Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 21, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press May Page 3 Grain terminal to stay Prince attends Bash for local crowns shuffled to Cut backlog by Kevin Rollason personnel shuffles in the Crown attorneys Branch of the Justice department Arent As important As what the reorganization will mean to the administration of de Fence lawyers lawyer Hymie Weinstein said the Justice department can fill its positions with anyone it wants and de Fence lawyers wont its something they have to live with rather than us having to live Weinstein they Felt something had to be done and Treyve done biased defence counsel always wants a Crown with an open mind and that they can talk that All we but Weinstein and other lawyers say they want Justice minister Jim Mccrae to announce As soon As possible How the changes will affect the court system so the defence bar can provide some you can pay consultants All you but the people in the system should have some input he one who asked not to be said the changes May come into effect in the crowns of but because court dates have already been set for As Long As a year some things will remain the same for there will have to be a transition the lawyer who was unavailable for is expected to officially announce the changes new Structure the new which inserts a management level Between Assis Tant Deputy attorney general Stu Whitley and Crown was recommended in a Consul Tants the changes were made to improve the management Structure of the Crown attorneys Branch and to reduce court backlogs through bet Ter a review last year by former Manitoba court of Queens Bench chief Justice Archibald Dewar found the management and reporting structures of the Crown attorneys office contributed to the mishandling of prosecutions for alleged traffic ticket of the 18 people Only four went to resulting in three guilty pleas and one according to documents obtained by the free the changes to the Crown attorneys to be Ren amed the Public prosecutions Are expected to be in place on june the documents list Crown attorney Bruce Miller As the director of the Winnipeg Crown attorney Pat Flynn As director of the regional based in and Crown attorney Les Kee As director of the special prosecutions and programs a senior source in the Crown attorneys office said each of the directors was appointed after apply ing for the and then each were allowed to handpick who they wanted to work in their depart it represents a change in the appearance and a change to the running of the the source sources have said some senior crowns Are upset at being demoted or not getting jobs they wanted in the new during an interview earlier this Mccrae acknowledged not everybody would be delighted with the crowns demoted lets face were putting Square pegs in Square holes and putting the right people in the right he changes in the crowns office in clude moving senior Crown attorneys Phil Schachter and Bruce Mel Lon out of the special prosecutions Section into the provincial court Sec Tion and demoting senior Crown at Torney David who was in charge of the court of Queens Bench to a regular Provin Cial court Crown Crown attorney Bob who earlier this year authored a confidential report recommending sever Al of the changes to the crowns will now be the acting manager in charge of the court screening which until now has Only two Crown attorneys handling will grow to an eight Crown department with senior Crown attorney Rob Finlayson in crowns will now do both provincial court and court of Queens Bench instead of being specialized at one court Cythe gods word is Law at intercity Mission by David Roberts by Winnipeg police Constable Bruce Day arrests drunks and hookers in the name of the at he gives them a sum Mons in the name of the my favorite thing is arresting smiles a City cop for eight placing his hand on an imaginary he winks i love saying youre under in Day and his partner have the highest arrest rate among offi cers working Winnipeg Tough North when we do a in always the first to the he bang its kicked i dont want these Guys to think christians Are but off Day Doles out Coffee and Jesus at an intercity Christian Mission he helped found four years out of trailer it operates from a trailer at one of Winnipeg most notorious intercity Corners Martha Street and Henry at Days fellow officers who didst know of his involve ment in the project were suspicious of a trailer parked near Hoo Kerville bearing a sign love lives the name does bother Day they keep thinking its a Brothel or Hooker Haven or the cops would do spot checks every five they come in and say what Are you doing Here the trailers nightly custom drug the homeless and unsettled Are sometimes the same people Day busts while Hes on in a Christian first and then in a says but in going to be the Best cop i can earlier this was assigned to vice duty and was involved in busting Many of the teen age hookers on the cites lower other Hes called upon to shut drug shooting galleries or ease tensions Between local motorcycle wont swear i dont swear and i dont get physical with Day con adding he stays in shape by jogging and weightlifting so he Doest have to get rough with i treat them like a gentleman