Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 14, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Crown admits lag for officers by Cecil Rosner preliminary trial and subsequent appeals could delay the Case for several More in the the officers will remain on Active duty and the recommended disciplinary action is being another Case involving constables Keith Kilfoyle and Michael Mckenzie Parker was delayed because the Crown was proceeding on charges against the Man who alleges he was beaten by Guy the incident dates Back to last september and proceed Ings Are expected to resume against the officers next he constables Lawrence Obirek and Ronald Chambers were charged with assault causing bodily harm in an Inci Dent which occurred at the fort Garry police station 18 months they were but the Appeal court three months ago ordered a hew trial for which a Date has not been the police commission lifted the sus pensions of Obirek and Chambers Fol lowing the Appeal courts in addition to the officers who Are facing criminal the police departments internal investigation unit looked into 174 complaints about police grounds that the allegations Are behaviour last the unit sustained an abuse of court 53 of the which led to disciplinary police Paul Johnston yester the names of provincial prosecutions director John Guy admitted yesterday there have been lengthy delays in bringing some Winnipeg police officers to for the most those delays have been he Guy was responding to criticism from civic officials and others that charges against police officers Are being unnecessarily delayed while they continue to serve on the there Are eight Winnipeg police officers facing criminal including assault causing bodily harm and All remain on Active duty with the in one the incident which gave Rise to the charges dates Back to motion delays Case generally we try to handle them As quickly As Guy Charles Baranetski and consta ble Douglas Johnson were charged More than a year ago with assaulting John Frampton in but they have not yet had a preliminary Guy said the delay results from a defence motion to have the charges dismissed three years a judge refused to accept a confession which the two offi cers had taken from Frampton because he Felt it Likely want Given voluntary and last the Manitoba police commission recommended the officers be disciplined for their part in the interrogation of Guy says the defence which was filed last will be heard even if it is a marijuana Law foe departs Brandon University Foremost oppo nent of Canadas marijuana Laws left Canada yesterday Larry of Siloam left so an immigration Board in Winnipeg get the Chance to Deport the Board was to consider his Case in Winnipeg at but about 1 Bagby left his Brandon hopped in his 74 third and headed he leaves behind his distraught 21 year old wife two dogs and two before he said in an inter View he have As much trouble getting Back to Canada As a visitor if he left voluntarily before the immigration if a deportation order was issued against reentry would require special permission of the a religious studies major at Brandon University since the 197778 school said Hes been getting just under a straight on Quarter Pound last he was convicted of possessing on Quarter Pound of colom Bian he was fined and Given to 26 to pay or else face 80 Days in with no intention of he let the Date pass earlier this organized a Small picket at Brandon correctional Institute to be allowed to serve his he said it was Bis Way of protesting Canadas marijuana he went into jail in late but was let out on Day passes in mid March to continue his immigration officials assured him by Tetter this Spring there be no trouble for him to get a ministers permit to continue staying immigration minister Lloyd a in a july 11 Tetter replying to one written to him by Bagby wife said the same but an 7 Tetter from Axworthy senior Douglas said the decision had been made not to Grant the Dawn said Larry was to Call her last night to let her know where be he was planning to Stop just across the in North she Day refused to reveal officers disciplined or their Infra he said the disciplinary action ranged from a reprimand to temporary suspensions of complaints about excessive use of Force increased to 47 last year from 29 in five complaints were sus evidence lacking in 77 the complaint was not sustained police while the incident May have there was insufficient evidence to justify Tak ing any Manitoba police commission chair Man agreed against police officers should be Speed de through the particularly when officers Are allowed to remain on duty in the Schulman said he favored a Complete revision of procedures on How com plaints against police behaviour Are heard and he said he was one of those involved in discussions of the which May Lead to legislative a police commission report released More than a year ago recommended sweeping changes to the complaints As Well As suggestions which would require installation of continuously running cameras in every interview room where suspects Are interrogated by the govern ment has not yet acted on the recon Carcy free press court finds fist in game four act flying in finals Barry of Winnipeg gets both feet off the ground during the provincial Frisbee finals at Sam Southern Arena competing in the 11andunder age was hoping to score Well enough to make the National finals in Toronto on by Joe Rubin a basketball player who traded a bail in the face for a fist to the Side of his opponents head was found guilty yesterday in provincial judges court of assault causing bodily Leonard pleaded not guilty to the charge arising front a Marcel 6 game Between the clubbers and the id 2 basketball teams at Nelson Mclntyre id 2 team member Shawn Dickson told the court the incident occurred during the games second when be was setting up a play at the