopes to continue the award with other forces in their region.
Left to Right: Glenn De Caire (Hamilton Police
Service Chief), Jason Drobnich (Awardee), Rev
Charles Wright (IPA Canada Founder), Neil Ste-
phenson (President Region 10)
I.P.A. Region 10
Recruit Award Displayed Plaque
I.P.A. Region 10
Recruit Award Individual Plaque
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The mystery man went by the name Benny George.
With a penchant for all things military, he spoke slop-
py English with Spanish inflections and was an utter
enigma to border officials.
―He had a weird accent and we couldn‘t pinpoint it,‖
says Richard Huntley, longtime inland enforcement
manager with Canada Border Services Agency
(CBSA), who worked on the case for many years, so
many years ago. ―We had university professors trying
to analyze his accent and trying to identify where he
was from.‖
While George claimed to be an Apache from Colora-
do, officials years later proved he was Apena Quito
Estaban. And the man from Peru really wanted to stay
here, garnering fans in Calgary who sported ‗Save
Benny‘ buttons. Ultimately Estaban was deported not
once, but twice. ―People felt sorry for the guy, he was
quite a character,‖ Huntley says.
―He would march around Calgary in military uni-
forms, he would mix-and-match and wear a German
hat and a Canadian uniform and upset veterans.‖
Deported to Lima in May 1990, by November — with
newspaper headlines blaring ‗Benny‘s Back‘— the pen-
niless Peruvian had returned. ―It amazes me, how
does a guy with no money do it,‖ Huntley says, still
intrigued. ―He just wanted a better life and was just
fixated on this place.‖
Identifying people is a big challenge for border offi-
cials. It‘s often the first thing to go when someone is
trying to sneak into the country for whatever reason.
Each year hundreds of passports, phoney or altered,
are seized nationwide. And the bulk of criminals hid-
ing in cities across the country are Americans. While
some cases are tough and time consuming, others see
fugitives easily found and sometimes a few simple
questions that tap into subtle distinctions between
the neighbouring nations, is all it takes to blow their
cover
CBSA standing on guard for thee...
Identifying
people is a
big
challenge
for border
officials…
What is the last letter in the alphabet? What is the last
grade in school? ―We say ‗zed,‘ they say ‗zee,‘ we say
‗Grade 12,‘ they say ‗12th grade,‘ ‖ Huntley says.
We have all sorts of tricks to catch Americans.‖
Regular partner-in-crime, deputy U.S. marshal Randy
Martinez, says the number who end up fleeing to the
U.S. versus Canada is about 10 to 1. It‘s anyone from
murderers to people (guilty of) impaired driving,‖ he
says while ―hunting fugitives‖ and reached in Kalispell,
Mont. ―Canadians are just so damn nice ... There‘s a
myth in the U.S., they think they can hide up in Canada
and never be found again.‖
Not true, says Martinez. Martinez is part of a cross-
border crew of investigators from RCMP to Calgary
cops and U.S. agents, who regularly zero in on criminals
trying to fly under the radar.
He tells a story of a man on the run in Mexico for six
years recently showing up in Arizona to visit family.
Using a false name and claiming to be an illegal alien, his
suspiciously impeccable English was a give-away and his
time on the lam finished. In more than three decades
on the job, Huntley has travelled the world — from
Malawi to Europe, Australia and the South Pacific.
He‘s been to London about two dozen times and all
over the U.S., often escorting criminals back to where
they belong. ―I think
people need to travel to realize how fantastic this
country is,‖ he says. ―I can‘t really blame anybody for
coming to Canada and trying to stay here, this is a
great country.‖ While Huntley and co-workers often
track down criminals, others are a mix of people violat-
ing the immigration act — overstaying a visa, lying
about who they are or why they are here, jumping off a
ship or assuming someone‘s identity. While
it‘s easy to show criminals the door, despite their sad
stories and explanations of how ―it‘s-all-a-big-mistake,‖
Huntley says he long ago accepted his job is also to
remove others such as failed refugee claimants — peo-
ple whose only crime is wanting to build a better life in
this country.
CBSA officers and a detector dog aboard a Zodiac.
Contraband Outfitted Mobile Examination Truck
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―It‘s not our job to determine who a refugee is or
isn‘t,‖ he explains. ―They‘re nice people but unfortu-
nately, once (the immigration and refugee board)
makes the decision our job is to remove them be-
cause there are lot of people lining up to come in the
proper way.
―You shed a little tear and you get on to the next one
because there are just too many.‖
His long run as an inland enforcement investigator
began when Huntley was a jail guard. ―I would work
the midnight shift and these guys in trench coats
would be coming in whisking people away to foreign
countries and I thought that would be the coolest job
ever,‖ he says. After a stint as a customs officer,
where he learned ―even little old ladies can lie,‖ he
began work as an investigator in 1983 and never
looked back. It‘s just fascinating work,‖ he says. ―It‘s a
different story every day.‖
A little more cautious and perhaps cynical than he
might have been, the work has certainly shaped who
he is. Good with accents, Huntley can often identify a
person‘s background by their last name and has a
knack at knowing the difference between truth and a
tall tale. And he is honoured to do the work, especial-
ly, when it means criminals are sent packing and pro-
tecting fellow Canadians. For example, serial rapist
James Thompson was a ―tricky individual,‖ who ―even
learned French,‖ to try to blend in to Canadian cul-
ture but was nabbed a day before being profiled on
America‘s Most Wanted and is now serving three life
sentences in the U.S. “We have done some very
good work in Calgary, developed a really good rela-tionship with police and sheriffs to do our job and I think I‟ve gotten rid of some pretty bad people who are now serving sentences elsewhere in the world and they‟re not our neighbours,” he says. “I‟m very proud of that.
