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Tactical debriefs and speakers that cover a wide variety of current events and topics from the police tactical community in Canada and USA.
Brigid Luke is senior counsel in the Ottawa office of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. She is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the Bar in 1993. After a brief stint on Bay Street, thirteen years as in-house counsel for the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa and one year at the MAG office in Ottawa, she joined
Brigid Luke is senior counsel in the Ottawa office of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. She is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the Bar in 1993. After a brief stint on Bay Street, thirteen years as in-house counsel for the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa and one year at the MAG office in Ottawa, she joined the PPSC in 2007. In addition to acting on major drug prosecutions and appeals, Brigid has been senior counsel in the Ottawa Drug Treatment Court since 2010. Throughout her career, Brigid has instructed at legal education programs including for the National Judicial Institute, Canadian Police College, Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario, University of Ottawa Law School, PPSC School for Prosecutors and a variety of training initiatives for the Ottawa Police Service.
Lawrence Gridin is a partner in the Criminal Law Group at Brauti Thorning LLP in Toronto. His practice is focussed on police defence work. He has represented hundreds of police officers throughout Ontario on criminal charges, PSA charges, at Coroner’s inquests, and during complaint investigations. He regularly works with tactical officers
Lawrence Gridin is a partner in the Criminal Law Group at Brauti Thorning LLP in Toronto. His practice is focussed on police defence work. He has represented hundreds of police officers throughout Ontario on criminal charges, PSA charges, at Coroner’s inquests, and during complaint investigations. He regularly works with tactical officers in responding to SIU and OIPRD investigations in the context of dynamic entries. Lawrence was co-counsel on the Cavanagh case, which involved a Toronto Emergency Task Force officer charged by the SIU with second degree murder during a dynamic entry. Lawrence and his co-counsel Peter Brauti were successful in having all allegations dismissed at the preliminary inquiry, and were successful in defending the result against two Crown appeals.
Our Judicial Legal Panel with be presenting on various aspects that surround the tactical environment in policing.
Specific topics will be based on input from Tactical Teams and questions brought forward during their presentation.
Fraser Smith is a 13 year officer with 7 of those years on ERU. On his patrol section he was a coach officer and on ERU he is a Rappel Master, Taser Master Instructor, negotiator and use of force instructor.
A paranoid male on drugs commits an armed carjacking of a landscaping truck from employees, drives down the street and commits a home invasion. While he’s there, he shoots an HVAC worker (survives) in the head then flees from the residence where he attempts another home invasion at a different residence with firearm. The subject leads London Police on a manhunt as he wreaks havoc in the community, and is eventually neutralized by London Police Emergency Response Unit ERU. This call has many layers, from foot pursuits, firearm discharges, the use of an armoured vehicle, and negotiations. Fraser gives an excellent account of the details of this call and the lessons learned.
Sean Delargy started Policing in 2012 with the OPP in Bruce Peninsula, West Region. He joined the OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit in 2016, spending 3 years with Central in Orillia and 5 with West in London.
Nick McTeer started policing in 2015 with the OPP in Greenstone, Northwest region. He joined the West region Tactics and Rescue Unit in 2020.
Jason Perpich started policing in 2010 with the OPP in Essex County, West Region. He joined the West region Tactics and Rescue Unit in 2016.
After a nearly one-month long Manhunt in remote Northern Ontario, the murder investigation of Marcel Thoma came to an end with a Police involved shooting. Ontario Provincial Police - Tactics and Rescue Unit members were spread between two small boats when the suspect opened fire from a small island in the middle of Night Hawk Lake, near Timmins ON. The shooting resulted in an officer injured and the requirement to complete a helicopter extraction over water. The debrief will touch on lessons learned from working in a remote setting, resource management, contingency planning, casualty care under fire, officer mental-health and more.
Research shows that the public doesn’t understand much about police use of force. For example, the public significantly overestimates the frequency with which force is used by the police and the marksmanship skills possessed by the average officer. They also exhibit little understanding of use-of-force dynamics, the impact of physiological arousal on officer performance, and the legalities underlying use-of-force decision-making. Many of these misconceptions are fueled by biased portrayals of the police in mainstream and social media, and the consequences of these misunderstandings can be severe (e.g., strained police-community relations). Fortunately, research is beginning to show that these misconceptions can be corrected, to a degree. In this presentation, I will describe what the research says about public misconceptions of policing and attempts to reduce them. I will also discuss the role that police services (including tactical team members) can play in better educating the public. Finally, I will highlight some potential positive outcomes of these education efforts, including improved perceptions of police legitimacy among the public and better decision-making in the courtroom by judges, lawyers, and jurors.
Dr. Craig Bennell is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Carleton University where he is also the Director of the Police Research Laboratory. He is a previous President of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology and a previous Editor of the Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. Craig is a current member of the Use of Force Committee and the Research Advisory Committee for the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and a member of The Working Group on Mental Health and Policing for the Royal Society of Canada. He also sits on the Advisory Board for the Canadian Police College and co-chairs the Program Advisory Committee for the Policing and Public Safety Institute at Algonquin College. In collaboration with Canadian police services, Craig conducts applied police research on a variety of topics, including: (1) evidence-based policing, (2) de-escalation and use-of-force, (3) tactical teams, including perceptions of their use and tactical decision-making, and (4) police responses to people in crisis, particularly mental health crises. His research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Ontario’s Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, the Canadian Police Research Centre, the Canadian Police Association, the National Police Federation, and the Ottawa Police Service.
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