clubbers tossing the Ball to a fellow Dickson said he hit bul lard in the he was after being Bullard yelled at Dickson and came at he was screaming he was going to hit he was going to kill me junk like Dickson but play continued and the Ball went Down the at that Dickson said Bullard punched him on the left Side of his Bullard then left the but Dick son finished playing the after the the id 2 player said he apologized to telling him it was just an Dickson said Bullard replied not on my later that Dickson said the area around his Eye puffed he went to the was told his Cheek Bones were broken and underwent re constructive surgery the next in his Bullard said Dick son deliberately threw the Ball hard at his leaving him he said he remembered running Down the court in a Daze to take up his position As a Forward when he confronted i knew i was out i didst have All my marbles Ogeth Bullard said about the he said he then left the court because i knew i was out of the defence counsel Barry Krawchuk said Bullard threw the punch in the heat of the criminal intent could not have been formed in the Short period of time it takes for a team to move the Ball from one end of the court to the Krawchuk but Crown prosecutor Rick Woy Iwa a said 30 seconds to a minute elapsed from when Dickson tossed the Ball to when Bullard threw the the length of time suggests the blow was not an instinctive he judge Norton concurred with he reserved sentence Pend ing a pre sentence rape reports jump by 42 7 7 7 police say there s no one reason for Rise in sexual assaults the number of rapes and attempted rapes reported to police in the first seven months of this year is up 42 per cent Over the same period a year according to police there were 62 rapes and attempted rapes in the City Between january and compared with 44 during the same period last crime de Igelski said there is no one reason for the Rise in sexual assaults in the but he pointed to an increase in the changing morals of the dress of females and women who dont heed our warn Ings not to Hitchhike or walk unaccompanied in deserted areas after dark As contributing to the number of Inci drinking also has a lot to do with said in most in stances alcohol is involved in some Way or but Joe acting coordinator of counselling at the crisis said most rapes dont occur in those Situa far More rapes occur in the Vic Tims Homes and 50 per cent of rape victims know their assailants they Are often the allusions to dress of females As one of the causes is Moder added that police tend to treat rape As a sexual when it is really a crime of aggression and hatred towards certainly sex is the but rape is not he Frances a Volunteer counsel Lor at the rape crisis said the police figures dont give a Complete picture of the number of sexual As saults in the she said they receive reports of rape from women who want but dont want to go to the to its a very Tricky Issue and there Are a lot More variables than the police attach to she Igelski said Winnipeg police have a fairly High arrest ratio in rape in about half the incidents of attempted indecent in decent exposures and indecent acts police have made he Early yesterday morning two More women reported they had been sexually assaulted in the a 31yearold female resident of a second Storey apartment in East Kil Donan said she woke up to find a Man in her he had entered the suite through an unlocked when uie intruder tried to kiss the woman and was pushed away he climbed into her bed and forced her to have sexual the Man then tied her up with Nylon stockings and searched the he left without taking police the rapist is described As a Young male with a moustache and a slim the second victim yesterday was hitchhiking at when she was picked up by a male in a Van at the Corner of Portage Avenue and landside the Driver parked his Gold Van in a nearby forced his passenger into the Back of the vehicle and raped the 25yearold woman was released at the Corner of Ellice Avenue and Arlington Street and notified she described her attacker As 20 years five foot eight 130 with blonde a slight meanwhile a sharpened victim of an indecent assault in june reported see ing her attacker driving a car saturday and telephoned police with a licence police arrested a 25yearold Man police said that on june an 18 year old woman was walking near por Tage Avenue and Beverly Street when a Man got out of his grabbed the woman and tried to kiss firefighters vote ratifies 22 raise vandalism i Osborne Village merchants along the West Side of Osborne Street had to contend with the mess of vandals yesterday Clearing away the debris from six Young Trees which were damaged during the most of the Trees were planted Only this no charges have been i i Winnipeg firefighters voted by a Large majority last night to accept a new two year contract with the City of providing for a wage in crease of about 22 per ratification of the reached on Friday night after three Days of conciliation was recommended by the Union leadership and there was loud applause when the result was announced after the 40minute meet Only 260 of about 950 fire fighters who were scheduled to turned up at the Union trades Dennis president of the United firefighters of said it brings Winnipeg firefighters closer to parity with other but added were still behind most major i we just barely moved ahead of Saskatoon and Lloyd refused to give a breakdown of the the which expires is similar to other settlements with civic workers and also provides for a dental firefighters will get an eight per cent increase retroactive to a three percent increase 7 and 10 per cent on the award increases the salary of a firs class firefighter to from Lloyd said no provision was made for a costo living although we asked for the civic executive policy committee approved the pact and City Cou Pojl will vote on it at its 20 ;