“It sounds kind of strange, but I think all CBSA peo-ple think the portion of the Canadian anthem, „we stand on guard for thee‟ refers to them. ”While it‟s serious work, Huntley says it‟s also offered the odd bit of levity. From the so-called Ping Pong Queen, an American working illegally as a stripper here, to a man who assumed a dead child‟s identity and a
South African man who sashayed into the country dressed as a woman — there are hundreds of col-ourful stories of people who can‟t stay. He spent an entire day trying unsuccessfully to track down a band of gypsies in a stolen motor home, at one point jumping on to a VIA train to do so. Hours lat-er, while out shopping he inadvertently caught up with them.
“My wife and I were walking in the mall and there was the family I was looking for,” he says. He and his wife, CBSA‟s manager of intelligence in south-ern Alberta, made the arrests. Over the years he‟s had tense situations, too, like the time they went to a cramped house to find a man being sent home to Jamaica. “All of a sudden people started coming out of bedrooms and we were surrounded, it was pretty nerve-wracking,” he recalls. Backing off, they came up with a Plan B to get the job done a short time later.
Some, although they may not have known it at the time, were lucky to be found. “A woman actually painted herself green and had a tinfoil hat when I arrested her,” Huntley says of the woman with mental-health issues. “She was an American and lost and destitute.” Several people sent back to their homelands have packed odd items, including a foreign worker from Mexico, who filled half his suitcase with pornography magazines and DVDs. “Come on buddy, you only have one suitcase,” Huntley says, shaking his head.
As for Huntley, he retires soon. That said, he has-n‟t ruled out applying for a post as a CBSA migra-tion integrity officer to work an overseas post to identify people before they pull off any ploys to sneak into his homeland.
A detector dog and handler inspect the trailer of a
commercial vehicle.
CBSA officers prepare for the inspection of a deep
This article was submitted by Nadia Moharib, Sun-
media.
Pictures by Canada Border Services Agency.
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Promoting
sport and
fraternity
within the
Police and
Firefighting
communities
2011 WORLD POLICE AND FIRE GAMES
New York, USA August 26 - September 5 , 2011
During the summer of 2009 Region 9 assisted in so many ways during the World Police and
Fire Games, held in and around the city of Vancouver.
The 2011 World Police & Fire Games are coming to New York City from August 26
through September 5, 2011; eleven days of sports competition and specially planned events,
which will respectfully coincide with the ten year remembrance of September 11, 2001.
The 2013 World Police and Fire Games, has been awarded to Belfast, Northern Ireland. This
will mark the first time the games will be been held in the British Isles.
For more information visit www.2011wpfg.org.
Some history of the World Police and Fire Games……
The concept to promote sport and fraternity within the Police and Firefighting communities began in 1967, with
the staging of the first ever California Police Olympics. This concept continued to grow and culminated in 1983,
with the creation of the World Police & Fire Games Federation. The first World Games were held in 1985, in San
Jose, California, attracting almost 5,000 competitors. Held biennially, the Games have been hosted by numerous
countries throughout the world, attracting as many as 8,000 world class athletes from over 70 countries. A total
of 46 core sports are standard, ranging from angling to wrist wrestling. Additionally there are 24 optional sports
that help to meet the requirements of 69 total sports. Each ten day event begins with a grand opening ceremony,
and continues with numerous planned social events and a memorial service spread throughout the week. The fes-
tivities culminate with the passing of the flag to the following host at the closing ceremony.
The board of the World Police & Fire Games Federation is drawn from active and retired members of the law
enforcement and firefighting communities. The mission of the organization is to create community interaction and
awareness, educate children on the benefits of sport, and develop camaraderie between members of the emergen-
cy services from around the world. In an effort to develop a better rapport with the local community, all host
cities are required to create and implement a legacy program that will leave a lasting, positive impact, upon the
community they serve.
Since the first Games in 1985, attendance has continued to grow, world records have been broken, and lasting
friendships forged. Sport and friendly competition, as expressed through the World Police & Fire Games, has the
ability to overcome national boundaries and political ideals, replacing it with a camaraderie that has no borders.
The International Professional Commission and the International Cultural Commission are hosting the IPA short Article Competition in two categories:
Category A (professional) Title: "In this post 9/11 age, is it possible to achieve the correct balance be-tween heightened security to protect society and the preservation of personal human rights?" Category B (detective story) Title: Free Rules of Entry: 1. The name of the competition is “International Police Association - Short Article Competition” and shall be open to all IPA members. 2. The written articles must be between 1000 and 1500 words and be typed. The articles must be written in English or translated into it. Where a reference is made to a published work that must be acknowledged by footnote. 3. Sections are required to review the articles submitted by their respective members. The best articles, if worthy of further submission, shall be forwarded to the ICC for entry in the competition. Entries to the com-petition must be submitted by the entrant's National Secretary General to the ICC no later than *01 August 2011*. The winners will be announced at the IPA IEC meeting in Romania 2011. 4. The authors‟ National Secretary General must submit the article electronically by e-mail to the ICC at [email protected] and the receipt of each article will be acknowledged to the sender. To ensure fairness all identifying information such as the authors name and IPA Section will be removed from the article by the ICC prior to it being submitted for judging. 5. The ICC will appoint a panel to review the written articles submitted and identify the winners. The Panel‟s decision shall be final. 6. The winning articles will be published and distributed within the Association and, where appropriate, circu-lated to educational establishments and other interested bodies. 7. The winner of both categories of the Competition will be awarded a prize 500 CHF. The second place arti-cles will be awarded a prize 300 CHF and the third place articles will be awarded 200 CHF. Articles deemed suitable for formal recognition may be provided to all Sections for publication in their Newsletters and may be placed on the IAC Website. 8. Sections are encouraged to establish a “local” award for participating entries in order to stimulate interest in the Competition.