until they show me and what happens when his nighttime converts become his daytime collars i could bump into any one of them and take pm Down and arrest its just like in romans 13 the authorities Are in gods ser vice the police Are there to protect people from those who Are cons Day is officer by Day upper and an intercity missionary by doing when i arrest in actually helping Day is a former Slaughter House Cook and Bible Stu is a very Busy on and off he leads a Bible study group one night a is an elder at Maranatha evangelical free Church and an executive member of the Canadian Christian peace officers intercity Faith it was in 1985 when Day and friends Larry and Loretta Becker decided to take their Faith to the they also took a Mobile donated by Days to the vacant lot at Martha and Hig the idea was to offer some re freshment and Comfort to people with lots of trouble and not much maybe they could get a few people straightened out and in the Church people Are terrified of that Day adding it took a while to convince friends the Mission was earlier this Day was chatting with some of the regulars who visit the trailer for Coffee and its a bit rough he too Many from the blood vein Indian Hast been Able to find his parents for the last two Hes lived on the streets since he was i come by for Norman i thought id Start listening to what the people Here have to what have i got to lose John has been a regu Lar customer at the trailer since Day i ended up with no dignity and these folks have helped says id say Bruce Day is a decent Guy who trying his Best to help Days pastor describes the police officer As a Man who has fully integrated god into his i think Bruce Days Faith in Jesus Christ permeates everything he says David Lewycky of Maranatha and Hes not pretentious about it that what i i like helping Day we just pull up and put the Coffee the Street people Are pretty easy to talk we just ask have you Ever heard about Jesus most of them have been through it All just sit there and let you go through your whole the native people Are especially there very respect Ful of two drunks sit by the door of the trailer mumbling about their fast Volunteer Tim Plett escorts a third drunk across the Street to the main Street As Day a Young Hooker of about 15 patrols the sidewalk 10 metres the girls prostitutes Are really says no Breaks not Only Are they hard on the exterior because Treyve got pimps and they can hardly take a five minute they walk away and go right Back into the same you later on when we bust pm and search pm we find a lot of them have religious either from us or somebody Success stories Are few and far Day perhaps half a dozen Street people have had their lives turned around after visiting the theres Shirley and her boy Friend he she was a Hooker for seven years and All he did was to and is the drugs Talwin and shed make a few Bucks and they shoot after meeting Day and others at the love lives Here Shirley and Don went to stay with Christian friends of Days in a the couple keep an old Motel and helped Don and Shirley wean themselves from they received the Day said of the Young they got she wore a White Don borrowed an old Brown it was the funniest thing never worn a suit before in his Day says Shirley and Don remain Are studying the Bible together and giving Volunteer help to the physically uniforms banned in Church a half a dozen of win Nipges police offi cers members of a Christian fraternity have been barred from wearing their uni forms to Church gatherings where they give personal testaments of its not a proactive kind of said Bruce Day of the Canadian Fellowship of Chris Tian peace its More a situation where the average Christian policeman goes to churches and other places where he can speak openly about whats on his mind and in his Day said he approached former Winnipeg police chief Ken Johnston for permission to advertise the groups existence by putting up posters at the Public safety build Day relaxes on the Steps of his trailer Mission at Martha Street and Henry Johnston also gave permission for officers to Wear their uniforms to Church then with the when Herb Stephen came on As they put the Kibosh on it and said we Wear our uniforms to Day police spokesman Don Peters said he want aware phen had changed the rules for members of the police i cant Tell you Why the chief did it might be in order to main Tain standards for the conduct of officers while off he there has to be some form of control with the respect to the wearing of the Day said the Fellowship is still allowed to advertise itself internally at the police a handful of officers in the local chapter including ramp offi cers and prison guards semiannually for social events like picnics and formal get together its a Chance for us to get together with our families and share the stresses of police an outgrowth of a similar organization in the United the thing sort of first caught fire Here in Canada in Day adding there Are about 500 Mem Bers across the there seems to be a much higher level of support from the brass in there Are superintendents even the Deputy the Fellowship also pro Vides religious support to injured officers and their Well go to the bedside and leave a card from the fellow ship of Christian peace ;